(a) The principal shall give a new, additional, or supplemental bond if the court or officer orders that a new, additional, or supplemental bond be given.
§ 996.210.Generally
Title 14. Of Miscellaneous Provisions · Chapter 2. Bonds and Undertakings · Article 12. New, Additional, and Supplemental Bonds · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 996.210 requires the principal to provide a new, additional, or supplemental bond whenever the court or an officer orders one, and separately lets the principal give a new bond voluntarily after a surety withdraws or cancels, or to obtain release of the sureties from liability on the original bond.
Full Text of § 996.210
(b) The principal may give a new bond if a surety withdraws from or cancels the original bond or to obtain the release of sureties from liability on the original bond.
Plain-English Summary
This section opens Article 12 by drawing a line between two different reasons a new bond might appear. Subdivision (a) is mandatory: whenever the court or an officer orders a new, additional, or supplemental bond, the principal has to provide it.
Subdivision (b) is voluntary. A principal can choose to give a new bond even without an order, in either of two situations: a surety has withdrawn from or canceled the original bond under Article 13, or the principal wants the sureties on the original bond released from liability.
Either way, § 996.220 sets the form and content this new bond has to follow, and § 996.230 folds it back into the same rules, on giving, objecting to, and enforcing bonds, that governed the bond it replaces or supplements.
Frequently Asked Questions
When must the principal give a new bond?
Whenever the court or an officer orders that a new, additional, or supplemental bond be given.
Can the principal give a new bond voluntarily?
Yes, after a surety withdraws from or cancels the original bond, or to obtain the release of the sureties from liability on it.
Does a voluntary new bond require a court order first?
No. Subdivision (b) lets the principal give a new bond on its own initiative in those two circumstances.
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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