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Cal. Penal Code § 1276

In What Cases the Defendant May Be Admitted to Bail

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 322 F. Supp. 2d 1045 - Galen v. County of Los Angeles (2004)

Most recently applied in 126 Cal. App. 4th 131 - Overland v. Superior Court (January 2005)

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 316.

(a) A bail bond or undertaking of bail of an admitted surety insurer shall be accepted or approved by a court or magistrate without further acknowledgment if executed by a licensed bail agent of the insurer under penalty of perjury and issued in the name of the insurer by a person authorized to do so by an unrevoked power of attorney on file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the court or magistrate is located.

(b) One person may both execute and issue the bail bond or undertaking of bail if qualified as provided in this section.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.