Section 996.490 - Payment by surety constitutes discharge; contribution to cosureties(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.Ca. Civ. Proc. Code § 996.490
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.