(a) The principal shall pay the amount of the liability on the deposit within 30 days after the date on which the judgment of liability becomes final.
§ 995.750.Time For Payment of Liability On Deposit
Title 14. Of Miscellaneous Provisions · Chapter 2. Bonds and Undertakings · Article 7. Deposit in Lieu of Bond · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 995.750 requires the principal to pay the amount of liability on a deposit within thirty days after a judgment of liability becomes final, or, if the deposit stayed enforcement of a judgment on appeal, within thirty days after the remittitur is filed in the trial court.
Full Text of § 995.750
(b) If the deposit was given to stay enforcement of a judgment on appeal, the principal shall pay the amount of the liability on the deposit, including damages and costs awarded against the principal on appeal, within 30 days after the filing of the remittitur from the appellate court in the court from which the appeal is taken.
Plain-English Summary
Once liability on a deposit is established, the clock starts running. Subdivision (a) sets the general rule: the principal has thirty days from the date the judgment of liability becomes final to pay the amount owed.
Subdivision (b) covers the specific case of a deposit made to stay enforcement of a judgment while an appeal is pending. There, the thirty days run instead from the filing of the remittitur -- the appellate court's order returning the case to the trial court -- in the court from which the appeal was taken, and the amount due includes any damages and costs awarded against the principal on appeal.
Section 995.760 picks up from here: if the principal misses this thirty-day deadline, the deposit itself becomes subject to collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does a principal have to pay liability on a deposit after judgment becomes final?
Thirty days.
What's the deadline when the deposit stayed a judgment on appeal?
Thirty days after the remittitur is filed in the trial court, and the payment must include any damages and costs awarded on appeal.
What happens if the principal misses this deadline?
Section 995.760 authorizes collection, sale, or other application of the deposit to satisfy the liability.
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.
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