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Legal Information: California

Litigation Abuse

Laws current as of November 7, 2024

What is “security”?

Security means a legally binding promise (undertaking) to pay your reasonable expenses related to the vexatious litigation, including attorney’s fees and costs.1 The law requires that the abuser give security to the court in the hope that the abuser will instead choose to withdraw the vexatious litigation to avoid losing the security payment.

1 Cal. C.C.P. § 391(c)