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Bail Bond Proceedings Civil in Nature
(People  v. American Contractors)

While bail bond proceedings occur in connection with criminal prosecutions, they are independent from and collateral to the prosecutions and are civil in nature.  (People v. Wilcox (1960) 53 Cal.2d 651, 654.)  “The object of bail and its forfeiture is to insure the attendance of the accused and his obedience to the orders and judgment of the court.”  (Id. at pp. 656-657; see Stack v. Boyle (1951) 342 U.S. 1, 5 [“Like the ancient practice of securing the oaths of responsible persons to stand as sureties for the accused, the modern practice of requiring a bail bond or the deposit of a sum of money subject to forfeiture serves as additional assurance of the presence of an accused”].)  “In matters of this kind there should be no element of revenue to the state nor punishment of the surety.”  (Wilcox, at p. 657.)  Nevertheless, the “bail bond is a contract between the surety and the government whereby the surety acts as a guarantor of the defendant’s appearance in court under the risk of forfeiture of the bond.”  (People v. Ranger Ins. Co. (1994) 31 Cal.App.4th 13, 22.)  Thus, when there is a breach of this contract, the bond should be enforced.  (See People v. North Beach Bonding Co. (1974) 36 Cal.App.3d 663, 675.)

People . v. American Contractors S120474-7/22/04-the judgment voidable or void,

Jul 22 2004

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