California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. American Bankers Ins. Co., 225 Cal.App.3d 1378, 276 Cal.Rptr. 210 (Cal. App. 1990):
In People v. Classified Ins. Corp. (1985) 164 Cal.App.3d 341, 210 Cal.Rptr. 162, bail was forfeited when the defendant failed to appear at the hearing on a section 995 motion. The record did not reflect that the defendant had notice of this hearing. This court held: "Absent an order or other actual notification from the court that [the defendant's] appearance was required at a given date and time, the failure of [the defendant] to appear cannot be grounds for forfeiture of bail under section 1305." (Id. at p. 346, 210 Cal.Rptr. 162.)
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