Code of Civil Procedure § 996.490

ARTICLE 14. Liability of Principal and Sureties

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 996.490Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.

(a) Payment by a surety of the amount of a bond constitutes a full discharge of all the liability of the surety on the bond.

(b) Each surety is liable to contribution to cosureties who have made payment in proportion to the amount for which each surety is liable.