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Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 490.020

California · Code of Civil Procedure

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Rule text

(a) The liability of a plaintiff for causing a wrongful attachment under Section 490.010 includes both of the following:

(1) All damages proximately caused to the defendant by the wrongful attachment.

(2) All costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, reasonably expended in defeating the attachment.

(b) The liability of a plaintiff for wrongful attachment pursuant to Section 490.010 is limited by the amount of the undertaking.

Notes

(History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1198, Sec. 54. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 70 of Ch. 1198.)