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AT-160 Undertaking By Personal Sureties

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2026-09-26
Last updated
2026-10-05
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California

AT-160 Undertaking By Personal Sureties Effective: January 1, 2006 — Get form AT-160

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AT-160/CD-140 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address): FOR COURT USE ONLY

TELEPHONE NO.: FAX NO. (Optional):

E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional): ATTORNEY FOR (Name): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF STREET ADDRESS: MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: BRANCH NAME:

PLAINTIFF: DEFENDANT:

Plaintiff's UNDERTAKING BY PERSONAL SURETIES CASE NUMBER:
Defendant's Attachment Claim and Delivery

  1. Plaintiff (name):

  2. Defendant (name):

  3. Amount of undertaking: $

  4. (Claim and delivery only) Address to which notice of objection to sureties may be sent(specify):

  5. This undertaking is for attachment. claim and delivery.

  6. We, the undersigned sureties, hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the court in all matters affecting our liability on this undertaking and obligate ourselves, jointly and severally, to and including the amount specified in item 3, a. to pay the defendant named in item 2 any amount the defendant may recover for any wrongful attachment by the plaintiff named in item 1 in the action under Code of Civil Procedure section 489.210. b. to pay the plaintiff named in item 1 the value of the property released not exceeding the amount of any judgment which may be recovered by the plaintiff in an action against the defendant named in item 2 (Code Civ. Proc., § 489.310). c. to pay the plaintiff named in item 1 the amount of any judgment that may be recovered by the plaintiff in the action against the defendant named in item 2 under Code of Civil Procedure section 489.320. CLAIM AND DELIVERY d. to the plaintiff named in item 1, if the plaintiff recover judgment in the action, the defendant named in item 2 will pay all costs awarded to the plaintiff and all damages that the plaintiff may sustain by reason of the loss of the property, not exceeding the amount of this undertaking under Code of Civil Procedure section 515.020. e. to the defendant named in item 1, for the return of the property to the defendant if a return is ordered, and for the payment of any sum the defendant may recover against the plaintiff, not exceeding the amount of this undertaking under Code of Civil Procedure section 515.010.

  7. a. (1) Surety (name): b. (1) Surety (name): (2) Occupation: (2) Occupation: Residence address: Residence address: Business address: Business address: Address for service: Address for service:

Form Adopted for Mandatory 515.020; Use UNDERTAKING BY PERSONAL SURETIES Code Civ. Proc., §§ 482.030; 515.010,Judicial Council of California 995.510, 995.520 AT-160/CD-140 [Rev.January 1, 2006] (Attachment and Claim and Delivery) www.courtinfo.ca.gov

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AT-160/CD-140 PLAINTIFF: CASE NUMBER: DEFENDANT:

  1. a. (1) I am neither an officer of the court nor a member of 8. b. (1) I am neither an officer of the court nor a member of the State Bar of California, but I am a resident and the State Bar of California, but I am a resident and householder owner of real property householder owner of real property within California and I am worth the amount of the bond within California and I am worth the amount of the in real or personal property, or both, situated in this bond in real or personal property, or both, situated in state, over and above all my debts and liabilities, this state, over and above all my debts and liabilities, exclusive of property exempt from enforcement of a exclusive of property exempt from enforcement of a money judgment. money judgment. (2) (Complete if undertaking exceeds $5,000.) (2) (Complete if undertaking exceeds $5,000.) I rely on the following described property belonging to I rely on the following described property belonging to me and situated in this state as qualifying me on the me and situated in this state as qualifying me on the undertaking (describe property and nature of undertaking (describe property and nature of declarant's interest and specify best estimate of fair declarant's interest and specify best estimate of fair market value of each item of property): market value of each item of property): Continued on Attachment 8a. Continued on Attachment 8b. (3) The charges, liens, impediments, or clouds against any (3) The charges, liens, impediments, or clouds against any item of property known to me and the amounts are as item of property known to me and the amounts are as follows (specify): follows (specify): Continued on Attachment 8a. Continued on Attachment 8b.
  2. a. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the 9. b. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date: Date:

(SIGNATURE OF SURETY) (SIGNATURE OF SURETY)

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME OF SURETY) (TYPE OR PRINT NAME OF SURETY)

COURT APPROVAL (Attachment only) The undertaking is approved.

Date: (JUDICIAL OFFICER) Signature follows last attachment.

AT-160/CD-140 [Rev. January 1, 2006] UNDERTAKING BY PERSONAL SURETIES Page 2 of 2 (Attachment and Claim and Delivery)

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