{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1296","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1296","heading":"","body":"If the defendant has given bail, he may, at any time before the forfeiture of the undertaking, in like manner deposit the sum mentioned in the recognizance, and upon the deposit being made the bail is exonerated.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268. - 1424.5.]","CHAPTER 1. Bail [1268. - 1320.5.]","ARTICLE 5. Deposit Instead of Bail [1295. - 1298.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"52455ebf11b8c36e0d84cd9e43dc69671e2fdab550d956f882b290341f9dea72","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1295","next":"us-ca/pen-1297"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}