Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 996.490
996.490
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.
- (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.