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California Rules of Court, Title 3 (Civil Rules) →
California Code of Civil Procedure
Part 1 · §§ 1–304 · Part 2 · §§ 307–1062.34 · Part 3 · §§ 1063–1822.60 · Part 4 · §§ 1855–2107 · 3,409 active sections in all
The California Code of Civil Procedure spans four Parts — court organization, civil actions, special proceedings, and miscellaneous provisions — all 3,409 active sections complete on this site, each with a plain-English summary.
Part 1. Of Courts of Justice
253 active sections
Preliminary Provisions
40 active sections · the code's own untitled front matter, §§ 1–34
- § 1 Citation of act
- § 2 When this code takes effect
- § 3 Not retroactive
- § 4 Rule of construction of this code
- § 5 Provisions similar to existing laws, how construed
- § 6 Tenure of officers preserved
- § 7 Construction of repeal as to certain offices
- § 8 Actions, etc., not affected by this code
- § 9 Limitations shall continue to run
- § 10 Holidays
- § 11 Notice by certified mail as compliance with requirement of notice by registered mail
- § 12 Computation of time, first and last days
- § 12a Computation of time where last day for performance of act is holiday
- § 12b Public office closed for whole of day to be considered as holiday
- § 12c Computation of last day to perform act before hearing date
- § 13 Certain acts not to be done on holidays
- § 13a Performance of acts on special holidays
- § 13b Performance of acts on Saturdays
- § 14 “Seal” defined
- § 15 Joint authority; Majority exercise
- § 16 Words and phrases; Construction
- § 17 Definitions
- § 18 Statutes, etc., inconsistent with code repealed
- § 19 This act, how cited, enumerated, etc.
- § 20 Judicial remedies defined
- § 21 Division of judicial remedies into classes
- § 22 Action defined
- § 23 Special proceeding defined
- § 24 Division of actions
- § 25 Civil actions arise out of obligations or injuries
- § 26 Obligation defined
- § 27 Division of injuries
- § 28 Injuries to property
- § 29 Injuries to the person
- § 30 Civil actions
- § 31 Criminal actions
- § 32 Civil and criminal remedies not merged
- § 32.5 “Jurisdictional classification”
- § 33 Civil resolution of offense against property
- § 34 Electronic signature by court or judicial officer
Title 1. Organization and Jurisdiction
107 active sections · 237 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Courts of Justice in General · 5 sections
- § 35 Precedence on calendar of proceedings involving elections [Operative January 1, 2027]
- § 36 Motion for preference; Time of trial; Continuance
- § 36.5 Affidavit in support of motion for preference
- § 37 Preference in action for injuries caused during commission of felony
- § 38 Meaning of statutory reference to judicial district
Chapter 2. Court of Impeachment [Repealed] · No section rows in this compilation
This chapter was entirely repealed and contains no section rows in this compilation.
Chapter 2.5. The Judicial Council [Repealed] · 0 of 2 active
- § 39 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 39.1–39.6 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
Chapter 3. Supreme Court · 6 of 29 active
- § 40 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 41 Transaction of business
- § 42 Adjournments as recesses
- § 43 Powers of appellate court; Determination of law questions; Remittal of judgment
- § 44 Preference for probate, election, and certain defamation cases
- § 45 Precedence to be given to appeals from judgments freeing minors from parental custody and control; Extensions of time
- § 46 Priority in appeals scheduling
- § 47 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 48 [Section renumbered 1967] Renumbered
- § 49 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 50 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 51 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 52 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 52a [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 53 [Section renumbered 1967] Renumbered
- § 54 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- §§ 55–56 [Sections repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 57 [Section renumbered 1967] Renumbered
- §§ 58–58.5 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 58.6 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 58.7–58.8 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 59, 59.1 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 59.2–60.4 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 61 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 61.1–61.3 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 61.4 [Section renumbered 1967] Renumbered
- §§ 61.5–62.1 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 63 [Section omitted 1880] Omitted
- § 64 [Section omitted 1880] Omitted
Chapter 4. Superior Courts · 7 of 57 active
- § 65 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 65.1 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 65.2 [Section repealed 1959] Repealed
- § 66 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66a-1 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66b [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66c [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66d [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66e [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66f [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66g [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66h [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 66i–66j [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66k [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66l [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66m [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66n [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66p [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66q [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66r [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66s [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66t [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 66u [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 67 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 67a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 67b [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 68–70 [Sections repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 71 Process throughout state
- § 72 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 73 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 73a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 73b [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 73c Disposition of property of savings and loan associations; Place of hearings
- § 73d Hearing in another county; Expenses
- § 73e Juvenile hall not located in county seat; Sessions in judicial district where juvenile hall located
- § 73f [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 74 Adjournments
- § 75 Submission of noncontested matter
- § 76 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 77 Appellate division; Term; Expenses; Jurisdiction; Powers; Rules
- § 77a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 77b [Section repealed 1955] Repealed
- §§ 78, 78.1 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.1 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 79.2–79.3 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.4 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 79.5–79.6 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.7 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 79.8–79.14 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.15 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.16 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.17 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.18 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.19 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 79.20 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
Chapter 5.1. Limited Civil Cases · 17 of 22 active
Article 1. Jurisdiction in Limited Civil Cases
- § 85 Conditions for treatment as limited civil case
- § 85.1 [Section repealed 2003] Repealed
- § 86 Specific cases and proceedings that are limited civil cases
- § 86a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 86.1 Action under Long-Term Care, Health, Safety and Security Act as limited civil case
- § 87 Bringing limited civil case in small claims division; Conflict in applicable statutes or rules
- § 88 “Unlimited civil case”
- § 89 Establishment of requisite conditions
Article 2. Economic Litigation for Limited Civil Cases
- § 90 Applicability of laws relating to civil actions
- § 91 Application of article; Exceptions
- § 92 Pleadings; Answers; Demurrers; Motions
- § 93 Case questionnaire; Form; Order compelling response; Sanctions
- § 94 Discovery
- § 95 Additional discovery
- § 96 Request for disclosure of witnesses and evidence; Service; Response
- § 97 Witnesses and evidence impermissible when not included in statement; Exceptions
- § 98 Use of prepared testimony in lieu of direct testimony; Conditions
- § 98.1 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 98.2–98.6 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 98.7 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 99 Judgment or final order conclusive; Collateral estoppel
- § 100 Appeal
Chapter 5.5. Small Claims Court · 59 of 65 active
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Small Claims Court
- § 116.210 Small claims division
- § 116.220 Jurisdiction
- § 116.221 Additional jurisdiction
- § 116.222 Action to enforce payment of debt
- § 116.223 COVID-19 rental debt; Small claims court jurisdiction; Commencement of action; Reduction in damages [Repealed] Repealed
- § 116.224 [Section repealed 2015] Repealed
- § 116.225 Certain choice of forum clauses void and unenforceable
- § 116.230 Fees for filing and service by mail
- § 116.231 Filing of more than two small claims actions
- § 116.232 Fee for each defendant to whom copy of claim is mailed
- § 116.240 Case heard by temporary judge
- § 116.250 Sessions; Night or Saturday sessions; Proceeding by mediator or referee
- § 116.260 Individual assistance for small claims litigants
- § 116.270 Law clerks
Article 3. Actions
- § 116.310 Pleadings necessary to initiate action; Pretrial discovery not permitted
- § 116.320 Commencement of action
- § 116.330 Procedure once claim is filed
- § 116.340 Service on defendant
- § 116.350 [Section repealed 1992] Repealed
- § 116.360 Counterclaim
- § 116.370 Venue
- § 116.380 [Section renumbered 1992] Renumbered
- § 116.390 Transfer of action when defendant’s claim exceeds jurisdictional limit
Article 4. Parties
Article 5. Hearing
- § 116.510 Hearing and disposition of action
- § 116.520 Presentation of evidence at hearing
- § 116.530 Attorney participation
- § 116.531 Assistance to party by insurer or other expert
- § 116.540 Participation by individuals other than plaintiff and defendant
- § 116.541 Participation in small claims actions by Department of Corrections and Department of Youth Authority
- § 116.550 List of interpreters; Postponement when interpreter not available [Repealed] Repealed
- § 116.560 Amendment of claim to correct name of defendant
- § 116.570 Postponement of hearing
Article 6. Judgment
Article 7. Motion to Vacate, Appeal, and Related Matters
- § 116.710 Right to appeal; Motion to vacate
- § 116.720 Motion to vacate; Procedure
- § 116.725 Correction of errors
- § 116.730 Defendant’s right to file motion to vacate; Procedure
- § 116.740 Defendant’s motion to vacate; Grounds
- § 116.745 Fee for filing of motion to vacate
- § 116.750 Notice of appeal
- § 116.760 Appeal filing fees
- § 116.770 Appeal procedure
- § 116.780 Judgment of superior court
- § 116.790 Award of attorney’s fees, lost earnings, and expenses
- § 116.795 Dismissal of appeal
- § 116.798 Writs of review, mandate, or prohibition relating to small claims division
Article 8. Satisfaction and Enforcement of Judgment
- § 116.810 Enforcement of judgment
- § 116.820 Enforcement of small claims judgment; Fees and costs
- § 116.830 Form regarding nature and location of assets of judgment debtor
- § 116.840 Satisfaction of judgment
- § 116.850 Full or partial payment of judgment
- § 116.860 Judgment debtor’s request to make payment
- § 116.870 Suspension of driver’s license for failure to pay judgment arising out of motor vehicle accident
- § 116.880 Notice requesting suspension of driver’s license for failure to satisfy certain judgments; Attempt to notify judgment debtor; Termination of proceedings
Article 9. Administration
- § 116.910 [Section repealed 2006] Repealed
- § 116.920 Rules and forms
Chapter 5A. Small Claims Courts [Repealed] · 0 of 9 active
- § 116.1 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.2 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.3 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.4 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.41 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.5 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.6 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.7 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
- § 116.8 [Section repealed 1991] Repealed
Chapter 5-B. Small Claims Court Experimental Project [Repealed] · 0 of 17 active
- § 118 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 119 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- §§ 119.1–119.3 [Sections repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 119.4 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 119.6 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 119.9 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 120 [Section renumbered 1979] Renumbered
- § 120.1 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- §§ 120.2–120.3 [Sections repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 120.4 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 121 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- §§ 121.1–121.8 [Sections repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 122 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
- §§ 122.1–122.2 [Sections repealed 1980] Repealed
- §§ 122a–122e [Sections repealed 1952] Repealed
- §§ 123–123.5 [Sections repealed 1980] Repealed
- § 123.7 [Section repealed 1980] Repealed
Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice · 12 of 30 active
Article 1. Open Court Access
- § 124 Public sittings; Exclusion from physical access due to availability of remote access not permitted
- § 125 [Section repealed 1970] Repealed
Article 2. Incidental Powers and Duties of Court
- § 128 Powers respecting conduct of proceedings; Contempt
- § 128.5 Expenses for frivolous action, bad faith or delay; Punitive damages
- § 128.6 [Section repealed 2011] Repealed
- § 128.7 Signing of pleadings and motion papers by attorney; Signature as of specified conditions; Sanctions
- § 129 Restrictions on dissemination of coroner photographs and recordings
- § 130 Sealing of autopsy report and evidence relating to examination of deceased child victim; Exceptions; Opposition; Removal
- § 131 [Section repealed 1961] Repealed
- § 131.1 [Section repealed 1961] Repealed
- § 131.2 [Section repealed 1963] Repealed
- § 131.3 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
- § 131.4 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
- § 131.5 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
- § 131.6 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
- § 131.7 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
Article 3. Judicial Holidays
Article 4. Proceedings in Case of Absence of Judge
- § 139 Adjournment on absence of judge
- § 140 [Section repealed 1907] Repealed
Article 5. Provisions Respecting Places of Holding Courts [Repealed]
- §§ 142–144 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
Article 6. Seals of Courts
- § 147 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 148–149 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 149a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 150 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 151 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 152 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 153 Documents under seal
Chapter 7. Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings · 1 section
Chapter 8. Of Justices’ Courts [Renumbered] · No section rows in this compilation
This chapter was entirely renumbered and contains no section rows in this compilation.
Chapter 9. Of Police Courts [Renumbered] · No section rows in this compilation
This chapter was entirely renumbered and contains no section rows in this compilation.
Chapter 10. General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice [Renumbered] · No section rows in this compilation
This chapter was entirely renumbered and contains no section rows in this compilation.
Title 2. Judicial Officers
23 active sections · 42 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Judicial Officers in General [Repealed] · 0 of 7 active
- § 156 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- §§ 157–158 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 159 [Section repealed 1952] Repealed
- § 159a [Section repealed 1952] Repealed
- § 160 [Section repealed 1923] Repealed
- § 161 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 162 [Section repealed 1873] Repealed
Chapter 2. Powers of Judges at Chambers · 4 sections
Chapter 3. Disqualifications of Judges · 10 of 16 active
- § 170 Duty to decide proceeding
- § 170a [Section repealed 1985] Repealed
- § 170b [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 170.1 Grounds for disqualification
- § 170.2 Grounds not allowed for disqualification
- § 170.3 Procedure
- § 170.4 Permissible actions by disqualified judge
- § 170.5 Definitions
- § 170.6 Motion to disqualify
- § 170.65 [Section repealed 2001] Repealed
- § 170.7 Effect of motion to disqualify on superior court appellate division judge
- § 170.8 No judge of court qualified to hear cause; Judge assigned by Chairman of Judicial Council
- § 170.9 Restrictions on gifts and honoraria to judges
- § 171 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 172 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 173 [Section renumbered 1880] Renumbered
Chapter 4. Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers · 4 of 5 active
Chapter 5. Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice · 5 of 10 active
- § 182 Chapter heading not deemed to affect its provisions
- § 183 [Section repealed 1933] Repealed
- § 184 Vacancy not to affect proceedings
- § 185 Proceedings to be in English language
- § 186 Abbreviations and figures
- § 187 Means to carry jurisdiction into effect
- § 188 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 189 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 189.5 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 189.7 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
Title 3. Persons Specially Invested With Powers of a Judicial Nature
52 active sections · 98 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act · 51 of 97 active
- § 190 Citation of chapter
- § 191 Declaration of state policy
- § 192 Application of chapter
- § 193 Different kinds of juries
- § 193.2 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 194 Definitions
- § 194.5 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 195 Jury commissioner; Appointment; Powers and duties
- § 196 Jury commissioner or court inquiries
- § 196.1 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 197 Random selection of jurors; Appropriate source lists
- § 197.1 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 198 Master and qualified juror lists
- § 198.5 Sessions of superior court in cities other than county seat
- § 199 [Section repealed 2004] Repealed
- § 199.2 [Section repealed 2004] Repealed
- § 199.3 [Section repealed 2004] Repealed
- § 199.5 [Section repealed 2004] Repealed
- § 200 [Section repealed 2003] Repealed
- § 201 Separate trial jury panel
- § 201a [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 202 Mechanical, electric, or electronic equipment
- § 202.5 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 202.7 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 203 Persons not qualified to be jurors
- § 203.1 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 203.2 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 203.3 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 204 Exemption from service
- § 204a [Section renumbered 1981] Renumbered
- § 204b [Section repealed 1981] Repealed
- § 204c [Section renumbered 1981] Renumbered
- § 204d [Section repealed 1981] Repealed
- § 204e [Section renumbered 1981] Renumbered
- § 204f [Section repealed 1951] Repealed
- § 204g [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 204h [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 204.1 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 204.3 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 204.4 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 204.5 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 204.7 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 205 Juror questionnaires; Judicial Council standard for gender identity and expression
- § 206 Right of jurors not to discuss deliberations or verdict; Petition for access to personal juror information
- § 206a [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 206b [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 206c [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 207 Maintenance of records of selection and service of jurors
- § 208 Prospective jurors; Estimate of number; Summons
- § 209 Enforcement of summons; Punishment; Monetary sanctions
- § 210 Contents of summons
- § 210.5 Standardized jury summons
- § 211 Summoning jurors to complete panel
- § 213 One-hour telephone notice
- § 214 Juror orientation
- § 215 Juror fees and expenses; Use of public transit service
- § 216 Deliberations rooms
- § 217 Criminal cases; Provision of food and lodging
- § 218 Hearing excuses
- § 219 Selection of jury panels
- § 219.5 Adoption of rules to give certain peace officers scheduling accommodations
- § 220 Number of trial jury
- § 221 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
- § 222 Selection for voir dire
- § 222.5 Voir dire in civil cases; “Improper question”
- § 223 Voir dire in criminal jury trial
- § 223.5 [Section repealed 1990] Repealed
- § 224 Juror with specified physical disabilities; “Service provider”
- § 225 Challenges
- § 226 Challenge to individual juror
- § 227 Challenges for cause
- § 228 Challenges for general disqualification
- § 229 Challenges for implied bias
- § 230 Challenges tried by court
- § 231 Peremptory challenges
- § 231.5 Assumption of bias
- § 231.7 Prohibition to use of peremptory challenge based on specified criteria
- § 232 Perjury admonishment; Acknowledgment and agreement
- § 233 Discharge of juror before verdict returned
- § 234 Alternate jurors
- § 235 Provision of prospective jurors; Juries of inquest
- § 236 Jury of inquest; Purpose
- § 237 Names of qualified jurors made available to public; Petition for access to records; Notice; Hearing; Violations
- § 238 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 239 [Section repealed 2001] Repealed
- § 240 San Francisco low-income juror pilot program [Repealed] Repealed
- § 241 Pilot program to study whether increases in juror compensation and mileage reimbursement rates increase juror diversity and participation [Repealed] Repealed
- § 242 Mental health awareness information provided to jurors
- § 242a [Section repealed 1961] Repealed
- § 243 [Section repealed 1959] Repealed
- § 246 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 247 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 248 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 250 [Section repealed 1981] Repealed
- § 251 [Section repealed 1981] Repealed
- § 254 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
- § 255 [Section repealed 1989] Repealed
Chapter 2. Court Commissioners · 1 section
Historical note: §§ 258, 260, 261, and 261a–261j were once part of this chapter. Every one of them has since been individually repealed or renumbered out of existence — only § 259 remains active today, confirmed via the Legislature's own current chapter heading, “[259-259.]”.
Title 4. Ministerial Officers of Courts of Justice
23 active sections · 35 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Of Ministerial Officers Generally · 12 sections
- § 262 Liability of sheriff regarding execution of process
- § 262.1 Execution of process and orders regular on face
- § 262.2 Duty to exhibit process upon request or at office; Exception
- § 262.3 Execution of unexecuted process by sheriff’s successor
- § 262.4 Execution of deeds and conveyances to purchasers of real estate at execution sale; Validity when executed by other than sheriff who made the sale
- § 262.5 Service of paper other than process, upon sheriff
- § 262.6 Execution of process and orders by coroner
- § 262.7 Service of process and orders in action against sheriff
- § 262.8 Execution of process and orders by elisor
- § 262.9 Manner of execution and return of process by elisor
- § 262.10 Compensation of coroner and elisor; Payment
- § 262.11 Execution of process and orders affecting real estate after creation of new county
Chapter 2. Levying Officer Electronic Transactions Act · 7 of 9 active
- § 263 Citation of chapter; Findings and declarations; Construction
- § 263.1 Definitions
- § 263.2 Levying officer’s information processing system; Filing day in case of technical problem
- § 263.3 Procedure for facsimile transmission
- § 263.4 Electronic record as substitute for paper record; Requirements; Procedure
- § 263.6 Writ of execution; Retention of original or electronic copy; Accounting
- § 263.7 Exclusion or redaction of identifiers
- § 264 [Section repealed 1993] Repealed
- §§ 265–266 [Sections repealed 1927] Repealed
Chapter 3. Phonographic Reporters · 4 of 14 active
- § 268 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 269 Reporters for superior courts; Duties
- § 269a [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 269b [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 270 [Section repealed 2002] Repealed
- § 271 Electronic transcripts; Provision of full text-searchable PDF copy if paper transcript delivered; Compliance with format requirements
- § 272 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 273 Reports prima facie evidence; Use of rough draft transcripts
- § 274 [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 274a Matters to be transcribed in superior court
- § 274b [Section repealed 1929] Repealed
- § 274c [Section repealed 2003] Repealed
- § 274d [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
- § 274e [Section repealed 1953] Repealed
Title 5. Persons Specially Invested With Ministerial Powers Relating to Courts of Justice
8 active sections · 34 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Attorneys and Counselors at Law · 8 of 30 active
- § 275 [Section repealed 1931] Repealed
- § 276 [Section repealed 1931] Repealed
- § 276a [Section repealed 1931] Repealed
- § 277 [Section repealed 1931] Repealed
- § 278 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 279 [Section repealed 1931] Repealed
- § 280 [Section repealed 1931] Repealed
- § 280a [Section repealed 1917] Repealed
- § 280b [Section repealed 1917] Repealed
- § 281 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 282 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 283 Authority
- § 284 Change of attorney
- § 285 Notice of change
- § 285.1 Withdrawal of attorney in domestic relations actions
- § 285.2 Withdrawal from representation by legal service attorney based on lack of agency funding
- § 285.3 Tolling of time limits upon withdrawal of legal service agency attorney
- § 285.4 Appointment of counsel upon withdrawal of legal service agency attorney; Recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs
- § 286 Death or removal of attorney
- § 287 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- §§ 288–289 [Sections repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 290 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 291 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 292 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- §§ 293–295 [Sections repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 296 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- §§ 297–298 [Sections repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 299 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 300 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
- § 301 [Section repealed 1939] Repealed
Chapter 2. Other Persons Invested with Such Powers [Repealed] · 0 of 4 active
- § 304 [Section repealed 1983] Repealed
- § 304.1 [Section repealed 1983] Repealed
- § 304.2 [Section repealed 1983] Repealed
- §§ 304.3–304.4 [Sections repealed 1953] Repealed
Part 2. Of Civil Actions
1,915 active sections
Title 1. Of the Form of Civil Actions
3 active sections · 3 in the official compilation
Title 2. Of the Time of Commencing Civil Actions
96 active sections · 97 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. The Time of Commencing Actions in General · 2 sections
Chapter 2. The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property · 18 sections
- § 315 State Suing Person
- § 316 Person Claiming Under Letters Patent Or Grants From State
- § 317 Recovery of Property Conveyed When Letters Patent Or Grants Declare Void
- § 318 Action For Recovery of Real Property Or Possession of Real Property
- § 319 Action Or Defense to Action Arising Out of Title to Real Property Or Rents Or Profits
- § 320 Entry Upon Real Estate Deemed Sufficient Or Valid As Claim
- § 321 Presumption In Action For Recovery of Property When Legal Title to Property Established
- § 322 Property Deemed Been Held Adversely By Occupant Under Claim of Title Founded Upon Written Instrument Or Decree Or Judgment
- § 323 Land Deemed Possessed and Occupied By Person Claiming Title Founded Upon Instrument Or Decree Or Judgment
- § 324 Property Deemed Held Adversely By Occupant Under Claim of Title Not Founded Upon Written Instrument Or Decree Or Judgment
- § 325 Land Deemed Possessed and Occupied By Person Claiming Title Not Founded On Instrument Or Decree Or Judgment
- § 326 Possession of Tenant Deemed Possession of Landlord
- § 327 Right to Possession Not Impaired Or Affected By Descent Cast In Consequence of Death
- § 328 Person Entitled to Commence Action Under Age of Majority Or Lacking Legal Capacity
- § 328.5 Person Entitled to Commence Action Imprisoned
- § 329 Action For Foreclosure of Lien Securing Assessment For Street Improvement
- § 329.5 Contesting Validity of Assessment Or Supplemental Assessment For Public Improvements
- § 330 Sale of Land Upon Which Lien to Secure Payment of Public Improvement Assessment Represented By Public Improvement Bond
Chapter 3. The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property · 46 of 47 active
- § 335 Generally
- § 335.1 Assault, Battery Or Injury Or Death Caused By Wrongful Act Or Negligence
- § 336 Mesne Profits; Violation of Restriction As Defined In Section 784, Civil Code
- § 336a Bonds, Notes Or Debentures; Mortgage, Trust Deed Or Other Agreement On Bonds, Notes Or Debentures
- § 337 Contract, Obligation Or Liability Founded Upon Written Instrument; Book Account; Rescission of Contract
- § 337a Book Account and Consumer Debt Defined
- § 337.1 Recovery of Damages Against Person Performing Design, Specifications, Surveying, Planning, Observation of Construction
- § 337.15 Recovery of Damages From Person Developing Real Property Or Performing Or Furnishing Design, Specifications, Surveying, Supervision Testing, Observation of Construction
- § 337.2 Breach of Lease and Abandonment of Real Property Or Termination of Lessee's Right to Possession
- § 337.5 General Obligation Bonds; Judgment Or Decree
- § 337.6 Bonds Or Coupons Against Which Statute of Limitations Ran On Or After August 27, 1937
- § 338 Liability Created By Statute; Trespass Or Injury to Real Property; Taking, Detaining Or Injuring Goods Or Chattels; Fraud Or Mistake; Bond of Public Official; Notary's Bond; Slander of Title; Section 17536, Business and Professions Code; Water Quality Control Act; Section 19, Article 1, California Constitution; Division 26, Health and Safety Code; Sections 1603.1, 1615, 5650.1, Fish and Game Code; Validity of Special Tax Levy; Section 51.7, Civil Code; Violation of Fpa Or Forestry and Fire Protection Rules and Regulations; Section 26038, Business and Professions Code
- § 338.1 Civil Penalties Or Punitive Damages Authorized Under Division 20, Health and Safety Code
- § 338.2 Action For Damages, Etc. For Artwork Or Personal Property Taken Due to Political Persecution
- § 339 Contract, Obligation Not Founded On Written Instrument; Against Sheriff Or Coroner For Doing Official Act; Rescission of Contract Not In Writing
- § 339.5 Breach of Lease of Real Property Not In Writing and Abandonment of Property Or Termination of Lessee's Right to Possession
- § 340 Penalty Or Forfeiture; Libel, Slander, False Imprisonment, Seduction, Payment On Forged Check, Neglect of Animal; Officer Seizing Property; Good Faith Improver
- § 340.1 Childhood Sexual Abuse
- § 340.15 Domestic Violence
- § 340.16 Sexual Assault After Plaintiff's 18th Birthday
- § 340.2 Exposure to Asbestos
- § 340.3 Damages Based On Defendant's Commission of Felony Offense
- § 340.35 Childhood Sexual Abuse and Action Commenced Before January 1, 2006
- § 340.4 Injuries Suffered By Minor Before Or In Course of Birth
- § 340.5 Health Care Provider's Professional Negligence
- § 340.6 Attorney's Wrongful Act Or Omission In Performance of Professional Services
- § 340.7 Dalkon Shield Victims
- § 340.8 Exposure to Hazardous Material Or Toxic Substance
- § 340.9 Insurance Claim For Damages Arising Out of Northridge Earthquake of 1994
- § 340.10 Injury Or Death of Terrorist Victim of September 11, 2001 Attacks
- § 340.11 Statute of Limitations For Civil Actions Regarding Childhood Sexual Abuse
- § 341 Against Officer For Seizure As Tax Collector; Recovery of Stock Sold For Delinquent Assessment; Invalidate Action of Trustees of Dissolved Corporation
- § 341.5 Action Against State By Local Agency Challenging Constitutionality of Statute Relating to State Funding
- § 341a Recovery For Conversion of Personal Property Left At Hotel, Hospital, Rest Home, Sanitarium, Boarding House, Etc.
- § 342 Action Against Public Entity For Which Claim Required to Be Presented
- § 343 Action For Relief Not Provided
- § 344 Recovery of Balance Due Upon Account Where Reciprocal Demands Between Parties
- § 345 Applicability to Actions Brought In Name State Or County; Accounts For Support of State Or County Hospital Patients Deemed Book Accounts
- § 346 Redemption of Mortgage With Or Without Account of Rents and Profits
- § 347 Redemption of Mortgaged Premises By Mortgagor Not Entitled to Maintain Action
- § 348 Recovery of Money Or Other Property Deposited With Bank, Banker, Trust Company, Etc.
- § 348.5 Bonds Or Coupons Issued By State
- § 349 Repealed
- § 349.05 Removal of Oil, Gas Or Other Liquid
- § 349.1 Acts Or Proceedings Taken Under Color of Law For Formation, Organization, Incorporation, Etc. of City, County, City Or County, Etc.
- § 349.2 Acts Or Proceedings Taken By City, County, City Or County, Etc. For Authorization, Sale Or Issuance of Bonds
- § 349.4 Confirmation Or Validation of Acts Or Proceedings
Chapter 4. General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions · 25 sections
- § 350 Action Commenced When Complaint Filed
- § 351 Accrual of Action Against Person Out of State
- § 352 Person Entitled to Bring Action Under Age of Majority Or Lacking Legal Capacity At Time Action Accrued
- § 352.1 Person Entitled to Bring Action Imprisoned At Time Action Accrued
- § 352.5 Person Under Order of Restitution As Condition of Probation With Respect to Act Or Omission Giving Rise to Liability
- § 353.1 Person Entitled to Bring Action Represented By Attorney Whose Practice Court Has Assumed Jurisdiction
- § 354 Person Under Disability to Commence Action By Reason of Existence of State of War
- § 354.3 Owner Or Heir Or Beneficiary of Owner of Holocaust-Era Artwork
- § 354.4 Armenian Genocide Victim With Claim Arising Out of Insurance Purchased In Europe Or Asia Between 1875 and 1923
- § 354.45 Armenian Genocide Victim With Claim Arising Out of Bank's Failure to Pay Over Deposited Or Looted Assets
- § 354.5 Holocaust Victim Or Victim's Heir Or Beneficiary Having Claim Arising Out Insurance Purchased In Europe Before 1945
- § 354.6 Second World War Slave Labor Or Forced Labor Victims
- § 354.7 Bracero For Claim Arising Out of Failure to Pay Over Savings Amounts
- § 354.8 Actions to Be Commenced Within 10 Years
- § 355 Commencement of New Action After Plaintiff's Judgment Reversed On Appeal
- § 356 Commencement Stayed By Injunction Or Statutory Prohibition
- § 357 Disability
- § 358 Two Or More Disabilities Coexisting
- § 359 Actions Against Directors, Shareholders Or Members of Corporations to Recover Penalty Or Forfeiture
- § 359.5 Obligations Under Surety Bond Continued Upon Performance of Principal
- § 360 Acknowledgment Or Promise of New Or Continuing Contract
- § 360.5 Waiver to Defense that Action Not Commenced Within Time
- § 361 Lapse of Time Barring Action Arising In Another State Or Foreign Country
- § 362 Inapplicability of Title to Actions Already Commenced Or Time Prescribed In Statute Has Run
- § 363 Action Construed to Include Special Proceeding
Chapter 5. The Commencement of Actions Based Upon Professional Negligence · 2 sections
Chapter 6. Time of Commencement of Action After Person's Death · 3 sections
Title 3. Of the Parties to Civil Actions
54 active sections · 57 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 10 of 13 active
- § 367 Real Party In Interest
- § 367.3 Right of Protected Person to Proceed Under Pseudonym
- § 367.5 Repealed
- § 367.6 Repealed
- § 367.75 Parties Appearing Remotely; Conducting Conferences, Hearings, and Proceedings
- § 367.76 Applicability to Proceedings
- § 367.8 Report Regarding Technology Issues Or Problems Affecting Remote Proceedings
- § 367.9 Repealed
- § 367.10 Rules Regarding Remote Court Proceedings From Locations Other Than Courtroom
- § 368 Action By Assignee Without Prejudice to Set-Off Or Other Defenses
- § 368.5 Transfer of Interest In Action
- § 369 Persons Allowed to Sue Without Joining Persons For Whose Benefit Action Prosecuted
- § 369.5 Partnerships Or Other Unincorporated Association Sued In Name Assumed; Member Joined As Party; Judgment Against Member Based On Personal Liability
Chapter 2. Married Person · 2 sections
Chapter 3. Disability of Party · 8 sections
- § 372 Appearance By Guardian, Conservator of Estate Or Guardian Ad Litem
- § 372.5 Appointment of Guardian Under Pseudonym
- § 373 Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem
- § 373.5 Guardian Ad Litem For Person Not Ascertained, Not In Being Or Unknown
- § 374 Appearance By Minor Under Age 12 Without Counsel to Request Or Oppose Injunction Or Temporary Restraining Order Or Protective Order
- § 374.5 Court Hearing Proceedings Pursuant to Section 372 Or 374
- § 375 Action Not Abated By Disability; Continued By Or Against Representative
- § 376 Action By Parents of Legitimate Unmarried Minor Child For Injury to Child
Chapter 4. Effect of Death · 19 sections
Article 1. Definitions
Article 2. Survival and Continuation
Article 3. Decedent's Cause of Action
- § 377.30 Commencement By Personal Representation Or Successor In Interest
- § 377.31 Continuance of Action By Personal Representative Or Successor In Interest
- § 377.32 Affidavit Or Declaration By Successor In Interest
- § 377.33 Orders Ensuring Proper Administration
- § 377.34 Damages Recoverable
- § 377.35 Effective Date of Article
Article 4. Cause of Action Against Decedent
Article 5. Insured Claims
Article 6. Wrongful Death
Chapter 5. Permissive Joinder · 7 sections
- § 378 Joinder As Plaintiffs
- § 379 Joinder As Defendants
- § 379.5 Orders to Prevent Embarrassment, Delay Or Undue Expenses, For Separate Trials
- § 382 Party Not Consenting to Joinder As Plaintiff Made Defendant
- § 382.4 Notification of Connection of Relationship With Nonparty Recipient of Distribution
- § 384 Payment and Distribution of Unpaid Residue of Class Action Judgment
- § 384.5 Judgments Providing For Distribution to Non-Party Recipients
Chapter 6. Interpleader · 4 sections
Chapter 7. Intervention · 2 sections
Chapter 8. Compulsory Joinder · 2 sections
Title 3a. Vexatious Litigants
8 active sections · 8 in the official compilation
- § 391 Definitions
- § 391.1 Motion For Order Requiring Plaintiff Furnish Security Or Dismissal of Litigation
- § 391.2 Determination Upon Motion
- § 391.3 Order Requiring Plaintiff to Furnish Security; Order Dismissing Litigation
- § 391.4 Security Not Furnished As Ordered
- § 391.6 Stay of Litigation When Motion Filed
- § 391.7 Prefiling Order Preventing Vexatious Litigation
- § 391.8 Application to Vacate Prefiling Order
Title 4. Of the Place of Trial, Reclassification, and Coordination of Civil Actions
37 active sections · 40 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Place of Trial · 18 of 21 active
- § 392 Real Property Subject of Action Or Proceeding; Unlawful Detainer
- § 393 Recovery of Penalty Or Forfeiture; Act Done By Public Officer Or Person In Virtue of Office
- § 394 Action Against County Or City and County, City Or Local Agency
- § 395 Action For Injury to Person Or Personal Property Or Death From Wrongful Act Or Negligence; Offer Or Provision of Goods, Services, Loans Or Extension of Credit For Family Or Household Use
- § 395.1 Defendant Sued In Official Or Representative Capacity On Claim For Payment of Money Or Recovery of Personal Property
- § 395.2 Action Against Unincorporated Association
- § 395.5 Action Against Corporation Or Association On Contract
- § 395.9 Repealed
- § 396 Appeal Or Petition Not Filed In Proper State Court; Appeal Or Petition Transferred to Court Having Jurisdiction
- § 396a Affidavit Filed In Unlawful Detainer Proceeding Showing Proceeding Commenced In Proper Court and Location
- § 396b Notice Or Motion For Order Transferring Action Or Proceeding; Expenses and Attorney's Fees to Prevailing Party
- § 397 Grounds For Changing Place of Trial On Motion
- § 397.5 Transfer of Dissolution of Marriage Or Legal Separation Proceedings to County of Residence of Either Party
- § 398 Court to Which Action Or Proceeding Transferred
- § 399 Transmission of Pleading and Papers to Clerk of Court to Which Proceeding Transferred; Payment of Costs and Fees
- § 399.5 Repealed
- § 400 Petition For Writ of Mandate Requiring Trial In Proper Court
- § 401 Removal of Action By Or Against State Or State Agency Which May Be Commenced In Sacramento County
- § 402 Location Specified By Local Rule of Superior Court
- § 402.5 Repealed
- § 403 Transfer For Coordination With Action Involving Common Question of Fact Or Law
Chapter 2. Reclassification of Civil Actions and Proceedings · 9 sections
- § 403.010 Chapter Not to Affect Amendment of Pleadings
- § 403.020 Pleading Changes Jurisdictional Classification From Limited to Unlimited
- § 403.030 Limited Civil Case Reclassified By Cross-Complaint
- § 403.040 Motion For Reclassification
- § 403.050 Stipulation to Reclassification
- § 403.060 Reclassification Fee
- § 403.070 When Reclassified Action Deemed Commenced; Authority of Court
- § 403.080 Petition For Writ of Mandate Requiring Proper Classification
- § 403.090 Rules Governing Procedure For Reclassification
Chapter 3. Coordination · 10 sections
- § 404 Petition For Coordination When Actions Sharing Common Question Pending In Different Courts
- § 404.1 When Coordination Appropriate
- § 404.2 Selection of Reviewing Court Having Appellate Jurisdiction
- § 404.3 Assignment of Judge to Hear and Determine Actions
- § 404.4 Requesting Judge Assigned to Hear Coordinated Actions to Order Coordinating Pending Action
- § 404.5 Stay
- § 404.6 Petition For Writ of Mandate Requiring Reviewing Court to Make Appropriate Order
- § 404.7 Rules For Practice and Procedure For Coordination
- § 404.8 Payment Or Reimbursement of Expenses
- § 404.9 Delegation By Presiding Judge of Duties to Another Judge
Title 4.5. Recording Notice of Certain Actions
27 active sections · 27 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Definitions and General Provisions · 9 sections
- § 405 Generally
- § 405.1 Claimant
- § 405.2 Notice of Pendency of Action Or Notice
- § 405.3 Probable Validity
- § 405.4 Real Property Claim
- § 405.5 Applicability of Title to Actions Pending In United States District Court
- § 405.6 Law Governing Action In Eminent Domain By Public Agency
- § 405.7 Action Commenced to Declare Building Uninhabitable
- § 405.8 Party May Seek Attachment, Injunction, Other Relief In Connection With Real Property Or Expungement of Notice
Chapter 2. Recordation Service and Filing · 5 sections
Chapter 3. Expungement and Other Relief · 10 sections
- § 405.30 Application to Expunge Notice; Intervention By Person Not Party to Action; Evidence; Burden of Proof
- § 405.31 Pleading Does Not Contain Real Property Claim
- § 405.32 Claimant Has Not Established Probable Validity of Real Property Claim
- § 405.33 Expungement Order Conditioned On Giving Undertaking
- § 405.34 Undertaking As Condition of Maintaining Notice In Record Title
- § 405.35 When Order Effective and Recorded
- § 405.36 Recording Another Notice After Notice Expunged
- § 405.37 Authority of Court to Exonerate Or Modify Undertaking
- § 405.38 Attorney's Fees and Costs
- § 405.39 Petition For Writ of Mandate
Chapter 4. Withdrawal · 1 section
Chapter 5. Effect of Withdrawal or Expungement of Notice · 2 sections
Title 5. Jurisdiction and Service of Process
45 active sections · 45 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Forum · 7 sections
Article 1. Jurisdiction
Article 2. Forum
Article 3. Jurisdiction in Action
- § 410.50 Jurisdiction From Time Summons Served; General Appearance Equivalent to Personal Service; Continued Jurisdiction
- § 410.60 Action Against Corporation Which Has Forfeited Charter Or Right to Do Business Or Dissolved
- § 410.70 Action Against Persons Jointly, Jointly and Severally Or Severally Liable On Contract
Chapter 2. Commencing Civil Actions · 5 sections
- § 411.10 Filing Complaint
- § 411.20 Payment Made By Check Later Returned Without Payment
- § 411.20.5 Unpaid Fees; Sanctions
- § 411.21 Payment By Check In Amount Less Than Required Fee
- § 411.35 Certificate Filed and Served By Attorney For Plaintiff Or Cross-Complainant In Professional Negligence Action Against Architect, Professional Engineer Or Land Surveyor
Chapter 3. Summons · 3 sections
Chapter 4. Service of Summons · 28 sections
Article 1. General
Article 2. Persons Who May Serve Summons
Article 3. Manner of Service of Summons
- § 415.10 Personal Delivery
- § 415.20 Leaving Copy of Summons and Complaint At Office Or At Usual Mailing Address and Mailing Copy of Summons and Compliant to Person to Be Served
- § 415.21 Access to Gated Community Or Covered Multifamily Dwelling For Purpose of Service
- § 415.30 Mail Service
- § 415.40 Service On Person Outside State
- § 415.45 Service In Action For Unlawful Detainer of Real Property
- § 415.46 Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession
- § 415.47 Service Upon Lessee In Action For Unlawful Detainer of Real Property
- § 415.50 Publication
- § 415.95 Service On Business Organization Form Unknown
Article 4. Persons Upon Whom Summons May Be Served
- § 416.10 Service On Corporation
- § 416.20 Service On Corporation that Has Forfeited Charter Or Right to Do Business
- § 416.30 Service On Joint Stock Company Or Association
- § 416.40 Service On Unincorporated Association Including Partnership
- § 416.50 Service On Public Entity
- § 416.60 Service On Minor
- § 416.70 Service On Person For Whom Guardian, Conservator Or Similar Fiduciary Appointed
- § 416.80 Service As Provided In Section 12, Elections Code
- § 416.90 Service On Person Not Otherwise Specified In Article
Chapter 5. Objection to Jurisdiction · 2 sections
Title 6. Of the Pleadings In Civil Actions
88 active sections · 88 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. The Pleadings in General · 5 sections
Chapter 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief · 30 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 425.10 Requirements of Complaint Or Cross-Complaint; Amount Demanded In Damages Not Stated
- § 425.11 Request By Defendant For Statement Setting Forth Nature and Amount of Damages Sought
- § 425.115 Preservation By Plaintiff of Right to Seek Punitive Damages On Default Judgment
- § 425.12 Development and Approval of Forms
- § 425.13 Claim For Punitive Damages In Action For Professional Negligence of Health Care Provider
- § 425.14 Claim For Punitive Damages In Action Against Religious Corporation Or Religious Corporation Sole
- § 425.15 Action Against Person Serving Without Compensation As Director Or Officer of Nonprofit Corporation
- § 425.16 California Anti-Slapp Law
- § 425.17 Inapplicability of Anti-Slapp Law
- § 425.18 Special Motion to Strike Slappback
- § 425.19 Special Motions to Strike In Actions Regarding Priority Housing Development Project
- § 425.30 Use of Common Counts Prohibited to Recover Consumer Debt
- § 425.50 Allegation of Construction-Related Accessibility Claim In Complaint
- § 425.55 Construction-Related Accessibility Claims; High-Frequency Litigant Defined
Article 2. Compulsory Cross-Complaints
- § 426.10 Definitions
- § 426.30 Failure to Allege Related Cause of Action Against Plaintiff In Cross-Complaint
- § 426.40 Inapplicability of Article
- § 426.50 Amendment of Pleading Or Filing Cross-Complaint to Assert Cause of Action Subject to Requirements of Article
- § 426.60 Inapplicability of Article to Small Claims Court Actions Or Declaration of Rights and Duties of Parties
- § 426.70 Applicability to Eminent Domain Proceedings
Article 3. Permissive Joinder of Causes of Action
Article 4. Cross-Complaints
- § 428.10 Generally
- § 428.20 Joinder of Person As Cross-Complainant Or Cross-Defendant
- § 428.30 Action United With Action Asserted In Cross-Complaint
- § 428.40 Separate Document
- § 428.50 Time For Filing
- § 428.60 Service
- § 428.70 Special Answer Filed By Third-Party Defendant
- § 428.80 Counterclaim Abolished
Article 5. Contents of Documents in Particular Actions or Proceedings
Chapter 3. Objections to Pleadings; Denials and Defenses · 17 sections
Article 1. Objections to Pleadings
- § 430.10 Grounds For Objection By Party Against Whom Complaint Or Cross-Complaint Filed
- § 430.20 Grounds For Objection By Party Against Whom Answer Filed
- § 430.30 Objection Taken By Demurrer; By Answer
- § 430.40 Time For Demur to Complaint Or Cross-Complaint; Demur to Answer
- § 430.41 Meeting Required Before Filing Demurrer
- § 430.50 Demurrer to Whole Complaint Or Any Cause of Action Stated; Demurrer to Whole Answer Or to Any Defenses Set Up
- § 430.60 Demurrer to Distinctly Specify Grounds of Objections
- § 430.70 Demurrer Based On Matter Which Court May Take Judicial Notice
- § 430.80 Failure to Object Deemed Waiver of Objection
- § 430.90 Time to Respond When Case Remanded For Improper Removal to Federal Court
Article 2. Denials and Defenses
- § 431.10 Material Allegation Defined; Immaterial Allegation Defined
- § 431.20 Material Allegation Not Controverted Taken As True; Statement of New Matter In Answer Deemed Controverted
- § 431.30 General Denial; Denial Made Positively Or According to Information and Belief of Defendant
- § 431.40 General Written Denial and Statement of New Matter Constituting Defense If Amount In Controversy Not In Excess of $1,000
- § 431.50 Exemption From Liability Because Loss Insured Against Was Remotely Caused Or Would Not Have Occurred But For Peril Excepted
- § 431.70 Defense of Payment In that Two Demands Compensated So Far As They Equal Each Other
Article 3. Time to Respond to Cross-Complaint
Chapter 4. Motion to Strike · 4 sections
Chapter 5. Summary Judgments and Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings · 3 sections
Chapter 6. Verification of Pleadings · 1 section
Chapter 7. General Rules of Pleading · 13 sections
- § 452 Allegations Liberally Construed
- § 454 Items of Account
- § 455 Description of Real Property
- § 456 Judgment Or Determination Stated As Duly Given Or Made and to Be Final
- § 457 Performance of Conditions Precedent In Contract
- § 458 Statute of Limitations
- § 459 Private Statute Or Ordinance Or Right Derived From
- § 460 Action For Libel and Slander
- § 460.5 Order to Respond to Complaint For Libel and Slander Shortened to 20 Days After Service
- § 460.7 Order to Respond Shortened In Action By Candidate For Libel and Slander
- § 461 Alleging Truth of Matter Charged As Defamatory and Mitigating Circumstances
- § 464 Supplemental Complaint Or Answer; Action Seeking Child Support
- § 465 Filing and Service of Pleading Subsequent to Complaint
Chapter 8. Variance—Mistakes in Pleadings and Amendments · 15 sections
- § 469 Variance Misleading Adverse Party Deemed Material
- § 470 Where Variance Not Material
- § 471 Unproven Allegation Not Deemed Variance But Failure of Proof
- § 471.5 Filing and Service of Amendments; Time For Answering Amendments After Service
- § 472 Time For Amending Pleading By Party of Course
- § 472a Demurrer; Motion to Strike Granted; Motion to Dismiss Denied
- § 472b Running of Time to Amend Or Answer When Demurrer Sustained Or Overruled
- § 472c Orders Open to Appeal
- § 472d Statement of Specific Grounds In Decision Sustaining Demurrer
- § 473 Mistake, Inadvertence, Surprise Or Excusable Neglect
- § 473.1 Relief From Judgment When Court Assumes Jurisdiction Over Law Practice of Attorney For Party
- § 473.2 Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment For Improper Service of Process
- § 473.5 Notice Or Motion to Set Aside Default Or Default Judgment and Leave to Defend
- § 474 Plaintiff Ignorant of Name of Defendant
- § 475 Error, Improper Ruling, Instruction Or Defect Not Affecting Substantial Rights of Parties
Title 6.5. Attachment
195 active sections · 195 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Words and Phrases Defined · 29 sections
- § 481.010 Generally
- § 481.020 Account Debtor
- § 481.030 Account Receivable
- § 481.040 Chattel Paper
- § 481.055 Costs
- § 481.060 Complaint
- § 481.070 Defendant
- § 481.080 Deposit Account
- § 481.090 Document of Title
- § 481.100 Equipment
- § 481.110 Farm Products
- § 481.113 Financial Institution
- § 481.115 General Intangibles
- § 481.117 Instrument
- § 481.120 Inventory
- § 481.140 Levying Officer
- § 481.170 Person
- § 481.175 Personal Property
- § 481.180 Plaintiff
- § 481.190 Probable Validity
- § 481.195 Property
- § 481.200 Public Entity
- § 481.203 Real Property
- § 481.205 Registered Process Server
- § 481.207 Secured Party
- § 481.210 Security
- § 481.220 Security Agreement
- § 481.223 Security Interest
- § 481.225 Tangible Personal Property
Chapter 2. General Provisions · 12 sections
- § 482.010 Title of Law
- § 482.020 Relief Pursuant to Chapter 3, Title 7
- § 482.030 Rules; Forms
- § 482.040 Affidavit Requirements
- § 482.050 Request that Fact of Filing Complaint Not Be Made Public; Inspection of File By Party
- § 482.060 Subordinate Judicial Duties; Duties Not Subordinate Judicial Duties
- § 482.070 Service of Legal Process
- § 482.080 Order Directing Defendant Transfer Possession of Property Or Documentary Evidence to Levying Officer
- § 482.090 Issuance of Several Writs; Alias Writ; Date of Issuance
- § 482.100 Claim of Exemption By Defendant
- § 482.110 Estimate of Costs and Allowable Attorney's Fees
- § 482.120 Order Restricting Amount of Property to Be Levied
Chapter 3. Actions in Which Attachment Authorized · 5 sections
Chapter 4. Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment · 21 sections
Article 1. Right to Attach Order; Issuance of Writ of Attachment
- § 484.010 Generally
- § 484.020 Application Requirements
- § 484.030 Affidavit Supporting Application
- § 484.040 Hearing Required For Issuance of Order Or Writ; Documents Served Upon Defendant
- § 484.050 Notice of Application and Hearing
- § 484.060 Notice of Opposition
- § 484.070 Claim of Exemption
- § 484.080 Continuance
- § 484.090 Findings Required For Issuance of Right to Attach Order
- § 484.100 Effect of Court Determinations
- § 484.110 Waiver of Defense
Article 2. Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs
- § 484.310 Time Plaintiff May Apply For Writ By Filing Application
- § 484.320 Application Requirements
- § 484.330 Hearing Required; Service Upon Defendant
- § 484.340 Notice of Application and Hearing
- § 484.350 Claim of Exemption
- § 484.360 Notice of Opposition to Claim of Exemption
- § 484.370 Conduct of Hearing; Findings Required For Ordering Issuance of Writ
Article 3. Ex Parte Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs
Chapter 5. Ex Parte Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment · 10 sections
Article 1. Great or Irreparable Injury Requirement
Article 2. Order Determining Right to Attach; Issuance of Writ of Attachment
Article 3. Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs
Article 4. Claim of Exemption
Chapter 6. Temporary Protective Order · 11 sections
- § 486.010 Application For Order
- § 486.020 Findings Required For Issuance
- § 486.030 Issuance of Temporary Order Instead of Right to Attach Order
- § 486.040 Provisions Contained In Temporary Order
- § 486.050 Order May Prohibit Transfer By Defendant of Any of Defendant's Property Located In State
- § 486.060 Checks Issued By Defendant Against Defendant's Accounts
- § 486.070 Order Binds Only Defendant
- § 486.080 Order Personally Served On Defendant
- § 486.090 Expiration
- § 486.100 Modification Or Vacation
- § 486.110 Lien Created By Service of Order Upon Defendant
Chapter 7. Property Subject to Attachment · 4 sections
Chapter 8. Levy Procedures; Lien of Attachment; Management and Disposition of Attached Property · 50 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 488.010 Writ Requirements
- § 488.020 Writ Directed to Levying Officer and Process Server; Duty of Levying Officer to Levy In Accordance With Instructions
- § 488.030 Instructions Given Levying Officer By Plaintiff
- § 488.040 Correct Name and Address of Person Required to Be Served Included In Instructions
- § 488.050 Deposits By Plaintiff As Prerequisite to Performance By Officer and to Taking Property Into Custody
- § 488.060 Notice of Attachment
- § 488.065 Copy of Original Notice Sufficient As Notice of Attachment
- § 488.070 Personal Property Sought to Be Attached Located In Private Place of Defendant
- § 488.080 Levy By Registered Process Server
- § 488.090 Methods For Taking Property Into Custody
- § 488.100 Special Lien of Levying Officer
- § 488.110 Third-Party Claims
- § 488.120 Attachment Lien Not Affected By Failure to Post, Serve Or Mail Copy of Writ and Notice
- § 488.130 Return of Writ By Levying Officer
- § 488.140 No Liability For Actions Taken In Conformance With Provisions of Title
Article 2. Methods of Levy
- § 488.300 Construction of Terms
- § 488.305 Service of Writ and Notice On Defendant
- § 488.315 To Attach Real Property
- § 488.325 To Attach Growing Crops, Timber to Be Cut Or Minerals
- § 488.335 To Attach Personal Property In Possession of Defendant
- § 488.345 To Attach Tangible Personal Property In Possession of Defendant
- § 488.355 To Attach Personal Property In Custody of Levying Officer
- § 488.365 To Attach Goods In Possession of Bailee
- § 488.375 To Attach Equipment of Going Business In Possession Or Under Control of Defendant
- § 488.385 To Attach Vehicle Or Vessel, Mobilehome Or Commercial Coach Which Is Equipment of Going Business
- § 488.395 To Attach Farm Products Or Inventory of Going Business
- § 488.405 Alternative Method to Attach Farm Products Or Inventory
- § 488.415 To Attach Personal Property Used In Dwelling
- § 488.425 Certificate of Ownership Or Certificate of Title Still In Effect
- § 488.435 To Attach Chattel Paper
- § 488.440 To Attach Instrument
- § 488.445 To Attach Negotiable Document of Title
- § 488.450 To Attach Security
- § 488.455 To Attach Deposit Account
- § 488.460 To Attach Property In Safe-Deposit Box
- § 488.465 Deposit Account Or Safe-Deposit Box Standing In Name of Person Other Than Defendant
- § 488.470 To Attach Account Receivable Or General Intangible
- § 488.475 Attachment of Property Subject of Pending Action Or Special Proceeding
- § 488.480 To Attach Final Money Judgment
- § 488.485 To Attach Defendant's Interest In Property of Estate of Decedent
Article 3. Lien of Attachment
Article 4. Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy
Article 5. Management and Disposition of Attached Property
- § 488.700 Order to Preserve Value of Property; Sale of Perishable Property; Daily Fee If Receiver Appointed
- § 488.710 Duty to Endorse and Present Instrument For Payment
- § 488.720 Motion to Release Attachment to Extent Value of Defendant's Interest Exceeds Amount Necessary to Satisfy Amount Secured
- § 488.730 Release of Attach Property
- § 488.740 Delivery of Money and Property to Person From Whom Collected Or Taken
Chapter 9. Undertakings · 10 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Undertakings to Obtain Writ of Attachment or Protective Order
Article 3. Undertaking to Obtain Release of Attachment or Protective Order
Article 4. Undertaking on Appeal
Chapter 10. Liability for Wrongful Attachment · 4 sections
Chapter 11. Attaching Plaintiff's Miscellaneous Remedies · 25 sections
Article 1. Examination of Third Person
- § 491.110 Order Directing Third Person to Appear; Service of Order; Lien Created; Failure to Appear; Mileage Fees
- § 491.120 Requiring Witnesses to Appear and Testify
- § 491.130 Powers of Referee Conducting Proceedings
- § 491.140 Appearance By Corporation, Partnership, Association, Trust, Other Organization Served With Order
- § 491.150 Proper Court For Examination
- § 491.160 Failure to Appear By Person Served By Sheriff, Marshal Or Court Appointed Person; Improper Service
- § 491.170 Third Person Claims Interest In Property Adverse to Defendant Or Denies Debt
- § 491.180 Protective Orders
- § 491.190 Court Orders At Conclusion of Proceeding
- § 491.200 Continuance of Lien
Article 2. Creditor's Suit
- § 491.310 Action to Enforce Third Person Liability
- § 491.320 Joinder of Defendant
- § 491.330 Time Limits On Commencement of Action
- § 491.340 Orders Restraining Third Person From Transferring Or Disposing of Property
- § 491.350 No Right to Jury Trial
- § 491.360 Enforcement of Judgment
- § 491.370 Costs Not Recovered From Defendant
Article 3. Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding
- § 491.410 Generally
- § 491.415 Application For Order Permitting Creation of Lien
- § 491.420 Notice of Lien
- § 491.430 Intervention By Plaintiff In Action Or Special Proceeding
- § 491.440 Consent of Plaintiff Or Court Authorization Required to Enforce Judgment Obtained By Defendant
- § 491.450 Endorsement of Lien's Existence Upon Judgment
- § 491.460 Satisfaction of Lien
- § 491.470 Claim of Exemption By Defendant
Chapter 12. Nonresident Attachment · 8 sections
- § 492.010 Generally
- § 492.020 Application For Right to Attach Order and Writ of Attachment
- § 492.030 Issuance Or Denial of Order
- § 492.040 Levy Upon Property
- § 492.050 Application to Set Aside Order, Quash Wit and Release Property
- § 492.060 Application For Additional Writ
- § 492.070 Application Requirements
- § 492.090 Findings Required Issuance of Writ
Chapter 13. Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings and General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors · 6 sections
- § 493.010 General Assignment For the Benefit of Creditors Defined
- § 493.020 Defendant Authorized to Make General Assignment
- § 493.030 Termination of Lien of Temporary Protective Order
- § 493.040 Request For Release of Attachment
- § 493.050 Reinstatement of Lien Or Attachment
- § 493.060 Subrogation to Rights of Plaintiff; Preservation of Lien For Benefit of Estate
Title 7. Other Provisional Remedies In Civil Actions
77 active sections · 77 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 1 section
Chapter 2. Claim and Delivery of Personal Property · 37 sections
Article 1. Words and Phrases Defined
Article 2. Writ of Possession
- § 512.010 Application For Writ
- § 512.020 Issuance After Hearing; Ex Parte Issuance
- § 512.030 Service On Defendant Prior to Hearing
- § 512.040 Notice of Application and Hearing
- § 512.050 Affidavits and Points and Authorities; Evidence At Hearing
- § 512.060 Finding For Issuance of Writ; Entry of Private Place to Take Possession
- § 512.070 Order Directing Transfer of Possession to Plaintiff
- § 512.080 Writ Requirements
- § 512.090 Endorsement Directing Seizure At Private Place Not Specified In Writ
- § 512.100 Failure to Oppose Issuance Or Rebut Evidence Not Waiver of Defense Or Right to Produce Evidence
- § 512.110 Effect of Determination of Court On Determination of Issues
- § 512.120 Failure of Plaintiff to Recover Judgment In Action
Article 3. Temporary Restraining Order
Article 4. Levy and Custody
- § 514.010 Duty of Levying Officer; Keeper In Charge of Mobilehome Or Boat; Demanding Possession of Private Place
- § 514.020 Copy of Writ and Undertaking Delivered to Person In Possession; Service If No One In Possession
- § 514.030 Duty of Levying Officer After Taking Possession
- § 514.040 Return of Writ By Levying Officer
- § 514.050 Third Person Claiming Property Taken
Article 5. Undertakings
Chapter 3. Injunction · 23 sections
- § 525 Definition; Granted By Court Or Judge
- § 526 Cases In Which Injunction Granted; Cases In Which Injunction Not Granted
- § 526a Action to Restrain Or Prevent Waste of Or Injury to Estate, Funds Or Property of Local Agency
- § 526b Suit to Restrain Issuance, Sale Or Delivery of Bonds of City, Town, County Or Other District
- § 527 Preliminary Injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders
- § 527.3 When Restraining Orders Or Injunctions Prevented In Labor Disputes
- § 527.6 Prohibiting Harassment
- § 527.7 Enjoining Actions In Furtherance of Unlawful Acts of Violence Or Force
- § 527.8 Employer Seeking to Restrain On Behalf of Employees Threat of Violence that May Be Carried Out At Workplace
- § 527.9 Relinquishment of Firearms By Persons Subject to Temporary Restraining Orders Or Injunctions
- § 527.85 Restraining Order On Behalf of Students of Postsecondary Education Institution Suffering Threat of Violence Made Off Campus
- § 527.10 Prohibition From Obtaining Addresses Or Locations of Protected Persons
- § 527.11 Determination that Restrained Person Has a Firearm In Violation of Order
- § 527.12 Serving Temporary Restraining Order; Report; No Fee For Service
- § 528 Allowing Injunction After Defendant Has Answered
- § 529 Undertaking Required On Granting Injunction
- § 529.1 Undertaking By Plaintiff In Action Enjoining Construction Project
- § 529.2 Undertaking By Plaintiff In Action Challenging Housing Project
- § 530 Notice of Application to Prevent Diversion, Diminution Or Increase of Flow of Water
- § 531 Notice of Application to Suspend Business of Corporation
- § 532 Dissolution Or Modification
- § 533 Material Change In Facts Upon Which Order Granted
- § 534 Defendant's Answer In Action By Riparian Owner to Enjoin Diversion Or Use of Water Appropriated
Chapter 5. Receivers · 12 sections
- § 564 Cases In Which Receiver May Be Appointed
- § 565 Appointment of Receivers Or Trustees Upon Dissolution of Corporation
- § 566 When Consent of Parties Required For Appointment; Undertaking If Receiver Appointed Upon Ex Parte Application
- § 567 Oath and Undertaking Before Entering Upon Duties
- § 568 Powers
- § 568.1 Deposit of Securities Under Control of Receiver
- § 568.2 Notice of Substandard Or Unsafe Condition Concerning Rental Housing
- § 568.3 Motion For Purpose of Receiving Further Instructions Or Orders
- § 568.5 Sale of Property
- § 568.6 Receiver Appointed By Puc
- § 569 Deposit of Funds In Interest Bearing Accounts
- § 570 Notice of Funds Belonging to Persons Whose Whereabouts Unknown Before Receiver Discharged
Chapter 5A. Undertaking of Persons Handling Private Property or Funds · 1 section
Chapter 6. Deposit in Court · 3 sections
Title 7a. Pretrial Conferences
4 active sections · 6 in the official compilation
Title 8. Of the Trial and Judgment In Civil Actions
156 active sections · 160 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Judgment in General · 18 sections
- § 577 Definition
- § 577.5 Computation of Amount
- § 578 Given For Or Against One Or More of Several Plaintiffs Or Defendants
- § 579 Judgment Against One Or More Defendants Leaving Action to Proceed Against Others
- § 580 Relief Grant to Plaintiff
- § 580a Money Judgment Sought For Balance Due Upon Obligation Following Exercise of Power of Sale In Deed of Trust Or Mortgage
- § 580b No Deficiency Judgment Owed Or Collected Exception
- § 580c Trustee's Or Attorney's Fees For Processing Judicial Foreclosure of Deed of Trust Or Mortgage
- § 580d No Deficiency Collected Or Owed On Note Secured By Deed of Trust Or Mortgage, Exception
- § 580e No Deficiency Owed Or Collected Upon Note Secured By Deed of Trust Or Mortgage For Dwelling of Not More Than Four Units
- § 580.5 Obligation Secured By Mortgage Or Deed of Trust and Also Supported By Letter of Credit
- § 580.7 Circumstances In Which Letter of Credit Not Enforceable In Loan Transaction
- § 581 Dismissal of Action
- § 581.5 Dismissal of Consumer Debt In Which Plaintiff Debt Buyer Fails to Appear Or Not Prepared to Proceed
- § 581c Motion For Judgment Or Nonsuit By Defendant
- § 581d Dismissal Entered In Clerk's Register; Form Or Order of Dismissal
- § 582 Judgment Rendered On Merits
- § 582.5 Payment of Judgment Or Order By Defendant In Limited Civil Case
Chapter 1.5. Dismissal for Delay in Prosecution · 21 sections
Article 1. Definitions and General Provisions
- § 583.110 Definitions
- § 583.120 Applicability of Chapter; Special Proceedings
- § 583.130 Policy of State
- § 583.140 Waiver and Estoppel Not Affected
- § 583.150 Dismissal Or Sanctions Imposed Under Rule of Court
- § 583.160 Applicability to Motion In Action Commenced On Or Before Effective Date of Chapter, Exceptions
- § 583.161 Dismissal of Petition Filed Pursuant to Sections 299, 2250, 2330 Or 7600, Family Code
Article 2. Mandatory Time for Service of Summons
- § 583.210 Service Within 3 Years After Commencement of Action Against Defendant; Proof of Service
- § 583.220 Stipulation In Writing By Defendant Or Another Act Constitutes General Appearance
- § 583.230 Extension of Time
- § 583.240 Exclusions When Computing Time
- § 583.250 Consequences If Service Not Timely Made
Article 3. Mandatory Time for Bringing Action to Trial or New Trial
- § 583.310 Generally
- § 583.320 New Trial Granted
- § 583.330 Extension of Time
- § 583.340 Exclusions When Computing Time
- § 583.350 At End of Period of Tolling Or Extension Less Than 6 Months Remain Within Which Action Must Be Brought
- § 583.360 Dismissal By Court Or On Motion of Defendant If Action Not Timely Brought For Trial
Article 4. Discretionary Dismissal for Delay
Chapter 2. Judgment Upon Failure to Answer · 5 sections
Chapter 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements · 17 sections
- § 588 Kinds of Issues
- § 589 Issue of Law
- § 590 Issue of Fact
- § 591 Issue of Law Tried By Court
- § 592 Issue of Fact Tried By Jury
- § 594 Taking Dismissal, Verdict Or Judgment In Absence of Adverse Party
- § 594a Postponement of Trial If Court Engaged In Another Trial Or Proceeding
- § 595 Postponement If Member of Legislature Participant In Action Or Proceeding and Legislature In Session
- § 595.1 Proceeding In a Court Construed
- § 595.2 Agreement By Attorneys of Record to Postponement
- § 595.3 Postponement In Actions Involving Mining Claims
- § 595.4 Motion to Postpone On Ground of Absence of Evidence
- § 596 Testimony of Adverse Party's Witness Taken By Deposition
- § 597 Proceeding to Trial of Special Defenses Constituting Bar Or Abatement Prior to Trial of Other Issues
- § 597.5 Bar of Statute of Limitations Tried Separately and Before Other Issues In Action Against Health Care Provider For Professional Negligence
- § 598 Order that Trial of Issue Shall Precede Trial of Other Issues
- § 599 Extension of Deadlines During State of Emergency
Chapter 4. Trial by Jury · 21 sections
Article 2. Conduct of the Trial
- § 607 Order In Which Trial Must Proceed When Jury Sworn
- § 607a Delivery to Judge and Service Upon Opposing Counsel Instructions to Jury
- § 608 Charging Jury
- § 609 Special Instructions Given Jury
- § 611 Admonishment to Jury By Court If Jury Separates During Trial Or After Case Submitted
- § 612 Jury Taking Papers and Exhibits Upon Retiring For Deliberations
- § 612.5 Copy of Written Instructions Provided Jury Upon Retiring For Deliberation
- § 613 Jury Deciding to Retire For Deliberation
- § 614 Disagreement As to Testimony Or Desire to Be Informed of Point of Law Arising In Case
- § 614.5 Judge's Presence Not Required While Testimony Previously Receive Read to Jury
- § 616 Trial After Jury Discharged Without Rendering Verdict Or Prevented From Giving Verdict
- § 617 Adjournment While Jury Absent
- § 618 Verdict
- § 619 Correction of Verdict Under Advice of Court
Article 3. The Verdict
Chapter 4.5. Voluntary Expedited Jury Trials · 11 of 12 active
- § 630.01 Definitions
- § 630.02 Rules and Procedures
- § 630.03 Agreement to Participate
- § 630.04 Number of Jurors; Peremptory Challenges
- § 630.05 Deliberations As Long As Needed
- § 630.06 Rules of Evidence; Issuance of Subpoenas and Notices to Appear
- § 630.07 Verdict
- § 630.08 Waiver of Motions For Directed Verdict, to Set Aside Verdict Or Judgment
- § 630.09 Motion For New Trial Or Appeal
- § 630.10 Costs and Attorney's Fees
- § 630.11 Adoption of Rules and Forms to Establish Uniform Procedures
- § 630.12 Repealed
Chapter 4.6. Mandatory Expedited Jury Trials in Limited Civil Cases · 10 of 11 active
- § 630.20 Mandated Expedited Jury Trials In Limited Civil Cases
- § 630.21 Definitions
- § 630.22 Applicability
- § 630.23 Rules and Procedures
- § 630.24 Jury Deliberation
- § 630.25 Rules of Evidence
- § 630.26 Votes Required For Verdict
- § 630.27 Attorney Fees
- § 630.28 Adoption of Rules
- § 630.29 Operative Date
- § 630.30 Repealed
Chapter 5. Trial by the Court · 10 of 11 active
- § 631 Fee Paid By Party Demanding Jury; Deposit By Party Demanding Jury Trial; Waiver of Jury Trial
- § 631.1 Repealed
- § 631.2 Payment of Jury Fees From General Funds of Court
- § 631.3 Deposited Fees Not Refunded; Deposit of Fees In Trial Court Trust Fund
- § 631.5 Deposit In Cases of Eminent Domain
- § 631.7 Order of Trial Without Jury
- § 631.8 Motion For Judgment By Other Party After Party Completes Presentation of Evidence
- § 632 Written Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Statement of Decision
- § 634 Inference When Issue Not Resolved By Statement of Decision Or Statement Ambiguous
- § 635 Formal Judgment Or Order Conforming to Minutes Signed By Presiding Judge of Court
- § 636 Failure of Defendant to Answer; Reference Ordered
Chapter 6. Of References and Trials by Referees · 12 sections
- § 638 Appointment Upon Agreement of Parties Or Upon Motion of Party to Contract Or Lease
- § 639 Appointment When Parties Do Not Agree
- § 640 Appointment of Person Agreed Upon By Parties As Referee; Person Appointed If Parties Do Not Agree
- § 640.5 Collection of Data On Use of Referees In Discovery Matters
- § 641 Grounds For Objecting to Person Appointed As Referee
- § 641.2 Person Not Technically Qualified With Respect to Subject Matter
- § 642 Objections In Writing and Heard By Court
- § 643 Report of Statement of Decision to Court
- § 644 Judgment Entered On Statement of Decision
- § 645 Decision Excepted to and Reviewed As If Made By Court
- § 645.1 Payment of Referee's Fees
- § 645.2 Adoption of Rules of Court
Chapter 7. Provisions Relating to Trials in General · 17 of 18 active
Article 1. Exceptions
Article 1.5. View by Trier of Fact
- § 651 Generally
- § 655 Repealed
Article 2. New Trials
- § 656 Definition
- § 657 Causes For Which New Or Further Trial Granted
- § 657.1 Granted As Provided In Section 914
- § 658 Application Made Upon Affidavits Or On Minutes of Court
- § 659 Notice of Intention to Move For New Trial
- § 659a Time For Serving Affidavits After Filing Notice; Counter-Affidavits
- § 660 Hearing and Disposition of Motion
- § 661 Judge to Hear and Determine Motion; Oral Argument
- § 662 Ruling By Court
- § 662.5 Conditional Orders Where New Trial Limited to Issue of Damages
- § 663 Setting Aside and Vacating Judgment and Another Or Different Judgment Entered
- § 663a Motion to Set Aside and Vacate Judgment
- § 663.1 Motion For New Trial Upon Loss Or Destruction of Records
- § 663.2 Extension of Time For Preparing, Serving and Presenting Bill of Exceptions
Chapter 8. The Manner of Giving and Entering Judgment · 14 sections
- § 664 Trial By Jury Had
- § 664.5 Contested Action Or Special Proceeding In Which Prevailing Party Not Represented By Counsel
- § 664.6
- § 664.7 Judgment Entered Upon Term of Stipulated Settlement In Construction Defect Action
- § 665 Case Reserved For Argument Or Further Consideration
- § 666 Judgment For Party Asserting Cross-Complaint
- § 667 Judgment In Action to Recover Personal Property
- § 667.7 Judgment Ordering Payment of Future Damages By Periodic Payments In Action Against Health Care Provider
- § 668 Judgment Book
- § 668.5 Date of Filing Judgment With Clerk Constitutes Date of Entry
- § 669 Death of Party After Trial
- § 670 Papers Constituting Judgment Roll
- § 673 Acknowledgment of Assignment of Judgment
- § 674 Abstract of Judgment Requiring Payment of Money
Title 8.5. Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act
17 active sections · 17 in the official compilation
- § 676 Title of Act
- § 676.1 Definitions
- § 676.2 Applicability of Title
- § 676.3 Agreement Varying Effect of Title; Agreement As to Money Used In Transaction
- § 676.4 Proper Money of Claim
- § 676.5 Amount Paid Determined On Conversion Date
- § 676.6 Proper Money of Claim Question of Law
- § 676.7 Judgment Or Award
- § 676.8 Rate of Exchange
- § 676.9 Prejudgment Or Pre-Award Interest
- § 676.10 Enforcement of Foreign Judgment
- § 676.11 Computation of United States Dollar Equivalent of Money of Judgment
- § 676.12 Substitution of New Money In Place of Money Obligation Expressed Or Loss Incurred
- § 676.13 Principles of Law and Equity
- § 676.14 Construction and Application of Title
- § 676.15 Severability of Provisions
- § 676.16 Effective Date of Title
Title 9. Enforcement of Judgments
523 active sections · 524 in the official compilation
Division 1
Chapter 1. Short Title and Definitions · 33 sections
- § 680.010 Title of Law
- § 680.110 Definitions Govern Construction
- § 680.120 Account Debtor
- § 680.130 Account Receivable Or Account
- § 680.135 Affidavit of Identity
- § 680.140 Chattel Paper
- § 680.145 Child Support
- § 680.150 Costs
- § 680.160 Court
- § 680.170 Deposit Account
- § 680.180 Document of Title
- § 680.190 Equity
- § 680.200 Financial Institution
- § 680.210 General Intangibles
- § 680.220 Instrument
- § 680.230 Judgment
- § 680.240 Judgment Creditor
- § 680.250 Judgment Debtor
- § 680.260 Levying Officer
- § 680.270 Money Judgment
- § 680.280 Person
- § 680.290 Personal Property
- § 680.300 Principal Amount of the Judgment
- § 680.310 Property
- § 680.320 Real Property
- § 680.330 Registered Process Server
- § 680.340 Secured Party
- § 680.345 Security
- § 680.350 Security Agreement
- § 680.360 Security Interest
- § 680.365 Spousal Support
- § 680.370 Tangible Personal Property
- § 680.380 Writ
Chapter 2. General Provisions · 6 sections
- § 681.010 Laws Governing Enforcement of Judgments
- § 681.020 Acknowledgment of Assignment of Judgment
- § 681.030 Rule Providing For Practice and Procedure; Forms
- § 681.035 Review and Recommendations By California Law Revision Commission
- § 681.040 Paper Filed When Received By Levying Officer
- § 681.050 Severability
Chapter 3. Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments · 19 sections
Article 1. Period for Enforcement of Judgments
Article 2. Renewal of Judgments
- § 683.110 Generally
- § 683.120 Application For Renewal
- § 683.130 Time For Filing Application
- § 683.140 Application Requirements
- § 683.150 Entry of Renewal On Court Records; Filing Fee; Amount of Judgment As Renewed
- § 683.160 Service of Notice of Renewal
- § 683.170 Vacating Renewal
- § 683.180 Extension of Judgment Lien
- § 683.190 Extension of Lien Other Than Judgment Lien
- § 683.200 Enforcement Proceeding Continued
- § 683.210 Stay of Enforcement Not Affected Renewal
- § 683.220 Date For Commencing Action On Renewed Judgment
Article 3. Application of Chapter
Chapter 4. Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers · 13 sections
Article 1. Service on Attorney of Creditor or Debtor
- § 684.010 Service On Judgment Creditor's Attorney of Record
- § 684.020 Service On Judgment Debtor; Service On Attorney Specified By Judgment Debtor
- § 684.030 Inapplicability to Subpoena Or Other Process and Contempt
- § 684.040 Manner of Making Service On Attorney
- § 684.050 Service Pursuant to Article Constitutes Service On Judgment Creditor Or Judgment Debtor
Article 2. Manner of Service Generally
- § 684.110 Legal Process Required to Be Personally Served; Service On Attorney Required; Service On Financial Institution Or Insurer
- § 684.115 Central Location For Service On Financial Institution
- § 684.120 Service By Mail
- § 684.130 Correct Name and Address Included In Instructions to Levying Officer
- § 684.140 Personal Service of Paper Running In Favor of Particular Person Made By Person Or Person's Agent
Article 3. Proof of Service
Article 4. Application of Chapter
Chapter 5. Interest and Costs · 11 sections
- § 685.010 Rate of Interest
- § 685.020 When Interest Commences to Accrue
- § 685.030 When Interest Ceases to Accrue When Money Judgment Satisfied In Full
- § 685.040 Costs of Enforcing Judgment; Attorney's Fees
- § 685.050 Costs and Interest to Be Satisfied In Levy Under Writ
- § 685.070 Costs Judgment Creditor May Claim In Enforcing Judgment
- § 685.080 Notice Motion By Creditor Claiming Costs
- § 685.090 Costs Added to and Part of Judgment
- § 685.095 Costs of Service By Levying Officer Or Registered Process Server
- § 685.100 Deposit By Judgment Creditor As Prerequisite to Performance By Levying Officer of Duty Or Taking Property
- § 685.110 Law of Prejudgment Interest Not Affected
Chapter 6. Enforcement After Death of Judgment Creditor or Judgment Debtor · 2 sections
Chapter 7. Levying Officers · 5 sections
- § 687.010 Instructions Given Levying Officer By Judgment Creditor
- § 687.020 Instrument Payable to Judgment Debtor On Demand
- § 687.030 Methods of Taking Property Into Custody
- § 687.040 Liability For Actions Taken In Conformance With Title; Loss of Personal Property By Fire, Theft, Injury Or Damage
- § 687.050 Special Lien On Property Levied Upon
Chapter 8. Enforcement of State Tax Liability · 6 sections
Article 1. Enforcement Pursuant to Warrant or Notice of Levy
- § 688.010 Proceedings Limited Civil Case
- § 688.020 Remedies Available to State When Authorized to Issue Warrant; Proper Court For Enforcement
- § 688.030 Claim of Exemption Or Third Party Claim When Property Levied On Pursuant to Warrant Or Notice Issued By State
- § 688.040 Definitions
- § 688.050 Date of Creation of Tax Lien
Article 2. Enforcement of Judgment for Taxes
Chapter 9. Enforcement of Support Judgments · 5 sections
Chapter 10. Enforcement of Judgments by Labor Commissioner · 4 sections
Chapter 20. Transitional Provisions · 9 sections
- § 694.010 Definitions
- § 694.020 Applicability to Proceedings Commenced Prior to Operative Date
- § 694.030 Period For Enforcement of Judgment; Renewal of Judgment
- § 694.040 Property Subject to Prior Law Relating to Sale Or Delivering of Possession
- § 694.050 Property Sold Subject to Right of Redemption of Prior Law
- § 694.060 Time For Commencing Action After Operative Date
- § 694.070 Third-Party Claim
- § 694.080 Exemptions
- § 694.090 Declaration of Homestead Made Under Prior Law
Division 2
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 13 sections
Article 1. Property Subject to Enforcement of Money Judgment
- § 695.010 All Property Subject to Enforcement; Property Attached But Transferred Before Entry of Judgment
- § 695.020 Community Property
- § 695.030 Property Not Assignable Or Transferable Not Subject to Enforcement; Property Subject to Enforcement
- § 695.035 Lessee's Interest In Real Property
- § 695.040 Property Not Subject to Enforcement Not to Be Levied Upon
- § 695.050 Judgment Against Public Entity
- § 695.060 License to Engage In Business, Profession Or Activity
- § 695.070 Property Subject to Lien After Transfer Or Encumbrance
Article 2. Amount to Satisfy Money Judgment
Chapter 2. Liens · 42 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Judgment Lien on Real Property
- § 697.310 Lien Created By Recording Abstract of Judgment; Duration of Lien; Payable In Installments
- § 697.320 Lien Created By Recording Abstract, Notice of Support Judgment, Interstate Lien Form Or Certified Copy of Judgment
- § 697.330 Creation of Lien By Workers' Compensation, Judgment, Order, Decision Or Award
- § 697.340 Lien Attaches to All Interest In Real Property In County Where Lien Attaches
- § 697.350 Amount of Lien
- § 697.360 Lien Created Under Judgment Thereafter Modified
- § 697.370 Release Or Subordination
- § 697.380 Priorities of Liens
- § 697.390 Interest Subject to Lien Transferred Or Encumbered Without Satisfying Or Extinguishing Lien
- § 697.400 Recordation of Acknowledgment of Satisfaction
- § 697.410 Demand For Recordable Document Releasing Lien By Erroneously Identified Property Owner
- § 697.420 Reinstatement of Judgment Lien; Priority After Return of Levied Property Or Wages
Article 3. Judgment Lien on Personal Property
- § 697.510 Creation of Lien; Duration; Continuation Statement; Extinguished; Order Releasing Lien; Attorney's Fees
- § 697.520 Lien Created As Alternative Or In Addition to Lien Credited By Levy Under Writ of Execution
- § 697.530 Interests In Personal Property
- § 697.540 Amount of Lien
- § 697.550 Requirements of Notice of Judgment Lien
- § 697.560 Service of Copy of Notice On Judgment Debtor
- § 697.570 Filing Notice
- § 697.580 Certificate Issued By Secretary of State
- § 697.590 Conflicting Interests
- § 697.600 Priority of Lien
- § 697.610 Continuation of Lien Notwithstanding Sale Or Exchange of Property
- § 697.620 Continuation of Lien In Proceeds
- § 697.640 Acknowledgment of Satisfaction
- § 697.650 Release Or Subordination
- § 697.660 Filing Statement Releasing Lien On Property of Erroneously Identified Property Owner
- § 697.670 Forms
- § 697.680 Reinstatement of Released Lien On Personal Property; Restoring Priority
Article 4. Execution Lien
Article 5. Other Liens Created by Enforcement Process
Chapter 3. Execution · 71 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 699.010 Generally
- § 699.020 Payment of Debt to Person Indebted to Judgment Debtor
- § 699.030 Personal Property Located In Private Place of Judgment Debtor
- § 699.040 Order Directing Judgment Debtor to Transfer to Levying Officer
- § 699.060 Release of Property Levied Upon
- § 699.070 Preservation of Value of Property Levied On; Perishable Property
- § 699.080 Types of Property Levied Upon By Registered Process Server
- § 699.090 Liability to Third Person For Levy
Article 2. Writ of Execution and Notice of Levy
- § 699.510 Issuance of Writ
- § 699.520 Information Included In Writ
- § 699.530 Execution of Writ
- § 699.540 Notice of Levy
- § 699.545 Copy of Notice of Levy Served Upon Third Party Served Upon Debtor Or Other Party
- § 699.550 Lien Not Affected By Failure to Post, Serve Or Mail Copy of Writ and Notice
- § 699.560 Return
Article 3. Property Subject to Execution
Article 4. Methods of Levy
- § 700.010 Service On Debtor At Time of Levy
- § 700.015 Levy Upon Real Property
- § 700.020 Levy Upon Growing Crops Timber to Be Cut Or Minerals
- § 700.030 Levy Upon Tangible Personal Property Under Control of Debtor
- § 700.040 Levy Upon Tangible Personal Property Under Control of Third Person
- § 700.050 Levy Upon Person Property In Custody of Levying Officer
- § 700.060 Levy Upon Goods In Possession of Bailee
- § 700.070 Levy Upon Tangible Personal Property of Going Business In Possession of Debtor
- § 700.080 Levy Upon Personal Property Used As Dwelling
- § 700.090 Vehicle, Vessel, Manufactured Home, Mobilehome Or Commercial Coach Levied Upon
- § 700.100 Levy Upon Chattel Paper
- § 700.110 Levy Upon Instrument
- § 700.120 Levy Upon Negotiable Document of Title
- § 700.130 Levy Upon Security
- § 700.140 Levy Upon Deposit Account
- § 700.150 Levy Upon Property In Safe-Deposit Box
- § 700.160 Deposit Account Or Safe-Deposit Box Standing In Name Person Other Than Debtor
- § 700.170 Levy Upon Account Receivable Or General Intangible
- § 700.180 Property Levied On Subject to Pending Action Or Special Proceeding
- § 700.190 Levy Upon Final Money Judgment
- § 700.200 Levy Upon Debtor's Interest In Personal Property of Estate of Decedent
Article 5. Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy
- § 701.010 Duties
- § 701.020 Liability For Failure Or Refusal to Deliver Property Or Make Payments
- § 701.030 Garnishee's Memorandum
- § 701.035 Not Liable For Disclosures In Memorandum
- § 701.040 Property Levied Upon Subject to Security Interest that Attached Prior to Levy
- § 701.050 Duties of Account Debtor
- § 701.060 Duties of Obligor Under Instrument Levied Upon
- § 701.070 Payments If Final Money Judgment Levied Upon
Article 6. Sale and Collection
- § 701.510 Property Levied On Not Subject to Be Sold
- § 701.520 Property Collected Rather Sold
- § 701.530 Notice of Sale of Personal Property
- § 701.540 Notice of Sale of Interest In Real Property
- § 701.545 Time For Giving Notice of Sale of Interest In Real Property
- § 701.547 Statement Relating to Prospective Bidders
- § 701.550 Notice of Sale to Persons Requesting Notice
- § 701.555 Advertising Sale In Newspaper Or Other Publication
- § 701.560 Failure to Give Notice of Sale
- § 701.570 Sale Procedure
- § 701.580 Request to Postpone Sale
- § 701.590 Payment; Bid By Judgment Creditor; Election to Treat Sale As Credit Transaction
- § 701.600 Defaulting Bidder
- § 701.610 Levying Officer May Not Be Purchaser
- § 701.620 Minimum Bid Required
- § 701.630 Liens Extinguished
- § 701.640 Interest Acquired By Purchaser
- § 701.650 Personal Property Or Certificate of Sale Delivered to Purchaser Upon Payment
- § 701.660 Deed of Sale Delivered Upon Payment By Purchaser of Amount Due
- § 701.670 Requirements of Certificate Or Deed of Sale
- § 701.680 Sale Absolute and Not Set Aside; Exceptions
Article 7. Distribution of Proceeds of Sale or Collection
Chapter 4. Exemptions · 82 of 83 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 703.010 Generally
- § 703.020 Applicable to Natural Persons Only; Person Who May Claim
- § 703.030 Claiming Exemption; Waiver If Not Claimed
- § 703.040 Contractual Or Other Waiver Against Public Policy and Void
- § 703.050 Determination Whether Property Exempt Or Amount of Exemption
- § 703.060 Power of State to Repeal, Alter and Add to Statutes
- § 703.070 Judgment For Child, Family Or Spousal Support
- § 703.080 Exempt Fund
- § 703.090 Recovery of Subsequent Cost of Collection
- § 703.100 Exempt Determination Circumstances; Changes Considered
- § 703.110 Judgment Debtor Married
- § 703.115 Determination Made Based Upon Needs of Debtor and Debtor's Family
- § 703.120 Repealed
- § 703.130 Exemptions Set Forth In Bankruptcy Code Not Authorized In State
- § 703.140 Applicability of Exemption In Case Under Title 11 of United States Code
- § 703.150 Adjustment of Dollar Amounts of Exemptions
Article 2. Procedure for Claiming Exemptions After Levy
- § 703.510 Generally
- § 703.520 Filing Claim; Time; Information Included
- § 703.530 Financial Statement
- § 703.540 Service On Judgment Creditor
- § 703.550 Filing Notice of Opposition to Claim
- § 703.560 Requirements of Notice of Opposition
- § 703.570 Time For Holding Hearing On Motion; Service of Notice of Hearing
- § 703.580 Claim and Notice of Opposition Constitute Pleadings; Burden of Proof; Claim Controverted By Notice; Determination of Court
- § 703.590 Service of Notice of Extension to Act
- § 703.600 Appeal
- § 703.610 Disposition of Property; Orders For Disposition; Notice of Appeal
Article 3. Exempt Property
- § 704.010 Motor Vehicles, Execution Sale Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds
- § 704.020 Household Furnishings Appliance Wearing Apparel and Other Personal Effects
- § 704.030 Material to Be Applied to Repair Or Improvement of Residence
- § 704.040 Jewelry, Heirlooms and Works of Art
- § 704.050 Health Aids; Vechicles Included
- § 704.060 Tolls, Implements, Materials, Uniforms, Books, Commercial Vehicle, Vessel and Other Personal Property
- § 704.070 Paid Earnings
- § 704.080 Deposit Account
- § 704.090 Funds of Imprisoned Debtor
- § 704.100 Unmatured Life Insurance Policies
- § 704.105 Money Held In Account Owned By the Judgment Debtor and Established Pursuant to Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act
- § 704.110 Rights and Benefits Under Public Retirement System
- § 704.111 Exemption For Alimony, Support, and Separate Maintenance
- § 704.113 Vacation Credits
- § 704.114 Earnings Assignment Order of Support Or Order Or Notice to Withhold Income For Child Support Service On Public Entity
- § 704.115 Private Retirement Plan
- § 704.120 Contributions Payable to Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund and Unemployment Fund
- § 704.130 Benefits From Disability Or Health Insurance Policy
- § 704.140 Cause of Action For Personal Injury
- § 704.150 Cause of Action For Wrongful Death
- § 704.160 Claims For Workers' Compensation Or Workers' Compensation Awarded Or Adjudged
- § 704.170 Aid Provided to Charitable Organization Or Fraternal Organization Society
- § 704.180 Relocation Benefits For Displacement From Dwelling
- § 704.190 Student Financial Aid Provided By Institution of Higher Education
- § 704.200 Family Plot Or Cemetery Plot
- § 704.210 Property Not Subject to Enforcement of Money Judgment
- § 704.220 Money Exempt From Levy; Amount Equal to Or Less Than the Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care For a Family of Four For Region 1
- § 704.225 Money Necessary For the Support of the Judgment Debtor and the Spouse and Dependents of the Judgment Debtor
- § 704.230 Fema Money
- § 704.235 One-Time Lump-Sum Payment Made From Hope Trust Account Exempt From Levy
Article 4. Homestead Exemption
- § 704.710 Definitions
- § 704.720 Generally
- § 704.730 Amount
- § 704.740 Sale of Dwelling to Enforce Money Judgment
- § 704.750 Notice Served On Judgment Creditor that Dwelling Levied On; Application By Creditor For Order of Sale
- § 704.760 Requirements of Application For Order of Sale
- § 704.770 Time and Place For Hearing; Service By Judgment Debtor and Each Dwelling Occupant
- § 704.780 Burden of Proof; Determination By Court; Order of Sale
- § 704.790 Declaration By Judgment Debtor that Absence From Hearing Due to Mistake, Inadvertence, Surprise Or Excusable Neglect and Debtor Wishes to Assert Exemption
- § 704.800 Homestead Not Sold and Released
- § 704.810 Amount Payable to Satisfy Lien Or Encumbrance Not to Include Prepayment Penalty
- § 704.820 Dwelling Owned By Debtor As Joint Tenant Or Tenant In Common Or Is Leasehold
- § 704.830 Applicability of Sections 703.590 and 703.600
- § 704.840 Recovery of Costs
- § 704.850 Order of Distribution of Proceeds of Sale
Article 5. Declared Homesteads
- § 704.910 Definitions
- § 704.920 Recording Homestead Declaration
- § 704.930 Information Contained In Declaration; Person Who Execute and Acknowledge; Statement of Truth of Facts
- § 704.940 Right to Convey Or Encumber Not Restricted; Prima Facie Evidence of Facts Stated
- § 704.950 Attachment of Judgment Lien to Declared Homestead
- § 704.960 Proceeds From Voluntary Sale of Homestead
- § 704.965 Amount of Exemption When Declaration Recorded Prior to Increase In Exemption Amount
- § 704.970 Effect Whether Or Not Homestead Declaration Recorded
- § 704.980 Declaration of Abandonment of Homestead
- § 704.990 Homestead Abandoned By Operation of Law
- § 704.995 Continuation of Protection of Declared Homestead After Death of Declared Home Stead Owner
Chapter 5. Wage Garnishment · 56 sections
Article 1. Short Title; Definitions
Article 2. General Provisions
- § 706.020 Generally
- § 706.021 Levy of Execution Made By Service of Earnings Withholding Order
- § 706.022 Withholding Period Defined; Withholding For Pay Period Ending During Withholding Period
- § 706.023 Compliance With Orders Served Upon Employer
- § 706.024 Amount Required to Satisfy Withholding Order
- § 706.025 Monthly Payments; Election to Pay More Frequently
- § 706.026 Payment of Amounts Received to Person Entitled; Accounting Filed By Levying Officer
- § 706.027 Termination of Order Serving Notice of Termination
- § 706.028 Final Earnings Withholding Order For Costs and Interest
- § 706.029 Lien Upon Earning Created By Service of Withholding Order
- § 706.030 Withholding Order For Support
- § 706.031 Priority of Withholding Order For Support
- § 706.032 Cessation of Withholding Because Debtor's Employment Terminated; Debtor's Earnings Subject to Assignment With Higher Priority
- § 706.033 Supplemental Return On Writ
- § 706.034 Deduction By Employer From Employee's Earning For Each Payment
Article 3. Restrictions on Earnings Withholding
Article 4. Earnings Withholding Order for Taxes
- § 706.070 Definitions
- § 706.071 Limitations On State's Right to Collect State Tax Liability
- § 706.072 Withholding Order For Taxes Defined; Requirements For Issuing; Notice of Proposed Issuance of Withholding Order For Taxes
- § 706.073 Chapter Governs Procedures and Proceedings
- § 706.074 State May Issue Order; Amount to Be Withheld
- § 706.075 Procedures Applicable to Withholding Order Issued Under Article
- § 706.076 Application By State to Court For Withholding Order
- § 706.077 Duty of Employer to Withhold and Pay Over Earnings
- § 706.078 Jeopardy Withholding Order For Taxes
- § 706.080 Service of Order Or Any Other Notice Or Document
- § 706.081 Forms Prescribed By State
- § 706.082 No Review of Taxpayer's Tax Liability
- § 706.084 Warrant, Notice of Levy Or Notice Or Order to Withhold Served On Employer Deemed Withholding Order For Taxes
Article 5. Procedure for Earnings Withholding Orders and Exemption Claims
- § 706.100 Rule For Practice and Procedure In Proceedings
- § 706.101 Service
- § 706.102 Filing Application For Issuance of Order
- § 706.103 Documents Served Upon Designated Employer By Levying Officer
- § 706.104 Duties of Employer Served With Order
- § 706.105 Filing Claim of Exemption
- § 706.106 No Findings Required
- § 706.108 Issuance of Order By Registered Process Server
- § 706.109 Issuance of Order Against Earnings of Debtor's Spouse
Article 6. Forms; Employer's Instructions
- § 706.120 Judicial Council to Prescribe Forms
- § 706.121 Application For Issuance of Earnings Withholding Order
- § 706.122 Notice to Employee of Earnings Withholding Order
- § 706.123 Judgment Debtor's Claim of Exemption
- § 706.124 Judgment Debtor's Financial Statement
- § 706.125 Earnings Withholding Order
- § 706.126 Employer's Return
- § 706.127 Employer's Instructions
- § 706.128 Judgment Creditor's Notice of Opposition to Claim of Exemption
- § 706.129 Copies of Forms Available At Levying Officer's Office
Article 7. Administration and Enforcement
- § 706.151 Acts Required By Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Performed By Judicial Council
- § 706.152 Employer's Failure to Pay Earnings Over to Levying Office With Intent to Defraud
- § 706.153 Deferral Or Acceleration of Payment With Intent to Defeat of Diminish Creditor's Rights
- § 706.154 Civil Action Against Employer For Failure to Pay Required Amount
Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Creditors' Remedies · 62 sections
Article 1. Written Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor
Article 2. Examination Proceedings
- § 708.110 Order For Judgment Debtor to Appear and Furnish Information In Aid of Enforcement
- § 708.111 Notice to Judgment Debtor; Financial Afficavit; Cancellation of Examination
- § 708.120 Order Directing Third Person to Appear to Answer Concerning Property Or Debt
- § 708.130 Witnesses Required to Appear and Testify
- § 708.140 Referee Conducting Proceedings
- § 708.150 Corporation, Partnership, Association, Trust, Other Organization Ordered to Appear
- § 708.160 Proper Court For Examination
- § 708.170 Failure of Person to Appear When Served By Sheriff, Marshal, Specially Appointed Person, Or Process Server
- § 708.180 Determination By Court When Third Person Claim Interest Adverse to Debtor Or Denies Debt
- § 708.190 Intervention
- § 708.200 Protective Orders
- § 708.205 Order Creating Lien; Order Forbidding Transfer Or Payment
Article 3. Creditor's Suit
- § 708.210 Action Against Third Person
- § 708.220 Judgment Debtor Not Indispensable Party; Debtor's Residence Considered In Venue Determination
- § 708.230 Time For Commencing Action
- § 708.240 Restraining Orders
- § 708.250 Lien Created
- § 708.260 Claim of Exemption
- § 708.270 No Right to Jury Trial
- § 708.280 Determination By Court
- § 708.290 Costs Not Recovered Against Judgment Debtor
Article 4. Charging Orders
Article 5. Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding
- § 708.410 When Judgment Creditor May Obtain Lien; Filing Notice of Lien and Abstract Or Copy of Judgment
- § 708.420 Requirements of Notice of Lien
- § 708.430 Intervention In Proceeding By Judgment Creditor
- § 708.440 Consent of Judgment Creditor Or Court Order For Judgment Debtor to Enforce Judgment
- § 708.450 Claim of Exemption
- § 708.460 Statement Or Existence of Lien Endorsed Upon Judgment
- § 708.470 Application For Order to Apply Judgment Debtor's Rights Under Judgment to Satisfy Lien
- § 708.480 Enforcement of Lien
Article 6. Assignment Order
- § 708.510 Generally
- § 708.520 Application For Order Restraining Debtor From Assigning Or Disposing of Right of Payment
- § 708.530 Effect and Priority of Order; Assignment of Right to Future Rent
- § 708.540 Obligor's Rights Not Affected Until Notice of Order Received
- § 708.550 Claim of Exemption
- § 708.560 Notice Motion For Order to Modify Or Set Aside Order
Article 7. Receiver to Enforce Judgment
Article 8. Collection of Judgment Where Judgment Debtor Is Creditor of Public Entity
- § 708.710 Definitions
- § 708.720 Application of Public Entity's Obligation to Satisfaction of Judgment; Withholding Public Officer's Or Employee's Earning; Obligation Subject of Pending Action Or Proceeding
- § 708.730 Abstract Or Copy of Judgment and Affidavit Stating Creditor Desires Relief Provided By Article; Service of Notice of Filing
- § 708.740 Filing Abstract Or Copy of Judgment and Affidavit With State Agency Owing Money
- § 708.750 Filing Abstract Or Copy of Judgment and Affidavit With Auditor of Public Entity
- § 708.755 Lien Created Against Lottery Prize
- § 708.760 Contract Price Deemed Owing and Unpaid of Debtor Is Contractor Upon Public Work
- § 708.770 Service of Notice of Deposit With Court
- § 708.775 Payment of Portion of Deposit to Which Creditor Entitled
- § 708.780 Lien Credited Upon Filing; Filing Applicable to Income Tax Refunds; Notice of Support Arrearage
- § 708.785 Filing Fee
- § 708.790 Liability of Public Officer Or Employee For Failure to Perform Duty
- § 708.795 Filing Against Overpayment of Tax, Penalty Or Interest
Article 9. Enforcement Against Franchise
Division 3
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 7 sections
- § 712.010 Application For Writ of Possession Or Sale
- § 712.020 Information Included In Writ
- § 712.030 Execution of Writ By Levying Officer
- § 712.040 Writ of Execution; Remedies Provided In Chapter 5 Or Chapter 6
- § 712.050 Return of Writ of Possession Or Sale
- § 712.060 Appointment of Receiver
- § 712.070 Judgment Against Public Entity
Chapter 2. Judgment for Possession of Personal Property · 3 sections
Chapter 3. Judgment for Possession of Real Property · 5 sections
Chapter 4. Judgment for Sale of Property · 3 sections
Chapter 5. Other Judgments · 1 section
Division 4
Chapter 1. Definitions · 3 sections
Chapter 2. Third-Party Claims of Ownership and Possession · 7 sections
- § 720.110 Cases In Which Claim Allowed
- § 720.120 Time For Filing Claim
- § 720.130 Information Required In Claim; Copy of Writing Upon Which Claim Based Attached
- § 720.140 Service On Creditor; Time For Objecting to Undertaking Or Filing Undertaking
- § 720.150 Sale Or Delivering of Property to Creditor Prohibited If Claim Timely Filed; Third Person's Interest Not Affected For Failure to File
- § 720.160 Undertaking Filed By Creditor
- § 720.170 Release of Property
Chapter 3. Third-Party Claim of Security Interest or Lien · 9 sections
- § 720.210 Generally
- § 720.220 Time For Filing Claim
- § 720.230 Information Included In Claim; Copy of Security Agreement and Financing Statement Attached
- § 720.240 Service On Creditor; Time For Objecting to Undertaking Or Filing Undertaking
- § 720.250 Sale Or Delivery of Possession to Creditor Prohibited If Claim Timely Filed
- § 720.260 Undertaking Timely Filed By Creditor
- § 720.270 Release of Property
- § 720.280 Statement Filed By Creditor At Time of Filing Undertaking
- § 720.290 Payment of Deposit to Secured Party Or Lienholder
Chapter 4. Hearing on Third-Party Claim · 13 sections
- § 720.310 Time For Filing Petition For Hearing; Time For Holding
- § 720.320 Notice of Hearing
- § 720.330 Papers Filed With Court After Receipt of Notice
- § 720.340 Statement Filed By Creditor If Creditor Has Not Filed Statement In Opposition to Claim
- § 720.350 Pleadings
- § 720.360 Burden of Proof
- § 720.370 Consent Required to Dismiss Proceedings
- § 720.380 Staying Sale Or Enjoining Transfer Or Other Disposition of Property
- § 720.390 Judgment of Court
- § 720.400 No Findings Required
- § 720.410 No Right to Jury Trial
- § 720.420 Appeal
- § 720.430 Levy Upon Or Application of Property Released to Satisfaction of Judgment
Chapter 5. Creditor's Demand for Third-Party Claim by Secured Party or Lienholder · 5 sections
Chapter 6. Third-Party Undertaking to Release Property · 6 sections
Chapter 7. Undertakings · 4 sections
Division 5
Chapter 1. Satisfaction of Judgment · 10 sections
- § 724.010 When a Money Judgment Is Satisfied
- § 724.020 Clerk's Entry of Satisfaction in Register of Actions
- § 724.030 Judgment Creditor's Duty to File Acknowledgment of Satisfaction
- § 724.040 Filing and Service of Acknowledgment Where Abstract Recorded
- § 724.050 Debtor's Demand for Acknowledgment of Satisfaction
- § 724.060 Contents and Execution of Acknowledgment of Satisfaction
- § 724.070 Liability for Conditioning Delivery of Acknowledgment
- § 724.080 Attorney's Fees to Prevailing Party
- § 724.090 Damages Not Exclusive
- § 724.100 Clerk's Certificate of Satisfaction of Judgment
Chapter 2. Acknowledgment of Partial Satisfaction of Judgment · 2 sections
Chapter 3. Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Matured Installments Under Installment Judgment · 6 sections
- § 724.210 Definitions
- § 724.220 Demand for Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Matured Installments
- § 724.230 Motion to Compel Acknowledgment of Matured Installments
- § 724.240 Liability for Failure to Comply With Demand
- § 724.250 Contents of Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Matured Installments
- § 724.260 Attorney's Fees to Prevailing Party
Title 10. Actions In Particular Cases
227 active sections · 227 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Actions for the Foreclosure of Mortgages · 17 sections
- § 725a Right to Bring Suit
- § 726 One Form of Action; Judgment of Court; Decree For Foreclosure
- § 726.5 Rights and Remedies Where Property Environmentally Impaired and Borrower's Obligations In Default
- § 727 Surplus Money Remaining After Payment of Amount Due
- § 728 Sale of Property In Portions
- § 729.010 Sale of Property Subject to Right of Redemption
- § 729.020 Property Redeemed By Judgment Debtor Or Successor
- § 729.030 End of Redemption Period
- § 729.035 Sale of Separate Interest In Common Interest Development Subject to Redemption
- § 729.040 Certificate Sale
- § 729.050 Service of Notice of Right of Redemption
- § 729.060 Deposit of Redemption Price
- § 729.070 Petition For Court Order Determining Redemption Price Or If Person Entitled to Redeem
- § 729.080 Execution and Delivery of Certificate of Sale; Certificate of Redemption
- § 729.090 Rents Or Profits From Property
- § 730 Attorney's Fees
- § 730.5 Inapplicability to Security Interest In Personal Property
Chapter 2. Actions for Nuisance, Waste, and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases, on Real Property · 10 sections
- § 731 Action By Person Whose Property Affected; Civil Action In Name of People of State
- § 731a Zones Or Districts Wherein Manufacturing Or Commercial Or Airport Uses Permitted
- § 731b Rebuttable Presumption that Airport Operation Not Nuisance
- § 731c Secondary Recovery Operations Causing Injury to Oil Or Gas Formations Or Wells
- § 731.5 Unlawful Closure of Public Trail
- § 732 Action By Person Aggrieved By Waste
- § 733 Injuries to Trees Or Timber
- § 734 Recovery of Just Value of Timber Taken
- § 735 Damages For Forcible Or Unlawful Entry Or Detention of Building Or Cultivated Property
- § 736 Action By Secured Lender For Breach of Environmental Provision By Borrower
Chapter 3. Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property · 11 sections
- § 740 Damages In Action For Recovery Where Right to Recover Terminated During Pendency of Action
- § 741 Improvements Made As Good Faith Improver
- § 742 Order Allowing Right to Enter and Make Survey Or Measurement
- § 743 Unnecessary Injury Done By Surveyors and Assistants
- § 744 Mortgage Not Deemed Conveyance Enabling Owner to Recover Possession Without Foreclosure and Sale
- § 745 Injunction Restraining Injury to Property By Party In Possession
- § 746 Recovery of Damages By Purchaser For Injury Caused By Person After Levy and Before Possession
- § 747 Action Not Prejudiced By Alienation Made By Person In Possession
- § 748 Customs, Usages Or Regulations In Actions Respecting Mining Claims
- § 749 Damages In Action By Homeowner Against Beneficiary of Trust Deed Where Trust Deed Forged By Beneficiary
- § 749.5 Damages In Action By Assignee Or Successor In Interest Against Beneficiary of Trust Deed
Chapter 3.5. Actions to Re-establish Destroyed Land Records · 28 sections
- § 751.01 Title of Law
- § 751.02 Persons Who May Bring Action; Venue
- § 751.03 Any Number of Parcels Included In Action
- § 751.04 Complaint Commencing Action; Plaintiff and Defendants
- § 751.05 Summons Issued Upon Filing Complaint
- § 751.06 Publication of Summons
- § 751.07 Memorandum Attached to Summons Stating Persons Claiming Interest Adverse to Plaintiff
- § 751.08 Posting Copy of Summons and Memorandum
- § 751.09 Affidavit Filed At Time of Filing Complaint
- § 751.10 Service Upon Persons Claiming Interest Adverse to Plaintiff
- § 751.11 Complete Jurisdiction of Court Over Plaintiff and Property and Person Claiming Interest
- § 751.12 Answer to Complaint
- § 751.13 Recording Notice of Pendency of Action
- § 751.14 Judgment By Default Not Given
- § 751.15 Judgment
- § 751.16 Recording Certified Copy of Judgment
- § 751.17 Applicability of Rules and Law Relating to Civil Actions
- § 751.18 Depositions
- § 751.19 Actions Numbered, Index and Register
- § 751.20 Other Action Relative to Same Property After Entry of Judgment
- § 751.21 Person Holding Possession of Property In Right of Another As Plaintiff
- § 751.22 Remedies Cumulative
- § 751.23 Notice of Ownership and Claim to Real Property Under the Destroyed Records Relief Law
- § 751.24 Notice Signed and Verified
- § 751.25 Recording Notice
- § 751.26 Notice of Facts Stated In Notice of Ownership
- § 751.27 Affidavit and Memorandum Pended to Summons Naming Claimant Or Successor In Interest; Service
- § 751.28 Person Holding Possession In Right of Another Filing Notice and Affidavit
Chapter 3.6. Cullen Earthquake Act · 16 sections
- § 751.50 Action to Equitably Reestablish Boundaries and to Quiet Title
- § 751.51 Entities Or Persons Allowed to Commence Action; Plaintiffs; Unknown Entities Designated In Caption and Complaint
- § 751.52 Separate Action By Permissive Plaintiff With Respect to Separate Portions of Disaster Area
- § 751.53 Requirements of Complaint
- § 751.54 Summons, Publication of Notice, Posting and Related Matters
- § 751.55 Complete Jurisdiction of Court
- § 751.56 Answer to Complaint
- § 751.57 Filing Notice of Pendency of Action
- § 751.58 Vacating of Streets, Highways Or Other Public Ways
- § 751.59 Judgment Not Given By Default
- § 751.60 Judgment Generally
- § 751.61 Reaching Conclusion
- § 751.62 Judgment Conclusive
- § 751.63 Recording Certified Copy of Judgment
- § 751.64 Remedies Cumulative
- § 751.65 Title of Act
Chapter 4. Quiet Title · 36 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 760.010 Definitions
- § 760.020 Action to Establish Title Against Adverse Claims; Actions By Parties to Agreements Pursuant to Section 6307 Or 6357, Public Resources Code
- § 760.030 Remedy Cumulative; Requiring Issue Be Resolve Pursuant to Chapter
- § 760.040 Superior Court Jurisdiction
- § 760.050 Venue
- § 760.060 Applicability of Statutes and Rules Governing Practice In Civil Actions
Article 2. Commencement of Action
Article 3. Defendants
- § 762.010 Generally
- § 762.020 Unknown Parties; Unknown, Uncertain Or Contingent Claims
- § 762.030 Defendant Dead Or Believed to Be Dead
- § 762.040 Joinder of Additional Parties; Requiring Plaintiff to Obtain Title Report
- § 762.050 Appearance of Any Person Claiming Property Described In Complaint
- § 762.060 Naming As Defendants All Persons Unknown Claiming Interest
- § 762.070 Rights of Person Named and Served As Unknown Defendant
- § 762.080 Appointment of Guardians Ad Litem
- § 762.090 Joinder of State
Article 4. Service of Process
Article 5. Judgment
- § 764.010 Judgment By Default Not Entered
- § 764.020 Validity Or Interpretation of Gift, Devise, Bequest Or Trust Under Will
- § 764.030 Persons Judgment Binding and Conclusive On
- § 764.045 Claim In Property of Person Not Party to Action
- § 764.060 Rights of Purchaser Or Encumbrancer For Value
- § 764.070 Judgment Not Binding Or Conclusive Upon State Or United States Unless Joined
- § 764.080 Action Brought to Quiet Title to Land Subject to Agreement Pursuant to Sections 6307 Or 6357, Public Resources Code
Article 6. Liens and Encumbrances
- § 765.010 Use of Lien Or Lis Pendens to Harass of Hinder Duties of Public Officer Or Employee
- § 765.020 Requirements of Petition
- § 765.030 Order If Court Determines Lien In Violation of Section 6223
- § 765.040 Liability of Claimant Filing Or Recording Lien In Violation of Section 6223
- § 765.050 Inapplicability to Claim of Encumbrance By Financial Institution
- § 765.060 Counsel Provided Public Officer Or Employee
Chapter 4.5. Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title · 16 sections
Article 1. Identity of Person in Chain of Title
- § 770.010 Definitions
- § 770.020 Property Transferred Under Name Other Than Name In Which Property Acquired Or Stands of Record
- § 770.030 Venue
- § 770.040 Proceeding Brought By Filing Petition; Answer
- § 770.050 Verified Petition; Information Included; Joinder
- § 770.060 Setting Petition For Hearing; Notice
- § 770.070 Decree; Appeal
- § 770.080 Effect of Decree On Becoming Final; Recording
Article 2. Land Dedicated for Public Improvement
Article 3. Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease
- § 772.010 Applicability of Article
- § 772.020 Definitions
- § 772.030 Action to Terminate Mining Or Oil and Gas Lessee's Right of Entry Or Occupation
- § 772.040 Evidence Required For Judgment Terminating Lessee's Right of Entry Or Occupation
- § 772.050 Judgment Qualified to Provide Limited Surface and Surface Zone Easement; Judgment Conditioned On Relocation of Pipelines, Roadways, Etc.
- § 772.060 Waiver of Rights Created By Article
Chapter 4.6. Actions Concerning Real Property Titles Affected by Public Improvement Assessments · 15 sections
- § 801.1 Action to Determine Adverse Interests Upon Title Arising Out of Assessment Or Bond
- § 801.2 Action Brought As Separate Action Or Joined With Other Causes
- § 801.3 Defendants to Action
- § 801.4 Unknown Persons Included As Defendants
- § 801.5 Notice of Pendency of Action
- § 801.6 Summons
- § 801.7 Posting Copy of Summons On Property
- § 801.8 Service On Defendants
- § 801.9 Reasonable Diligence to Ascertain Identity and Addresses of Unknown Defendants to Appear In Affidavit
- § 801.10 Rights of Unknown Defendants; Judgment Conclusive Against Unknown Defendants
- § 801.11 Presumption that Certificate Issued On Sale Made to Satisfy Assessment Or Bond Paid and Redeemed
- § 801.12 Decree
- § 801.13 Sale Or Partition Ordered
- § 801.14 Decree Conclusive Upon Becoming Final
- § 801.15 Filing and Recording Certified Copy of Judgment
Chapter 5. Actions for the Usurpation of an Office or Franchise · 10 sections
- § 802 Sire Facies Abolished
- § 803 Action Brought By Attorney General
- § 804 Name of Person Rightly Entitled to Office Included In Complaint
- § 805 Judgment Generally
- § 806 Judgment Rendered Upon Right of Person Alleged to Be Entitled
- § 807 Damages Recovered By Person Alleged to Be Entitled
- § 808 Several Persons Claiming to Be Entitled
- § 809 Defendant Guilty of Usurping Or Intruding Or Unlawfully Holding Office, Franchise Or Privilege
- § 810 Undertaking When Action Brought Upon Information Or Application of Private Party
- § 811 Action Maintained By Board of Supervisors Or Governing Body of Municipal Corporation
Chapter 7. Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights · 26 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Scope of Action
Article 3. Notice and Service of Complaint
Article 4. Intervention
Article 5. Judge
Article 6. Electronic Service
Article 7. Case Management
Article 8. Basin Boundaries
Article 9. Initial Disclosures
Article 10. Expert Witnesses
Article 11. Written Testimony
Article 12. Special Master
Article 13. Preliminary Injunction
Article 14. Stay
Article 15. Physical Solution
Article 16. Judgment
Article 17. Judgment Binding on Successors
Article 18. Continuing Jurisdiction
Chapter 8. Actions Against Coowners of Mines · 7 sections
- § 853 Notice of Co-Owner's Failure to Contribute Proportionate Share of Taxes For Period of Five Years
- § 854 Service of Notice
- § 855 Filing Petition Upon Delinquent's Failure Or Refusal to Contribute
- § 856 Place of Filing If Mine Or Claim Situated In More Than One County
- § 857 Setting Petition For Hearing, Notice
- § 858 Judgment Vesting Interest of Delinquent
- § 859 Recording Certified Copy of Decree
Chapter 9. Validating Proceedings · 14 sections
- § 860 Action By Public Agency to Determine Validity of Matter
- § 861 Jurisdiction of Interested Parties Had By Publication of Summons
- § 861.1 Requirements of Summons
- § 862 Jurisdiction Complete After Specified Date In Summons
- § 863 Interested Person Bringing Action If No Proceedings Brought By Public Agency
- § 864 Bonds, Warrants, Contracts, Obligations, Etc. Deemed In Existence Upon Authorization
- § 865 Consolidation of Actions
- § 866 Error, Irregularity, Omission Not Affecting Substantial Rights Disregarded
- § 867 Actions Given Preference
- § 867.5 Action By Party Answering After Dismissal By Public Agency
- § 868 Costs of Proceeding
- § 869 Mandamus Or Other Remedy Not Precluded
- § 870 Judgment Binding and Conclusive; Time For Filing Notice of Appeal
- § 870.5 Notice to Public Agency Imposing Taxes Pledged As Security At Time of Filing Action
Chapter 10. Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another · 7 sections
- § 871.1 Good Faith Improver Defined
- § 871.2 Person Includes Unincorporated Association
- § 871.3 Action Treated As Unlimited Civil Case; Cross-Complaint Treated As Limited Civil Case; Burden
- § 871.4 Removal of Improvement Would Result In Substantial Justice to Parties
- § 871.5 Adjustment of Rights, Equities and Interests
- § 871.6 Relief Granted For Encroachment Not Affected
- § 871.7 Inapplicability If Improver Public Entity Or Improvement On Public Entity's Land
Chapter 11. Actions to Recover COVID-19 Rental Debt · 3 sections
Chapter 12. Actions for Restitution for or Replacement of Certain Motor Vehicles · 11 sections
- § 871.20 Applicability
- § 871.21 Time Limits For Commencing Actions; Tolling Provisions
- § 871.22 Definitions
- § 871.23 Manufacturers Equated With Distributors and Warrantors
- § 871.24 Notice and Conditions For Seeking Civil Penalties
- § 871.25 Standardized Sba Release
- § 871.26 Discovery and Mediation Procedures For Restitution Actions
- § 871.27 Offsets and Calculations For Damages and Penalties In Restitution Cases
- § 871.28 Construction With Other Provisions
- § 871.29 Manufactuer Election to Be Governed By Chapter; Applicability
- § 871.30 Participation; Manufacturer List; Applicability
Title 10.5. Partition of Real and Personal Property
119 active sections · 120 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 8 sections
Article 1. Preliminary Provisions
Chapter 2. Commencement of Action · 16 sections
Article 1. Complaint and Lis Pendens
Article 2. Summons
Article 3. Answer
Article 4. Parties
- § 872.510 Defendants Joined In Action
- § 872.520 Unknown Parties; Ownership Or Interest Unknown, Uncertain Or Contingent
- § 872.530 Defendant Dead Or Believed to Be Dead
- § 872.540 Property Subject to Lease, Community Lease, Unit Agreement, Other Pooling Arrangement With Respect to Oil Or Gas
- § 872.550 Joiner of All Persons Unknown Claiming Interest
Chapter 3. Trial · 11 sections
Article 1. Determination of Interests of Parties
Article 2. Determination of Right to Partition
Chapter 4. Referees · 14 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 873.010 Appointment By Court, Powers of Court
- § 873.020 Appointment of Referee For Sale and Referee For Division Or Single Referee
- § 873.030 Three Referees Appointed to Divide and Sell
- § 873.040 Consent to Person Appointed
- § 873.050 Persons Not to Be Appointed
- § 873.060 Powers Generally
- § 873.070 Petition For Instructions
- § 873.080 Designation of Property As Public Or Private Way, Road Or Street; Closure of Roads On Property
Chapter 5. Division of the Property · 9 sections
- § 873.210 Duty of Referee Appointed to Divide Property
- § 873.220 Allotment of Portion of Property Embracing Improvements Made By Party
- § 873.230 Allotment of Portion of Property to Purchaser Prior to Commencement of Action
- § 873.240 Property Consisting of More Than One Distinct Lot Or Parcel
- § 873.250 Compensation Required Where Division Cannot Be Made Equally
- § 873.260 Lien On Undivided Interest of Party
- § 873.270 Interests of Two Or More Unknown Parties Undivided
- § 873.280 Report of Referee's Proceedings, Notice of Filing
- § 873.290 Motion to Confirm, Modify Or Set Aside Report
Chapter 6. Sale of the Property · 28 sections
Article 1. Manner of Sale
Article 2. Sales Procedures
- § 873.600 Sale As Agreed to By Parties
- § 873.610 Court Power to Prescribe Manner, Terms and Conditions; Matter Referred to Referee For Recommendation
- § 873.620 Distinct Lots Or Parcels Sold Separately; Real and Personal Property Sold As Unit
- § 873.630 Sale On Credit
- § 873.640 Notice of Sale
- § 873.650 Contents of Notice
- § 873.660 Sale of Securities and Perishable Property
- § 873.670 Sale At Public Auction
- § 873.680 Sale At Private Sale
- § 873.690 Persons Prohibited From Purchasing Property Sold
Article 3. Consummation of Sale
- § 873.710 Referee's Report Upon Making Sale
- § 873.720 Motion to Confirm Or Set Aside Sale
- § 873.730 Hearing; Confirmation Notwithstanding Variance; Vacating Sale and Directing New Sale
- § 873.740 Written Increased Offer Made At Hearing
- § 873.745 Amount of Agents' Commissions
- § 873.750 Order Upon Confirmation of Sale
- § 873.760 Failure of Purchaser to Pay Sale Price
- § 873.770 Purchaser Party Or Lienholder Entitles to Share of Proceeds
- § 873.780 Orders Relating to Closing of Sale After Confirmation
- § 873.790 Execution of Conveyance Or Other Instrument of Transfer
Article 4. Disposition of Proceeds of Sale
- § 873.810 Generally
- § 873.820 Order of Application of Proceeds
- § 873.830 Rights of Tenant For Life Or Years Where Only Part of Property Sold
- § 873.840 Tenant For Life Or Years; Future Right Or Estate; Estate Fir Life Or Defeasible Estate With Remainder Over
- § 873.850 Continuance of Action Where Proceeds Not Allocated
Chapter 7. Partition by Appraisal · 8 sections
- § 873.910 Agreement of Parties
- § 873.920 Included In Agreement
- § 873.930 Approval of Agreement
- § 873.940 Appointment of Referee Or Referees to Appraise Property; Report
- § 873.950 Motion to Confirm, Modify Or Set Aside Report
- § 873.960 Hearing; Court Determination
- § 873.970 Binding Effect of Agreement; Specific Enforcement Upon Default
- § 873.980 Other Rights and Remedies
Chapter 8. Costs of Partition · 9 sections
Article 1. Allowance and Apportionment of Costs of Partition
Chapter 9. Judgment · 3 sections
Chapter 10. Partition of Real Property Act · 13 of 14 active
- § 874.311 Title; Applicability
- § 874.312 Definitions
- § 874.313 Property to Be Partitioned Under This Chapter; Exceptions
- § 874.314 Method of Service of Complaint Not Limited Or Affected; Signage
- § 874.315 Court Appointed Referees
- § 874.316 Fair Market Value of Property
- § 874.317 Notice of Cotenant Requested Partition; Purchase Price
- § 874.318 Court Ordered Partition In Kind
- § 874.319 Factors to Consider For Partition In Kind
- § 874.320 Court Ordered Sale of Property to Be an Open-Market Sale
- § 874.321 Broker Shall File Report With the Court; Contents
- § 874.321.5 Court May Apportion the Costs of Partition
- § 874.322 Repealed
- § 874.323 Supersedes the Electronic Signatures In Global and National Commerce Act; Exceptions
Title 11. Contribution Among Joint Judgment Debtors
11 active sections · 11 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Releases From and Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors · 8 sections
- § 875 Right of Contribution
- § 876 Pro Rata Share of Each Tortfeasor Judgment Debtor
- § 877 Effect of Release, Dismissal Or Covenant Not to Sue Or Enforce Judgment to One Or More of Joint Tortfeasors
- § 877.5 Sliding Scale Recovery Agreement Between One Or More Tortfeasors
- § 877.6 Determination of Good Faith Settlement
- § 878 Motion For Judgment For Contribution; Notice
- § 879 Severability of Provisions
- § 880 Effective Date of Title
Chapter 2. Contribution Among Other Judgment Debtors · 3 sections
Title 12. Proceedings in Civil Actions in Police Courts
0 active sections · 0 in the official compilation
This Title was entirely repealed and contains no section rows in this compilation.
Title 13. Appeals In Civil Actions
38 active sections · 38 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Appeals in General · 17 sections
- § 901 Generally
- § 902 Parties
- § 902.1 Right of Attorney General to Intervene and Participate
- § 903 Death of Person With Right of Appeal
- § 904 How Appeal Taken
- § 904.1 Appeal to Court of Appeal
- § 904.2 Appeal to Appellate Division of Superior Court
- § 904.3 Judgment of Appellate Division Granting Or Denying Petition For Issuance of Writ of Mandamus Or Prohibition
- § 904.5 Appeals From Small Claims Division of Superior Court
- § 906 Review By Reviewing Court Upon Appeal Taken Pursuant to Sections 904.1 and 904.2
- § 907 Frivolous Appeal Or Appeal Taken For Delay
- § 908 Judgment Or Order Reversed Or Modified
- § 909 Factual Determinations Contrary to Or In Addition to Those Made By Trial Court
- § 911 Transfer of Case On Appeal to Court of Appeal
- § 912 Duty of Clerk Upon Receiving Certified Copy of Final Judgment Or Order of Reviewing Court
- § 913 Dismissal With Prejudice to Right to File Another Appeal, Exception
- § 914 New Trial Ordered When No Photographic Report of Trial Transcribed Or Lost Or Destroyed
Chapter 2. Stay of Enforcement and Other Proceedings · 21 sections
- § 916 Proceedings In Trial Court Stayed Upon Perfection of Appeal; Trial Court Jurisdiction When Stay Other Than Enforcement of Judgment
- § 917.1 Undertaking Required to Stay Enforcement of Judgment Or Order
- § 917.15 Enforcement Not Stayed As to Certain Health and Safety Code Orders
- § 917.2 Judgment Or Order Directing Assignment Or Delivery of Personal Property Or Sale of Personal Property Upon Foreclosure
- § 917.3 Judgment Or Order Directing Execution of One Or More Instruments
- § 917.4 Judgment Or Order Directing Sale, Conveyance Or Delivery of Real Property
- § 917.5 Judgment Or Order Appointing Receiver
- § 917.6 Judgment Or Order Directing Performance of Acts Specified In Sections 917.1 Through 917.5
- § 917.65 Enforcement of Right to Attach Order
- § 917.7 Judgment Or Order Awarding, Changing Or Affecting Custody of Minor Child
- § 917.75 Appeal From Proceeding Under Family Code
- § 917.8 Proceedings Not Stayed In Absence of Order of Trial Court Or Writ of Supersedeas
- § 917.9 Judgment Or Order In Cases Not Provided For In Sections 917.1 to 917.8
- § 917.10 Appeals Do Not Stay Enforcement of Voting Rights Or Fair Maps Judgments
- § 918 Trial Court's Power to Stay Enforcement; Exception
- § 918.5 Trial Court's Discretion to Stay Enforcement of Judgment Debtor Has Another Action Pending On Disputed Claim
- § 919 Trial Court's Discretion to Dispense With Or Limit Security Required
- § 921 Undertaking Required to Continue In Force Attachment
- § 922 Determination that Undertaking Insufficient and Sufficient Undertaking Not Given In Time Provided By Statute
- § 923 Power of Reviewing Court Or Judge Not Limited
- § 936.1 Notice of Appeal In Civil Commitment Or Other Proceeding Wherein Appellant Entitled to Appointment of Counsel On Appeal
Title 14. Of Miscellaneous Provisions
190 active sections · 195 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Proceedings Against Joint Debtors · 6 sections
Chapter 2. Bonds and Undertakings · 98 sections
Article 1. Preliminary Provisions and Definitions
- § 995.010 Title of Law
- § 995.020 Applicability of Chapter; Effective Date
- § 995.030 Manner of Making Service
- § 995.040 Standards For Affidavits
- § 995.050 Extension of Time
- § 995.110 Definitions Govern Construction
- § 995.120 Admitted Surety Insurer
- § 995.130 Beneficiary
- § 995.140 Bond
- § 995.150 Court
- § 995.160 Officer
- § 995.170 Principal
- § 995.180 Statute
- § 995.185 Surety
- § 995.190 Undertaking
Article 2. General Provisions
- § 995.210 Undertaking Given In Place of Bond; Bond Given In Place of Undertaking
- § 995.220 Public Entities and Officers Not Required to Give Bond
- § 995.230 Consent to Bond In Amount Less Than Required Amount
- § 995.240 Waiver of Provision of Bond In Action Or Proceeding
- § 995.250 Costs Include Premium On Bond Paid By Party
- § 995.260 Certified Copy of Recorded Bond Admitted In Evidence
Article 3. Execution and Filing
- § 995.310 Execution By Personal Sureties Or Admitted Surety Insurers
- § 995.311 Execution of Bond Required On Public Works Contract
- § 995.320 Information Required In Bond
- § 995.330 Form
- § 995.340 Filing
- § 995.350 Information Entered In Register of Action Upon Filing
- § 995.360 Withdrawal From File and Return to Principal On Order of Court
- § 995.370 Service of Copy of Bond On Beneficiary
- § 995.380 Defects In Bond Or Its Giving Or Filing
Article 4. Approval and Effect
Article 5. Personal Sureties
Article 6. Admitted Surety Insurers
- § 995.610 Accepted As Sole Surety On Bond; Rights and Liabilities
- § 995.620 Two Or More Admitted Surety Insurers On Bond; Joint and Several Liability
- § 995.630 Acceptance Or Approval By Court As Surety Without Further Acknowledgment
- § 995.640 Certificate Stating Whether Surety Admitted
- § 995.650 Attachment Required to Objection Made to Sufficiency of Admitted Surety Insurer
- § 995.660 Documents Submitted By Insurer If Objection Made to Sufficiency Or Approval of Bond Required
- § 995.670 Public Agency Requiring Compliance With Requirements Other Than Those Stated In Section 995.660 Prohibited
- § 995.675 Listing In Circular 570 Required to Comply With Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
Article 7. Deposit in Lieu of Bond
- § 995.710 Deposits Allowed, Exceptions
- § 995.720 Market Value of Bearer Bonds and Notes
- § 995.730 Force and Effect of Deposit
- § 995.740 Payment of Interest Or Delivery of Interest Coupons Upon Demand
- § 995.750 Time For Payment of Liability On Deposit
- § 995.760 Failure to Timely Pay Amount of Liability
- § 995.770 Return of Deposit to Principal
Article 8. Bonds to the State of California
Article 9. Objections to Bonds
Article 10. Insufficient and Excessive Bonds
Article 11. Release or Substitution of Sureties on Bond Given in Action or Proceeding
- § 996.110 Application For Order that Surety Be Released; Application For Order that Another Surety Be Substituted
- § 996.120 Determination Upon Hearing
- § 996.130 Substitute Surety Given
- § 996.140 Sufficient Substitute Surety Not Timely Given By Principal
- § 996.150 Surety Ordered Released From Liability
Article 12. New, Additional, and Supplemental Bonds
Article 13. Cancellation of Bond or Withdrawal of Sureties
Article 14. Liability of Principal and Sureties
- § 996.410 Beneficiary May Enforce; Beneficiary Class of Persons
- § 996.420 Surety Submits to Jurisdiction of Court
- § 996.430 Enforced By Civil Action; Principal and Sureties Joined As Parties; Venue; Transfer Or Assignment of Action
- § 996.440 Enforcement of Bond In Action Or Proceeding By Motion
- § 996.450 Contract Provision Shortening Period For Commencing Action Invalid
- § 996.460 Judgment of Liability On Bond
- § 996.470 Liability of Surety On Bond
- § 996.475 Liability of Surety Pursuant to Other Statute Not Limited By Chapter
- § 996.480 Payment On Bond If Liability of Principal Established By Final Judgment
- § 996.490 Payment By Surety Constitutes Discharge; Contribution to Cosureties
- § 996.495 Enforcement of Judgment of Liability On Bond
Article 15. Enforcement Lien
- § 996.510 Applicability to Proceedings to Enforce Liability On Bond Executed In Favor of State
- § 996.520 Affidavit By Person Enforcing Liability
- § 996.530 Certification By Clerk Receiving Affidavit
- § 996.540 Filing and Recording Certificate
- § 996.550 Lien
- § 996.560 Purchaser Entitled to Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell Real Property
Chapter 3. Offers by a Party to Compromise · 1 section
Chapter 3.2. Time-Limited Demands · 6 sections
- § 999 Public Policy; Definitions
- § 999.1 Requirements For Time-Limited Demand to Settle Any Claim
- § 999.2 Where Demands Should Be Sent; Address to Be Posted
- § 999.3 Acceptance
- § 999.4 Compliance; Claimant Needs Counsel; Conflict With Civil Discovery Act
- § 999.5 Applicability; Construction With Existing Law
Chapter 3.5. Confidential Settlement Agreements · 2 sections
Chapter 3.6. Agreements Settling Employment Disputes · 1 section
Chapter 3.7. Enrollment Agreements · 1 section
Chapter 4. Motions and Orders · 6 of 7 active
- § 1003 Direction of Court Denominated Order; Application For Order Is Motion
- § 1004 Venue For Making Motions
- § 1005 Motions For Which Written Notice Required
- § 1005.5 Motion Deemed Made and Pending Upon Service and Filing
- § 1006 Transfer of Matter to Some Other Judge
- § 1006.5 Repealed
- § 1008 Motion to Reconsider Matter and Modify, Amend Or Revoke Prior Order
Chapter 5. Notices, and Filing and Service of Papers · 15 of 17 active
- § 1010 Requirements of Notices; Service of Notices and Other Papers
- § 1010.5 Facsimile Filing of Papers
- § 1010.6 Electronic Service of Document
- § 1011 Manner of Service
- § 1012 Mail Service
- § 1012.5 Repealed
- § 1013 Requirements For Service By Mail
- § 1013a Proof of Mail Service
- § 1013b Proof of Electronic Service
- § 1014 When Defendant Appears In Action
- § 1015 Service Upon Party Residing Out of State
- § 1016 Inapplicability to Contempt
- § 1017 Service Transmitted By Telegraph
- § 1018 Repealed
- § 1019 Size of Type Required Determined By Conventional Customs and Practices of Printing Industry
- § 1019.5 Notice When Motion Granted Or Denied
- § 1020 Service By Mail of Notice Not Governed By Chapter
Chapter 6. Of Costs · 30 sections
- § 1021 Measure and Mode of Attorney's Compensation Left to Agreement
- § 1021.4 Attorney's Fees Against Defendant Convicted of Felony For Which Action Based
- § 1021.5 Attorney's Fees In Action Resulting In Enforcement of Important Right Affecting Public Interest
- § 1021.6 Attorney's Fees Awarded On Claim of Implied Indemnity
- § 1021.7 Attorney's Fees In Action Against Peace Officer Or For Libel and Slander Not Filed In Good Faith and With Reasonable Cause
- § 1021.8 Costs of Investigating and Prosecuting Certain Actions Awarded to Attorney General
- § 1021.9 Attorney's Fees In Action For Damages Resulting From Trespassing Upon Lands Under Cultivation Or Used For Raising Livestock
- § 1021.10 Fees and Costs In Action For Failure to Comply With Jenkins Act
- § 1021.11 Attorney's Fees and Costs of Prevailing Party to Be Paid
- § 1022 Costs Awarded to Plaintiff When Several Actions Brought
- § 1023 Fees of Referees
- § 1024 Expenses Occasioned By Postponement of Trial
- § 1025 Deposit In Court By Defendant Upon Allegation that Full Amount Tendered to Plaintiff
- § 1026 Action Prosecuted Or Defended By Personal Representative, Trustee, Guardian, Etc.
- § 1027 Costs When Decision of Court of Inferior Jurisdiction In Special Proceeding Brought Before Court of Higher Jurisdiction For Review
- § 1028 Costs When State Party
- § 1028.5 Reasonable Litigation Expenses In Action Between Small Business Or Licensee and State Agency
- § 1029 Costs When County, City, Public Agency Or Entity Party
- § 1029.5 Professional Negligence In Creation and Preparation of Plans, Specifications Designs, Reports Or Surveys
- § 1029.6 Negligence In Performance of Professional Services By Health Care Providers
- § 1029.8 Unlicensed Person Providing Goods Or Services For Which License Required
- § 1030 Motion For Plaintiff Residing Out of State Or Foreign Corporation to File Undertaking Securing Costs In Special Proceeding
- § 1031 Actions For Recovery of Wages For Labor Performed
- § 1032 Right of Prevailing Party to Recover Costs
- § 1033 Limited Civil Cases
- § 1033.5 Items Allowable As Costs
- § 1034 Prejudgment Costs
- § 1034.5 Plaintiff Recovering Judgment For Possession In Unlawful Detainer Proceedings
- § 1036 Inverse Condemnation Proceeding
- § 1038 Reasonable Cause and Good Faith Belief As to Justifiable Controversy Determination In Government Claims Act Proceedings
Chapter 7. General Provisions · 11 of 13 active
- § 1045 Original Pleading Or Paper Lost
- § 1046 Affidavit, Notice, Other Paper Without Tile of Action Or Without Defective Title
- § 1046a Force and Effect of Papers Filed In Quiet Title Action Lost Or Destroyed By Flood, Fire, Earthquake
- § 1047 Successive Actions Upon Same Contract Or Transaction
- § 1048 Joint Hearing Ordered; Separate Trial Ordered
- § 1049 Action Deemed to Be Pending
- § 1050 Action Against One Person to Determine Adverse Claim and Against Two Or More to Compel One to Satisfy Debt Due Other
- § 1052 Repealed
- § 1052.5 Repealed
- § 1053 Authority of Two of Three Referees to Do Any Act
- § 1054 Extension of Time Allowed to Do Act
- § 1054.1 Extension of Time Allowed to Do Act In Action Or Proceeding In State Court Or Before State Administrative Agency
- § 1055 Judgment Against Persons Executing Bond Or Covenant of Indemnity
Chapter 8. Declaratory Relief · 6 sections
- § 1060 Generally
- § 1060.5 Action Against Franchise Tax Board to Determine Residence For Purposes of Personal Income Tax Law
- § 1061 Declaration Or Determinations Not Necessary Or Proper
- § 1062 Remedies Cumulative
- § 1062.3 Precedence of Actions
- § 1062.5 Action By Insurer Issuing Policies of Professional Liability Insurance to Health Care Providers
Chapter 9. Actions to Enforce Real Property and Mobilehome Sales Agreements · 1 section
Chapter 10. Computer Assistance · 1 section
Chapter 11. Foster Family Agency Accountability · 5 sections
Part 3. Of Special Proceedings of a Civil Nature
894 active sections
Title Preliminary Provisions.
2 active sections · 2 in the official compilation
Title 1. Of Writs of Review, Mandate, and Prohibition
43 active sections · 44 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Writ of Review · 12 sections
- § 1067 Writ of Certiorari Denominated Writ of Review
- § 1068 When Writ of Review Granted
- § 1069 Application, Notice, Granting Writ Without Notice
- § 1069.1 Return By Demurrer Or Answer
- § 1070 To Whom Writ Directed
- § 1071 Command of Writ
- § 1072 Words Requiring Stay
- § 1073 Service of Writ
- § 1074 Review Upon Writ
- § 1075 Return of Writ
- § 1076 Transmission of Copy of Judgment
- § 1077 Judgment Roll
Chapter 2. Writ of Mandate · 21 of 22 active
- § 1084 Denominated Writ of Mandate
- § 1085 When Writ May Be Issued
- § 1085.5 Action Or Proceeding Attacking Activity of Director of Food and Agriculture
- § 1086 Cases In Which Writ Must Issue; Issued Upon Verified Petition of Party Beneficially Interested
- § 1087 Writ Either Alternative Or Peremptory
- § 1088 Application Made Without Notice and Writ Allowed; Application Upon Due Notice and Writ Allowed
- § 1088.5 Proof of Service of Copy of Petition If No Alternative Writ Sought
- § 1089 Return By Demurrer, Verified Answer Or Both
- § 1089.5 Time to Answer Or Otherwise Respond
- § 1090 Question of Fact Ordered Tried Before Jury
- § 1091 Objection to Sufficiency of Return
- § 1092 Proper Court For Making Motion For New Trial
- § 1093 Certified Copy of Verdict Or Denial
- § 1094 Case Heard On Papers of Applicant If No Return Made; Case Determined By Notice Motion
- § 1094.5 Writ Issued For Purpose of Inquiring Into Validity of Final Administrative Order Or Decision Made In Proceeding Requiring Hearing
- § 1094.6 Judicial Review of Local Agency Other Than School District
- § 1094.7 Repealed
- § 1094.8 Issuance, Revocation, Suspension Or Denial of Permit Or Other Entitlement For Constitutionally Protected Expressive Conduct
- § 1094.9 Expedited Judicial Review of Housing Permit Denials; Related Court Procedures
- § 1095 Recovery of Damages and Costs
- § 1096 Service of Writ
- § 1097 Refusal Or Neglect to Obey Peremptory Mandate
Chapter 3. Writ of Prohibition · 4 sections
Chapter 4. Writs of Review, Mandate, and Prohibition May Issue and Be Heard at Chambers · 2 sections
Chapter 5. Rules of Practice and Appeals · 4 sections
- § 1109 Generally
- § 1110 Applicability of Provisions of Part II Relative to New Trials and Appeals
- § 1110a Order Or Judgment Commanding Person to Deliver Water For Irrigation Purposes Not Stayed By Appeal
- § 1110b When Appeal Directed Not to Operate As Stay of Order Or Judgment Granting Writ of Mandate
Title 3. Of Summary Proceedings
69 active sections · 93 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Confession of Judgment Without Action · 1 of 3 active
- § 1132 Judgment By Confession Unenforceable; Applicability
- § 1133 Repealed
- § 1134 Repealed
Chapter 2. Submitting a Controversy Without Action · 3 sections
Chapter 2.5. Judicial Arbitration · 22 of 23 active
- § 1141.10 Legislative Findings and Declaration; Legislative Intent
- § 1141.11 Unlimited Civil Cases Submitted to Arbitration; Limited Civil Cases; Motor Vehicle Collisions
- § 1141.12 Uniform System Provided By Rule
- § 1141.13 Prayer For Equitable Relief
- § 1141.14 Rules For Practice and Procedure
- § 1141.15 Exception Provided By Rules
- § 1141.16 Determination of Amount In Controversy
- § 1141.17 Running of Time Periods Not Suspended
- § 1141.18 Who May Serve As Arbitrators; Compensation; Assignment of Arbitrator; Disqualification
- § 1141.19 Arbitrator's Powers
- § 1141.19.5 Pretrial Discovery
- § 1141.20 Award Final Unless De Novo Trial Or Dismissal Requested;; De Novo Trial
- § 1141.21 Costs and Fees If Judgment Upon Trial De Novo Not More Favorable Than Arbitration Award
- § 1141.22 Rules to Specify Grounds For Correction, Modification Or Vacation of Award
- § 1141.23 Requirements of Award; Entry In Judgment Book; Force and Effect of Award
- § 1141.24 Discovery After Award
- § 1141.25 Reference to Arbitration Proceedings and Award In Subsequent Trial Constitutes Irregularity
- § 1141.26 Award Or Judgment In Excess of Amount In Controversy
- § 1141.27 Applicability to Public Agency Or Public Entity
- § 1141.28 Administrative Costs; Actual Costs of Compensation of Arbitrators
- § 1141.29 Repealed
- § 1141.30 Construction of Chapter
- § 1141.31 Effective Date
Chapter 4. Summary Proceedings for Obtaining Possession of Real Property in Certain Cases · 43 of 64 active
- § 1159 When Person Guilty of Forcible Entry
- § 1160 When Person Guilty of Forcible Detainer
- § 1161 When Tenant For Term Less Than Life Guilty of Unlawful Detainer
- § 1161a Removal of Persons Holding Over and Continuing In Possession of Manufactured Home, Mobilehome, Floating Home Or Real Property After Three-Day Notice
- § 1161b Tenant Or Subtenant In Possession of Rental Housing Unit At Time Property Sold In Foreclosure
- § 1161c Repealed
- § 1161.1 Cases of Possession of Commercial Property After Default In Payment of Rent
- § 1161.2 Access to Limited Civil Case Records Filed Under Chapter
- § 1161.2.5 Access to Civil Case Records For Actions Seeking Recovery of Covid-19 Rental Debt
- § 1161.3 Acts Against Tenant Or Tenant's Household Member Constituting Domestic Violence
- § 1161.4 Causing Tenant to Quit Involuntarily Or Bring Action to Recover Possession Because of Immigration Or Citizenship Status Prohibited
- § 1161.5 Declaration of Forfeiture Nullified Upon Timely Performance After Notice Or Waiver of Breach
- § 1162 Service of Required Notices
- § 1162a Service of Copy of Receiver's Or Levying Officer's Deed
- § 1164 Parties Defendants
- § 1165 Applicability of Procedures Relating to Civil Actions
- § 1166 Complaint Requirements
- § 1166a Immediate Possession Upon Motion By Writ of Possession
- § 1167 Summons; Defendant's Response
- § 1167.1 Dismissal For Failure to File Proof of Service
- § 1167.3 Time Allowed Defendant to Answer
- § 1167.4 Notice of Motion As Provided For In Section 418.10(a) Filed By Defendant
- § 1167.5 Number of Days Allowed In Extension of Time
- § 1167.25 Repealed
- § 1169 Default Judgment
- § 1170 Appearance By Defendant
- § 1170.5 Trial of Proceeding
- § 1170.7 Motion For Summary Judgment
- § 1170.8 Discovery Motion
- § 1170.9 Rules Prescribing Time For Filing and Serving Opposition and Reply Papers
- § 1171 Issue of Fact Tried By Jury
- § 1172 Showing Required By Plaintiff In Proceeding For Forcible Entry Or Forcible Detainer; Defendant's Showing In Defense
- § 1173 Amendment of Complaint When Evidence Shows Defendant Guilty of Offense Other Than Charged In Complaint
- § 1174 Judgment If Verdict Or Findings of Court In Favor of Plaintiff; Action Brought By Petroleum Distributor Against Gasoline Dealer
- § 1174.2 Affirmative Defense of Breach of Landlord's Obligations Or Warranty of Habitability Raised In Unlawful Detainer Proceeding
- § 1174.3 Claim of Possession Filed By Occupant Not Named In Judgment For Possession
- § 1174.5 Lessee Not Relieved From Liability Upon Judgment Declaring Forfeiture of Lease Or Agreement
- § 1174.21 Landlord's Liability For Attorney's Fees and Costs
- § 1174.25 Claim Filed As Prescribed By Section 415.46 When Occupant Served With Prejudgment Claim of Right of Possession
- § 1174.27 Unlawful Detainer Proceeding; Documentation Evidencing Abuse Or Violence; Affirmative Defense
- § 1176 Stay of Judgment Pending Appeal
- § 1177 Applicability of Part II of Code
- § 1178 Applicability of Part 2 Relative to New Trials and Appeals
- § 1179 Relief Against Forfeiture In Case of Hardship
- § 1179a Precedence of Actions
- § 1179.01 Repealed
- § 1179.01.5 Repealed
- § 1179.02 Repealed
- § 1179.02.5 Repealed
- § 1179.03 Repealed
- § 1179.03.5 Repealed
- § 1179.04 Repealed
- § 1179.04.5 Repealed
- § 1179.05 Repealed
- § 1179.06 Repealed
- § 1179.07 Repealed
- § 1179.08 Title Repealed
- § 1179.09 Title Repealed
- § 1179.10 Title Repealed
- § 1179.11 Title Repealed
- § 1179.12 Title Repealed
- § 1179.13 Title Repealed
- § 1179.14 Title Repealed
- § 1179.15 Title Repealed
Title 4. Of the Enforcement of Liens
35 active sections · 35 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Liens in General · 1 section
Chapter 2.5. Oil and Gas Liens · 17 sections
- § 1203.50 Title of Act
- § 1203.51 Definitions
- § 1203.52 Persons Entitled to Lien Under Chapter
- § 1203.53 Lien Extends to Leasehold and Appurtenances Materials and Fixtures and Wells Located On Leasehold
- § 1203.54 Subcontractors Entitled to Lien
- § 1203.55 Forfeiture of Estate; Failure of Equitable Or Contingent Interest to Ripen Into Legal Interest
- § 1203.56 Date Lien Arises; Preference
- § 1203.57 Liens Arising Upon Same Property
- § 1203.58 Statement Recorded By Persons Claiming Liens
- § 1203.59 Notice of Lien
- § 1203.60 Bond Given By Lessor Or Owner Or Contractor Or Subcontractor
- § 1203.61 Action to Enforce Lien
- § 1203.62 Personal Action to Whom Debt Due For Work Performed Or Materials and Services Furnished
- § 1203.63 Waiver of Lien
- § 1203.64 Claims and Actions Assignable
- § 1203.65 Subsequent Perfection of Unperfected Lien Arising Prior to Effective Date of Chapter
- § 1203.66 Liberal Construction
Chapter 3. Certain Liens and Priorities for Salaries, Wages and Consumer Debts · 6 sections
- § 1204 Priority of Claims When Assignment Made For Benefit of Creditors Or Assignor
- § 1204.5 Claims Having Priority But Subordinate to Priorities of Labor Claims
- § 1205 Unpaid Wages Preferred Claims and Liens Upon Sale Or Transfer of Business Not In Ordinary and Regular Course of Business
- § 1206 Statement of Claim Filed By Persons Performing Work Or Rendering Services Upon Levy Under Writ of Attachment Or Execution
- § 1207 Sworn Statement Denying that Claim Due
- § 1208 Distribution of Proceeds of Writ; Right to Proceed Directly Against Money Or Property; Notice of Request to Release Original Attachment Or Execution
Chapter 4. Certain Liens Upon Animals · 1 section
Chapter 5. Liens on Aircraft · 10 sections
- § 1208.61 Lien For Making Repairs, Performing Labor Or Furnishing Supplies and Materials
- § 1208.62 Notice and Consent Prior to Commencing Work Or Service
- § 1208.63 Assignment of Lien For Labor and Materials
- § 1208.64 Lien Lost By Reason of Possession Revived Upon Repossession By Lienholder
- § 1208.65 Sale of Property to Satisfy Lien
- § 1208.66 Notice of Sale
- § 1208.67 Application of Proceeds of Sale
- § 1208.68 Redemption of Sold Aircraft
- § 1208.69 Obtaining Possession of Aircraft Through Trick, Fraud Or Device Perpetrated Upon Lienholder
- § 1208.70 Inapplicability to Aircraft Operated By Air Carrier Or Foreign Aircraft
Title 5. Of Contempts
18 active sections · 18 in the official compilation
- § 1209 Acts Or Omissions Deemed Contempt Upon Authority of Court
- § 1209.5 Parent Not In Compliance With Order Compelling Parent to Furnish Support For Child
- § 1210 Reentry Upon Or Taking Possession of Property After Person Dispossessed Or Ejected
- § 1211 Contempt Committed In Immediate View and Presence of Judge; Contempt Not Committed In Immediate View Or Presence of Judge
- § 1211.5 Construction, Amendment and Review of Affidavit Or Statement of Facts
- § 1212 Issuance of Warrant of Attachment and Warrant of Commitment
- § 1213 Undertaking For Person's Appearance
- § 1214 Execution of Warrant of Attachment
- § 1215 Discharge of Person Arrested Upon Executing and Delivering Undertaking
- § 1216 Return of Warrant and Undertaking
- § 1217 Investigation of Charge and Hearing On Answer
- § 1218 Finding that Person Guilty of Contempt
- § 1218.5 Contempt Alleged For Failure to Pay Support
- § 1219 Imprisonment Until Person Performs Act; Refusal of Victim to Testify Concerning Sexual Assault Or Domestic Violence
- § 1219.5 Refusal of Minor 16 Years of Age to Take Oath and Testify
- § 1220 Failure of Person Arrested to Appear On Return Day
- § 1221 Inability From Illness Or Otherwise of Officer to Bring Person Confined Before Court Or Judge
- § 1222 Judgment Or Orders Final and Conclusive
Title 7. Eminent Domain Law
260 active sections · 262 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 8 sections
- § 1230.010 Title of Law
- § 1230.020 Generally
- § 1230.030 Exercise of Power Not Required By Title; Discretion of Person Authorized to Acquire Property
- § 1230.040 Applicability of Rules of Practice Governing Civil Actions
- § 1230.050 Power of Court to Determine Right to Possession and Enforce Orders For Possession
- § 1230.060 Title Not to Affect Proceedings to Public Utilities Commission
- § 1230.065 Effective Date
- § 1230.070 Judgments Prior to Operative Date Not Affected
Chapter 2. Principles of Construction; Definitions · 23 sections
Article 1. Construction
Article 2. Words and Phrases Defined
- § 1235.110 Generally
- § 1235.120 Final Judgment
- § 1235.125 Interest
- § 1235.130 Judgment
- § 1235.140 Litigation Expenses
- § 1235.150 Local Public Entity
- § 1235.155 Nonprofit Special Use Property
- § 1235.160 Person
- § 1235.165 Proceeding
- § 1235.170 Property
- § 1235.180 Property Appropriated to Public Use
- § 1235.190 Public Entity
- § 1235.193 Electric, Gas Or Water Utility Property
- § 1235.195 Resolution
- § 1235.200 State
- § 1235.210 Statute
Chapter 3. The Right to Take · 39 sections
Article 1. General Limitations on Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain
- § 1240.010 Power Exercised to Acquire Property For Public Use; Legislative Declaration As to Public Use
- § 1240.020 Exercise of Power to Acquire Property For Particular Use
- § 1240.030 Exercise of Power to Acquire Property For Proposed Use
- § 1240.040 Adoption of Resolution By Public Entity Required to Exercise Power
- § 1240.050 Acquisition of Property Within Territorial Limits, Exception
- § 1240.055 Acquisition of Property Subject to Conservation Easement
Article 2. Rights Included in Grant of Eminent Domain Authority
- § 1240.110 Acquisition of Interest In Property Necessary For Particular Use
- § 1240.120 Acquisition of Property Necessary to Carry Out and Make Effective Principal Purpose
- § 1240.125 Purposes For Which Local Public Entity May Acquire Property Outside Territorial Limits
- § 1240.130 Acquisition of Property For Particular Use By Purchase, Lease, Gift, Etc.
- § 1240.140 Agreement For Joint Exercise of Power By Two Or More Public Agencies
- § 1240.150 Acquisition of Remainder of Property
- § 1240.160 Provisions Distinct and Separate Authorization
Article 3. Future Use
Article 4. Substitute Condemnation
Article 5. Excess Condemnation
Article 6. Condemnation for Compatible Use
Article 7. Condemnation for More Necessary Public Use
- § 1240.610 Generally
- § 1240.620 Burden of Proof
- § 1240.630 Defendant Entitled to Continue Public Use
- § 1240.640 Presumption that Use By State More Necessary Use
- § 1240.650 Use By Public Entity More Necessary Use
- § 1240.655 Action By Golden State Energy to Acquire Pg&e
- § 1240.660 Presumption Use By Local Public Entity More Necessary Use
- § 1240.670 Presumption Property Appropriated For Best and Most Necessary Public Use
- § 1240.680 Presumption Property Appropriated For Best and Most Necessary Public Use
- § 1240.690 Action For Declaratory Relief By Public Entity Or Nonprofit Organization Where Property Sought to Be Acquired For Highway Purposes
- § 1240.700 Action For Declaratory Relief Where Property Sought to Be Acquired For City Or County Road Street Or Highway Purposes
Chapter 4. Precondemnation Activities · 27 sections
Article 1. Preliminary Location, Survey, and Tests
- § 1245.010 Right to Enter Property to Make Photographs, Studies, Surveys, Etc.
- § 1245.020 Duty to Secure Consent Before Entry
- § 1245.030 Petition Seeking Entry
- § 1245.040 Modification of Order; Amount of Deposit Increased By Order of Modification
- § 1245.050 Period of Retention of Amount Deposited; Deposit Made In Condemnation Deposits Fund
- § 1245.060 Action For Damage Or Interference With Possession Caused By Entry and Activities
Article 2. Resolution of Necessity
- § 1245.210 "Governing Body" Defined
- § 1245.220 Adoption of Resolution Required
- § 1245.230 Requirements of Resolution
- § 1245.235 Notice and Hearing Prior to Adoption of Resolution
- § 1245.240 Vote Required to Adopt Resolution
- § 1245.245 Property Used For Public Use Stated In Resolution; Sale of Property Not Used For Stated Use; Acquisition Subject to Requirements
- § 1245.250 Resolution Conclusively Establishes Matters Referred to In Section 1240.030
- § 1245.255 Judicial Review of Validity of Resolution
- § 1245.260 Inverse Condemnation
- § 1245.270 Member Voting In Favor of Resolution Receive Or Agreed to Receive Bribe
Article 3. Resolution Consenting to Eminent Domain Proceeding by Quasi-Public Entity
- § 1245.310 Legislative Body Defined
- § 1245.320 Quasi-Public Entity
- § 1245.325 Owner of Property Seeking to Acquire Appurtenant Easement; Requirements of Resolution
- § 1245.326 Owner of Property Seeks to Acquire Temporary Right of Entry; Requirements of Resolution
- § 1245.330 Adoption of Resolution Required
- § 1245.340 Information Required In Resolution
- § 1245.350 Hearing; Notice
- § 1245.360 Vote Required to Adopt Resolution
- § 1245.370 Payment of Costs Incurred By Legislative Body; Deposit Securing Costs
- § 1245.380 Requirements In Addition to Other Requirements
- § 1245.390 City Or County Not Liable For Damages Caused By Acquisition Or By Project
Chapter 5. Commencement of Proceeding · 27 sections
Article 1. Jurisdiction and Venue
Article 2. Commencement of Proceeding Generally
- § 1250.110 Commenced By Filing Complaint
- § 1250.120 Form and Contents of Summons; Process Served By Publication
- § 1250.125 Defendants Named and Property Described In Summons Served By Publication; Failure to Appear and Answer
- § 1250.130 Plaintiff Required to Post Copy of Summons and Record Notice of Pendency of Proceeding
- § 1250.140 Service Where State Defendant
- § 1250.150 Recording and Serving Notice of Pendency of Proceeding
Article 3. Parties; Joinder of Property
Article 4. Pleadings
Article 5. Objections to Right to Take
Article 6. Settlement Offers and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 6. Deposit and Withdrawal of Probable Compensation; Possession Prior to Judgment · 22 of 24 active
Article 1. Deposit of Probable Compensation
- § 1255.010 Appraisal Upon Which Deposit Made; Deposit Without Appraisal
- § 1255.020 Notice of Deposit; Statement of Summary of Basis of Appraisal
- § 1255.030 Whether Deposit Probable Amount of Compensation Determination
- § 1255.040 Deposit Where Property Includes Dwelling Occupied By Defendant As Residence
- § 1255.050 Deposit Where Property to Be Taken Subject to Leasehold Interest
- § 1255.060 Trial of Issue of Compensation
- § 1255.070 Deposit In County Treasury In Lieu of State Treasury; Investment of Money Deposited In State Treasury
- § 1255.075 Motion to Invest Deposit For Benefit of Defendants
- § 1255.080 Rights Not Waived By Plaintiff
Article 2. Withdrawal of Deposit
- § 1255.210 Application to Court By Defendant
- § 1255.220 Court Order For Payment to Applicant
- § 1255.230 Objections to Withdrawal
- § 1255.240 Undertaking Required of Defendant Prior to Withdrawal
- § 1255.250 Undertaking If Amount Withdrawn Exceeds Amount of Original Deposit
- § 1255.260 Waiver of Claims and Defenses
- § 1255.280 Withdrawal In Amount In Excess of Amount Party Entitled
Article 3. Possession Prior to Judgment
Chapter 7. Discovery; Exchange of Valuation Data · 13 sections
Article 1. Discovery
Article 2. Exchange of Valuation Data
- § 1258.210 Demand to Exchange Lists of Expert Witnesses and Statement of Valuation Data
- § 1258.220 Date of Exchange
- § 1258.230 Duties of Parties Not Later Than Date of Exchange
- § 1258.240 Information Included In Lists of Expert Witnesses
- § 1258.250 Statement of Valuation Data Exchanged For Each Person Party Intents to Call As Witness
- § 1258.260 Information Included In State of Valuation Data
- § 1258.270 Notice to Parties Upon Whom Lists and Statements Served Required
- § 1258.280 Objection of Party Who Has Served List and Statement
- § 1258.290 Witness, Opinion Or Data Not Included In Party's List Or Statement
- § 1258.300 Court Rule Providing For Exchange of Valuation Data In Lieu of Procedure Provided For In Article
Chapter 8. Procedures for Determining Right to Take and Compensation · 11 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Contesting Right to Take
Article 3. Procedures Relating to Determination of Compensation
- § 1260.210 Generally
- § 1260.220 Divided Interests In Property Acquired
- § 1260.230 Issues Separately Assessed By Trier of Fact
- § 1260.240 Determination When Unknown Persons Or Deceased Persons Properly Joined As Defendants
- § 1260.250 Court Order Directing County Auditor and Tax Collector to Certify Information; Information Required to Be Certified
Chapter 9. Compensation · 39 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Date of Valuation
- § 1263.110 Date On Which Deposit Made; Deposit Not Deemed to Have Been Made
- § 1263.120 Issued Brought to Trial Within One Year After Commencement of Proceeding
- § 1263.130 Issue Not Brought to Trial Within One Year After Commencement of Proceeding
- § 1263.140 New Trial Order But Not Commenced Within One Year After Commencement of Proceeding
- § 1263.150 Mistrial Declared and Retrial Not Commenced Within One Year After Commencement of Proceeding
Article 3. Compensation for Improvements
- § 1263.205 Improvements Pertaining to the Realty Defined; Determining Whether Property Can Be Removed Without Substantial Economic Loss
- § 1263.210 All Improvements Taken Into Account In Determining Compensation
- § 1263.230 Removed Or Destroyed Improvements Not Taken Into Account
- § 1263.240 Improvement Made Subsequent to Date of Service of Summons
- § 1263.250 Defendant Harvesting and Marketing Crops
- § 1263.260 Notice of Election to Remove Improvements
- § 1263.270 Improvement Located In Part Upon Property Taken and In Part Upon Property Not Taken
Article 4. Measure of Compensation for Property Taken
Article 5. Compensation for Injury to Remainder
Article 6. Compensation for Loss of Goodwill
Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 8. Remediation of Hazardous Materials on Property to be Acquired by School Districts
- § 1263.710 Remedial Action and Removal Defined; Required Action Defined
- § 1263.711 Hazardous Material Defined
- § 1263.720 Duty of Court Upon Determination that Hazardous Material Present Within Property
- § 1263.730 Amount Available to Complete Required Action Insufficient
- § 1263.740 Presence of Hazardous Material Not Considered In Appraising Property
- § 1263.750 Remedies Available to Plaintiff; Plaintiff Entitled to Compensation For Benefit If Plaintiff Abandons Proceedings
- § 1263.760 Satisfaction of Requirements of Section 7267.2, Government Code
- § 1263.770 Applicability of Article to School Districts
Chapter 10. Divided Interests · 15 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Leases
- § 1265.110 Termination of Lease
- § 1265.120 Termination of Lease As to Part of Property Taken
- § 1265.130 Petition to Terminate Lease Where Part of Property Subject to Lease Taken
- § 1265.140 Time of Termination
- § 1265.150 Right of Lessee to Compensation Not Affected
- § 1265.160 Rights and Obligations of Parties to Lease Not Affected
Article 3. Encumbrances
- § 1265.210 Lien Defined
- § 1265.220 Lien and Indebtedness Secured By Lien Not Due At Time of Entry of Judgment
- § 1265.225 Partial Taking of Property Secured By Lien
- § 1265.230 Partial Taking of Property Encumbered By Lien and Portion of Property Taken Encumbered By Junior Lien
- § 1265.240 Prepayment Penalty Not Included In Amount Payable to Lienholder
- § 1265.250 Property Acquired Encumbered By Lien of Fixed Lien Special Assessment
Chapter 11. Postjudgment Procedure · 31 sections
Article 1. Payment of Judgment; Final Order of Condemnation
Article 2. Deposit and Withdrawal of Award
- § 1268.110 Deposit of Full Amount of Award With Interest After Entry of Judgment
- § 1268.120 Notice of Deposit
- § 1268.130 Deposit of Additional Amount to Secure Further Compensation, Costs and Interest
- § 1268.140 Application By Defendant For Payment From Deposit
- § 1268.150 Money Ordered Deposited In State Treasury Or Upon Request In County Treasury
- § 1268.160 Withdrawal In Amount In Excess of Amount Party Entitled
- § 1268.170 Rights Not Waived By Making Deposit
Article 3. Possession After Judgment
Article 4. Interest
- § 1268.310 Dates From Which Interest Computed
- § 1268.311 Computation In Inverse Condemnation Proceeding
- § 1268.320 Dates Computation of Interest Ceases
- § 1268.330 Value of Continued Possession Offset Against Interest; Rents and Other Income Received Offset Against Interest
- § 1268.340 Interest Assessed By Court
- § 1268.350 Rate of Interest Payable For Calendar Quarter
- § 1268.360 Computation of Interest Payable For Calendar Quarter
Article 5. Proration of Property Taxes
Article 6. Abandonment
Article 7. Litigation Expenses and Damages Upon Dismissal or Defeat of Right to Take
Chapter 12. Arbitration of Compensation in Acquisitions of Property for Public Use · 5 sections
Title 8. Change of Names
8 active sections · 9 in the official compilation
- § 1275 Superior Court Jurisdiction
- § 1276 Applications Generally
- § 1277 Order to Show Cause; Publication; Participant In Address Confidentiality Program; Participant In State Witness Relocation and Assistance Program; Application Part of Uniform Parentage Act Action; Guardian Files Petition
- § 1277.5 Name Change to Conform to Gender Identity
- § 1278 Hearing
- § 1278.5 Parents Do Not Join In Consent In Proceeding to Change Minor's Name
- § 1279 Repealed
- § 1279.5 Common Law Right Not Abrogated; Petition By Prisoners; Petition By Persons Required to Register As Sex Offenders
- § 1279.6 Prohibited Acts By Trade Or Business
Title 9. Arbitration
73 active sections · 74 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 2 sections
Chapter 2. Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements · 20 sections
- § 1281 Generally
- § 1281.1 Request to Arbitrate Deemed Made Pursuant to Written Agreement
- § 1281.2 Grounds For Not Ordering Parties to Arbitrate Controversy
- § 1281.3 Consolidation of Separate Arbitration Proceedings
- § 1281.4 Stay of Action Or Proceeding Until Arbitration Had In Accordance With Order Or Issue to Arbitrate Determined
- § 1281.5 Arbitration By Claimant to Enforce Lien
- § 1281.6 Method of Appointing Arbitrator; Petition Made to Court to Appoint Neutral Arbitrator
- § 1281.7 Petition Filed In Lieu of Answer to Complaint
- § 1281.8 Application For Provisional Remedy In Connection With Arbitrable Controversy
- § 1281.9 Disclosures By Neutral Arbitrators
- § 1281.12 Time Limitations Contained In Agreement Tolled By Commencement of Civil Action By Party to Agreement
- § 1281.85 Ethical Standards For Neutral Arbitrators
- § 1281.91 Disqualification of Neutral Arbitrators
- § 1281.92 Private Arbitration Company Administering Consumer Arbitration
- § 1281.93 Solicitation of Laywers Prohibited
- § 1281.95 Declaration By Arbitrator In Arbitration Pursuant to Construction Contract; Disqualification
- § 1281.96 Information Required By Private Arbitration Company Administering Consumer Arbitration
- § 1281.97 Material Breach For Failure to Pay Fees Before Arbitration Can Proceed
- § 1281.98 Failure to Pay Fees and Costs During Pendency of Proceeding
- § 1281.99 Sanctions
Chapter 3. Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings · 15 of 16 active
- § 1282 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators
- § 1282.2 Hearing
- § 1282.4 Representation By Attorney
- § 1282.5 Transcription of Arbitration Proceedings
- § 1282.6 Subpoenas
- § 1282.8 Oaths
- § 1283 Depositions
- § 1283.05 Procedure For Taking Depositions and Discovery
- § 1283.1 Repealed
- § 1283.2 Witness Fees and Mileage
- § 1283.4 Award Requirements
- § 1283.6 Service of Copy of Award
- § 1283.8 Time For Making Award
- § 1284 Application to Correct Award
- § 1284.2 Payment of Expenses and Fees
- § 1284.3 Fees and Costs Assessed In Consumer Arbitration
Chapter 4. Enforcement of the Award · 19 sections
Article 1. Confirmation, Correction or Vacation of the Award
- § 1285 Petition to Confirm, Correct Or Vacate Award
- § 1285.2 Response to Petition
- § 1285.4 Petition Requirements
- § 1285.6 Response Requirements
- § 1285.8 Petition Or Response to Set Forth Grounds For Correcting of Vacating Award
- § 1286 Duty of Court If Petition and Response Duly Served and Filed
- § 1286.2 Grounds For Vacating Award
- § 1286.4 Petition Or Response Required to Be Duly Served and Filed to Vacate Award
- § 1286.6 Grounds For Correcting Award
- § 1286.8 Petition and Response Required to Be Duly Served and Filed to Correct Award
- § 1287 Rehearing If Award Vacated
- § 1287.2 Dismissal of Proceeding As to Respondent
- § 1287.4 Judgment Confirming Award
- § 1287.6 Force and Effect of Judgment
Article 2. Limitations of Time
- § 1288 Time For Serving and Filing Petitions
- § 1288.2 Time For Serving and Filing Response
- § 1288.4 Time For Serving and Filing Petition After Service of Award On Petitioner
- § 1288.6 Service and Filing Petition After Determination of Application to Arbitrators For Correction
- § 1288.8 Date For Service of Award If Application Made to Arbitrators For Correction
Chapter 5. General Provisions Relating to Judicial Proceedings · 17 sections
Article 1. Petitions and Responses
Article 2. Venue, Jurisdiction and Costs
- § 1292 Place For Filing Petition Made Prior to Commencement of Arbitration
- § 1292.2 Place For Filing Petition Made After Commencement of Arbitration
- § 1292.4 Petition For Order to Arbitrate Filed In Pending Action Or Proceeding
- § 1292.6 Retention of Jurisdiction to Determine Subsequent Petition Involving Same Agreement and Same Controversy
- § 1292.8 Place For Making Motion For Stay On Ground Issue Subject to Arbitration
- § 1293 Consent to Jurisdiction of State Courts to Enforce Agreement
- § 1293.2 Awarding Costs Upon Judicial Proceeding
Title 9.1. Arbitration of Medical Malpractice
1 active sections · 1 in the official compilation
Title 9.2. Public Construction Contract Arbitration
1 active sections · 1 in the official compilation
Title 9.3. Arbitration and Conciliation of International Commercial Disputes
156 active sections · 156 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Application and Interpretation · 19 sections
Article 1. Scope of Application
- § 1297.11 Applicability of Title Generally
- § 1297.12 Applicability Only If Place of Arbitration Or Conciliation In State
- § 1297.13 Conditions Making Agreement International
- § 1297.14 Place of Business If Party Has More Than One Place of Business
- § 1297.15 States of United States Considered One State
- § 1297.16 Relationships Making Agreement Commercial
- § 1297.17 Other State Laws Not Affected
Article 2. Interpretation
Article 3. Receipt of Written Communications
Article 4. Waiver of Right to Object
Article 5. Extent of Judicial Intervention
Article 6. Functions
Chapter 2. Arbitration Agreements and Judicial Measures in Aid of Arbitration · 11 sections
Article 1. Definition and Form of Arbitration Agreements
Article 2. Stay of Proceedings
Article 3. Court-Ordered Interim Measures
- § 1297.90 Request For Interim Measures Not Incompatible With Agreement
- § 1297.91 Power of Superior Court
- § 1297.92 Request For Enforcement of Award of Arbitral Tribunal
- § 1297.93 Measures Court May Grant In Connection With Pending Arbitration
- § 1297.94 Preclusive Effect Given to Findings of Fact of Arbitral Tribunal
- § 1297.95 Preclusive Effect to Tribunal's Findings Given Until Court Finding On Jurisdiction
Chapter 3. Composition of Arbitral Tribunals · 29 sections
Article 1. Number of Arbitrators
Article 2. Appointment of Arbitrators
- § 1297.111 Person of Any Nationality
- § 1297.112 Parties May Agree On Procedure For Appointing
- § 1297.113 Appointment In Arbitration With Three Arbitrators and Two Parties
- § 1297.114 Failure to Timely Agree On Appointment
- § 1297.115 Appointment On Failure to Agree On Sole Arbitrator
- § 1297.116 Necessary Measures Taken By Superior Court
- § 1297.117 Decision of Superior Court Final
- § 1297.118 Considerations By Superior Court In Appointing Arbitrator
- § 1297.119 Immunity of Arbitrator
Article 3. Grounds for Challenge
- § 1297.121 Disclosure of Information Causing Impartiality to Be Question
- § 1297.122 Waiver of Disclosure
- § 1297.123 Continuation of Duty to Disclose
- § 1297.124 Justifiable Doubts As to Independence Or Impartiality Or Qualifications
- § 1297.125 Challenge For Reasons Becoming Apparent After Appointment
Article 4. Challenge Procedure
- § 1297.131 Parties May Agree On Procedure
- § 1297.132 Time For Sending Written Statement of Reasons For Challenge
- § 1297.133 Arbitral Tribunal to Decide Challenge
- § 1297.134 Requesting Superior Court to Decide On Challenge
- § 1297.135 Decision of Superior Court Final
- § 1297.136 Continuation With Arbitral Proceedings While Request Pending
Article 5. Failure or Impossibility to Act
Article 6. Termination of Mandate and Substitution of Arbitrators
Chapter 4. Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals · 17 sections
Article 1. Competence of an Arbitral Tribunal to Rule on its Jurisdiction
- § 1297.161 Arbitration Clause Forming Part of Contract Treated As Agreement Independent of Other Terms of Contract
- § 1297.162 Raising Plea Tribunal Without Jurisdiction
- § 1297.163 Raising Plea that Tribunal Exceeding Jurisdiction
- § 1297.164 Admission of Later Plea If Delay Justified
- § 1297.165 Plea Rules On As Preliminary Question Or Award On Merits
- § 1297.166 Time For Requesting Superior Court to Decide Matter
- § 1297.167 Continuation of Proceedings While Request Pending
Article 2. Interim Measures Ordered by Arbitral Tribunals
- § 1297.171 Authority to Take Measures of Protection
- § 1297.172 Appropriate Security Provided
- § 1297.173 Applications For Preliminary Orders and Conditions For Granting Preliminary Orders
- § 1297.174 Specific Regime For Preliminary Orders
- § 1297.175 Modification, Suspension, Termination
- § 1297.176 Provision of Security
- § 1297.177 Disclosure
- § 1297.178 Costs and Damages
- § 1297.179 Recognition and Enforcement
- § 1297.180 Grounds For Refusing Recognition Or Enforcement
Chapter 5. Manner and Conduct of Arbitration · 33 sections
Article 1. Equal Treatment of Parties
Article 1.5. Representation by Foreign and Out-of-State Attorneys
Article 2. Determination of Rules of Procedure
Article 3. Place of Arbitration
Article 4. Commencement of Arbitral Proceedings
Article 5. Language
Article 6. Statements of Claim and Defense
Article 7. Hearings and Written Proceedings
Article 8. Default of a Party
Article 9. Expert Appointed by Arbitral Tribunal
Article 10. Court Assistance in Taking Evidence and Consolidating Arbitrations
Chapter 6. Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings · 28 sections
Article 1. Rules Applicable to Substance of Dispute
- § 1297.281 Dispute Decided By Tribunal In Accordance With Rules of Law Designated By Parties
- § 1297.282 Construction of Designation of Law Or Legal System
- § 1297.283 Failure of Designation
- § 1297.284 Decision Ex Aequo Et Bono Or Amiable Compositeur
- § 1297.285 Decision In Accordance With Contract Terms Taking Into Account Usage of Trade
Article 2. Decisionmaking by Panel of Arbitrators
Article 3. Settlement
Article 4. Form and Content of Arbitral Award
- § 1297.311 Award In Writing and Signed By Tribunal Members
- § 1297.312 Signature of Majority of Tribunal Members Sufficient
- § 1297.313 Award to State Reasons Upon Which Award Based, Exception
- § 1297.314 Award to State Date and Place of Arbitration
- § 1297.315 Signed Copy Delivered to Parties
- § 1297.316 Interim Award
- § 1297.317 Interest
- § 1297.318 Costs
Article 5. Termination of Proceedings
Article 6. Correction and Interpretation of Awards and Additional Awards
- § 1297.331 Time For Requesting Correction Or Interpretation
- § 1297.332 Time For Making Correction Or Interpretation
- § 1297.333 Correction of Error On Tribunal's Initiative, Time Period
- § 1297.334 Time For Requesting Additional Award
- § 1297.335 Time For Making Additional Award
- § 1297.336 Extension of Periods of Time
- § 1297.337 Applicability of Article 4
Chapter 7. Conciliation · 19 sections
Article 1. Appointment of Conciliators
Article 2. Representation and Assistance
Article 3. Report of Conciliators
Article 4. Confidentiality
Article 5. Stay of Arbitration and Resort to Other Proceedings
Article 6. Termination
- § 1297.391 Termination As to All Parties By Declaration of Conciliator Or Parties Or Signing Settlement
- § 1297.392 Termination As to Particular Parties By Declaration Or Signing Settlement
- § 1297.393 Participation of Conciliator In Arbitral Or Judicial Proceedings of Same Dispute
- § 1297.394 Rights Or Remedies Not Waived By Submitting to Conciliation
Article 7. Enforceability of Decree
Article 8. Costs
Article 9. Effect on Jurisdiction
Article 10. Immunity of Conciliators and Parties
Title 9.4. Real Estate Contract Arbitration
4 active sections · 4 in the official compilation
Title 9.5. Arbitration of Firefighter and Law Enforcement Officer Labor Disputes
9 active sections · 9 in the official compilation
- § 1299 Legislative Findings and Declaration; Legislative Intent
- § 1299.2 Applicability of Title
- § 1299.3 Definitions
- § 1299.4 Submission of Differences to Arbitration Panel
- § 1299.5 Inquiries and Investigation, Hearings and Other Action By Panel
- § 1299.6 Submission of Last Best Offer of Settlement By Parties; Decision of Panel
- § 1299.7 Copy of Decision Delivered Or Mailed to Parties; Decision Not Binding For Period of Five Days After Service; Disclosure and Binding Effect After Five Day Period; Rejection By Employer
- § 1299.8 Applicability of Title 9
- § 1299.9 Inapplicability to City, County Or City and County With Charter Provisions For Procedure For Resolving Disputes
Title 10. Unclaimed Property
146 active sections · 146 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 4 sections
Article 1. Definitions
Article 2. Purpose and Scope
Chapter 2. Receipt and Expenditure of Funds · 13 sections
Article 1. Deposit of Unclaimed Property
- § 1310 Cash Transmitted to Treasurer and Person Property Transmitted to Controller For Deposit
- § 1311 Notice to Controller of Transmission of Money Or Property to Treasurer Or Controller
- § 1312 Order Or Decree of Distribution In Decedent's Estate Or Vesting Title In State
- § 1313 Unclaimed Property Fund
- § 1314 Account In Fund Covering Accountability For Money Deposited In Fund
- § 1315 Recording Unclaimed Money Or Property of Deceased Person Received By State
- § 1316 Recording Unclaimed Money Or Property Received By State For Benefit of Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Etc.
- § 1317 Amount of Canceled Warrant Credited to Fund Transferred to General Fund
- § 1318 Deposit of Interest and Other Income Derived From Investment of Money In Fund
- § 1319 Deposit and Credit of Rents, Interest, Dividends Or Other Income Received and Held By State
- § 1320 Deposit of Rents, Interest, Dividends Or Other Income Or Increment Derived From Property Escheated to State
- § 1321 Immunity of Person Delivering Money Or Property to State Or Holder of Money Or Property
Article 2. Appropriation
Chapter 3. Payment of Claims · 10 sections
Article 1. General
Article 2. Refund of Erroneous Receipts
Article 3. Claims
- § 1350 Persons Who May Claim Money Or Property
- § 1351 Money Or Property Deposited Becoming Property of State By Escheat
- § 1352 Property Held For Third Persons Or Title Subject to Rights of Third Persons
- § 1353 Superior Court Jurisdiction to Determine Title to Money Or Property
- § 1354 Recovery On Claim Made Or Petition Filed By Representative of Estate
- § 1355 Petition Filed In Superior Court of Sacramento County Showing Claim Or Right to Money Or Property
Chapter 4. Management of Unclaimed Property · 21 sections
Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Powers of the Controller
Article 3. Sale or Disposal of Property
- § 1370 Power of Controller to Sell Or Lease Personal Property
- § 1371 Power of Controller As to Securities, Accounts, Debts, Contractual Rights Or Other Choses In Action
- § 1372 Power of Controller to Sign, Endorse Or Authenticate Securities, Bills of Sale, Documents Or Other Instruments
- § 1373 Sale Or Lease At Public Auction; Notice
- § 1374 Authority of Controller to Reject Bids
- § 1375 Power of Controller to Sell Or Lease Real Property At Private Sale
- § 1376 Execution of Deed Covering Real Property and Bill of Sale Covering Personal Property
- § 1377 Creating Obligation Not Already Obligation of Owners, Heirs, Devisees, Etc.
- § 1378 Immunity of State On Account of Transaction Entered Into By Controller
- § 1379 Power of Controller to Destroy Personal Property Other Than Cash Deposited In Treasury
- § 1380 Transaction Exempt From Section 11009, Government Code
- § 1381 Transactions Conclusive Against Everyone Except Purchaser Or Encumbrancer For Valuable Consideration
- § 1382 Real Property to Which Article Applies
Article 4. Disposal of Proceeds of Sale or Lease
- § 1390 Proceeds Deposited In Unclaimed Property Fund
- § 1391 Proceeds Deposited In General Fund
- § 1392 Credit of Proceeds to Estate From Which Property Affected By Transaction Received
- § 1393 Credit of Proceeds to Unlocated Heirs, Devisees Or Legatees
- § 1394 Credit of Proceeds to Persons Entitled Or to Account In General Fund
Chapter 5. Escheat Proceedings · 9 sections
Article 1. Escheat Proceedings on Unclaimed Property
Article 2. Escheat by Notice and Publication
Article 3. Escheat Proceedings in Decedents' Estates
- § 1420 Generally
- § 1421 Action By Attorney General to Determine State's Rights to Property Or Intervention In Proceeding Affecting Estate and Contesting Claimants' Rights
- § 1422 Appointment of Receiver to Take Charge of Estate
- § 1423 Appearance and Answer By Persons Named In Information
- § 1424 Distributing Or Vesting Clause of Judgment Or Decree Creating Trust In Favor of Unknown Or Unidentified Persons
Chapter 6. Disposition of Unclaimed Property · 12 sections
Article 1. Estates of Deceased Persons
- § 1440 Money Or Property Deemed Paid Under Provisions of Article
- § 1441 Money Or Property Permanently Escheated Without Further Proceeding
- § 1442 Claim to Money Or Other Property By Person Entitled
- § 1443 Money Or Property Deemed Paid Or Delivered For Deposit In State Treasury
- § 1444 Money Or Property Deposited In County Treasury Paid to Treasurer Or Controller
- § 1444.5 Money Or Property On Deposit With County Treasurer Received From Public Administrator Deemed Permanently Escheated to State
- § 1445 Petition By County Treasurer For Order Directing Payment of Money Or Property Into State Treasury
- § 1446 Unclaimed Money Or Other Property Belonging to Person Who Dies While Confined In State Institution Subject to Jurisdiction of Director of Corrections
- § 1447 Money Or Other Property Belonging to Person Who Dies While Confined In State Institution Subject to Jurisdiction of State Department of State Hospitals
- § 1448 Unclaimed Money Or Property Belonging to Person Who Dies While Confined In State Institution Subject to Jurisdiction of Youth Authority
- § 1449 Presumptively Abandoned Money Or Property Paid Or Delivered to Treasurer Or Controller Under Section 7644, Probate Code
Article 2. Abandoned Property
Chapter 7. Unclaimed Property Law · 61 sections
Article 1. Short Title; Definitions; Application
- § 1500 Title of Law
- § 1501 Definitions
- § 1501.5 Property Received By State Not to Permanently Escheat to State
- § 1502 Inapplicability of Chapter
- § 1503 When Holder Not Required to Report Under Old Act
- § 1504 Property Escheated Under Laws of Another State
- § 1505 Duty to Report Or Pay Or Deliver Property Arising Prior to January 1, 1969
- § 1506 Construction of Provisions As Restatements and Continuations
Article 2. Escheat of Unclaimed Personal Property
- § 1510 When Intangible Personal Property Escheats to State
- § 1511 Money Order, Travelers Check Or Similar Written Instrument
- § 1513 Property Held Or Owing By Business Association
- § 1513.5 Notice By Banking Or Financial Organization that Deposit, Account, Shares, Etc. May Escheat to State
- § 1514 Proceeds of Contents of Safe Deposit Box Or Other Safekeeping Repository
- § 1515 Funds Held Or Owing By Life Insurance Corporation Under Life Or Endowment Insurance Policy Or Annuity Contract
- § 1515.5 Property Distributable In Course of Demutualization Or Reorganization of Insurance Company Deemed Abandoned
- § 1516 Dividend, Profit, Distribution, Etc. Held Or Owing By Business Organization For Shareholder, Certificate Holder, Member, Etc.
- § 1516.5 Escheatment of Unclaimed Digital Financial Assets Held By Business Associations
- § 1517 Property Distributable In Course of Dissolution of Business Organization Or Insurer
- § 1518 Personal Property Held In Fiduciary Capacity
- § 1518.5 Funds Maintained In a Preneed Funeral Trust Or Similar Account; Escheat
- § 1519 Personal Property Held For Owner By Government
- § 1519.5 Sums Held By Business Organization Ordered Refunded By Court Or Administrative Agency
- § 1520 Personal Property Held and Owing In Ordinary Course of Holder's Business
- § 1520.5 Gift Certificates
- § 1521 Employee Benefit Plan Distributions
- § 1522 Charge Or Fee Imposed Because of Inactive Or Unclaimed Status
- § 1523 Policyholder Entitled to Proposition 103 Rebate Not Located
- § 1528 Unclaimed Funds Held By Domestic Fraternal Benefit Society
Article 3. Identification of Escheated Property
- § 1530 Report Required By Persons Holding Funds Or Other Property Escheated to State
- § 1531 Notice Within One Year After Payment Or Delivery of Escheated Property
- § 1531.5 Notification Program Designed to Inform Owners About Possible Existence of Unclaimed Property
- § 1531.6 Notice to Owners of Savings Bonds, War Bond Or Military Award
- § 1532 Payment Or Delivery of Escheated Property By Persons Filing Report
- § 1532.1 Payment Or Delivery of Property Escheating to State Pursuant to Section 1514
- § 1533 Not In Interest of State to Take Custody of Tangible Personal Property
Article 4. Payment of Claims
Article 5. Administration of Unclaimed Property
- § 1560 Generally
- § 1561 Claim of Property Paid Or Delivered to Controller By Holder; Payment Or Delivery of Property Because of Mistake of Law Or Fact
- § 1562 Dividends, Interest Or Other Increments Realized Or Accruing Prior to Liquidation Or Conversion Into Money
- § 1563 Sale of Escheated Property
- § 1564 Money Received Deposited In Abandoned Property Account In Unclaimed Property Fund
- § 1564.5 Abandoned Iolta Property Account
- § 1565 Property of No Apparent Commercial Value Delivered to Controller
- § 1566 Immunity Upon Payment of Delivery to Claimant; Transactions Entered Into By Controller
- § 1567 Examination of Property By Director of Parks and Recreation
- § 1568 Selection Criteria For Custodians of Escheated Digital Financial Assets
Article 6. Compliance and Enforcement
- § 1570 Expiration of Period of Time During Which Proceeding Commenced Or Enforced to Obtain Payment
- § 1571 Examination Person Believed to Be Holder Who Has Failed to Report Property
- § 1572 Actions By Controller
- § 1573 Agreement to Provide Information to Another State
- § 1574 Action By Attorney General In Name of Another State to Enforce Unclaimed Property Laws
- § 1575 Request By Attorney General that Another State Bring Action to Enforce Provisions of Chapter
- § 1576 Willfully Failing to Render Report; Willfully Refusing to Pay Or Deliver Escheated Property
- § 1577 Interest Payable For Failure to Report, Pay Or Deliver Unclaimed Property; Waiver
- § 1577.5 California Voluntary Compliance Program
Chapter 8. Property in Custody of Federal Officers, Agencies, and Departments · 16 sections
- § 1600 Policy of State to Discover Property In Custody of United States
- § 1601 Definitions
- § 1602 Agreement For Payments of State's Share of Costs Incurred By United States In Examining Records
- § 1603 United States Held Harmless Against Claim Concerning Property Delivered to State
- § 1604 Property Subject to Delivery to State If Last Known Address of Owner In State
- § 1605 Certification By Governor that United States Will Be Compensated For Cost of Examining Records
- § 1606 Request that Comptroller General Report Previously Unreported Information
- § 1607 Copy of Report Posted At Superior Court Courthouses; Claim Against United States By Person Asserting Interest In Property
- § 1608 Expiration of Period of Time For Commencing Proceeding Not to Affect State's Right to Acquire Possession of Property
- § 1609 Proceeding Commenced By Attorney General to Determine State's Right to Custody of Property
- § 1610 Notice of Proceeding
- § 1611 Response to Petition
- § 1612 Application For Judgment, Findings and Declaration By Court
- § 1613 Request For Delivery Or Payment of Property Described In Judgment
- § 1614 Deposit Or Sale of Property Received
- § 1615 Money In Abandoned Property Account Appropriated For Expenditure By Controller
Title 11. Money Judgments of Other Jurisdictions
38 active sections · 39 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Sister State Money Judgments · 12 sections
- § 1710.10 Definitions
- § 1710.15 Application By Judgment Creditor For Entry of Judgment Based On Sister State Judgment
- § 1710.20 Filing Application; Proper County
- § 1710.25 Amounts of Judgment Entered
- § 1710.30 Service of Notice of Entry of Judgment
- § 1710.35 Effect of Judgment
- § 1710.40 Vacation of Judgment
- § 1710.45 Writ of Execution Or Enforcement On Judgment
- § 1710.50 Stay of Enforcement
- § 1710.55 Entry of Judgment Based On Sister State Judgment Prohibited
- § 1710.60 Action to Enforce Sister State Judgment
- § 1710.65 Action By Judgment Creditor Based On Part of Judgment Not Requiring Payment of Money
Chapter 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments · 13 sections
- § 1713 Title of Act
- § 1714 Definitions
- § 1715 Applicability of Chapter
- § 1716 State Required to Recognize Judgments to Which Chapter Applies; Judgments State Shall Not to Recognize; Judgments State Not Required to Recognize
- § 1717 Bases For Personal Jurisdiction
- § 1718 Recognition Issue Raise By Filing Action; Raised By Filing Counterclaim, Cross-Claim Or Affirmative Defense
- § 1719 Conclusive Effect of Judgment; Enforcement
- § 1720 Stay If Appeal Pending Or Will Be Taken
- § 1721 Time For Commencing Action to Recognize Judgment
- § 1722 Need to Promote Uniformity of Law
- § 1723 Recognition Under Principles of Comity Or Otherwise
- § 1724 Effective Date
- § 1725 Declaratory Relief
Chapter 3. Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act · 13 of 14 active
- § 1730 Short Title
- § 1731 Scope
- § 1732 Definitions
- § 1733 Application For Entry of Judgment
- § 1733.1 Joint Application For the Recognition of a Tribal Court Order
- § 1734 Form of Application
- § 1735 Service; Notice
- § 1736 Entry of Judgment
- § 1737 Objections
- § 1738 Stay
- § 1739 Action to Recognize Judgment
- § 1740 Resolution of Issues With Tribal Court Judge
- § 1741 Construction With Other Law
- § 1742 Repealed
Title 11.6. Civil Action Mediation
16 active sections · 16 in the official compilation
- § 1775 Legislative Findings and Declaration
- § 1775.1 Mediation Defined; Act Performed By Party May Also Be Performed By Counsel
- § 1775.2 Title Applicable to Los Angeles County Courts; Election By Other County Courts to Apply Title; Effective Date
- § 1775.3 Civil Actions Which May Be Submitted to Mediation By Presiding Judge Or Designate
- § 1775.4 Action Ordered Into Arbitration Not Order Into Mediation; Action Ordered Into Mediation Not Ordered Into Arbitration
- § 1775.5 Amount In Controversy
- § 1775.6 Time For Selection of Mediator; Method of Selection and Qualification
- § 1775.7 Time Periods Specified In Chapter 1.5 Not Suspended; Computing Five-Year Period Specified In Section 583.310
- § 1775.8 Compensation of Court-Appointed Mediators; Payment of Administrative Costs
- § 1775.9 Statement of Nonagreement Filed By Mediator
- § 1775.10 Confidentiality of Statements Made By Parties
- § 1775.11 Discovery
- § 1775.12 Reference to Mediation Or Statement of Nonagreement In Subsequent Trial Irregularity
- § 1775.13 Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs Not Preempted
- § 1775.14 Report By Judicial Council to Legislature
- § 1775.15 Rules
Title 11.7. Recovery of Preferences and Exempt Property in an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
3 active sections · 3 in the official compilation
Title 12. Tribal Injunctions
1 active sections · 1 in the official compilation
Title 13. Inspection Warrants
11 active sections · 11 in the official compilation
- § 1822.50 Defined
- § 1822.51 Issued Upon Cause; Supported By Affidavit
- § 1822.52 Cause Deemed to Exist
- § 1822.53 Examination of Applicant and Other Witnesses By Judge
- § 1822.54 Issuance of Warrant
- § 1822.55 Time Period Warrant Effective; Execution and Return; Void After Expiration of Time
- § 1822.56 Inspection Pursuant to Warrant
- § 1822.57 Willfully Refusing to Permit Inspection
- § 1822.58 Inspections By Department of Fish and Game of Places Fish Or Aquatic Plants Held Or Stored
- § 1822.59 Inspection By Department of Food and Agriculture For Purposes of Animal Or Plant Disease Eradication
- § 1822.60 Department of Justice Inspections Conducted Under Section 19827(a), Business and Professions Code
Part 4. Miscellaneous Provisions
347 active sections
Title 1. Of the General Principles of Evidence
11 active sections · 12 in the official compilation
- § 1855 Petition to Replace Injured, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Recorded Map
- § 1856 Parol or Extrinsic Evidence Affecting Contents of Writing
- § 1857 Language of Writing Interpreted According to Place of Execution
- § 1858 Judge's Office in Construction of Statute or Instrument
- § 1859 Intention of Legislature Or Parties Controls; Particular Provision Prevails Over General
- § 1860 Circumstances Under Which Instrument Was Made May Be Shown
- § 1861 Terms of Writing Presumed Used in Primary and General Sense
- § 1862 Written Words Control Over Inconsistent Printed Form
- § 1863 Repealed
- § 1864 Sense Intended by Party Not Understanding Other's Sense Does Not Prevail
- § 1865 Written Notice Construed According to Ordinary Acceptation of Its Terms
- § 1866 Interpretation Favoring Natural Right Adopted When Statute Equally Susceptible of Two Interpretations
Title 2. Of the Kinds and Degrees of Evidence
42 active sections · 87 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Knowledge of the Court [Repealed] · 0 of 1 active
- § 1875 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1360, § 61, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
Chapter 2. Witnesses · 1 of 10 active
- § 1878 “Witness” defined
- § 1879 §§ 1879 to 1881. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 62 to 64, operative Jan. 1, 1967;..., CA CIV PRO § 1879 Repealed
- § 1881 §§ 1879 to 1881. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 62 to 64, operative Jan. 1, 1967;..., CA CIV PRO § 1881 Repealed
- § 1881.1 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 937, p. 2550, § 3, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
- § 1882 Repealed by Code Am.1875-76, c. 107, p. 105, § 1 Repealed
- § 1883 §§ 1883, 1884. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 65, 66, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1883 Repealed
- § 1884 §§ 1883, 1884. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 65, 66, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1884 Repealed
- § 1885 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, § 67 Repealed
- § 1885.1 1, 1885.2. Repealed by Stats.1953, c. 206, p. 1342, § 7 Repealed
- § 1885.2 1, 1885.2. Repealed by Stats.1953, c. 206, p. 1342, § 7 Repealed
Chapter 3. Writings · 38 of 61 active
Article 1. Writings in General [Repealed]
- § 1887 §§ 1887 to 1889. Repealed by Stats.1968, c. 1473, p. 2945, § 24, CA CIV PRO § 1887 Repealed
- § 1889 §§ 1887 to 1889. Repealed by Stats.1968, c. 1473, p. 2945, § 24, CA CIV PRO § 1889 Repealed
Article 2. Public Writings
- § 1892 §§ 1892 to 1894. Repealed by Stats.1968, c. 1473, p. 2945, §§ 25 to 27, CA CIV PRO § 1892 Repealed
- § 1894 §§ 1892 to 1894. Repealed by Stats.1968, c. 1473, p. 2945, §§ 25 to 27, CA CIV PRO § 1894 Repealed
- § 1895 Laws; kinds
- § 1896 “Written law” defined
- § 1897 Written laws; constitution; statutes
- § 1898 “Public and private statutes” defined
- § 1899 “Unwritten law” defined
- § 1900 Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 249, p. 903, § 2 Repealed
- § 1901 §§ 1901 to 1903. Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 249, p. 903, § 2; Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 69, 70,..., CA CIV PRO § 1901 Repealed
- § 1903 §§ 1901 to 1903. Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 249, p. 903, § 2; Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 69, 70,..., CA CIV PRO § 1903 Repealed
- § 1904 “Judicial record” defined
- § 1905 §§ 1905 to 1907. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 71 to 73, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1905 Repealed
- § 1907 §§ 1905 to 1907. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 71 to 73, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1907 Repealed
- § 1908 Judgment or final order; effect; conclusiveness; nonparty
- § 1908.5 Allegation of conclusive judgment or order in pleadings; use as evidence
- § 1909 Judicial orders; disputable presumption
- § 1910 Parties; when deemed to be the same
- § 1911 Judgment; items adjudged
- § 1912 Principal bound when surety bound
- § 1913 Judicial record; foreign state; effect; enforcement; authority of guardian, etc.
- § 1914 Judicial record; foreign country; admiralty court; effect
- § 1915 Repealed by Stats.1974, c. 211, p. 409, § 6. Repealed
- § 1916 Judicial record; impeachment
- § 1917 Judgment; jurisdiction necessary
- § 1918 §§ 1918 to 1928. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 75 to 90, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1918 Repealed
- § 1928 §§ 1918 to 1928. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1361, §§ 75 to 90, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1928 Repealed
Article 2.1. Official Reports [Repealed]
- § 1928.1 1 to 1928.4. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1362, § 91, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
- § 1928.4 1 to 1928.4. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1362, § 91, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
Article 3. Private Writings
- § 1929 Kinds
- § 1930 “Seal” defined
- § 1931 “Public seal” defined; method of affixing public seal; method of
- § 1932 Distinction between sealed and unsealed writings abolished
- § 1933 “Execution of instrument” defined
- § 1934 Unsealed agreement for compromise or settlement of debt; validity
- § 1935 “Subscribing witness” defined
- § 1936 §§ 1936 to 1948. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1362, §§ 92 to 105, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1936 Repealed
- § 1948 §§ 1936 to 1948. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1362, §§ 92 to 105, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1948 Repealed
- § 1949 Repealed by Code Am.1873-74, c. 383, p. 387, § 235 Repealed
- § 1950 Public records; removal on court order
- § 1951 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 106, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
- § 1952 Retention or return of exhibits, depositions, or administrative
- § 1952.1 Repealed by Stats.1967, c. 85, p. 1000, § 2 Repealed
- § 1952.2 Return of exhibits, depositions, and administrative records
- § 1952.3 Destruction or other disposition of exhibits, depositions,
Article 4. Records Destroyed in Fire or Calamity
- § 1953 “Record’’ defined
- § 1953.01 Certified copy; petition to substitute for original
- § 1953.02 Certified copy; order giving effect of original; notices
- § 1953.03 Application to supply record; notices
- § 1953.04 Hearing; order reciting substance of record; effect
- § 1953.05 Restoration of record in proceedings in rem; procedure; effect
- § 1953.06 Transcript on appeal; substitution for destroyed trial court record
Article 4.5. Private Records Destroyed in Disaster or Calamity
Article 5. Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act [Repealed]
- § 1953e §§ 1953e to 1953h. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 107, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1953e Repealed
- § 1953h §§ 1953e to 1953h. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 107, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1953h Repealed
Article 6. Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act [Repealed] (Refs
- § 1953i §§ 1953i to 1953l. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 108, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1953i Repealed
- § 1953l §§ 1953i to 1953l. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 108, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1953 l Repealed
Chapter 4. Material Objects Presented to the Senses, Other than Writings [Repealed] · 0 of 1 active
- § 1954 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 109, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
Chapter 5. Indirect Evidence, Inferences, and Presumptions [Repealed] · 0 of 2 active
- § 1957 §§ 1957 to 1963. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 110, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1957 Repealed
- § 1963 §§ 1957 to 1963. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 110, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1963 Repealed
Chapter 6. Indispensable Evidence · 3 of 9 active
- § 1967 §§ 1967, 1968. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, §§ 111, 112, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1967 Repealed
- § 1968 §§ 1967, 1968. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, §§ 111, 112, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1968 Repealed
- § 1969 §§ 1969, 1970. Repealed by Stats.1933, c. 969, p. 2498, § 25, CA CIV PRO § 1969 Repealed
- § 1970 §§ 1969, 1970. Repealed by Stats.1933, c. 969, p. 2498, § 25, CA CIV PRO § 1970 Repealed
- § 1971 Creation of interest in real property
- § 1972 Effect of § 1971; power of court; creation of trust
- § 1973 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 113, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
- § 1973a Repealed by Stats.1963, c. 819, p. 2010, § 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1965 Repealed
- § 1974 Representation as to credit of third person; writing
Chapter 7. Conclusive or Unanswerable Evidence [Repealed] · 0 of 1 active
- § 1978 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 115, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
Chapter 8. Uniform Act on Blood Tests to Determine Paternity [Repealed] · 0 of 2 active
- § 1980.1 1 to 1980.7. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 116, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
- § 1980.7 1 to 1980.7. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 116, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
Title 3. Of the Production of Evidence
45 active sections · 51 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. By Whom to be Produced [Repealed] · 0 of 2 active
- § 1981 §§ 1981 to 1983. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 117, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1981 Repealed
- § 1983 §§ 1981 to 1983. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, § 117, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1983 Repealed
Chapter 2. Means of Production · 31 of 34 active
- § 1985 “Subpoena’’ defined; affidavit for subpoena duces tecum; issuance of subpoena in blank
- § 1985.1 Agreement to appear at time other than specified in subpoena
- § 1985.2 Subpoenas; civil trials, attendance of witnesses; notice
- § 1985.3 Subpoena duces tecum; personal records of consumer
- § 1985.4 Application of procedures in § 1985.3; subpoena duces tecum for records exempt
- § 1985.5 Subpena for attendance before officer or commissioner out of court; alternative requirement
- § 1985.6 Employment records; subpoena duces tecum or production
- § 1985.7 Medical records; failure to produce; order to show cause
- § 1985.8 Electronically stored information; form of production; objection
- § 1986 Subpoena; obtainable
- § 1986.1 Testimony given by journalist under subpoena; immunity rights; notice
- § 1986.5 Witness fees and mileage for persons required to
- § 1987 Subpoena; notice to produce party or agent; method of service;
- § 1987.1 Subpoena; motion and order to quash; other orders
- § 1987.2 Award of reasonable expenses and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in making or opposing motion; failure to provide lost, damaged, altered, or overwritten
- § 1987.3 Service of subpoena duces tecum upon custodian of
- § 1987.4 Repealed by Stats.1981, c. 1014, p. 3913, § 1.5 Repealed
- § 1987.5 Subpoena duces tecum; conditions to validity; original
- § 1988 Subpoena; service; witness concealed
- § 1989 Residency requirements for attendance of witnesses
- § 1990 Person present; compelling to testify
- § 1991 Disobedience to subpoena; refusal to be sworn, to answer as witness,
- § 1991.1 Depositions; disobedience to subpoena or refusal to be sworn; punishment
- § 1991.2 Depositions; applicability of section 1991
- § 1992 Disobedience to subpoena; forfeiture; damages
- § 1993 Warrant for absent witness
- § 1993.1 Release of arrested witness upon promise to appear
- § 1993.2 Failure of released witness to appear as promised
- § 1994 Warrants; contents; direction; execution
- § 1995 Witness a prisoner; deposition; production before court; courts authorized to order production
- § 1996 Witness a prisoner; order for production before court; motion; supporting affidavit
- § 1997 Witness a prisoner; production before court in county of imprisonment; deposition
- § 1998 §§ 1998 to 1998.5. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, §§ 118 to 123, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1998 Repealed
- § 1998.5 §§ 1998 to 1998.5. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1363, §§ 118 to 123, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 1998.5 Repealed
Chapter 3. Manner of Production · 14 of 15 active
Article 1. Mode of Taking the Testimony of Witnesses
- § 2002 Modes in which testimony may be taken
- § 2003 “Affidavit’’ defined
- § 2004 “Deposition’’ defined; default as waiver of notice of deposition proceedings
- § 2005 “Oral examination’’ defined
- § 2006 Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1, operative Jan. 1, 1958 Repealed
Article 2. Affidavits
- § 2009 Use
- § 2010 Evidence of publication
- § 2011 Evidence of publication; filing; original or certified copy as prima facie evidence
- § 2012 Officers before whom taken
- § 2013 Made in foreign state; before whom taken
- § 2014 Made in foreign country; before whom taken
- § 2015 Made in foreign state or country before judge or
- § 2015.3 Certificate of sheriff, marshal, or court clerk; force and effect
- § 2015.5 Certification or declaration under penalty of perjury
- § 2015.6 Affirmation in lieu of oath
Title 4. Civil Discovery Act
232 active sections · 283 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. General Provisions · 8 of 10 active
- § 2016 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2016.010 Short title
- § 2016.020 Definitions
- § 2016.030 Stipulation to modify discovery; requirements
- § 2016.040 Meet and confer declaration; requirements
- § 2016.050 Service of notice or other papers; allowed methods
- § 2016.060 Saturday, Sunday or holiday as last day to act
- § 2016.070 Application to enforcement of money judgments
- § 2016.080 Repealed by Stats.2018, c. 92 (S.B.1289), § 44, operative Jan. 1, 2023 Repealed
- § 2016.090 Initial disclosures; application of section
Chapter 2. Scope of Discovery · 6 of 7 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 2017 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2017.010 Persons entitled to discovery; matters discoverable
- § 2017.020 Judicial limits upon discovery; order; sanctions; exceptions
Article 2. Scope of Discovery in Specific Contexts
Article 3. Violation of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act
Chapter 3. Use of Technology in Conducting Discovery in a Complex Case · 0 of 4 active
- § 2017.710 710 to 2017.740. Repealed by Stats.2012, c. 72 (S.B.1574), §§ 10 to 13 Repealed
- § 2017.720 710 to 2017.740. Repealed by Stats.2012, c. 72 (S.B.1574), §§ 10 to 13 Repealed
- § 2017.730 710 to 2017.740. Repealed by Stats.2012, c. 72 (S.B.1574), §§ 10 to 13 Repealed
- § 2017.740 710 to 2017.740. Repealed by Stats.2012, c. 72 (S.B.1574), §§ 10 to 13 Repealed
Chapter 4. Attorney Work Product · 8 of 9 active
- § 2018 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2018.010 “Client” defined
- § 2018.020 Policy of the state
- § 2018.030 Writings and written documentation
- § 2018.040 Restatement of existing law
- § 2018.050 Participation in crime or fraud
- § 2018.060 In camera hearings
- § 2018.070 Disciplinary proceedings
- § 2018.080 Breach of duty; actions against attorney by client or former client
Chapter 5. Methods and Sequence of Discovery · 5 of 6 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 2019 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2019.010 Approved methods
- § 2019.020 Sequence and timing; discretion of parties; court order
- § 2019.030 Court-imposed restrictions; motion; monetary sanction
- § 2019.040 Application of discovery methods and procedures to electronically stored information
Article 2. Methods and Sequence of Discovery in Specific Contexts
Chapter 6. Nonparty Discovery · 13 of 16 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 2020 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2020.010 Persons within the state; approved methods
- § 2020.020 Deposition subpoena; scope of authority
- § 2020.030 Application of Evidence Code provisions to deposition subpoena
Article 2. Procedures Applicable to All Types of Deposition Subpoenas
- § 2020.210 Issuance by court clerk; alternative method of issuance
- § 2020.220 Service of deposition subpoena; timing; persons authorized to serve;
- § 2020.230 Personal attendance of deponent; witness and mileage fees; custodian of records
- § 2020.240 Failure to obey subpoena; contempt; forfeiture; damages
Article 3. Subpoena Commanding Only Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent
Article 4. Subpoena Commanding Only Production of Business Records for Copying
Article 5. Subpoena Commanding Both Production of Business Records and Attendance and Testimony of
- § 2020.510 Contents of subpoena; affidavit or declaration showing
- § 2021 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2022 Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1, operative Jan. 1, 1958 Repealed
Chapter 7. Sanctions · 5 of 6 active
- § 2023 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2023.010 Conduct subject to sanctions
- § 2023.020 Monetary sanctions for failure to confer
- § 2023.030 Monetary sanctions; issue sanctions; evidence sanctions; terminating sanctions; contempt sanctions; electronically stored information sanctions
- § 2023.040 Requests for sanctions; form and supporting documents
- § 2023.050 Monetary sanctions; failure to respond in good faith to document request; production
Chapter 8. Time for Completion of Discovery · 6 of 7 active
- § 2024 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2024.010 Completion date
- § 2024.020 Discovery cutoff
- § 2024.030 Expert witnesses; time to complete discovery; motions prior to trial
- § 2024.040 Arbitration proceedings; application of chapter to summary proceedings to obtain possession of real property or eminent domain proceedings
- § 2024.050 Motions to complete discovery closer to initial trial date, or to reopen
- § 2024.060 Written agreements to extend time or reopen discovery
Chapter 9. Oral Deposition Inside California · 32 of 35 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 2025 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2025.010 Persons and entities within the state subject to deposition
Article 2. Deposition Notice
- § 2025.210 Service of notice; time allowed
- § 2025.220 Form and contents of notice; copy of deposition subpoena as notice of deposition
- § 2025.230 Contents of notice; deponent not a natural person
- § 2025.240 Notice to parties to the action; additional requirements for subpoenaing personal records of consumer or employment records of employee
- § 2025.250 Location of deposition; mileage restrictions
- § 2025.260 Location of deposition; exemption from mileage
- § 2025.270 Date of deposition
- § 2025.280 Effect of service of notice on party deponents; production
- § 2025.290 Time limits of depositions; exceptions; legislative intent
- § 2025.295 Health of deponent; additional time allowed
Article 3. Conduct of Deposition
- § 2025.310 Attendance via remote means; election to be physically present
- § 2025.320 Deposition officer; qualifications and requirements;
- § 2025.330 Oath or affirmation; stenographic record; audio or video record; examination and cross-examination subject to Evidence Code provisions; requirements
- § 2025.340 Recordation by audio or video technology; requirements; notice
Article 4. Objections, Sanctions, Protective Orders, Motions to Compel, and Suspension of Depositions
- § 2025.410 Defective notice; time to object; waiver; service; motion for order staying deposition
- § 2025.420 Motion for protective order; types of protective orders; requirements for seeking
- § 2025.430 Failure to attend or proceed with deposition by party giving notice; sanctions; exceptions
- § 2025.440 Failure of deponent to attend after deposing party failed to serve
- § 2025.450 Failure of party deponent to appear or proceed with deposition or to
- § 2025.460 Objections; disclosure of privileged information or protected
- § 2025.470 Suspension of testimony; authority of deposition officer
- § 2025.480 Motion to compel answers or produce documents, electronically stored
Article 5. Transcript or Recording
- § 2025.5 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2025.510 Transcription of testimony recorded by stenographic means;
- § 2025.520 Notice of availability of stenographically recorded deposition
- § 2025.530 Notice of availability of audio or video recorded deposition testimony for review; change
- § 2025.540 Certification of deposition record; rough draft transcripts
- § 2025.550 Original certified transcript; transmission to attorney
- § 2025.560 Audio or video recording of deposition testimony; custody and storage by operator;
- § 2025.570 Request and payment for copy of transcript or audio or video recording;
- § 20251/2 § 20251/2. Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1, operative Jan. 1, 1958, CA CIV PRO § 2025 1/2 Repealed
Article 6. Post-Deposition Procedures
Chapter 10. Oral Deposition Outside California · 2 of 4 active
- § 2026 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2026.010 Depositions in another state of the United States,
- § 2027 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2027.010 Depositions in a foreign nation
Chapter 11. Deposition by Written Questions · 8 of 9 active
- § 2028 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2028.010 Procedures applicable
- § 2028.020 Notice requirements
- § 2028.030 Questions to accompany notice; service of cross, redirect, and recross questions; extension or shortening of time
- § 2028.040 Objection to form of question; time to
- § 2028.050 Objection to question calling for privileged information or protected
- § 2028.060 Questions on direct examination; copy for prior study by deponent
- § 2028.070 Orders for protection of parties and deponents; additional court remedies
- § 2028.080 Delivery of copy of notice and questions to officer; duties of officer
Chapter 12. Discovery in Action Pending Outside California · 16 of 18 active
- § 2029 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2029.010 Repealed by Stats.2008, c. 231 (A.B.2193), § 2 Repealed
Article 1. Interstate and International Depositions and Discovery Act
- § 2029.100 Short title
- § 2029.200 Definitions
- § 2029.300 Issuance of subpoena
- § 2029.350 Foreign subpoenas; issuance of subpoena under this article
- § 2029.390 Judicial Council; preparation of forms
- § 2029.400 Service of subpoena
- § 2029.500 Depositions, production, and inspection; applicable laws and rules
- § 2029.600 Discovery disputes; petition for relief
- § 2029.610 Petitions for relief; fees; assignment of case number; requirements for filed documents
- § 2029.620 Subsequent petitions for relief
- § 2029.630 Petitions for relief; application of requirements of Section 1005
- § 2029.640 Witnesses in state; necessity of subpoena
- § 2029.650 Writ petition
- § 2029.700 Uniformity of application and construction
- § 2029.800 Application of article to pending actions
- § 2029.900 Operative date
Chapter 13. Written Interrogatories · 21 of 22 active
Article 1. Propounding Interrogatories
- § 2030 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2030.010 Scope of discovery; restrictions
- § 2030.020 Time to propound interrogatories; motion for leave to propound at earlier time
- § 2030.030 Specially prepared and official form interrogatories; limit on number of specially
- § 2030.040 Circumstances warranting more than 35 specially
- § 2030.050 Propounding more than 35 specially prepared
- § 2030.060 Form and content of interrogatories
- § 2030.070 Supplemental interrogatories; limitations and restrictions;
- § 2030.080 Service of interrogatories
- § 2030.090 Motion for protective order; types of protective orders;
Article 2. Response to Interrogatories
- § 2030.210 Form and content of response
- § 2030.220 Answers in response; form and content; obligations of responding party
- § 2030.230 Answers specifying writings from which answer may be derived or
- § 2030.240 Partial objection to interrogatory; statement of grounds for
- § 2030.250 Signatures; oath; officers or agents; responses with objections
- § 2030.260 Time to respond; shortening or extension of time; copies to all parties
- § 2030.270 Extension of time to respond; agreement of parties
- § 2030.280 Retention of original interrogatories, with proof of service, and sworn responses; responsibilities of propounding party
- § 2030.290 Failure to serve timely response; waiver of rights; motion for relief from
- § 2030.300 Motion to compel further response; requirements; time to bring motion; monetary sanctions; failure to obey court order
- § 2030.310 Amended answers to interrogatories; use at trial; motion for order binding
Article 3. Use of Interrogatory Answer
Chapter 14. Inspection, Copying, Testing, Sampling, and Production of Documents, Electronically Stored · 20 of 24 active
Article 1. Inspection Demand
- § 2031 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2031.1 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2031.010 Persons subject to demand; scope of demand; inspecting, copying, testing, or
- § 2031.020 Time to make demand; motion for leave to make
- § 2031.030 Form and content of demand
- § 2031.040 Service of demand
- § 2031.050 Supplemental demands; limitations and restrictions; motion for leave to propound additional supplemental demands
- § 2031.060 Motion for protective order; types of protective orders; requirements for seeking
Article 2. Response to Inspection Demand
- § 2031.2 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2031.210 Form and content of response
- § 2031.220 Statement of compliance in full or in part
- § 2031.230 Statement of inability to comply; contents
- § 2031.240 Partial objection to demand; identification of source of
- § 2031.250 Signatures; oath; officers or agents; responses with objections
- § 2031.260 Time to respond; shortening or extension of time; copies to all parties
- § 2031.270 Extension of time to respond; agreement of parties
- § 2031.280 Production of documents; form; date of
- § 2031.285 Electronically stored information; privileged
- § 2031.290 Retention of original demand, with proof of service,
- § 2031.300 Failure to serve timely response; waiver of objections; motion for relief
- § 2031.310 Motion to compel further response; requirements; time to bring motion;
- § 2031.320 Failure to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling; motion to compel compliance;
Article 3. Inspection and Production of Documents and Other Property in Specific Contexts
- § 2031.5 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2031.510 Land patented or granted by state; time to disclose
Chapter 15. Physical or Mental Examination · 21 of 22 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 2032 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2032.010 Application to genetic testing statutes; disclosure
- § 2032.020 Persons subject to examination; scope of demand;
Article 2. Physical Examination of Personal Injury Plaintiff
- § 2032.210 “Plaintiff” and “defendant” defined
- § 2032.220 Number of examinations; conditions upon examination; time to demand; form and content of demand; service on all parties
- § 2032.230 Statement of compliance, partial compliance, or
- § 2032.240 Failure to serve timely response; waiver of objections; motion for relief from waiver;
- § 2032.250 Motion to compel compliance; requirements; monetary sanctions
- § 2032.260 Retention of original demand, with proof
Article 3. Motion for Physical or Mental Examination
Article 4. Failure to Submit to or Produce Another for Physical or Mental Examination
Article 5. Conduct of Examination
Article 6. Reports of Examination
- § 2032.610 Demand for copy of examination records; right to
- § 2032.620 Failure to make timely delivery of requested reports; motion to compel; monetary sanctions; failure to obey court order
- § 2032.630 Waiver of privilege in pending and subsequent actions; work product privilege
- § 2032.640 Exchange of written reports related to condition;
- § 2032.650 Failure to deliver reports; motion to compel
Chapter 16. Requests for Admission · 20 of 22 active
Article 1. Requests for Admission
- § 2033 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2033.010 Persons subject to admission requests; restrictions; scope of requests
- § 2033.020 Admissions without leave of court; time to
- § 2033.030 Number of admission requests; limitations;
- § 2033.040 Requesting greater number of admissions; nature
- § 2033.050 Requesting more than 35 admissions;
- § 2033.060 Form and content of request for admissions
- § 2033.070 Service of request
- § 2033.080 Motion for protective order; types of protective orders;
Article 2. Response to Requests for Admission
- § 2033.210 Form and content of response
- § 2033.220 Answers in response; form and content; obligations of responding party
- § 2033.230 Partial objection to requested admission; statement of grounds for
- § 2033.240 Signatures; oath; officers or agents; responses with objections
- § 2033.250 Time to respond; shortening or extension of time; copies to all parties
- § 2033.260 Extension of time to response; agreement of parties; notice
- § 2033.270 Retention of original requests, with proof of
- § 2033.280 Failure to serve timely response; waiver of objections;
- § 2033.290 Motion to compel further response; requirements; time to bring motion; monetary sanctions; failure to obey court order
- § 2033.300 Withdrawal of or amendment to admission; authority and discretion of court
Article 3. Effect of Admission
- § 2033.5 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2033.410 Conclusiveness of admission; application to other proceedings
- § 2033.420 Failure to admit genuineness of document or truth of
Chapter 17. Form Interrogatories and Requests for Admission · 4 sections
Chapter 18. Simultaneous Exchange of Expert Witness Information · 26 of 27 active
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 2034 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2034.010 Application to eminent domain proceedings
Article 2. Demand for Exchange of Expert Witness Information
- § 2034.210 Simultaneous exchange of information; time to issue
- § 2034.220 Persons authorized to issue demand; time to make demand
- § 2034.230 Form and content of demand
- § 2034.240 Service of demand
- § 2034.250 Motion for protective order; types of protective orders;
- § 2034.260 Method of exchange; form and content of information
- § 2034.270 Production of reports and writings; time and place to exchange
- § 2034.280 Supplemental expert witness list; expert witness declaration; deposition of expert
- § 2034.290 Retention of original demand, with proof of service, and original expert
- § 2034.300 Exclusion of expert opinions from evidence; failure of party to comply with certain conditions
- § 2034.310 Experts not designated on party's list; testimony at trial; permissible conditions
Article 3. Deposition of Expert Witness
- § 2034.410 Persons permitted to depose experts; procedural requirements
- § 2034.415 Production of materials
- § 2034.420 Location of deposition; mileage limitations; exception
- § 2034.430 Application of section to certain designated experts; payment of fees; fees for
- § 2034.440 Fees for preparation and travel
- § 2034.450 Tender of fees; deposition conducted beyond
- § 2034.460 Production of expert at deposition; proper service of
- § 2034.470 Reasonableness of expert fees; motion for order setting compensation
Article 4. Motion to Augment or Amend Expert Witness List or Declaration
Article 5. Motion to Submit Tardy Expert Witness Information
Chapter 19. Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Evidence Before Filing Action · 6 of 7 active
- § 2035 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2035.010 Persons permitted to obtain discovery; scope and restrictions
- § 2035.020 Discovery methods available
- § 2035.030 Filing of verified petition; form and content of petition; court order
- § 2035.040 Notice of petition; form and content; manner and time of service; order for
- § 2035.050 Order authorizing discovery; considerations;
- § 2035.060 Use of deposition to perpetuate testimony in subsequent actions; requirements
Chapter 20. Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Information Pending Appeal · 5 of 24 active
- § 2036 Repealed by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 22, operative July 1, 2005 Repealed
- § 2036a Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1 Repealed
- § 2036.1 1 to 2036.5. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1334, § 1, operative July 1, 1987 Repealed
- § 2036.2 1 to 2036.5. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1334, § 1, operative July 1, 1987 Repealed
- § 2036.5 1 to 2036.5. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1334, § 1, operative July 1, 1987 Repealed
- § 2036.010 Persons permitted to obtain discovery; scope and restrictions
- § 2036.020 Discovery methods available
- § 2036.030 Motion for leave to obtain discovery; notice and service of motion; form and content
- § 2036.040 Order authorizing discovery; considerations; contents; compliance with discovery provisions
- § 2036.050 Use of deposition to perpetuate testimony in later proceedings
- § 2037 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037 Repealed
- § 2037.1 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.1 Repealed
- § 2037.2 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.2 Repealed
- § 2037.3 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.3 Repealed
- § 2037.4 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.4 Repealed
- § 2037.5 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.5 Repealed
- § 2037.6 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.6 Repealed
- § 2037.7 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.7 Repealed
- § 2037.8 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.8 Repealed
- § 2037.9 §§ 2037 to 2037.9. Repealed by Stats.1986, c. 1336, § 3, operative July 1, 1987, CA CIV PRO § 2037.9 Repealed
- § 2038 Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1 Repealed
- § 2042 §§ 2042 to 2056. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1366, § 126, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 2042 Repealed
- § 2056 §§ 2042 to 2056. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1366, § 126, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 2056 Repealed
- § 2061 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1366, § 127, operative Jan. 1, 1967 Repealed
Title 5. Of the Rights and Duties of Witnesses
2 active sections · 7 in the official compilation
- § 2064 Subpoenaed witness; attendance; answering questions
- § 2065 Fees and mileage; notice of entitlement
- § 2066 Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1366, § 129 Repealed
- § 2067 §§ 2067 to 2070. Repealed by Stats.1985, c. 41, §§ 14 to 17, CA CIV PRO § 2067 Repealed
- § 2068 §§ 2067 to 2070. Repealed by Stats.1985, c. 41, §§ 14 to 17, CA CIV PRO § 2068 Repealed
- § 2069 §§ 2067 to 2070. Repealed by Stats.1985, c. 41, §§ 14 to 17, CA CIV PRO § 2069 Repealed
- § 2070 §§ 2067 to 2070. Repealed by Stats.1985, c. 41, §§ 14 to 17, CA CIV PRO § 2070 Repealed
Title 6. Of Evidence in Particular Cases, and Miscellaneous and General Provisions
6 active sections · 13 in the official compilation
Chapter 1. Evidence in Particular Cases · 4 of 6 active
- § 2074 Rejected offer as equivalent to production and tender of money, instrument, or property
- § 2075 Right to receipt for payment or delivery
- § 2076 Objections to tender; time; specification
- § 2077 Real estate descriptions; rules for construing
- § 2078 §§ 2078, 2079. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1366, §§ 130, 131, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 2078 Repealed
- § 2079 §§ 2078, 2079. Repealed by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1366, §§ 130, 131, operative Jan. 1, 1967, CA CIV PRO § 2079 Repealed
Chapter 2. Proceedings to Perpetuate Testimony [Repealed] · 0 of 2 active
- § 2083 §§ 2083 to 2090. Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1, operative Jan. 1, 1958, CA CIV PRO § 2083 Repealed
- § 2090 §§ 2083 to 2090. Repealed by Stats.1957, c. 1904, p. 3321, § 1, operative Jan. 1, 1958, CA CIV PRO § 2090 Repealed
Chapter 3. Administration of Oaths and Affirmations · 2 of 5 active
- § 2093 Persons authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
- § 2094 Oath, affirmation, or declaration; form
- § 2095 §§ 2095 to 2097. Repealed by Stats.2000, c. 688 (A.B.1669), §§ 14 to 16, CA CIV PRO § 2095 Repealed
- § 2096 §§ 2095 to 2097. Repealed by Stats.2000, c. 688 (A.B.1669), §§ 14 to 16, CA CIV PRO § 2096 Repealed
- § 2097 §§ 2095 to 2097. Repealed by Stats.2000, c. 688 (A.B.1669), §§ 14 to 16, CA CIV PRO § 2097 Repealed
Title 7. Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act
9 active sections · 9 in the official compilation
- § 2100 Application of title
- § 2101 Notices and certificates; place of filing
- § 2102 Certification
- § 2103 Duties of filing officer
- § 2104 Fee; billing
- § 2105 Filings initiated on or before January 1, 1968
- § 2106 Uniformity of construction
- § 2106.5 Application and construction of title
- § 2107 Short title
Source: California Legislative Information ·
Enacted by the California Legislature ·
Current through Ch. 15 of the 2025-2026 Regular Session, effective as of June 17, 2026 ·
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