California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP |
Part 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS |
Title 14. OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Chapter 2. Bonds and Undertakings |
ARTICLE 1. Preliminary Provisions and Definitions |
Section 995.170.
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(a) "Principal" means the person who gives a bond.
(b) For the purpose of application of this chapter to a bond given pursuant to any statute of this state, the terms "obligor," "principal," and comparable terms used in the statute mean "principal" as defined in this section.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.)