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CIV § 3415

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Civil Code - CIV
  2. DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]
  3. PART 1. RELIEF [3274. - 3428.]
  4. TITLE 3. SPECIFIC AND PREVENTIVE RELIEF [3366. - 3424.]
  5. CHAPTER 2. Specific Relief [3375. - 3415.]
  6. ARTICLE 6. Cancellation of Instruments [3412. - 3415.]

(a) An action may be maintained by any person interested in any private document or instrument in writing, which has been lost or destroyed, to prove or establish the document or instrument or to compel the issuance, execution, and acknowledgment of a duplicate of the document or instrument.

(b) If the document or instrument is a negotiable instrument, the court shall compel the owner of the negotiable instrument to give an indemnity bond to the person reissuing, reexecuting, or reacknowledging the same, against loss, damage, expense, or other liability that may be suffered by the person by reason of the issuance of the duplicate instrument or by the original instrument still remaining outstanding.

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