PEOPLE v. SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b >PEOPLE v. SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY<br /> CORPORATION</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/15/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE<br /> STATE OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><b<br /> ></b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >DIVISION TWO</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>THE PEOPLE,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Plaintiff and Respondent,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY<br /> CORPORATION,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> Defendant and Appellant.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> E047157<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> (Super.Ct.No. SWF018750)<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> OPINION<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> APPEAL<br /> from the Superior Court of Riverside<br /> County. Dennis A. McConaghy, Judge. Affirmed.<br /> <br/> Nunez<br /> & Bernstein and E. Alan Nunez for Defendant and Appellant.<br /> <br/> Pamela<br /> J. Walls, County Counsel, and Patricia Munroe,<br /> Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.<br /> <br/> Defendant<br /> and appellant Safety National Casualty Corporation (the surety) appeals the<br /> trial court's denial of its motion to set aside forfeiture of a bail bond and<br /> to exonerate bail. The surety contends<br /> that the trial court lost jurisdiction<br /> to declare the forfeiture because it contends that the clerk failed to give<br /> notice of the forfeiture as required. <br /> For the reasons that follow, we reject the surety's contention and<br /> affirm the court's order. <br /> <br/><u>FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY</u><br /> <br/> On November 2, 2006, The surety posted a $100,000 bond for the release of<br /> defendant Herminio Barba. Barba made a<br /> number of court appearances after his release on bail. On November 9,<br /> 2007,<br /> Barba failed to appear in court and the court declared the bond forfeited. A notice of forfeiture was mailed on November 13, 2007, well within 30 days after the declaration of<br /> forfeiture. <br /> <br/> On May 8, 2008, the surety filed a notice of motion to vacate the order of<br /> forfeiture, on the ground that it did not receive notice of the<br /> forfeiture. In support of its motion,<br /> the surety presented an affidavit of Bill Martin, as the surety's attorney in<br /> fact (and notarized by J.A. Jasperson), that â€