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CA AB1828

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Chen

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Shifts responsibility for filing bonds from county recorders to county clerks for legal document assistants, unlawful detainer assistants, process servers, professional photocopiers, and notaries public
  • Eliminates the fixed $7 fee for filing, canceling, revoking, or withdrawing bonds, replacing it with fees determined by counties based on cost recovery under Government Code Section 54985
  • Requires county clerks to retain all filed bonds for a minimum of 6 years from the filing date
  • Removes the requirement that bonds be recorded by county recorders, streamlining the administrative process to filing only
  • Provides no state reimbursement to local agencies because counties can levy fees sufficient to cover the mandated duties

Legislative Description

County recorder: county clerks: bonds.

Last Action

From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.

2/12/2026

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