California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

CCP §922: If an undertaking required or permitted by this title is objected to by the respondent and the court determines the undertaking is insufficient and a sufficient undertaking is not given within the tim

What this law says, in plain English

When a court-ordered undertaking is objected to and found insufficient, the respondent must provide a sufficient replacement within a specified timeframe or face consequences.

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If an undertaking required or permitted by this title is objected to by the respondent and the court determines the undertaking is insufficient and a sufficient undertaking is not given within the time provided by statute, enforcement of the judgment or order appealed from is no longer stayed and property which has been levied upon under execution issued upon such judgment shall not be released from levy.

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