A Bondsman, a Surety, and the People Walk into the Court of Appeal . . .

People v. Am. Surety Co., No. E067831 (D4d2 Jan. 15, 2019)

Under Code of Civil Procedure § 917.1, by posting an undertaking, a party can stay the enforcement of a money judgment pending appeal. If the judgment is affirmed and the defendant fails to satisfy, the surety pays the judgment and then becomes, in effect, the judgment creditor. But § 917.1 only applies to an appeal of a money judgment.