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Cal. Penal Code § 1297 (2026)

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When money has been deposited, a receipt shall be issued in the name of the depositor. If the money remains on deposit at the time of a judgment for the payment of a fine, the clerk shall, under the direction of the court, if the defendant be the depositor, apply the money in satisfaction thereof, and after satisfying restitution to the victim or the Restitution Fund, fines, and costs, shall refund the surplus, if any, to the defendant. If the person to whom the receipt for the deposit was issued was not the defendant, the deposit after judgment shall be returned to that person within 10 days after the person claims it by submitting the receipt, and, if a claim is not made within 10 days of the exoneration of bail, the clerk shall immediately notify the depositor of the exoneration of bail.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1989–2016 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Patrick John Letscher, 888 N.W.2d 880 (Iowa 2016).
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State of Iowa v. Patrick John Letscher, 888 N.W.2d 880 (Iowa 2016). “”); Cal. Penal Code § 1297 (West, Wéstlaw current *885 through 2016 Reg.”
Kloepfer v. Comm'n on Jud. Performance, 782 P.2d 239 (Cal. 1989). “(Pen. Code, § 1297.) That section authorizes the court to order bail deposits made by a defendant be applied to fines and costs if the funds “remain[ ] on deposit at the time of a judgment.”
Amended March 21, 2017 State of Iowa v. Patrick John Letscher (Iowa 2016). “”); Cal. Penal Code § 1297 (West, Westlaw current through 2016 Reg.”
In Re: Order Amending Rules 528 & 533 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Crim. Procedure (Pa. 2014). “, California Penal Code §1297, Florida Statutes Annotated §903.”
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