California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 1 - Attorney General › Chapter 2 - Approved Surety Bond Forms › Section 25 - The Forms Approved

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the form of surety bonds approved by
				the Attorney General and required by the respective statutes, rules and regulations
				shall be substantially as set forth in this subchapter.
(b) Sections 26 through 81 of title 11 of the
				California Code of Regulations relate to the form of surety bonds approved by the
				Attorney General, and include future adoptions, amendments and repealers of such
				forms. These forms and subsequent revisions thereof are duly filed with the
				Secretary of State and otherwise comply with administrative procedure.
Note: It having been found, pursuant to Government Code section
				  11344, that the
				  printing of the regulations constituting the surety bond forms is impractical and
				  these regulations being of limited and particular application, these regulations are
				  not published in full in the California Code of Regulations. However, the following
				  is a typical form:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
BUREAU OF PERSONNEL SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY BOND
(Business and Professions Code section 9960)
BOND NO. ______________________________
___________________________
The premium on this bond is $ ____________________ for the
				  term.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we ___________________________
(Full name of applicant, of all partners, or corporation)
doing business as ___________________________
___________________________
an Employment Agency whose address is
				  _______________________________________
as PRINCIPAL, and
				  _,___________________________________________________________
a corporation organized under the laws of _
				  ,____________________________________________
and authorized to transact a general surety business in the State
				  of California, as SURETY, are held and firmly bound to the People of the State of
				  California in the penal sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), for which payment we
				  bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns jointly
				  and severally, firmly by these presents.
WHEREAS, the provisions of section 9960, Business and Professions
				  Code, require that the Principal file or have on file with the Bureau a bond in the
				  sum of $3,000 and this bond is executed and tendered in accordance therewith.
NOW THEREFORE, the conditions of the foregoing obligation are that
				  if the Principal complies with the provisions of chapter 21, (commencing with
				  section 9900), division 3 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of
				  California, and pays all sums due any individual or group of individuals when such
				  Principal or its representative or agent has received such sums, and pays all
				  damages occasioned to any person by unlawful acts or omissions of the Principal
				  mentioned above, or of its agents or employees while acting within the scope of
				  their employment, then this obligation is to be void; otherwise it is to remain in
				  full force and effect.
PROVIDED HOWEVER, this bond is issued subject to the following
				  express conditions:
1. This bond shall be
				deemed continuous in form and shall remain in full force and effect and shall run
				concurrently with the license period for which the license is granted and each and
				every succeeding license period or periods for which said Principal may be licensed,
				after which liability hereunder shall cease except as to any liability or
				indebtedness therefore incurred or accrued hereunder.
2. This bond is executed by the Surety to comply
				with the provisions of division 3, chapter 21, of the Business and Professions Code
				and of chapter 2, title 14, part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure and said bond
				shall be subject to all the terms and provisions thereof.
3. The aggregate liability of the Surety hereunder
				on all claims whatsoever shall not exceed the penal sum of this bond in any
				event.
4. This bond may be cancelled by
				the Surety in accordance with the provisions of sections 996.310 et seq. of the Code
				of Civil Procedure.
___________________________
Name of Surety
___________________________
Address
I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury, under the laws of
				  the State of California that I have executed the foregoing bond under an unrevoked
				  power of attorney.
___________________________
Executed in
on _______________ (Date).
___________________________
Signature of Attorney-in-Fact
___________________________
Printed or Typed Name of Attorney-in-Fact
ED. NOTE:
The "Employment Agency Bond" printed above
				  is an example only of a typical surety bond form. The appropriately titled bond
				  form, as set forth in section 25.1 et seq., shall be used at all times.
Copies of the surety bond forms are available from the Department,
				  Board, Bureau, Commission, or agency requiring the use of the forms.
The regulations are available to the public for review or purchase
				  at cost at the following location:
ARCHIVES
SECRETARY OF STATE
1020 O STREET
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814
Approved surety bond forms are designated as subchapter 2 of
				  chapter 1 of title 11 of the California Code of Regulations, and consist of articles
				  and sections titled and numbered as follows:
Preamble
Section
25.1.
Certificate of Acknowledgment--Individual
25.2.
Certificate of Acknowledgment-- Signature
25.3.
Certificate of Acknowledgment--Corporation and
						  Surety
Article 1. Department of Food and
						  Agriculture
Section
26.2.
Farm Products Bond
26.4.
Milk Handler's Bond
26.7.
Processor's Bond
26.9.
Weighmaster's Bond
26.11.
Company Surety Bond
26.13.
Bond for Cattle Slaughterer
26.15.
Bond for Public Cattle Sales Yard
26.19.
Agricultural Pest Control Business Licensees
						  Bond
26.20.
Commercial Cannabis License Bond
						  [Repealed]
Article 2. Athletic Commission
Section
27.1.
Amateur Club Licensee's Payment Bond
27.3.
Refund Bond
27.4.
Endorsement Amending Refund Bond
27.5.
Professional Club and Promoter's Bond
27.6.
Amateur Club License Bond
Article 3. Attorney General
Section
28.1.
Undertaking on Leave to Sue
28.2.
Telephonic Seller's Bond
28.3.
Telephonic Seller's Premium Bond
28.4.
Registry of Charities and Fundraisers Surety
						  Bond Form
28.5.
Performance Bond
28.6.
Payment Bond to Accompany Construction
						  Contract
Article 4. Department of Savings and Loan
Section
29.1.
Agent's or Salesman's Bond
Article 5. Contractor's State License Board
Section
30.1.
Contractor's Bond
30.4.
Rider to Contractor's Bond
30.5.
Bond of Qualifying Individual
30.11.
Rider to Qualifying Individual's Bond
30.12.
Individual Endorsement to Contractor's
						  Bond
30.13.
Individual Endorsement to Bond of Qualifying
						  Individual
30.14.
Blanket Performance and Payment Bond
30.15.
Contractor's Disciplinary Bond
30.16.
LLC Employee/Worker Bond
Article 6. Department of Financial Protection
						  and Innovation
Section
31.7.
Bond of Escrow Licensee
31.8.
Bond of Bill Payers and Proraters
31.9.
Bond of Check Seller
31.10.
Bond of Finance Lender, Broker, or Program
						  Administrator
31.11.
Bond of Residential Mortgage Lender and/or
						  Servicer
31.15.
Investment Adviser's Bond
31.16.
Issuer's Bond
31.23.
Bond of Franchise Registrant
31.24.
Bond of Deferred Deposit Transaction Law
						  Licensee
31.25.
Receiving Money for Transmission Licensee
						  Bond
31.26.
Payment Instrument or Stored Value Licensee
						  Bond
31.27.
Surety Bond--Student Loan Servicing Act
						  Licensee Bond
31.28.
Electronic Surety Bond--California Financing
						  Law
31.29.
Debt Collection Licensing Act Licensee
						  Bond
Article 7. State Board of Cosmetology
Section
32.1.
Cosmetological School Bond
Article 8. Cemetery Board
Section
33.1.
Surety Bond of Cemetery Brokers
33.2.
Fidelity Bond of Endowment Fund or Special
						  Care Fund Trustees
Article 9. State Department of Education
Section
36.3.
Surety Bond of Salesmen and Employers of
						  Salesmen of Correspondence School Courses
Article 10. California State University and
						  Colleges
Section
37.1.
Bidder's Bond
37.2.
Performance Bond
37.3.
Payment Bond
37.4.
Payment Bond as Supplemented by California
						  Supplement to Payment Bond
37.5.
Bid Bond
37.6.
Performance Bond
37.7.
Bond to Release Money Withheld on Claims
Article 11. California Integrated Waste
						  Management Board
Section
38.1.
Performance Bond
38.2.
Financial Guarantee Bond
38.3.
Waste Tire Hauler Bond
Article 12. State Board of Equalization
Section
40.1
Bond of Seller
40.2.
Bond of User of Fuel
40.3.
Bond of Vendor of Fuel
40.4.
Use Fuel Tax Bond
40.5.
Bond of Aircraft Jet Fuel Dealer
40.6.
Bond of Motor Vehicle Fuel Broker
40.7.
Bond of Motor Vehicle Fuel Distributor
40.8.
Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Bond
40.9.
Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Bond
40.10.
Alcoholic Beverage Tax Bond
40.11.
Hazardous Substances Tax Bond
40.12.
Bond of Wholesaler of Fuel
40.13.
Bond of Diesel Fuel Exempt Bus Operator
40.14.
Bond of Diesel Fuel Supplier
40.15.
Bond of Diesel Fuel Highway Vehicle
						  Operator
40.16.
Bond of Diesel Fuel Interstate User
40.17.
Bond of User of Fuel
40.18.
Bond of Vendor of Fuel
Article 14. Bureau of Home Furnishings
Section
42.1.
Dry Cleaning Plant Registrant's Bond
Article 15. Department of Fish and Game
Section
44.1.
Fish Net Bond
44.2
Surety Bond for Oil Spill Response and
						  Damages
44.3.
Official Instrument Surety Bond
Article 16. Franchise Tax Board
Section
46.1.
Bond of Corporation
Article 17. Department of Forestry
Section
47.1.
Performance Bond of Licensed Timber
						  Operator
Article 18. Department of Industrial
						  Relations
Section
48.3.
Bond of Logger or Sawmill Operator
48.4.
Surety Bond of Talent Agency
48.6.
Farm Labor Contractor Bond
48.7.
Bond of Non-Resident Employer
Section
48.8.
Athlete Agency Bond
48.9.
Garment Industry Bond
49.10.
Garment Industry Appeal Bond
49.11.
Self-Insurer's Bond
49.12.
Surety Bond Increase Rider
49.13.
Surety Bond Decrease Rider
49.14.
Surety Bond Name Change Rider
49.15.
Surety Bond Special Form Change Rider
49.16.
Release of Surety Form
49.17.
Car Wash Bond
49.18.
Foreign Labor Contractor Bond
Article 19. Department of Insurance
Section
50.5.
Bond of Attorney-in-Fact of Reciprocal or
						  Interinsurance Exchange
50.6.
Employer's Bond for Certificate of
						  Exemption
50.7.
Workmen's Compensation Bond [Repealed]
50.8.
Motor Club Bond
50.10.
Instructions for Execution of Surety Bonds by
						  Certain Holders of or Applicants for a Certificate of Authority or Certificate of
						  Exemption
50.12.
Bond of Insurance Broker
50.13.
Bond of Special Lines' Surplus Line
						  Broker
50.14.
Bond of Surplus Line Broker
50.15.
Bond of Bail Agent
50.16.
Bond of Permittee Engaged in the Bail Bond
						  Business
50.17.
Bond of Bail Solicitor
50.18.
Bond of Life Insurance Analyst
						  [Repealed]
50.19.
Bond Required of Organizers of Fraternal
						  Benefit Society
50.20.
Instructions for Execution of Surety Bonds by
						  Certain Holders of or Applicants for Various Licenses
50.21.
Bond of Public Insurance Adjuster
50.22.
Bond of Insurance Adjuster
50.23.
Bond of Cargo Shipper's Agent
50.24.
Bond of Underwritten Title Company
Article 20. Department of Motor Vehicles
Section
51.1.
Foreign Vehicle Ownership Bond
51.2.
Surety Bond of Vehicle Verifier
51.5.
Records Purchase Bond
51.6.
Motor Vehicle Bond
51.7.
Surety Bond of Vehicle Dealer
51.8.
Surety Bond of Vehicle Dealer
51.9.
Blanket Endorsement of Surety Bonds of Vehicle
						  Dealer on File with Department of Motor Vehicles
51.10.
Endorsement Extending Conditions of Surety
						  Bond of Vehicle Dealer
51.12.
Undocumented Vessel Surety Bond
51.13.
Surety Bond--Financial Responsibility
51.14.
Surety Bond of Vehicle Remanufacturer
51.15.
Surety Bond of Traffic Violator School (TVS)
						  Owner
51.16.
Information Services Commercial Requester
						  Account Bond
51.17.
Registration Service Surety Bond
51.18.
California Motor Carrier Liability Surety
						  Bond
51.19.
Business Partner Automation Surety Bond
51.20.
Salvage Industry Business Partner Surety
						  Bond
51.21.
IRP Industry Partner Surety Bond
51.22.
Surety Bond of Motorcycle Dealer
51.23.
Motor Vehicle Ownership Surety Bond
51.24.
Lessor-Retailer Surety Bond
51.25.
Driving School Owner or All-Terrain Vehicle
						  Safety Training Organization Principal Surety Bond
51.26.
Interstate Carrier Program Surety Bond
51.27.
Traffic Violator School (TVS) Owner Surety
						  Bond (Home Study or Internet Instruction)
51.28.
Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturer Surety
						  Bond
51.29.
Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Surety
						  Bond
51.30.
Third Party Tester Surety Bond
51.32.
Private Carrier of Passengers Liability
						  Bond
51.33.
Business Partner Automation Surety Bond
Article 21. Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
						  Resources
Section
54.1.
Individual Oil and Gas Well Indemnity Bond and
						  Individual Oil and Gas Well Cash Bond Form
54.2.
Blanket Oil and Gas Well Indemnity Bond and
						  Blanket Oil and Gas Well Cash Bond
54.3.
Individual Geothermal Resources Well Indemnity
						  Bond
54.4.
Blanket Geothermal Resources Well Indemnity
						  Bond
54.5.
Individual Geothermal Resources Well Cash
						  Bond
54.6.
Blanket Geothermal Resources Well Cash
						  Bond
54.7.
Blanket Five Year Idle Well Indemnity
						  Bond
54.8.
Individual Five Year Idle Well Indemnity
						  Bond
54.9.
Blanket Five Year Idle Well Cash Bond
54.10.
Individual Five Year Idle Well Cash Bond
Article 22. State Board of Pilot
						  Commissioners
Section
55.1.
Bond of Pilot
Article 23. Bureau of Collection and
						  Investigative Services
Section
56.2.
Collection Agency Bond
Article 24. Department of Transportation
Section
57.1.
Bidder's Bond
57.2.
Continuous Bidder's Bond for Relocation of
						  Houses and Right of Way Clearance Contracts
57.3.
Payment Bond
57.4.
Surety Bond Form for Supplemental Bond to
						  Accompany Contract
57.5.
Consent of Surety to Memorandum of
						  Agreement
57.6.
Performance Bond to Accompany Contract
57.7.
Supplemental Performance Bond
57.8.
State Highway Permit Bond
57.9.
Bond to Guarantee Toll Charges
57.10.
Surety Bond Form for Payment Bond to
						  Accompany Contract
57.11.
Performance Bond, Co-Surety Form
57.12.
Surety Bond Form for Bond to Release Money
						  Withheld on Claims
57.13.
Bidder's Bond, Co-Surety Form
57.14.
Bidder's Bond for Right of Way Clearance and
						  Aerial Survey Contracts
57.15.
Bond, State Highway Permit
57.16.
Payment Bond of State Highway Encroachment
						  Permittee
57.17.
Performance Bond of State Highway
						  Encroachment Permittee
Article 25. Public Utilities Commission
Section
59.1.
Bond of Carriers by Motor Vehicle for
						  Hire
59.2.
Bond of Passenger Stage Corporation
59.3.
Collect on Delivery Bond
59.6.
Motor Transportation Broker's Bond--Individual
						  Applicant
59.7.
Motor Transportation Broker's
						  Bond--Coapplicant's Form
59.8.
Surety Company Bond
59.9.
Surety Bond Form for Cargo Protection by
						  Household Goods Carriers
Article 26. Department of Real Estate
Section
61.1.
Mineral, Oil and Gas Licensee's Bond
61.2.
Bond to Secure Advance Payments on Subdivision
						  Lots
61.3.
Endorsement to Bond to Secure Advance Payments
						  on Subdivision Lots
61.4.
Bond of Real Property Securities Dealer
61.5.
Bond of Subdivider of Out-of-State Real
						  Property
61.7.
Bond to Secure Return of Purchasers Payment on
						  Subdivision Lots
61.8.
Prepaid Rental Listing Service Bond
61.9.
Bond for Completion of Common Facilities
Article 27. Secretary of State
Section
63.2.
Bond of Dance Studio
63.3.
Surety Bond of Travel Promoter
63.4.
Surety Bond of Invention Developer
63.5.
Surety Bond of Discount Buying
						  Organization
63.6.
Surety Bond of Seller of Seller Assisted
						  Marketing Plans
63.7.
Guaranteed Traffic Arrest Bail Bond
63.8.
Surety Bond of Credit Services
						  Organization
63.9.
Surety Bond of Employment Agency
63.10.
Deposit by Assignment in Lieu of Surety
						  Bond--Employment Agency
63.11.
Receipt For Notice of Assignment--Employment
						  Agency
63.12.
Receipt for Security and Directions to Pay
						  Earnings--Employment Agency
63.13.
Surety Bond of Employment Counseling
						  Service
63.14.
Deposit by Assignment in Lieu of Surety
						  Bond--Employment Counseling Service
63.15.
Receipt for Security and Directions to Pay
						  Earnings--Employment Counseling Service
63.16.
Receipt for Notice of Assignment--Employment
						  Counseling Service
63.17.
Surety Bond of Job Listing Service
63.18.
Deposit by Assignment in Lieu of Surety
						  Bond--Job Listing Service
63.19.
Receipt for Security and Directions to Pay
						  Earnings--Job Listing Service
63.20.
Receipt For Notice of Assignment--Job Listing
						  Service
63.21.
Surety Bond of Nurse's Registry
63.22.
Deposit by Assignment in Lieu of Surety
						  Bond--Nurses' Registry
63.23.
Receipt For Notice of Assignment--Nurses'
						  Registry
63.24.
Receipt for Security and Directions to Pay
						  Earnings--Employment Counseling Service/Nurses' Registry 64. Auctioneer/Auction
						  Company Surety Bond
64.1.
Immigration Consultants Surety Bond
64.2.
Surety Bond Health Studio
64.3.
Seller of Travel Discount Programs
64.4.
Seller of Travel Business Discount
						  Programs
64.5.
Proof of Establishment of Escrow Account,
						  Seller of Travel Discount Programs
64.6.
Proof of Establishment of Escrow Account,
						  Seller of Travel Business Discount Programs
64.7.
Foreclosure Consultant Surety Bond
Article 28. State Lands Commission
Section
65.1.
Bond Accompanying Lease
65.3.
Bond Associated with Lease Security
						  Deposited
65.4.
Supplemental Bond Accompanying Lease
Article 29. State Treasurer
Section
66.2.
Lost Instrumental Bond, Corporate Surety
Article 30. District Bonds and Undertaking
Section
68.1.
Undertaking for Organization Costs
Article 31. Yacht and Ship Brokers
						  Commission
Section
70.1.
Surety Bond of Yacht and Ship Brokers
Article 32. State Department of Health
						  Services
Section
71.1.
Bond for Manufacturers of Bands for Shell
						  Parakeets Budgerigars
71.2.
Bond of Community Care Facility
71.3.
Health Facility (Hospital or Nursing Home)
						  Bond
71.4.
Long Term or Life Care Bond
71.5.
Guarantee Bond
Article 33. Department of Parks and
						  Recreation
Section
72.1.
Bond to Accompany Permit of Right of Way
Article 38. Structural Pest Control Board
Section
77.1.
Licensee's Bond
77.2.
Bond for Restoration of License
Article 39. Departments of Transportation, Water
						  Resources, General Services and Parks and Recreation
Section
78.1.
Bidder's Bond
78.2.
Performance Bond to Accompany Contract
78.3.
Surety Bond Form for Payment Bond to Accompany
						  Construction Contract
78.4.
Surety Bond Form for Payment Bond to Accompany
						  Construction Contract
78.5.
Surety Bond Form for Bond to Release Money
						  Withheld on Claims Bidder's Bond Form
78.6.
Bidder's Bond Form
78.7
Performance Bond to Accompany Construction
						  Contract
Article 41. Department of Health Services
Section
80.1.
Guarantee Bond
80.2.
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal License
						  Designee Bond
80.3.
Payment Surety Bond
80.4.
Commercial Cannabis License Bond
						  [Repealed]
Article 42. Department of Consumer Affairs
Section
81.1.
Bond of Tax Preparer
Article 43. California Auctioneer
						  Commission
Section
82.1.
License Bond
Article 44. Board of Barber Examiners
Section
83.
Barber College Bond
Article 45. Department of Housing and Community
						  Development
Section
90.1.
Surety Bond of Dealer or Lessor/Retailer
90.2.
Cash Bond of Dealer or Lessor/Retailer
90.3.
"In Lieu" Bond of Dealer or
						  Lessor/Retailer
90.4.
Assignment Form to be used with "In Lieu"
						  Bond
Article 50. State Banking Department
						  [Repealed]
Article 51. Air Resources Board
Section
105.
Recall Performance Bond
Article 52. Division of Recycling (Department of
						  Conservation)
Section
110.
Financial Guarantee Bond (Processors Payment
						  Bond)
Article 53. Office of Mine Reclamation
						  (Department of Conservation)
Section
115.1.
Surety Bond (Corporation)
115.2.
Surety Bond (Partnership)
115.3.
Surety Bond (Sole Proprietorship)
115.4.
Reclamation Performance Bond
						  Increase/Decrease Rider
115.5.
Reclamation Performance Bond General Purpose
						  Rider
Article 54. California State Board of
						  Pharmacy
Section
116.1.
Wholesaler or Nonresident Wholesaler Surety
						  Bond
116.2.
Wholesaler or Nonresident Wholesaler Surety
						  Bond for Entities with Gross Annual Receipts of $10,000,000 or Less
Article 55. Department of Pesticide
						  Regulation
Section
117.1.
Pest Control Business Licensees Bond.
Article 56. Department of Cannabis Control
Section
118.1.
Commercial Cannabis Licensee Bond.
Article 57. Department of Social Services
Section
119.1.
Surety Bond.