California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
CCP §996.490: (a) Payment by a surety of the amount of a bond constitutes a full discharge of all the liability of the surety on the bond.
What this law says, in plain English
When a surety pays the bond amount, the surety is fully released from all liability on that bond.
Read the full statutory text
(a) Payment by a surety of the amount of a bond constitutes a full discharge of all the liability of the surety on the bond. (b) Each surety is liable to contribution to cosureties who have made payment in proportion to the amount for which each surety is liable.
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