P. v. Financial Casualty & Surety Inc. CA2/1
After a bail bond has been forfeited, the bonding company has a certain amount of time—called the appearance period—in which it can seek to vacate the forfeiture on specified grounds, such as the defendant’s appearance in court. (Pen. Code, § 1305.) Under certain circumstances, a court may grant a 180-day extension of the appearance period, thus allowing the bonding company additional time to move to vacate the forfeiture. (§ 1305.4.) This case concerns the proper calculation of the 180 day extension and the maximum time permitted by section 1305.4. Our Supreme Court has said the 180 day extension period is measured from the date of the trial court’s first order granting an extension of the appearance period. (People v. Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc. (2016) 2 Cal.5th 35, 43 & 46, fn. 2 (Financial Casualty).)
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