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Bail: attorney's fees: forfeited bail.

It became law on Sep 16, 2016.

CA AB 1854 · Assembly Bill · 2015–2016

Stage
Became law
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Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Sep 16, 2016

What it does

Existing law sets forth procedures under which the court is authorized to declare forfeited the undertaking of bail or the money or property deposited as bail if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear for certain proceedings. Existing law requires the district attorney, county counsel, or applicable prosecuting agency to recover, out of the forfeited bail money, the costs incurred in successfully opposing a motion to vacate the forfeiture prior to the division of the forfeited bail money between the cities and counties in accordance with specified provisions.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 16, 2016

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