§ 995.340.Filing

Title 14. Of Miscellaneous Provisions · Chapter 2. Bonds and Undertakings · Article 3. Execution and Filing · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026

In one sentenceSection 995.340 requires a bond given in an action or proceeding to be filed with the court unless the statute providing for it requires it to be given to another person, requires that person to file it with the court unless the statute says otherwise, and requires a court-filed bond to be preserved in the clerk's office.

Full Text of § 995.340

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If a bond is given in an action or proceeding:

(a) The bond shall be filed with the court unless the statute providing for the bond requires that the bond be given to another person.

(b) If the statute providing for the bond requires that the bond be given to an officer, the officer shall file the bond with the court unless the statute providing for the bond otherwise provides.

Plain-English Summary

Filing gets a default rule and a fallback. Subdivision (a) requires the bond to be filed with the court, unless the statute providing for the bond specifically requires that it be given to someone else — an officer, for instance, under the definition in § 995.160.

Subdivision (b) closes the loop when a statute does route the bond somewhere else first: if it requires the bond be given to an officer, that officer must then file the bond with the court, unless the statute providing for the bond says something different.

Subdivision (c) states the obvious consequence of filing: once a bond is filed with the court, it's preserved in the office of the clerk of the court, ready for the register-of-actions entry § 995.350 requires.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does a bond given in an action or proceeding normally get filed?

With the court, unless the statute providing for the bond requires it to be given to another person instead.

What happens if the statute requires the bond to be given to an officer rather than the court?

That officer must then file the bond with the court, unless the statute providing for the bond otherwise provides.

Where is a bond kept once it's filed with the court?

In the office of the clerk of the court, under § 995.340(c).

Amendment History

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

Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature. Last verified July 28, 2026. · Official source

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