Code of Civil Procedure section 996.490

(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.

Source: Section 996.490, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=996.490. (updated Jan. 1, 1982; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 996.490, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=996.490. (last accessed May 12, 2025).