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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 490.020

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§ 490.020 (a) The liability of a plaintiff for causing a wrongful attachment under Section 490.

Part 2: Of Civil Actions | Title 6.5: Attachment | Chapter 10: Liability for Wrongful Attachment

Rule Text

(a) The liability of a plaintiff for causing a wrongful attachment under Section 490.010 includes both of the following:

(1) All damages proximately caused to the defendant by the wrongful attachment.

(2) All costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, reasonably expended in defeating the attachment.

(b) The liability of a plaintiff for wrongful attachment pursuant to Section 490.010 is limited by the amount of the undertaking.

Amendment history: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1198, Sec. 54. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 70 of Ch. 1198.