Section § 996.210

Explanation

In simple terms, this law states that if a court or official requests it, you must provide a new or extra bond. Additionally, if the person guaranteeing your bond backs out or cancels, you can give a new bond to replace them or release them from their responsibilities.

(a)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.210(a) The principal shall give a new, additional, or supplemental bond if the court or officer orders that a new, additional, or supplemental bond be given.
(b)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.210(b) The principal may give a new bond if a surety withdraws from or cancels the original bond or to obtain the release of sureties from liability on the original bond.

Section § 996.220

Explanation

This law section says that if you need to have a new, additional, or extra bond, it must look and function just like the first one and cover the same obligations. The amount of this new bond depends on why it's needed. If it's a supplemental bond, it must list who the original guarantors were, who the new guarantor is, and how much they are responsible for. This new bond should cover the same liability as the original bond.

(a)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.220(a) A new, additional, or supplemental bond shall be in the same form and have the same obligation as the original bond and shall be in all other respects the same as the original bond, and shall be in such amount as is necessary for the purpose for which the new, additional, or supplemental bond is given.
(b)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.220(b) A supplemental bond shall, in addition to any other requirements, recite the names of the remaining original sureties, the name of the new surety, and the amount for which the new surety is liable. The supplemental bond shall be for the amount for which the original surety was liable on the original bond.

Section § 996.230

Explanation

This law explains that if a new, extra, or backup bond is required in a legal context, it must follow the same rules as the original bond. This includes how it is given, how objections to it are handled, and the processes involved in enforcing it.

A new, additional, or supplemental bond is subject to all the provisions applicable to the original bond and to the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to the provisions governing giving and objecting to a bond and liabilities and enforcement procedures.

Section § 996.240

Explanation

If a new bond is issued to replace an old one, the old bond stays valid for anything that happened before the new bond took effect. However, the people who guaranteed the old bond (the sureties) won't be responsible for any issues that arise after the new bond is in place.

If a new bond is given in place of the original bond:
(a)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.240(a) The original bond remains in full force and effect for all liabilities incurred before, and for acts, omissions, or causes existing or which arose before, the new bond became effective.
(b)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.240(b) The sureties on the original bond are not liable for any act, default, or misconduct of the principal or other breach of the condition of the bond that occurs after or for any liabilities on the bond that arise after, the new bond becomes effective.

Section § 996.250

Explanation

When an extra bond is added, it doesn't cancel out the original one. Both bonds stay active. If there's a breach, the person who benefits from the bonds can claim damages from one or both bonds, but can't receive compensation twice for the same issue. If the responsible party has to pay due to a violation, they can ask the other bond's sureties to cover a fair share based on the bond amounts.

(a)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.250(a) An additional or supplemental bond does not discharge or affect the original bond. The original bond remains in full force and effect as if the additional or supplemental bond had not been given.
(b)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.250(b) After an additional or supplemental bond is given, the principal and sureties are liable upon either or both bonds for injury caused by breach of any condition of the bonds. Subject to subdivision (c), the beneficiary may enforce the liability on either bond, or may enforce the liability separately on both bonds and recover separate judgments of liability on both.
(c)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.250(c) If the beneficiary recovers separate judgments of liability on both bonds for the same cause of action, the beneficiary may enforce both judgments. The beneficiary may collect, by execution or otherwise, the costs of both proceedings to enforce the liability and the amount actually awarded to the beneficiary on the same cause of action in only one of the proceedings, and no double recovery shall be allowed.
(d)CA Civil Procedure Code § 996.250(d) If the sureties on either bond have been compelled to pay any sum of money on account of the principal, they are entitled to recover from the sureties on the remaining bond a distributive part of the sum paid, in the proportion the amounts of the bonds bear one to the other and to the sums paid.