California · Penal Code

PEN §712: Upon the District Attorney’s producing evidence of such conviction to the Superior Court of the county, the Court must order the undertaking to be prosecuted, and the District Attorney must thereupon

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

When the District Attorney presents proof of conviction to Superior Court, the court must order prosecution of an undertaking, and the District Attorney must sue on it in the state's name.

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Upon the District Attorney’s producing evidence of such conviction to the Superior Court of the county, the Court must order the undertaking to be prosecuted, and the District Attorney must thereupon commence an action upon it in the name of the people of this State.

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