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This act shall be known as the Code of Civil Procedure, and is divided into four parts, as follows: …
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This Code takes effect at twelve o'clock noon, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sev…
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No part of it is retroactive, unless expressly so declared.
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The rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed, has no…
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The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes, must be…
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All persons who at the time this Code takes effect hold office under any of the Acts repealed, conti…
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When any office is abolished by the repeal of any Act, and such Act is not in substance reënacted or…
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No action or proceeding commenced before this Code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected b…
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When a limitation or period of time prescribed in any existing statute for acquiring a right or barr…
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Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and any other days that are specified or p…
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Wherever any notice or other communication is required by this code to be mailed by registered mail …
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The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and …
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Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law o…
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When the seal of a Court, public officer, or person is required by law to be affixed to any paper, t…
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Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons are construed as gi…
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Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but…
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(a) Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present. Words us…
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No statute, law, or rule is continued in force because it is consistent with the provisions of this …
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This Act, whenever cited, enumerated, referred to, or amended, may be designated simply as “T he C o…
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Judicial remedies are such as are administered by the Courts of justice, or by judicial officers emp…
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These remedies are divided into two classes: 1. Actions; and, 2. Special proceedings.
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An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for …
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Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
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Actions are of two kinds: 1. Civil; and, 2. Criminal.
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A civil action arises out of: 1. An obligation; 2. An injury.
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An obligation is a legal duty, by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing, and …
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An injury is of two kinds: 1. To the person; and, 2. To property.
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An injury to property consists in depriving its owner of the benefit of it, which is done by taking,…
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Every other injury is an injury to the person.
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A civil action is prosecuted by one party against another for the declaration, enforcement or protec…
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T he P enal C ode defines and provides for the prosecution of a criminal action.
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When the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal remedy, the right to prosecute the…
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The “jurisdictional classification” of a case means its classification as a limited civil case or an…
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A prosecuting attorney, in his or her discretion, may assist in the civil resolution of a violation …
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An electronic signature, as defined in Section 17, by a court or judicial officer shall be as effect…
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(a) Proceedings in cases involving the registration or denial of registration of voters, the certifi…
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(a) Proceedings in cases involving the registration or denial of registration of voters, the certifi…
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(a) A party to a civil action who is over 70 years of age may petition the court for a preference, w…
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An affidavit submitted in support of a motion for preference under subdivision (a) of Section 36 may…
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(a) A civil action shall be entitled to preference, if the action is one in which the plaintiff is s…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, a reference in a statute to a judicial district …
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The Supreme Court and the courts of appeal may transact business at any time.
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Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions,…
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The Supreme Court, and the courts of appeal, may affirm, reverse, or modify any judgment or order ap…
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Appeals in probate proceedings, in contested election cases, and in actions for libel or slander by …
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An appeal from a judgment freeing a minor who is a dependent child of the juvenile court from parent…
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Appeals in actions brought under Section 1094.9 shall be given preference in scheduling for hearing …
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The process of superior courts shall extend throughout the state.
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Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions,…
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The superior court in any county may by rule provide that, whenever all judges are absent from the c…
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(a) In every county there is an appellate division of the superior court consisting of three judges …
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Notwithstanding any law, including, but not limited to, a law that classified an action or special p…
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(a) The following civil cases and proceedings are limited civil cases: (1) A case at law if the dema…
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An action brought pursuant to the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 (Chapter …
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(a) A limited civil case may be brought in the small claims division if the case is within the juris…
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A civil action or proceeding other than a limited civil case may be referred to as an unlimited civi…
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(a) The existence of a statute relating to the authority of the court in a limited civil case does n…
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Except where changed by the provisions of this article, all provisions of law applicable to civil ac…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this article apply to every limi…
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(a) The pleadings allowed are complaints, answers, cross-complaints, answers to cross-complaints and…
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(a) The plaintiff has the option to serve case questionnaires with the complaint, using forms approv…
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Discovery is permitted only to the extent provided by this section and Section 95. This discovery sh…
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(a) The court may, on noticed motion and subject to such terms and conditions as are just, authorize…
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(a) Any party may serve on any other party a request in substantially the following form: TO: , atto…
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(a) Except as provided in this section, upon objection of a party who served a request in compliance…
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A party may, in lieu of presenting direct testimony, offer the prepared testimony of relevant witnes…
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A judgment or final order, in respect to the matter directly adjudged, is conclusive between the par…
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Any party shall have the right to appeal any judgment or final order consistent with the law governi…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Small Claims Act.”
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) Individual minor civil disputes are of spe…
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In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: (a) “Plaintiff” means the party who has fil…
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The following do not apply in small claims actions: (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 1013 and subdivis…
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In each superior court there shall be a small claims division. The small claims division may be know…
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(a) The small claims court has jurisdiction in the following actions: (1) Except as provided in subd…
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In addition to the jurisdiction conferred by Section 116.220, the small claims court has jurisdictio…
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If the action is to enforce the payment of a debt, the statement of calculation of liability shall s…
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An agreement entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2003, establishing a forum outside of Ca…
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(a) In a small claims case, the clerk of the court shall charge and collect only those fees authoriz…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), no person may file more than two small claims actions in …
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A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged and collected from the plaintiff for each defendant …
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(a) With the consent of the parties who appear at the hearing, the court may order a case to be hear…
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(a) Sessions of the small claims court may be scheduled at any time and on any day, including Saturd…
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In each county, individual assistance shall be made available to advise small claims litigants and p…
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Any small claims division may use law clerks to assist the judge with legal research of small claims…
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(a) No formal pleading, other than the claim described in Section 116.320 or 116.360, is necessary t…
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(a) A plaintiff may commence an action in the small claims court by filing a claim under oath with t…
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(a) When a claim is filed, the clerk shall schedule the case for hearing and shall issue an order di…
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(a) Service of the claim and order on the defendant may be made by any one of the following methods:…
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(a) The defendant may file a claim against the plaintiff in the same action in an amount not to exce…
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(a) Venue and court location requirements in small claims actions shall be the same as in other civi…
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(a) If a defendant has a claim against a plaintiff that exceeds the jurisdictional limits stated in …
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(a) Any person who is at least 18 years of age, or legally emancipated, and mentally competent may b…
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(a) No claim shall be filed or maintained in small claims court by the assignee of the claim. (b) Th…
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(a) If the plaintiff operates or does business under a fictitious business name and the claim relate…
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The hearing and disposition of the small claims action shall be informal, the object being to dispen…
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(a) The parties have the right to offer evidence by witnesses at the hearing or, with the permission…
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(a) Except as permitted by this section, no attorney may take part in the conduct or defense of a sm…
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Nothing in this article shall prevent a representative of an insurer or other expert in the matter b…
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(a) Except as permitted by this section, no individual other than the plaintiff and the defendant ma…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 116.540 or any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections or …
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(a) Whenever a claim that is filed against a person operating or doing business under a fictitious b…
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(a) Any party may submit a written request to postpone a hearing date for good cause. (1) The writte…
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(a) The small claims court shall give judgment for damages, or equitable relief, or both damages and…
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(a) The judgment debtor shall pay the amount of the judgment either immediately or at the time and u…
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The court may, at any time after judgment, for good cause, upon motion by a party and notice by the …
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(a) The plaintiff in a small claims action shall have no right to appeal the judgment on the plainti…
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(a) A plaintiff who did not appear at the hearing in the small claims court may file a motion to vac…
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(a) A motion to correct a clerical error in a judgment or to set aside and vacate a judgment on the …
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(a) A defendant who did not appear at the hearing in the small claims court may file a motion to vac…
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(a) If the defendant was not properly served as required by Section 116.330 or 116.340 and did not a…
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The clerk shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20) for the filing of a motion to vacate.
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(a) An appeal from a judgment in a small claims action is taken by filing a notice of appeal with th…
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(a) The appealing party shall pay a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) for filing a notice of appeal.…
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(a) The appeal to the superior court shall consist of a new hearing before a judicial officer other …
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(a) The judgment of the superior court after a hearing on appeal is final and not appealable. (b) Ar…
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If the superior court finds that the appeal was without substantial merit and not based on good fait…
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(a) The superior court may dismiss the appeal if the appealing party does not appear at the hearing …
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(a) (1) A petition that seeks a writ of review, a writ of mandate, or a writ of prohibition relating…
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(a) Enforcement of the judgment of a small claims court, including the issuance or recording of any …
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(a) The judgment of a small claims court, or the judgment of the superior court after a hearing on a…
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(a) At the time judgment is rendered, or notice of entry of the judgment is mailed to the parties, t…
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(a) At the option of the judgment debtor, payment of the judgment may be made either (1) to the judg…
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(a) If full payment of the judgment is made to the judgment creditor or to the judgment creditor’s a…
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(a) A judgment debtor who desires to make payment to the court in which the judgment was entered may…
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(a) Sections 16250 to 16381, inclusive, of the Vehicle Code, regarding the suspension of the judgmen…
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(a) If the judgment (1) was for one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, (2) resulted from a motor veh…
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(a) The Judicial Council shall provide by rule for the practice and procedure and for the forms and …
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(a) Each small claims division shall provide in each courtroom in which small claims actions are hea…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in rules adopted by the Judicial Council, which …
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(a) This section shall become operative only if the Department of Consumer Affairs determines that s…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 214 of the Family Code or any other law, the sittings of every cou…
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(a) Every court shall have the power to do all of the following: (1) To preserve and enforce order i…
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(a) A trial court may order a party, the party’s attorney, or both, to pay the reasonable expenses, …
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(a) Every pleading, petition, written notice of motion, or other similar paper shall be signed by at…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a copy, reproduction, or facsimile of any kind of a photograph, n…
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(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, when a child who is under 18 years of age is killed a…
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Courts of justice may be held and judicial business transacted on any day, except as provided in thi…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the courts shall be closed for the transaction of judicia…
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Every full day designated as a holiday by Section 6700 of the Government Code, including that Thursd…
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If a day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or to which it is adjourned, falls on a ju…
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If no judge attends on the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or on the day to whi…
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Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the seal of a court need not be affixed to any procee…
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(a) (1) A superior court has jurisdiction under California law to make judicial determinations regar…
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The justices of the Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal, or any of them, may, at chambers, gra…
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(a) The judges of the superior courts may, in chambers: (1) Grant all orders and writs that are usua…
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Upon the written request of any party or his or her counsel, or at the judge’s discretion, a judge m…
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Any act required or permitted to be performed by the clerk of a court may be performed by a judge th…
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A judge has a duty to decide any proceeding in which he or she is not disqualified.
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(a) A judge shall be disqualified if any one or more of the following are true: (1) (A) The judge ha…
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It shall not be grounds for disqualification that the judge: (a) Is or is not a member of a racial, …
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(a) (1) If a judge determines himself or herself to be disqualified, the judge shall notify the pres…
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(a) A disqualified judge, notwithstanding his or her disqualification may do any of the following: (…
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For the purposes of Sections 170 to 170.5, inclusive, the following definitions apply: (a) “Judge” m…
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(a) (1) A judge, court commissioner, or referee of a superior court of the State of California shall…
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Section 170.6 does not apply to a judge designated or assigned to serve on the appellate division of…
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When there is no judge of a court qualified to hear an action or proceeding, the clerk shall forthwi…
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(a) A judge shall not accept gifts from a single source in a calendar year with a total value of mor…
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A judicial officer shall have power: (a) To preserve and enforce order in the officer’s immediate pr…
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A judicial officer shall have the power to impose reasonable money sanctions, not to exceed fifteen …
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For the effectual exercise of the powers conferred by the last section, a judicial officer may punis…
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Each of the justices of the Supreme Court and of any court of appeal and the judges of the superior …
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The heading to this chapter shall not be deemed to govern or limit the scope or meaning of this chap…
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No proceeding in any court of justice, in an action or special proceeding pending therein, shall be …
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(a) Every written proceeding in a court of justice in this state shall be in the English language, a…
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Such abbreviations as are in common use may be used, and numbers may be expressed by figures or nume…
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When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution or this Code, or by any other statute, conferred on a Cour…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act.
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The Legislature recognizes that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right, and that jury ser…
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This chapter applies to the selection of jurors, and the formation of trial juries, for both civil a…
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Juries are of three kinds: (a) Grand juries established pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section…
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The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “County” means any county or …
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(a) In each county, there shall be one jury commissioner who shall be appointed by, and serve at the…
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(a) The jury commissioner or the court shall inquire as to the qualifications of persons on the mast…
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(a) All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random, from a source or sources incl…
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(a) Random selection shall be utilized in creating master and qualified juror lists, commencing with…
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If sessions of the superior court are held in a location other than the county seat, the names for m…
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In any superior court, a separate trial jury panel may be drawn, summoned, and impaneled for each ju…
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Mechanical, electric, or electronic equipment, which in the opinion of the jury commissioner is sati…
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(a) All persons are eligible and qualified to be prospective trial jurors, except the following: (1)…
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(a) No eligible person shall be exempt from service as a trial juror by reason of occupation, econom…
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(a) If a jury commissioner requires a person to complete a questionnaire, the questionnaire shall as…
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(a) Prior to discharging the jury from the case, the judge in a criminal action shall inform the jur…
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(a) The jury commissioner shall maintain records regarding selection, qualification, and assignment …
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The jury commissioner shall estimate the number of prospective jurors that may be required to serve …
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(a) Any prospective trial juror who has been summoned for service, and who fails to attend as direct…
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The summons shall contain the date, time, and place of appearance required of the prospective juror …
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The Judicial Council shall adopt a standardized jury summons for use, with appropriate modifications…
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When a court has no prospective jurors remaining available for voir dire from panels furnished by, o…
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Unless excused by reason of undue hardship, all or any portion of the summoned prospective jurors sh…
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The jury commissioner shall provide orientation for new jurors, which shall include necessary basic …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2000, the fee for jurors in the supe…
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(a) At each court facility where jury cases are heard, the court shall provide a deliberation room o…
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In criminal cases only, while the jury is kept together, either during the progress of the trial or …
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The jury commissioner shall hear the excuses of jurors summoned, in accordance with the standards pr…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury commissioner shall randomly select jurors for ju…
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The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court, on or before January 1, 2005, requiring the trial …
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A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons, except that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when an action is called for trial by jury, the clerk sha…
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(a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a civil jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an init…
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(a) To select a fair and impartial jury in a criminal jury trial, the trial judge shall conduct an i…
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(a) If a party does not cause the removal by challenge of an individual juror who is deaf, hard of h…
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A challenge is an objection made to the trial jurors that may be taken by any party to the action, a…
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(a) A challenge to an individual juror may only be made before the jury is sworn. (b) A challenge to…
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The challenges of either party for cause need not all be taken at once, but they may be taken separa…
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Challenges for general disqualification may be taken on one or both of the following grounds, and fo…
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A challenge for implied bias may be taken for one or more of the following causes, and for no other:…
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Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be e…
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(a) In criminal cases, if the offense charged is punishable with death, or with imprisonment in the …
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A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assump…
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(a) A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the p…
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(a) Prior to the examination of prospective trial jurors in the panel assigned for voir dire, the fo…
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If, before the jury has returned its verdict to the court, a juror becomes sick or, upon other good …
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Whenever, in the opinion of a judge of a superior court about to try a civil or criminal action or p…
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At the request of the sheriff, coroner, or other ministerial officer, the jury commissioner shall pr…
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When six or more prospective jurors of inquest attend, they shall be sworn by the coroner to inquire…
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(a) (1) The names of qualified jurors drawn from the qualified juror list for the superior court sha…
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(a) Following the receipt of a verdict and before discharging the jury in a criminal action or proce…
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Subject to the supervision of the court, every court commissioner shall have power to do all of the …
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The direction or authority of a party or his or her attorney to a sheriff, in respect to the executi…
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A sheriff or other ministerial officer is justified in the execution of, and shall execute, all proc…
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Except as otherwise provided, the officer executing process shall, so long as he or she retains the …
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When any process remains with the sheriff unexecuted, in whole or in part, at the time of his death,…
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If the sheriff sells real estate, under and by virtue of an execution or order of court, the sheriff…
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Service of a paper, other than process, upon the sheriff may be made by delivering it to him or to o…
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When the sheriff is a party to an action or proceeding, the process and orders therein, which it wou…
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If an action is begun against a sheriff, all process and orders may be served by any person in the m…
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Process or orders in an action or proceeding may be executed by a person residing in the county, des…
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When process is delivered to an elisor, he shall execute and return it in the same manner as the she…
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Whenever process is executed, or any act performed by a coroner or elisor, he shall receive a reason…
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In all cases where new counties have been or may hereafter be created, and executions, orders of sal…
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(a) This chapter may be cited as the Levying Officer Electronic Transactions Act. (b) The Legislatur…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions: (a) “Electronic mail” o…
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(a) A levying officer may utilize an information processing system to create, generate, send, receiv…
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Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record to a levying officer is authorized pursuant to…
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(a) A levying officer may create, store, print, or transmit an electronic record in the place of, an…
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(a) In lieu of returning to court the paper version of an original writ of execution, the levying of…
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(a) A levying officer shall exclude or redact the following identifiers from any record or document …
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(a) An official reporter or official reporter pro tempore of the superior court shall take down in s…
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(a) An official reporter or official reporter pro tempore shall deliver a transcript in electronic f…
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(a) The report of the official reporter, or official reporter pro tempore, of any court, duly appoin…
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An attorney and counselor shall have authority: 1. To bind his client in any of the steps of an acti…
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The attorney in an action or special proceeding may be changed at any time before or after judgment …
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When an attorney is changed, as provided in the last section, written notice of the change and of th…
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An attorney of record for any party in any civil action or proceeding for dissolution of marriage, l…
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If a reduction in public funding for legal service materially impairs a legal service agency attorne…
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The court, upon the granting of a motion for withdrawal pursuant to Section 285.2, may toll the runn…
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The court, upon the granting of a motion for withdrawal pursuant to Section 285.2, may appoint any m…
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When an attorney dies, or is removed or suspended, or ceases to act as such, a party to an action, f…
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There is in this State but one form of civil actions for the enforcement or protection of private ri…
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In such action the party complaining is known as the plaintiff, and the adverse party as the defenda…
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A question of fact not put in issue by the pleadings may be tried by a jury, upon an order for the t…
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Civil actions, without exception, can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this title,…
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The general procedure for the presentation of claims as a prerequisite to commencement of actions fo…
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The people of this State will not sue any person for or in respect to any real property, or the issu…
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No action can be brought for or in respect to real property by any person claiming under letters pat…
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No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, can be m…
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No cause of action, or defense to an action, arising out of the title to real property, or to rents …
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No entry upon real estate is deemed sufficient or valid as a claim, unless an action be commenced th…
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In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishin…
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When it appears that the occupant, or those under whom he claims, entered into the possession of the…
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For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by any person claiming a title founded upon a …
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Where it appears that there has been an actual continued occupation of land, under a claim of title,…
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(a) For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title, not founded up…
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When the relation of landlord and tenant has existed between any persons, the possession of the tena…
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The right of a person to the possession of real property is not impaired or affected by a descent ca…
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If a person entitled to commence an action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of…
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If a person entitled to commence an action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of…
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The time within which an action for the foreclosure of a lien securing an assessment against real pr…
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The validity of an assessment or supplemental assessment against real property for public improvemen…
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In all cases in which there is now vested or there shall hereafter be vested in a treasurer, street …
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The periods prescribed for the commencement of actions other than for the recovery of real property,…
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Within two years: An action for assault, battery, or injury to, or for the death of, an individual c…
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Within five years: (a) An action for mesne profits of real property. (b) An action for violation of …
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Within four years: (a) An action upon any contract, obligation or liability founded upon an instrume…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no action shall be brought to recover damages from…
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Where a lease of real property is in writing, no action shall be brought under Section 1951.2 of the…
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Within 10 years: (a) An action upon any general obligation bonds or coupons, not secured in whole or…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 337.5 of this code actions may be brought on bonds or coup…
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(a) No action may be brought to recover damages from any person, or the surety of a person, who deve…
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Within three years: (a) An action upon a liability created by statute, other than a penalty or forfe…
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An action for civil penalties or punitive damages authorized under Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Sect…
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(a) A California resident, or an heir, trustee, assignee, or representative of the estate of a Calif…
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Within two years: 1. An action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrume…
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Where a lease of real property is not in writing, no action shall be brought under Section 1951.2 of…
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Within one year: (a) An action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture, if the action is given to…
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(a) There is no time limit for the commencement of any of the following actions for recovery of dama…
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(a) In any civil action for injury or illness based upon exposure to asbestos, the time for the comm…
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(a) Unless a longer period is prescribed for a specific action, in any action for damages against a …
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An action by or on behalf of a minor for personal injuries sustained before or in the course of his …
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In an action for injury or death against a health care provider based upon such person’s alleged pro…
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(a) An action against an attorney for a wrongful act or omission, other than for actual fraud, arisi…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 335.1, a civil action brought by, or on behalf of, a Dalkon Shield victi…
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(a) In any civil action for injury or illness based upon exposure to a hazardous material or toxic s…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or contract, any insurance claim for damages arising …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “terrorist victim” means any individual who died or was injured as…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 340.1, in an action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of …
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(a) In any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of domestic violence, the time …
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(a) In any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, where the as…
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(a) This section shall apply if both of the following conditions are met: (1) A complaint, informati…
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Within six months: An action against an officer, or officer de facto: 1. To recover any goods, wares…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any action or proceeding in which a county, city, city a…
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An action against a public entity upon a cause of action for which a claim is required to be present…
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An action for relief not hereinbefore provided for must be commenced within four years after the cau…
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In an action brought to recover a balance due upon a mutual, open, and current account, where there …
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The limitations prescribed in this chapter apply to actions brought in the name of the state or coun…
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An action to redeem a mortgage of real property, with or without an account of rents and profits, ma…
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If there is more than one such mortgagor, or more than one person claiming under a mortgagor, some o…
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To actions brought to recover money or other property deposited with any bank, banker, trust company…
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An action upon any bonds or coupons issued by the State of California shall have no limitation.
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The validity of any acts or proceedings taken under color of law for the formation, organization, in…
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Where any acts or proceedings are taken under color of law by or on behalf of any city, county, city…
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All acts and proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken under color of law for the formation, organiz…
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Within one hundred eighty days: (a) An action to enjoin, abate, or for damages on account of, an und…
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An action is commenced, within the meaning of this Title, when the complaint is filed.
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If, when the cause of action accrues against a person, he is out of the State, the action may be com…
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(a) If a person entitled to bring an action, mentioned in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 335) is…
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(a) If a person entitled to bring an action, mentioned in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 335), i…
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If, after a cause of action accrues against a person, that person comes under an order for restituti…
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If a person entitled to bring an action or other proceeding, which action or other proceeding has no…
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When a person is, by reason of the existence of a state of war, under a disability to commence an ac…
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(a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Entity” means any museum…
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(a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Armenian Genocide victim…
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(a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Holocaust victim” means …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Second World War slave labor victim” means any person taken from a…
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(a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Bracero” means any perso…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to Section 335.1, the following action…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Armenian Gen…
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If an action is commenced within the time prescribed therefor, and a judgment therein for the plaint…
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When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or statutory prohibition, the time of the…
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No person can avail himself of a disability, unless it existed when his right of action accrued.
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When two or more disabilities coexist at the time the right of action accrues, the limitation does n…
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This title does not affect actions against directors, shareholders, or members of a corporation, to …
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If the obligations under a surety bond are conditioned upon performance of the principal, the expira…
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No acknowledgment or promise is sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, by which to tak…
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No waiver shall bar a defense to any action that the action was not commenced within the time limite…
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When a cause of action has arisen in another State, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof…
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This Title does not extend to actions already commenced, nor to cases where the time prescribed in a…
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The word “action” as used in this Title is to be construed, whenever it is necessary so to do, as in…
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(a) No action based upon the health care provider’s professional negligence may be commenced unless …
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Failure to comply with this chapter shall not invalidate any proceedings of any court of this state,…
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If a person entitled to bring an action dies before the expiration of the applicable limitations per…
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(a) If a person against whom an action may be brought on a liability of the person, whether arising …
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(a) If a person has a claim that arises from a promise or agreement with a decedent to distribution …
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Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except as otherwise provi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Identifying characteristics”…
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(a) Each superior court shall report to the Judicial Council on or before October 1, 2023, and annua…
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Consistent with its constitutional rulemaking authority, the Judicial Council shall adopt rules that…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), in civil cases, when a party has provided no…
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(a) (1) This section applies to proceedings in the following matters: (A) Judicial commitments under…
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In the case of an assignment of a thing in action, the action by the assignee is without prejudice t…
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An action or proceeding does not abate by the transfer of an interest in the action or proceeding or…
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(a) The following persons may sue without joining as parties the persons for whose benefit the actio…
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(a) A partnership or other unincorporated association, whether organized for profit or not, may sue …
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A married person may be sued without his or her spouse being joined as a party, and may sue without …
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If spouses are sued together, each may defend for his or her own right, but if one spouse neglects t…
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(a) (1) When a minor, a person who lacks legal capacity to make decisions, or a person for whom a co…
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(a) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem under a pseudonym pursuant to the requirements of this…
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When a guardian ad litem is appointed, he or she shall be appointed as follows: (a) If the minor is …
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If under the terms of a written instrument, or otherwise, a person or persons of a designated class …
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(a) A minor under 12 years of age, accompanied by a duly appointed and acting guardian ad litem, sha…
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A proceeding initiated by or brought against a minor for any of the injunctions or orders described …
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An action or proceeding does not abate by the disability of a party. The court, on motion, shall all…
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(a) The parents of a legitimate unmarried minor child, acting jointly, may maintain an action for in…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “beneficiary of the decedent’s estate” means: (a) If the decedent …
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For the purposes of this chapter, “decedent’s successor in interest” means the beneficiary of the de…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a cause of action for or against a person is not lost b…
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A pending action or proceeding does not abate by the death of a party if the cause of action survive…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the assignability of causes of action.
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A cause of action that survives the death of the person entitled to commence an action or proceeding…
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On motion after the death of a person who commenced an action or proceeding, the court shall allow a…
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(a) The person who seeks to commence an action or proceeding or to continue a pending action or proc…
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The court in which an action is commenced or continued under this article may make any order concern…
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(a) In an action or proceeding by a decedent’s personal representative or successor in interest on t…
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On or after January 1, 1993, this article applies to the commencement of an action or proceeding the…
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Subject to Part 4 (commencing with Section 9000) of Division 7 of the Probate Code governing credito…
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On motion, the court shall allow a pending action or proceeding against the decedent that does not a…
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In an action or proceeding against a decedent’s personal representative or, to the extent provided b…
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This article applies to the commencement on or after January 1, 1993, of an action or proceeding aga…
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An action to establish the decedent’s liability for which the decedent was protected by insurance ma…
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A cause of action for the death of a person caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another may be …
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In an action under this article, damages may be awarded that, under all the circumstances of the cas…
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(a) An action under Section 377.30 may be joined with an action under Section 377.60 arising out of …
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(a) All persons may join in one action as plaintiffs if: (1) They assert any right to relief jointly…
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(a) All persons may be joined in one action as defendants if there is asserted against them: (1) Any…
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When parties have been joined under Section 378 or 379, the court may make such orders as may appear…
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If the consent of any one who should have been joined as plaintiff cannot be obtained, he may be mad…
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If a proposed settlement in a class action established pursuant to Section 382, including a consent …
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(a) It is the policy of the State of California to ensure that the unpaid cash residue and unclaimed…
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If a judgment in a class action established pursuant to Section 382, including a consent judgment, d…
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(a) A defendant, against whom an action is pending upon a contract, or for specific personal propert…
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Where a deposit has been made pursuant to Section 386, the court shall, upon the application of any …
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Where the only relief sought against one of the defendants is the payment of a stated amount of mone…
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(a) A party to an action who follows the procedure set forth in Section 386 or 386.5 may insert in h…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Defendant” includes a cross-defendant. (2) “Plaintiff” includ…
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In an action brought by a party for relief of any nature other than solely for money damages where a…
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(a) A person who is subject to service of process and whose joinder will not deprive the court of ju…
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When, in an action for the recovery of real or personal property, or to determine conflicting claims…
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As used in this title, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Litigation” means any c…
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(a) In any litigation pending in any court of this state, at any time until final judgment is entere…
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At the hearing upon the motion the court shall consider any evidence, written or oral, by witnesses …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if, after hearing the evidence upon the motion, the court…
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When security that has been ordered furnished is not furnished as ordered, the litigation shall be d…
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Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 391.3, when a motion pursuant to Section 391.1 is f…
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(a) In addition to any other relief provided in this title, the court may, on its own motion or the …
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(a) A vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 391.7 may file an application to…
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(a) Subject to the power of the court to transfer actions and proceedings as provided in this title,…
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Subject to the power of the court to transfer actions and proceedings as provided in this title, the…
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(a) An action or proceeding against a county, or city and county, a city, or local agency, may be tr…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the power of the court to transfer actions or…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 17005 of the Probate Code pertaining to trustees, when a def…
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If an unincorporated association has filed a statement with the Secretary of State pursuant to statu…
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A corporation or association may be sued in the county where the contract is made or is to be perfor…
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(a) No appeal or petition filed in the superior court shall be dismissed solely because the appeal o…
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The court may, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases: (a) When the court desig…
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In any proceeding under the Family Code where it appears that both petitioner and respondent have mo…
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(a) If a court orders the transfer of an action or proceeding for a cause specified in subdivisions …
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(a) If an order is made transferring an action or proceeding under any provision of this title, the …
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When an order is made by the superior court granting or denying a motion to change the place of tria…
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(1) Whenever it is provided by any law of this State that an action or proceeding against the State …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law: (1) A superior court may specify by local rule the location…
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A judge may, on motion, transfer an action or actions from another court to that judge’s court for c…
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Nothing in this chapter expands or limits the law on whether a plaintiff, cross-complainant, or peti…
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(a) If a plaintiff, cross-complainant, or petitioner files an amended complaint or other amended ini…
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If a party in a limited civil case files a cross-complaint that causes the action or proceeding to e…
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(a) The plaintiff, cross-complainant, or petitioner may file a motion for reclassification within th…
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(a) The parties to the action or proceeding may stipulate to reclassification of the case within the…
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(a) For reclassification of a case from a limited civil case to an unlimited civil case, a fee shall…
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(a) An action or proceeding that is reclassified shall be deemed to have been commenced at the time …
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When an order is made by the superior court granting or denying a motion to reclassify an action or …
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The Judicial Council may prescribe rules, not inconsistent with statute, governing the procedure for…
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When civil actions sharing a common question of fact or law are pending in different courts, a petit…
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Coordination of civil actions sharing a common question of fact or law is appropriate if one judge h…
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A judge assigned pursuant to Section 404 who determines that coordination is appropriate shall selec…
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A judge assigned pursuant to Section 404 who determines that coordination is appropriate shall order…
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The presiding judge of any court in which there is pending an action sharing a common question of fa…
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Pending any determination of whether coordination is appropriate, the judge making that determinatio…
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Within 20 days after service upon him or her of a written notice of entry of an order of the court u…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule the practice …
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Expenses of the assigned judge, other necessary judicial officers and employees, and facilities for …
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Any duties of the presiding judge specified in this chapter may be delegated by the presiding judge …
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The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this title.
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“Claimant” means a party to an action who asserts a real property claim and records a notice of the …
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“Notice of pendency of action” or “notice” means a notice of the pendency of an action in which a re…
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“Probable validity,” with respect to a real property claim, means that it is more likely than not th…
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“Real property claim” means the cause or causes of action in a pleading which would, if meritorious,…
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This title applies to an action pending in any United States District Court in the same manner that …
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In an action by a public agency in eminent domain pursuant to Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.…
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Whenever an action is commenced to declare a building uninhabitable, the plaintiff public agency, at…
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Nothing in this title precludes any party from seeking an attachment, injunction, or other relief in…
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A party to an action who asserts a real property claim may record a notice of pendency of action in …
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An attorney of record in an action may sign a notice of pendency of action. Alternatively, a judge o…
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Except in actions subject to Section 405.6, the claimant shall, prior to recordation of the notice, …
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Any notice of pendency of action shall be void and invalid as to any adverse party or owner of recor…
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From the time of recording the notice of pendency of action, a purchaser, encumbrancer, or other tra…
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At any time after notice of pendency of action has been recorded, any party, or any nonparty with an…
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In proceedings under this chapter, the court shall order the notice expunged if the court finds that…
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In proceedings under this chapter, the court shall order that the notice be expunged if the court fi…
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In proceedings under this chapter, the court shall order that the notice be expunged if the court fi…
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Subject to the provisions of Sections 405.31 and 405.32, at any time after a notice of pendency of a…
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No order expunging a notice of pendency of action shall be effective, nor shall it be recorded in th…
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Once a notice of pending action has been expunged, the claimant may not record another notice of pen…
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After notice and hearing, for good cause and upon such terms as are just, the court may exonerate or…
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The court shall direct that the party prevailing on any motion under this chapter be awarded the rea…
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No order or other action of the court under this chapter shall be appealable. Any party aggrieved by…
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At any time after notice of pendency of an action has been recorded pursuant to this title or other …
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Upon the withdrawal of a notice of pendency of action pursuant to Section 405.50 or upon recordation…
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Upon the withdrawal of a notice of pendency of action pursuant to Section 405.50 or upon recordation…
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A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution …
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(a) When a court upon motion of a party or its own motion finds that in the interest of substantial …
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Any person may maintain an action or proceeding in a court of this state against a foreign corporati…
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(a) The following provisions of a contract between the contractor and a subcontractor with principal…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the court in which an action is pending has jurisdictio…
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In an action against a corporation which has forfeited its charter or right to do business, or has d…
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In an action against two or more persons who are jointly, jointly and severally, or severally liable…
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A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court.
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(a) If the clerk accepts for filing a complaint or other first paper, or any subsequent filing, and …
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If an electronic filing is made to the clerk by an electronic filing service provider acting as the …
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(a) If a complaint or other first paper is accompanied by payment by check in an amount less than th…
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(a) In every action, including a cross-complaint for damages or indemnity, arising out of the profes…
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After payment of all applicable fees, the plaintiff may have the clerk issue one or more summons for…
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(a) Except as otherwise required by statute, a summons shall be directed to the defendant, signed by…
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In an action against a corporation or an unincorporated association (including a partnership), the c…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, a summons shall be served on a person: (a) Within this stat…
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If a summons is served by mail pursuant to this chapter, the provisions of Section 1013 that extend …
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(a) (1) If no provision is made in this chapter or other law for the service of summons, or if a pla…
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Any service of summons which complies with the provisions of this chapter shall not be rendered inva…
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A summons may be served by any person who is at least 18 years of age and not a party to the action.
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A summons may be served by personal delivery of a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the pe…
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(a) In lieu of personal delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint to the person to be served a…
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(a) In lieu of personal delivery of a copy of the summons and complaint to the person to be served a…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person shall be granted access to a gated community or a cove…
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(a) A summons may be served by mail as provided in this section. A copy of the summons and of the co…
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A summons may be served on a person outside this state in any manner provided by this article or by …
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(a) A summons in an action for unlawful detainer of real property may be served by posting if upon a…
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(a) A summons in an action for unlawful detainer of real property may be served by posting if upon a…
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(a) In addition to the service of a summons and complaint in an action for unlawful detainer upon a …
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(a) Where the lessee has given the lessor written notice of the lessee’s intent not to abandon lease…
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(a) A summons may be served by publication if upon affidavit it appears to the satisfaction of the c…
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(a) A summons may be served on a business organization, form unknown, by leaving a copy of the summo…
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A summons may be served on a corporation by delivering a copy of the summons and the complaint by an…
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A summons may be served on a corporation that has forfeited its charter or right to do business, or …
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A summons may be served on a joint stock company or association by delivering a copy of the summons …
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A summons may be served on an unincorporated association (including a partnership) by delivering a c…
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(a) A summons may be served on a public entity by delivering a copy of the summons and of the compla…
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A summons may be served on a minor by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to his p…
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A summons may be served on a person (other than a minor) for whom a guardian, conservator, or simila…
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When authorized by Section 12 of the Elections Code, a summons may be served as provided by that sec…
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A summons may be served on a person not otherwise specified in this article by delivering a copy of …
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Proof that a summons was served on a person within this state shall be made: (a) If served under Sec…
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Proof that a summons was served on a person within this state shall be made: (a) If served under Sec…
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Proof that a summons was served on a person outside this state shall be made: (a) If served in a man…
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After a summons has been served on a person, proof of service of the summons as provided in Section …
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(a) A proof of service that is signed by a person who is required to be registered under Chapter 16 …
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(a) A proof of service that is signed by a person who is required to be registered under Chapter 16 …
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(a) A defendant, on or before the last day of his or her time to plead or within any further time th…
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An appearance at a hearing at which ex parte relief is sought, or an appearance at a hearing for whi…
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The pleadings are the formal allegations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses, for…
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The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is t…
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The pleadings allowed in civil actions are complaints, demurrers, answers, and cross-complaints.
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(a) Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth: (1) The name of the court and county in wh…
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In the complaint, the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties; but, except as…
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(a) A complaint or cross-complaint shall contain both of the following: (1) A statement of the facts…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) “Plaintiff” includes a …
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(a) The Judicial Council shall develop and approve official forms for use in trial courts of this st…
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(a) In any action for damages arising out of the professional negligence of a health care provider, …
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No claim for punitive or exemplary damages against a religious corporation or religious corporation …
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(a) No cause of action against a person serving without compensation as a director or officer of a n…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there has been a disturbing increase in lawsuits brought…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there has been a disturbing abuse of Section 425.16, the…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a SLAPPback is distinguishable in character and origin f…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The lack of affordable housing is a…
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(a) In an action for collection of consumer debt, common counts may not be used. For purposes of thi…
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(a) An allegation of a construction-related accessibility claim in a complaint, as defined in subdiv…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Protection of the civil rights of p…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) “Plaintiff” includes a …
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As used in this article: (a) “Complaint” means a complaint or cross-complaint. (b) “Plaintiff” means…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a party against whom a complaint has been filed and …
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This article does not apply if any of the following are established: (a) The cause of action not ple…
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A party who fails to plead a cause of action subject to the requirements of this article, whether th…
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(a) This article applies only to civil actions and does not apply to special proceedings. (b) This a…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 426.60, this article applies to eminent domain procee…
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(a) A plaintiff who in a complaint, alone or with coplaintiffs, alleges a cause of action against on…
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A party against whom a cause of action has been asserted in a complaint or cross-complaint may file …
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When a person files a cross-complaint as authorized by Section 428.10, he may join any person as a c…
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Where a person files a cross-complaint as authorized by Section 428.10, he may unite with the cause …
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The cross-complaint shall be a separate document.
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(a) A party shall file a cross-complaint against any of the parties who filed the complaint or cross…
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A cross-complaint shall be served on each of the parties in an action in the following manner: (1) I…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Third-party plaintiff” means a person against whom a cause of acti…
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The counterclaim is abolished. Any cause of action that formerly was asserted by a counterclaim shal…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) “Plaintiff” includes th…
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The party against whom a complaint or cross-complaint has been filed may object, by demurrer or answ…
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A party against whom an answer has been filed may object, by demurrer as provided in Section 430.30,…
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(a) When any ground for objection to a complaint, cross-complaint, or answer appears on the face the…
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(a) A person against whom a complaint or cross-complaint has been filed may, within 30 days after se…
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(a) Before filing a demurrer pursuant to this chapter, the demurring party shall meet and confer in …
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(a) A demurrer to a complaint or cross-complaint may be taken to the whole complaint or cross-compla…
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A demurrer shall distinctly specify the grounds upon which any of the objections to the complaint, c…
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When the ground of demurrer is based on a matter of which the court may take judicial notice pursuan…
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(a) If the party against whom a complaint or cross-complaint has been filed fails to object to the p…
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(a) Where the defendant has removed a civil action to federal court without filing a response in the…
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(a) A material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense and which could not…
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(a) Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, s…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) “Defendant” includes a …
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(a) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any action in which the demand, exclusi…
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In an action to recover upon a contract of insurance wherein the defendant claims exemption from lia…
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Where cross-demands for money have existed between persons at any point in time when neither demand …
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A party served with a cross-complaint may within 30 days after service move, demur, or otherwise ple…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) The term “complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) The term “plea…
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(a) Before filing a motion to strike pursuant to this chapter, the moving party shall meet and confe…
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The court may, upon a motion made pursuant to Section 435, or at any time in its discretion, and upo…
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(a) The grounds for a motion to strike shall appear on the face of the challenged pleading or from a…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) “Plaintiff” includes a …
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(a) Before filing a motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to this chapter, the moving party …
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(a) Every pleading shall be subscribed by the party or his or her attorney. When the state, any coun…
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In the construction of a pleading, for the purpose of determining its effect, its allegations must b…
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It is not necessary for a party to set forth in a pleading the items of an account therein alleged, …
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In an action for the recovery of real property, it must be described in the complaint with such cert…
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In pleading a judgment or other determination of a court, officer, or board, it is not necessary to …
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In pleading the performance of conditions precedent in a contract, it is not necessary to state the …
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In pleading the Statute of Limitations it is not necessary to state the facts showing the defense, b…
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In pleading a private statute, or an ordinance of a county or municipal corporation, or a right deri…
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In an action for libel or slander it is not necessary to state in the complaint any extrinsic facts …
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(a) In any action for libel or slander, for good cause shown upon ex parte written application, the …
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(a) In any action by a candidate or former candidate for elective public office against a holder of …
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In any action within Section 460 or 460.5, the defendant may, in his answer, allege both the truth o…
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(a) The plaintiff and defendant, respectively, may be allowed, on motion, to make a supplemental com…
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Except with leave of the court, all pleadings subsequent to the complaint, together with proof of se…
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Variance between the allegation in a pleading and the proof shall not be deemed material, unless it …
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Where the variance is not material, as provided in Section 469 the court may direct the fact to be f…
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Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, …
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(a) If the complaint is amended, a copy of the amendments shall be filed, or the court may, in its d…
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(a) A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer, de…
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(a) (1) The court may, in furtherance of justice, and on any terms as may be proper, allow a party t…
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(a) (1) The court may, in furtherance of justice, and on any terms as may be proper, allow a party t…
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The court may, upon such terms as may be just, relieve a party from a judgment, order, or other proc…
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(a) A party that was not served with a summons and complaint in accordance with this chapter may fil…
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(a) When service of a summons was lawfully effected but has not resulted in actual notice to a party…
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(a) When service of a summons was lawfully effected but has not resulted in actual notice to a party…
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When the plaintiff is ignorant of the name of a defendant, he must state that fact in the complaint,…
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The court must, in every stage of an action, disregard any error, improper ruling, instruction, or d…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the const…
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“Account debtor” means “account debtor” as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 91…
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“Account receivable” means “account” as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 …
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“Chattel paper” means “chattel paper” as defined in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 910…
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“Costs” means costs and disbursements, including, but not limited to, statutory fees, charges, commi…
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“Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
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“Defendant” includes a cross-defendant.
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“Deposit account” means “deposit account” as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section…
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“Document of title” means “document” as defined in paragraph (30) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102…
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“Equipment” means tangible personal property in the possession of the defendant and used or bought f…
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“Farm products” means crops or livestock or supplies used or produced in farming operations or produ…
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“Financial institution” means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan associatio…
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“General intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as defined in paragraph (42) of subdivision (a) o…
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“Instrument” means “instrument” as defined in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of t…
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“Inventory” means tangible personal property in the possession of a defendant that (a) is held by th…
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“Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal who is directed to execute a writ or order issued und…
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“Person” includes a natural person, a corporation, a partnership or other unincorporated association…
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“Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property.
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“Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.
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A claim has “probable validity” where it is more likely than not that the plaintiff will obtain a ju…
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“Property” includes real and personal property and any interest therein.
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“Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, a county, a city, d…
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“Real property” includes any right in real property, including, but not limited to, a leasehold inte…
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“Registered process server” means a person registered as a process server pursuant to Chapter 16 (co…
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“Secured party” means “secured party” as defined in paragraph (73) of subdivision (a) of Section 910…
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“Security” means a “security” as defined by Section 8102 of the Commercial Code.
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“Security agreement” means a “security agreement” as defined by paragraph (74) of subdivision (a) of…
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“Security interest” means “security interest” as defined in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.
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“Tangible personal property” includes chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, securities, an…
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This title shall be known and may be cited as “The Attachment Law.”
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Nothing in this title precludes the granting of relief pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Sectio…
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(a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule for the practice and procedure in proceedings under thi…
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The facts stated in each affidavit filed pursuant to this title shall be set forth with particularit…
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(a) If the plaintiff so requests in writing at the time he files his complaint, the clerk of the cou…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the judicial duties to be performed under this …
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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, legal process required or permitted to be served…
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(a) If a writ of attachment is issued, the court may also issue an order directing the defendant to …
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(a) Several writs in the same form may be issued simultaneously or from time to time upon the same u…
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(a) The defendant may claim an exemption provided in Section 487.020 for property levied upon pursua…
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(a) The plaintiff’s application for a right to attach order and a writ of attachment pursuant to thi…
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If the court determines at the hearing on issuance of a writ of attachment under this title that the…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, an attachment may be issued only in an action on a clai…
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Subject to the restrictions of Sections 580b and 580d, in an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed …
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Notwithstanding Section 483.010, federal disability benefits awarded to veterans for service-connect…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b) and to Section 483.020, the amount to be secured by an attachment is …
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(a) Subject to subdivisions (d) and (e), the amount to be secured by the attachment in an unlawful d…
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Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter, the plaintiff may apply pursuant to this…
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The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement…
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The application shall be supported by an affidavit showing that the plaintiff on the facts presented…
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No order or writ shall be issued under this article except after a hearing. At the times prescribed …
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The notice of application and hearing shall inform the defendant of all of the following: (a) A hear…
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(a) If the defendant desires to oppose the issuance of the right to attach order sought by plaintiff…
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(a) If the defendant claims that the personal property described in the plaintiff’s application, or …
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(a) At the time set for the hearing, the plaintiff shall be ready to proceed. If the plaintiff is no…
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(a) At the hearing, the court shall consider the showing made by the parties appearing and shall iss…
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The court’s determinations under this chapter shall have no effect on the determination of any issue…
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(a) Neither the failure of the defendant to oppose the issuance of a right to attach order under thi…
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At any time after a right to attach order has been issued under Article 1 (commencing with Section 4…
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The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement…
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No writ of attachment shall be issued under this article except after a hearing. At least 15 days pr…
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The notice of application and hearing shall inform the defendant of all of the following: (a) The pl…
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(a) If the defendant claims that the property described in the plaintiff’s application, or a portion…
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(a) If the defendant files and serves a claim of exemption and the plaintiff desires to oppose the c…
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The hearing shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 484.090 and the court shall order…
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(a) At any time after a right to attach order has been issued under Article 1 (commencing with Secti…
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The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and shall order a writ of attachmen…
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(a) The defendant may claim an exemption as to real or personal property levied upon pursuant to a w…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, no right to attach order or writ of attachment may be i…
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(a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter, the plaintiff may apply pursuant to …
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(a) The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and, except as provided in Sect…
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Where a right to attach order has been issued by the court, a plaintiff may discover, through any me…
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(a) Any defendant whose property has been attached pursuant to a writ issued under this chapter may …
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At any time after a right to attach order and writ of attachment have been issued under Article 2 (c…
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The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement…
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(a) The application shall be supported by an affidavit showing both of the following: (1) The plaint…
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The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and shall order a writ of attachmen…
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(a) The defendant may claim an exemption as to real or personal property levied upon pursuant to a w…
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(a) At the time of applying for a right to attach order under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 484…
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The court shall examine the application, supporting affidavit, and other papers on record and shall …
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(a) In any case where the plaintiff has applied for a right to attach order and writ of attachment u…
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The temporary protective order issued under this chapter shall contain such provisions as the court …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 486.040, the temporary protective order may prohibit a t…
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(a) Notwithstanding any terms of the temporary protective order, the defendant may issue any number …
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Except as otherwise provided by Section 486.110, a temporary protective order issued under this chap…
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The temporary protective order shall be personally served on the defendant together with the documen…
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Except as otherwise provided in this title, the temporary protective order shall expire at the earli…
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Upon ex parte application of the defendant or, if the court so orders, after a noticed hearing, the …
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(a) The service upon the defendant of a temporary protective order pursuant to Section 486.080 creat…
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The following property of the defendant is subject to attachment: (a) Where the defendant is a corpo…
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Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3439.07 of the Civil Code, the fol…
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(a) The recording of a homestead declaration (as defined in Section 704.910) does not limit or affec…
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(a) At any time prior to the entry of judgment in the action, the defendant may claim any exemption …
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The writ of attachment shall include the following information: (a) The date of issuance of the writ…
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(a) A writ of attachment shall be directed to a levying officer in the county in which property of t…
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(a) The plaintiff shall give the levying officer instructions in writing. The instructions shall be …
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(a) If the levying officer is required by any provision of this title to serve any writ, order, noti…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law: (1) As a prerequisite to the performance by the levying off…
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The notice of attachment shall inform the person notified of all of the following: (a) The capacity …
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A copy of the original notice of attachment which has been served upon a third party holding the pro…
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If a writ of attachment has been issued and personal property sought to be attached under the writ i…
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(a) A registered process server may levy under a writ of attachment on the following types of proper…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, where the method of levy upon property requires that proper…
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The levying officer has a special lien, dependent upon possession, on personal property levied upon …
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A third person shall claim an interest in property attached in the manner provided for third-party c…
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In any case where property has been levied upon and, pursuant to a levy, a copy of the writ of attac…
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(a) The levying officer to whom the writ of attachment is delivered shall return the writ to the cou…
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(a) The levying officer or registered process server is not liable for actions taken in conformance …
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If the method of levy under a writ of execution is incorporated by this article, for the purposes of…
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At the time of levy pursuant to this article or promptly thereafter, the levying officer shall serve…
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To attach real property, the levying officer shall comply with Section 700.015 and the recorder shal…
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To attach (1) growing crops, (2) timber to be cut, or (3) minerals or the like (including oil and ga…
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Unless another method of attachment is provided by this article, to attach tangible personal propert…
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Unless another method of attachment is provided by this article, to attach tangible personal propert…
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(a) To attach personal property in the custody of a levying officer, the plaintiff or levying office…
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To attach goods in the possession of a bailee (as defined in Section 7102 of the Commercial Code) ot…
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(a) Except as provided by Section 488.385, to attach equipment of a going business in the possession…
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(a) To attach a vehicle or vessel for which a certificate of ownership has been issued by the Depart…
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Except as specified in subdivision (e) and as provided by Sections 488.325 and 488.405: (a) To attac…
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(a) This section provides an alternative method of attaching farm products or inventory of a going b…
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To attach personal property used as a dwelling, the levying officer shall comply with Section 700.08…
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If a vehicle or vessel is attached and a certificate of ownership has been issued by the Department …
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(a) To attach chattel paper, the levying officer shall comply with Section 700.100. (b) In addition …
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To attach an instrument, the levying officer shall comply with Section 700.110.
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To attach a negotiable document of title, the levying officer shall comply with Section 700.120.
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To attach a security, the levying officer shall comply with Section 8112 of the Commercial Code. The…
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(a) Subject to Sections 488.465 and 684.115, to attach a deposit account, the levying officer shall …
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(a) Subject to Sections 488.465 and 684.115, to attach property in a safe-deposit box, the levying o…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a deposit account or safe-deposit box standing in the nam…
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(a) Unless another method of attachment is provided by this article, to attach an account receivable…
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(a) The following property may be attached pursuant to this article notwithstanding that the propert…
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(a) As used in this section, “final money judgment” means a money judgment after the time for appeal…
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(a) To attach the interest of the defendant in personal property in the estate of a decedent, whethe…
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(a) A levy on property under a writ of attachment creates an attachment lien on the property from th…
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(a) Unless sooner released or discharged, any attachment shall cease to be of any force or effect, a…
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(a) Sections 701.010, 701.020, 701.040, 701.050, 701.060, and 701.070 prescribe duties and liabiliti…
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(a) At the time of service of a copy of the writ of attachment and a notice of attachment on a third…
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A third person who gives a garnishee’s memorandum pursuant to this title is not liable to any person…
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(a) If property has been or is sought to be attached, the court may appoint a receiver or order the …
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(a) As used in this section, “instrument” means a check, draft, money order, or other order for the …
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(a) The defendant may apply by noticed motion to the court in which the action is pending or in whic…
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(a) The levying officer shall release attached property when the levying officer receives a written …
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If the defendant recovers judgment against the plaintiff and no timely motion for vacation of judgme…
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The Bond and Undertaking Law (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 995. 010) of Title 14) applies to a…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all undertakings given pursuant to this title shall be pr…
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Where the court orders the amount of the undertaking increased pursuant to Section 489.220 or 489.41…
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Before issuance of a writ of attachment, a temporary protective order, or an order under subdivision…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount of an undertaking filed pursuant to this artic…
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(a) The notice of attachment shall include a statement, in a form adopted by the Judicial Council, a…
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(a) Whenever a writ is issued, a defendant who has appeared in the action may apply by noticed motio…
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(a) A defendant who has been served with a temporary protective order and who has appeared in the ac…
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(a) At any time after entry of judgment in favor of the defendant and before perfection of an appeal…
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If a defendant appeals and the enforcement of the judgment against the defendant is stayed by the fi…
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A wrongful attachment consists of any of the following: (a) The levy under a writ of attachment or t…
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(a) The liability of a plaintiff for causing a wrongful attachment under Section 490.010 includes bo…
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The amount of any recovery for wrongful attachment shall be offset insofar as possible against any u…
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Nothing in this chapter limits the right to recover for damages caused by an attachment or protectiv…
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(a) Upon ex parte application by the plaintiff and proof by the plaintiff by affidavit or otherwise …
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In any proceeding for the examination of a third person under this article, witnesses, including the…
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(a) The examination proceedings authorized by this article may be conducted by a referee appointed b…
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(a) If a corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other organization is served with an order…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the proper court for examination of a person under…
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(a) If an order requiring a person to appear for an examination was served by a sheriff, marshal, a …
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a third person examined pursuant to this article claims an intere…
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In any proceeding under this article, the court may, on motion of the person to be examined or on it…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the conclusion of a proceeding pursuant to this articl…
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A lien created under this article continues on property subject to the lien notwithstanding the tran…
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If a third person has possession or control of property in which the defendant has an interest or is…
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The defendant shall be joined in an action brought pursuant to this article but is not an indispensa…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an action shall be commenced pursuant to this article bef…
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The plaintiff may apply to the court in which an action under this article is pending for either or …
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There is no right to a jury trial in an action under this article.
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If the plaintiff establishes the liability of the third person, the court shall render judgment acco…
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Costs incurred by or taxed against the plaintiff in an action under this article may not be recovere…
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(a) If the defendant is a party to a pending action or special proceeding, the plaintiff may obtain …
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(a) For the purpose of applying for a right to attach order, the defendant’s cause of action that is…
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The notice of lien under Section 491.410 shall contain all of the following: (a) A statement that a …
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(a) The court in which the action or special proceeding subject to the lien under this article is pe…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 491.410, unless the lien is released, the judgm…
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(a) If a lien is created pursuant to this article, the court clerk shall endorse upon the judgment r…
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(a) If the defendant is entitled to money or property under the judgment in the action or special pr…
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(a) If a lien is created under this article, the defendant may claim that all or any portion of the …
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Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 483.010, an attachment may be issued in any action for th…
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(a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter, the plaintiff may apply pursuant to …
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(a) The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and shall issue a right to atta…
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Notwithstanding Sections 487.010 and 487.020, a writ of attachment issued under this chapter may be …
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(a) Any defendant whose property has been attached pursuant to a writ issued under this chapter may …
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At any time after a right to attach order and writ of attachment have been issued under this chapter…
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The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement…
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The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and shall order a writ of attachmen…
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As used in this chapter, “general assignment for the benefit of creditors” means an assignment which…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the defendant may make a general assignment for t…
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(a) The making of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors terminates a lien of a temporary…
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(a) Where a lien of attachment terminates pursuant to Section 493.030, the assignee under a general …
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(a) The lien of a temporary protective order or of attachment, which has terminated pursuant to Sect…
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(a) Upon the making of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors that terminates a lien unde…
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A person may not be imprisoned in a civil action for debt or tort, whether before or after judgment.…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the const…
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“Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
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“Defendant” includes a cross-defendant.
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“Farm products” means crops or livestock or supplies used or produced in farming operations or produ…
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“Inventory” means tangible personal property in the possession of a defendant who holds it for sale …
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“Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal who is directed to execute a writ of possession issue…
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“Person” includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership or other unincorporated association, a…
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“Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.
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A claim has “probable validity” where it is more likely than not that the plaintiff will obtain a ju…
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“Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, a county, city, dis…
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(a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter, the plaintiff may apply pursuant to …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no writ shall be issued under this chapter except …
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(a) Prior to the hearing required by subdivision (a) of Section 512.020, the defendant shall be serv…
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The “Notice of Application and Hearing” shall inform the defendant of all of the following: (a) A he…
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Each party shall file with the court and serve upon the other party within the time prescribed by ru…
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(a) At the hearing, a writ of possession shall issue if both of the following are found: (1) The pla…
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If a writ of possession is issued, the court may also issue an order directing the defendant to tran…
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The writ of possession shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be directed to the levying …
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(a) The plaintiff may apply ex parte in writing to the court in which the action was brought for an …
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Neither the failure of the defendant to oppose the issuance of a writ of possession under this chapt…
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The determinations of the court under this chapter shall have no effect on the determination of any …
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If the plaintiff fails to recover judgment in the action, he shall redeliver the property to the def…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Secti…
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In the discretion of the court, the temporary restraining order may prohibit the defendant from doin…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon receipt of the writ of possession the levying…
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(a) At the time of levy, the levying officer shall deliver to the person in possession of the proper…
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(a) After the levying officer takes possession pursuant to a writ of possession, the levying officer…
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The levying officer shall return the writ of possession, with his proceedings thereon, to the court …
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Where the property taken is claimed by a third person, the rules and proceedings applicable in cases…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the court shall not issue a temporary restraining order o…
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(a) The defendant may prevent the plaintiff from taking possession of property pursuant to a writ of…
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(a) The defendant may object to the plaintiff’s undertaking not later than 10 days after levy of the…
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The Judicial Council may provide by rule for the practice and procedure in proceedings under this ch…
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The Judicial Council shall prescribe the form of the applications, notices, orders, and other docume…
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The facts stated in each affidavit filed pursuant to this chapter shall be set forth with particular…
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The judicial duties to be performed under this chapter are “subordinate judicial duties” within the …
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Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the granting of relief pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with…
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An injunction is a writ or order requiring a person to refrain from a particular act. It may be gran…
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(a) An injunction may be granted in the following cases: (1) When it appears by the complaint that t…
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(a) A preliminary injunction may be granted at any time before judgment upon a verified complaint, o…
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(a) In order to promote the rights of workers to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of c…
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(a) (1) A person who has suffered harassment as defined in subdivision (b) may seek a temporary rest…
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any group, association, organization, society, or other assemblage of t…
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(a) Any employer or collective bargaining representative of an employee who has suffered harassment,…
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(a) A person subject to a temporary restraining order or injunction issued pursuant to Section 527.6…
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(a) The court shall order that any party enjoined pursuant to Section 527.6, 527.8, or 527.85 be pro…
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(a) When relevant information is presented to the court at any noticed hearing that a restrained per…
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(a) A peace officer shall, upon the request of a petitioner, serve any temporary restraining order, …
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(a) A chief administrative officer of a postsecondary educational institution, or an officer or empl…
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An injunction cannot be allowed after the defendant has answered, unless upon notice, or upon an ord…
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(a) On granting an injunction, the court or judge must require an undertaking on the part of the app…
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(a) In all actions in which the court has granted an injunction sought by any plaintiff to enjoin a …
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(a) In all civil actions, including, but not limited to, actions brought pursuant to Section 21167 o…
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In all actions which may be hereafter brought when an injunction or restraining order may be applied…
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An injunction to suspend the general and ordinary business of a corporation can not be granted witho…
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(a) If an injunction is granted without notice to the person enjoined, the person may apply, upon re…
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In any action, the court may on notice modify or dissolve an injunction or temporary restraining ord…
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In any action brought by a riparian owner to enjoin the diversion of water appropriated or proposed …
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(a) A receiver may be appointed, in the manner provided in this chapter, by the court in which an ac…
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Upon the dissolution of any corporation, the Superior Court of the county in which the corporation c…
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(a) No party, or attorney of a party, or person interested in an action, or related to any judge of …
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Before entering upon the duties of a receiver: (a) The receiver must be sworn to perform the duties …
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The receiver has, under the control of the Court, power to bring and defend actions in his own name,…
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Any securities in the hands of a receiver may, under the control of the court, be deposited by the r…
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(a) A receiver of real property containing rental housing shall notify the court of the existence of…
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Any tenant of real property that is subject to receivership, a tenant association or organization, o…
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A receiver may, pursuant to an order of the court, sell real or personal property in the receiver’s …
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A receiver appointed at the request of the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 1825 of t…
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Funds in the hands of a receiver may be deposited in one or more interest bearing accounts in the na…
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A receiver having any funds in his hands belonging to a person whose whereabouts are unknown to him,…
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If a referee or commissioner is appointed by a court and the duties of the referee or commissioner w…
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When it is admitted by the pleadings, or shown upon the examination of a party to the action, that h…
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Whenever money is paid into or deposited in the court under this chapter, it shall be deposited with…
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Whenever, in the exercise of its authority, a court has ordered the deposit or delivery of money, or…
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The Judicial Council may promulgate rules governing pretrial conferences, and the time, manner and n…
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(a) The presiding judge of each superior court may prepare, with the assistance of appropriate commi…
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(a) Local rules promulgated pursuant to Section 575.1 may provide that if any counsel, a party repre…
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Any judge, at any time before or after commencement of trial, in the furtherance of justice, and upo…
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A judgment is the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action or proceeding.
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In any judgment, or execution upon such judgment, the amount shall be computed and stated in dollars…
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Judgment may be given for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or mo…
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In an action against several defendants, the Court may, in its discretion, render judgment against o…
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(a) The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there is no answer, cannot exceed that demanded in the c…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Beneficiary” means a “beneficiary” as defined in paragraph (3…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Beneficiary” means a “beneficiary” as defined in paragraph (3…
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§ 580a
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§ 580b
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§ 580c
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§ 580d
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§ 580e
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Action” means any civil action or special proceeding. (2) “Complai…
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In a case involving consumer debt, as defined in Section 1788.2 of the Civil Code, and as regulated …
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In all other cases judgment shall be rendered on the merits.
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In a limited civil case in which the defendant has appeared, if the judgment or order is for the pay…
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As used in this chapter, unless the provision or context otherwise requires: (a) “Action” includes a…
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(a) This chapter applies to a civil action and does not apply to a special proceeding except to the …
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It is the policy of the state that a plaintiff shall proceed with reasonable diligence in the prosec…
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Nothing in this chapter abrogates or otherwise affects the principles of waiver and estoppel.
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This chapter does not limit or affect the authority of a court to dismiss an action or impose other …
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This chapter applies to a motion for dismissal made in an action commenced before, on, or after the …
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A petition filed pursuant to Section 299, 2250, 2330, or 7600 of the Family Code shall not be dismis…
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(a) The summons and complaint shall be served upon a defendant within three years after the action i…
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The time within which service must be made pursuant to this article does not apply if the defendant …
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The parties may extend the time within which service must be made pursuant to this article by the fo…
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In computing the time within which service must be made pursuant to this article, there shall be exc…
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(a) If service is not made in an action within the time prescribed in this article: (1) The action s…
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An action shall be brought to trial within five years after the action is commenced against the defe…
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(a) If a new trial is granted in the action the action shall again be brought to trial within the fo…
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The parties may extend the time within which an action must be brought to trial pursuant to this art…
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In computing the time within which an action must be brought to trial pursuant to this article, ther…
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If the time within which an action must be brought to trial pursuant to this article is tolled or ot…
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(a) An action shall be dismissed by the court on its own motion or on motion of the defendant, after…
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(a) The court may in its discretion dismiss an action for delay in prosecution pursuant to this arti…
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(a) The court may not dismiss an action pursuant to this article for delay in prosecution except aft…
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(a) In a proceeding for dismissal of an action pursuant to this article for delay in prosecution the…
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Judgment may be had, if the defendant fails to answer the complaint, as follows: (a) In an action ar…
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Judgment may be had, if the defendant fails to answer the complaint, as follows: (a) In an action ar…
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(a) Every application to enter default under subdivision (a) of Section 585 shall include, or be acc…
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(a) In the following cases the same proceedings shall be had, and judgment shall be rendered in the …
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An application by a plaintiff for entry of default under subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 585…
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise specifically requires, the following terms app…
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Issues arise upon the pleadings when a fact or a conclusion of law is maintained by the one party an…
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An issue of law arises: (a) Upon a demurrer to the complaint, cross-complaint, or answer, or to some…
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An issue of fact arises: 1. Upon a material allegation in the complaint controverted by the answer; …
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An issue of law must be tried by the court, unless it is referred upon consent; provided, however, t…
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(a) In superior courts either party may bring an issue to trial or to a hearing, and, in the absence…
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The trial of any civil action, or proceeding in a court, or of any administrative proceeding before …
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The term “proceeding in a court” as it is used in Section 595 shall include any discovery proceeding…
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In all cases, the court shall postpone a trial, or the hearing of any motion or demurrer, for a peri…
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In actions involving the title to mining claims, or involving trespass for damage upon mining claims…
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A motion to postpone a trial on the ground of the absence of evidence can only be made upon affidavi…
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The party obtaining a postponement of a trial, if required by the adverse party, must consent that t…
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When the answer pleads that the action is barred by the statute of limitations, or by a prior judgme…
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In an action against a physician or surgeon, dentist, registered nurse, dispensing optician, optomet…
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The court may, when the convenience of witnesses, the ends of justice, or the economy and efficiency…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law and unless ordered otherwise by a court or otherwise agreed to by …
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When the jury has been sworn, the trial must proceed in the following order, unless the court, for s…
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In charging the jury the Court may state to them all matters of law which it thinks necessary for th…
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Where either party asks special instructions to be given to the jury, the Court must either give suc…
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If the jury are permitted to separate, either during the trial or after the case is submitted to the…
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Upon retiring for deliberation the jury may take with them all papers which have been received as ev…
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Upon the jury retiring for deliberation, the court shall advise the jury of the availability of a wr…
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When the case is finally submitted to the jury, they may decide in court or retire for deliberation.…
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After the jury have retired for deliberation, if there be a disagreement between them as to any part…
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Except for good cause shown, the judge in his or her discretion need not be present in the court whi…
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In all cases where the jury are discharged without having rendered a verdict, or are prevented from …
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While the jury are absent the Court may adjourn from time to time, in respect to other business; but…
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When the jury, or three-fourths of them, have agreed upon a verdict, they must be conducted into cou…
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When the verdict is announced, if it is informal or insufficient, in not covering the issue submitte…
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The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict is that by which they pronounc…
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In all cases the court may direct the jury to find a special verdict in writing, upon all, or any of…
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When a verdict is found for the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of money, or for the cross-c…
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In superior courts upon receipt of a verdict, an entry must be made in the minutes of the court, spe…
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(a) The court, before the expiration of its power to rule on a motion for a new trial, either of its…
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(a) Unless the court specified an earlier time for making a motion for directed verdict, after all p…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Expedited jury trial” means a consensual, binding jury trial befo…
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The rules and procedures applicable to expedited jury trials are as follows: (a) The procedures in t…
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(a) All parties agreeing to participate in an expedited jury trial and, if represented, their counse…
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(a) Juries in expedited jury trial cases shall be composed of eight jurors, unless the parties have …
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to preclude a jury from deliberating as long as needed.
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(a) The rules of evidence apply in expedited jury trials, unless the parties stipulate otherwise. (b…
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(a) The verdict in an expedited jury trial case is binding, subject to any written high/low agreemen…
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(a) By agreeing to participate in the expedited jury trial process, the parties agree to waive any m…
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(a) By agreeing to participate in the expedited jury trial process, the parties agree to waive the r…
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All statutes and rules governing costs and attorney’s fees shall apply in expedited jury trials, unl…
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The Judicial Council shall, on or before July 1, 2016, update rules and forms to establish uniform p…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an action or special proceeding treated as a lim…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Mandatory expedited jury trial” means a jury trial before a reduc…
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(a) The procedures in this chapter and in the implementing rules of court shall apply to mandatory e…
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The following rules and procedures apply to mandatory expedited jury trials conducted pursuant to th…
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to preclude a jury from deliberating as long as needed.
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(a) The rules of evidence apply to mandatory expedited jury trials conducted in limited civil cases,…
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(a) A vote of six of the eight jurors is required for a verdict, unless the parties stipulate otherw…
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All statutes and rules governing costs and attorney’s fees shall apply in limited civil cases that a…
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The Judicial Council shall, on or before July 1, 2016, adopt rules and forms to establish uniform pr…
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Sections 630.20 to 630.27, inclusive, shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
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(a) The right to a trial by jury as declared by Section 16 of Article I of the California Constituti…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the superior court may pay jury fees in civil cases …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, when a party to the litigation has deposited jury fees with the j…
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In all cases of eminent domain the deposits of jury fees and mileage provided for in section 631 of …
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Ordinarily, unless the court otherwise directs, the trial of a civil action tried by the court witho…
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(a) After a party has completed his presentation of evidence in a trial by the court, the other part…
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(a) In superior courts, upon the trial of a question of fact by the court, written findings of fact …
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(a) In superior courts, upon the trial of a question of fact by the court, written findings of fact …
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When a statement of decision does not resolve a controverted issue, or if the statement is ambiguous…
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In all cases where the decision of the court has been entered in its minutes, and when the judge who…
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On a judgment for the plaintiff upon an issue of law, he may proceed in the manner prescribed by the…
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A referee may be appointed upon the agreement of the parties filed with the clerk, or judge, or ente…
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(a) When the parties do not consent, the court may, upon the written motion of any party, or of its …
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(a) The court shall appoint as referee or referees the person or persons, not exceeding three, agree…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the practice and cost of referring discovery disputes to ou…
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A party may object to the appointment of any person as referee, on one or more of the following grou…
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In any action brought under Article 8 (commencing with Section 12600) of Chapter 6, Part 2, Division…
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Objections, if any, to a reference or to the referee or referees appointed by the court shall be mad…
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(a) Unless otherwise directed by the court, the referees or commissioner must report their statement…
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(a) In the case of a consensual general reference pursuant to Section 638, the decision of the refer…
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The decision of the referee appointed pursuant to Section 638 or commissioner may be excepted to and…
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(a) When a referee is appointed pursuant to Section 638, the referee’s fees shall be paid as agreed …
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The Judicial Council shall adopt all rules of court necessary to implement this chapter.
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An exception is an objection upon a matter of law to a decision made, either before or after judgmen…
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All of the following are deemed excepted to: the verdict of the jury; the final decision in an actio…
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(a) On its own motion or on the motion of a party, where the court finds that such a view would be p…
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A new trial is a re-examination of an issue of fact in the same court after a trial and decision by …
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The verdict may be vacated and any other decision may be modified or vacated, in whole or in part, a…
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A new trial may also be granted as provided in Section 914 of this code.
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When the application is made for a cause mentioned in the first, second, third and fourth subdivisio…
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(a) The party intending to move for a new trial shall file with the clerk and serve upon each advers…
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(a) On the hearing of the motion, reference may be had in all cases to the pleadings and orders of t…
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The motion for a new trial shall be heard and determined by the judge who presided at the trial; pro…
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In ruling on such motion, in a cause tried without a jury, the court may, on such terms as may be ju…
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(a) In any civil action where after trial by jury an order granting a new trial limited to the issue…
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A judgment or decree, when based upon a decision by the court, or the special verdict of a jury, may…
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The court may grant a new trial of any action or proceeding when all of the following conditions exi…
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Pending the hearing of a motion pursuant to Section 663.1 to grant a new trial, the time within whic…
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(a) When trial by jury has been had, judgment must be entered by the clerk, in conformity to the ver…
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(a) When trial by jury has been had, judgment must be entered by the clerk, in conformity to the ver…
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(a) In any contested action or special proceeding other than a small claims action or an action or p…
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(a) If parties to pending litigation stipulate, in a writing signed by the parties outside of the pr…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 664.6, if parties to a pending construction defect action stipulate pers…
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When the case is reserved for argument or further consideration, as mentioned in the last section, i…
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If a claim asserted in a cross-complaint is established at the trial and the amount so established e…
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In an action to recover the possession of personal property, judgment for the plaintiff may be for t…
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(a) In any action for injury or damages against a provider of health care services, a superior court…
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Except as provided in Section 668.5, the clerk of the superior court, must keep, with the records of…
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In those counties where the clerk of the court places individual judgments in the file of actions an…
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If a party dies after trial and submission of the case to a judge sitting without a jury for decisio…
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In superior courts the following papers, without being attached together, shall constitute the judgm…
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(a) An assignee of a right represented by a judgment may become an assignee of record by filing with…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4506 of the Family Code, an abstract of a judgment or de…
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This title shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
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As used in this title: (1) “Action” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in…
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(a) This title applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. (b) Th…
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(a) The effect of this title may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commence…
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(a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the pr…
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(a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a dif…
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(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not assert…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim shall be sta…
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The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceed…
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(a) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or pre-award interest and the rat…
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(a) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign mon…
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(a) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect co…
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(a) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issui…
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Unless displaced by particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including…
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This title shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law …
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If any provision of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, tha…
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This title applies to actions and distribution proceedings commenced on or after January 1, 1992.
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This title shall be known and may be cited as the Enforcement of Judgments Law.
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the const…
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“Account debtor” means “account debtor” as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 91…
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“Account receivable” means “account” as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 …
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“Affidavit of Identity” means an affidavit or declaration executed by a judgment creditor, under pen…
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“Chattel paper” means “chattel paper” as defined in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 910…
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“Child support” includes family support.
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“Costs” means costs and disbursements, including but not limited to statutory fees, charges, commiss…
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“Court” means the court where the judgment sought to be enforced was entered.
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“Deposit account” means “deposit account” as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section…
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“Document of title” means “document” as defined in paragraph (30) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102…
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“Equity” means the fair market value of the interest of the judgment debtor in property, or in the c…
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“Financial institution” means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan associatio…
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“General intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as defined in paragraph (42) of subdivision (a) o…
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“Instrument” means “instrument”, as defined in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of …
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“Judgment” means a judgment, order, or decree entered in a court of this state.
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“Judgment creditor” means the person in whose favor a judgment is rendered or, if there is an assign…
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“Judgment debtor” means the person against whom a judgment is rendered.
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“Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal.
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“Money judgment” means that part of a judgment that requires the payment of money.
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“Person” includes a natural person, a corporation, a partnership or other unincorporated association…
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“Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property.
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“Principal amount of the judgment” means the total amount of the judgment as entered or as last rene…
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“Property” includes real and personal property and any interest therein.
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“Real property” includes any right in real property, including but not limited to a leasehold intere…
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“Registered process server” means a person registered as a process server pursuant to Chapter 16 (co…
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“Secured party” means “secured party” as defined in paragraph (73) of subdivision (a) of Section 910…
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“Security” means a “security” as defined in Section 8102 of the Commercial Code.
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“Security agreement” means “security agreement” as defined in paragraph (74) of subdivision (a) of S…
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“Security interest” means “security interest” as defined in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.
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“Spousal support” includes support for a former spouse.
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“Tangible personal property” includes chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, securities, an…
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“Writ” includes a writ of execution, a writ of possession of personal property, a writ of possession…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) A money judgment is enforceable as provided in Division…
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An assignee of a judgment is not entitled to enforce the judgment under this title unless an acknowl…
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(a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule for the practice and procedure in proceedings under thi…
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The California Law Revision Commission is authorized to maintain a continuing review of and submit r…
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If a paper is required or permitted to be filed with a levying officer under this title, the paper i…
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If any provision or clause of this title or application thereof to any person or circumstances is he…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute or in the judgment, a judgment is enforceable under this tit…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, upon the expiration of 10 years after the date of entry of …
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If a money judgment is payable in installments, the 10-year period of enforceability prescribed by S…
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If the judgment creditor applies for a writ for the enforcement of a judgment and the application is…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in this chapter limits any right the judgment cre…
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(a) The period of enforceability of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of propert…
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(a) The judgment creditor may renew a judgment by filing an application for renewal of the judgment …
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(a) In the case of a lump-sum money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property, the a…
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The application for renewal of the judgment shall be executed under oath and shall include all of th…
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(a) Upon the filing of the application, the court clerk shall enter the renewal of the judgment in t…
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(a) The judgment creditor shall serve a notice of renewal of the judgment on the judgment debtor. Se…
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(a) The renewal of a judgment pursuant to this article may be vacated on any ground that would be a …
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(a) If a judgment lien on an interest in real property has been created pursuant to a money judgment…
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If a lien (other than a judgment lien on an interest in real property or an execution lien) has been…
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If a judgment is renewed pursuant to this article, any enforcement proceeding previously commenced p…
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A judgment may be renewed notwithstanding any stay of enforcement of the judgment, but the renewal o…
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If a judgment is renewed pursuant to this article, the date of the filing of the application for ren…
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Except as otherwise provided in the Family Code, this chapter does not apply to a judgment or order …
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This chapter does not apply to a money judgment against a public entity that is subject to Section 9…
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Subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 283) of Title 5 of Part 1 of this code and Section 215…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when a writ, notice, order, or other paper is required to…
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Sections 684.010 and 684.020 do not apply to either of the following: (a) A subpoena or other proces…
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If service on an attorney is required under this article, service on the attorney shall be made in a…
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Service on the attorney for the judgment creditor or the judgment debtor pursuant to the provisions …
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(a) (1) Subject to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), if legal process is required to be personally ser…
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(a) A financial institution may, and if it has more than nine branches or offices at which it conduc…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, if a writ, notice, order, or other paper is to be se…
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(a) If the levying officer is required by any provision of this title to serve any writ, order, noti…
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If a provision of this title provides for service by the levying officer of an order, notice, or oth…
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If service of notice of a court hearing is required under this title, proof of service of the notice…
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Proof of service or of posting or publication under this title may be made by, but is not limited to…
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Except for Sections 684.130 and 684.140, the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 684.01…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), interest accrues at the rate of 10 percent per annum on…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), interest commences to accrue on a money judgment on the d…
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(a) If a money judgment is satisfied in full pursuant to a writ under this title, interest ceases to…
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The judgment creditor is entitled to the reasonable and necessary costs of enforcing a judgment. Att…
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(a) If a writ is issued pursuant to this title to enforce a judgment, the costs and interest to be s…
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(a) The judgment creditor may claim under this section the following costs of enforcing a judgment, …
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(a) The judgment creditor may claim costs authorized by Section 685.040 by noticed motion. The motio…
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(a) Costs are added to and become a part of the judgment: (1) Upon the filing of an order allowing t…
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When a writ is served by a levying officer or registered process server, the costs for that service,…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law: (1) As a prerequisite to the performance by the levying off…
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Nothing in this chapter affects the law relating to prejudgment interest.
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After the death of the judgment creditor, the judgment may be enforced as provided in this title by …
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After the death of the judgment debtor, enforcement of a judgment against property in the judgment d…
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(a) The judgment creditor shall give the levying officer instructions in writing. The instructions s…
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(a) As used in this section, “instrument” means a check, draft, money order, or other order for the …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, where the method of levy upon property requires that the pr…
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(a) The levying officer or registered process server is not liable for actions taken in conformance …
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The levying officer has a special lien, dependent upon possession, on personal property levied upon …
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A proceeding for the purpose of the remedies provided under this article is a limited civil case if …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a warrant may properly be issued by the state, or by…
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(a) If pursuant to any provision of the Public Resources Code, Revenue and Taxation Code (excluding …
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For the purpose of this article, as used in this title: (a) “Judgment creditor” or “creditor” means …
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For the purpose of applying Section 694.080, 703.050, or 703.100, the date of creation of a tax lien…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a judgment is entered on a claim for taxes by a public e…
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For the purpose of the remedies provided under this chapter, jurisdiction is conferred upon the supe…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, whenever a warrant may properly be issued by a local ch…
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(a) Whenever the local child support agency, pursuant to Section 17522 of the Family Code, levies up…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a writ of execution issued by a court…
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For the purpose of this chapter: (a) “Judgment creditor” or “creditor” means the local child support…
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For the purpose of the remedies provided under this chapter, jurisdiction is conferred upon the supe…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, whenever a warrant or notice of levy may properly be is…
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(a) Whenever the Labor Commissioner, pursuant to Section 96.8 of the Labor Code, levies upon propert…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of a writ of execution issued by a court of competent…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Operative date” means July 1, 1983. (b) “Prior law” means the applicab…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this title on and after its operative date applies to …
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(a) Except for a judgment described in Section 683.310 or 683.320, the period for enforcement of a m…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), property levied upon or otherwise subjected to process fo…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), property levied upon, or property to be sold upon which f…
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Notwithstanding Section 708.230, an action may be commenced pursuant to Section 708.210 within one y…
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(a) A third-party claim filed prior to the operative date is governed by prior law. (b) A demand for…
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The exemptions from enforcement of a money judgment provided by this title do not apply to property …
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On and after the operative date, a declaration of homestead made under prior law pursuant to Title 5…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all property of the judgment debtor is subject to enforceme…
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(a) Community property is subject to enforcement of a money judgment as provided in the Family Code.…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, property of the judgment debtor that is not assignable …
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(a) A lessee’s interest in real property may be applied to the satisfaction of a money judgment in a…
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Property that is not subject to enforcement of a money judgment may not be levied upon or in any oth…
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A money judgment against a public entity is not enforceable under this division if the money judgmen…
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Except as provided in Section 708.630, a license issued by a public entity to engage in any business…
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(a) Notwithstanding the transfer or encumbrance of property subject to a lien created under this div…
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The amount required to satisfy a money judgment is the total amount of the judgment as entered or re…
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(a) Every money judgment or order for child support shall provide notice that interest on arrearages…
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Payment in satisfaction of a money judgment, including payment of a severable portion of the money j…
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Money received in satisfaction of a money judgment, except a money judgment for support, is to be cr…
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Satisfaction of a money judgment for support shall be credited as follows: (a) The money shall first…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, a lien created under this division or under Title 6.5 (comm…
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(a) If a lien is created on property pursuant to Title 6.5 (commencing with Section 481.010) (attach…
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Subject to Sections 683.180 to 683.200, inclusive, and to Section 697.040, except where a shorter pe…
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(a) If enforcement of the judgment is stayed on appeal by the giving of a sufficient undertaking und…
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If a lien created pursuant to this division is extinguished, property held subject to the lien shall…
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(a) An abstract or certified copy of a money judgment of a court of the United States that is enforc…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment lien on real property is created under this …
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(a) A judgment lien on real property is created under this section by recording an abstract, a notic…
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(a) In the case of a money judgment entered on an order, decision, or award made under Division 4 (c…
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Except as provided in Section 704.950: (a) A judgment lien on real property attaches to all interest…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment lien on real property is a lien for the amou…
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(a) If a judgment lien on real property has been created under a money judgment that is thereafter m…
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(a) The judgment creditor may do either of the following: (1) Release from the judgment lien all or …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Installment judgment lien” means a judgment lien created under Sec…
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If an interest in real property that is subject to a judgment lien is transferred or encumbered with…
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(a) The judgment creditor, judgment debtor, or owner of real property subject to a judgment lien on …
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(a) If a recorded abstract of a money judgment or certified copy of a money judgment appears to crea…
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(a) A judgment creditor may apply to the court for an order reinstating a judgment lien on real prop…
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(a) A judgment lien on personal property described in Section 697.530 is created by filing a notice …
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A judgment lien on personal property may be created pursuant to this article as an alternative or in…
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(a) A judgment lien on personal property is a lien on all interests in the following personal proper…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a judgment lien on personal property is a lien for the …
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The notice of judgment lien on personal property shall be executed under oath by the judgment credit…
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At the time of filing the notice of judgment lien on personal property or promptly thereafter, the j…
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Upon presentation of a notice of judgment lien on personal property for filing and tender of the fil…
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(a) Upon the request of any person, the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate showing whether…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Filing” means: (A) With respect to a judgment lien on personal pro…
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(a) A judgment lien on personal property has priority over any other judgment lien thereafter create…
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Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code, a judgment lien on personal pro…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Cash proceeds” means money, checks, deposit accounts, and the like…
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(a) The judgment creditor, judgment debtor, owner of property subject to a judgment lien on personal…
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(a) The judgment creditor may by a writing do any of the following: (1) Release the judgment lien on…
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(a) If a notice of judgment lien on personal property filed in the office of the Secretary of State …
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(a) The Secretary of State may prescribe, provided that a cost-savings would be achieved thereby: (1…
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(a) A judgment creditor may apply to the court for an order reinstating a released lien on personal …
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A levy on property under a writ of execution creates an execution lien on the property from the time…
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Subject to Section 701.630, if an interest in real property subject to an execution lien is transfer…
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(a) Subject to Section 701.630 and except as provided in subdivision (b), if tangible personal prope…
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Except as provided in Sections 9617 and 9622 of the Commercial Code and in Section 701.630, if perso…
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Notwithstanding Section 697.740, except as provided in Section 9617 of the Commercial Code and in Se…
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This article applies to liens created by any of the following: (a) An examination proceeding as prov…
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Except as provided in Section 9617 of the Commercial Code and in Section 701.630, a lien described i…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, this chapter governs enforcement of a money judgment by a w…
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At any time after delivery of a writ of execution to a levying officer and before its return, a pers…
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If personal property sought to be levied upon is located in a private place of the judgment debtor: …
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(a) If a writ of execution is issued, the judgment creditor may apply to the court ex parte, or on n…
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(a) The levying officer shall release property levied upon when the levying officer receives a writt…
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(a) The court may appoint a receiver or order the levying officer to take any action the court order…
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(a) A registered process server may levy under a writ of execution on the following types of propert…
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If property that is required by law to be registered or recorded in the name of the owner is levied …
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), after entry of a money judgment, a writ of execution shall be issued…
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The writ of execution shall require the levying officer to whom it is directed to enforce the money …
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(a) Upon delivery of the writ of execution to the levying officer to whom the writ is directed, toge…
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The notice of levy required by Article 4 (commencing with Section 700.010) shall inform the person n…
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A copy of the original notice of levy which has been served upon a third party holding the property …
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In any case where property has been levied upon and, pursuant to a levy, a copy of the writ of execu…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the writ expires and the levying officer to whom…
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Except as otherwise provided by law, all property that is subject to enforcement of a money judgment…
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(a) The following types of property are not subject to execution: (1) An alcoholic beverage license …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the principal place of residence of a judgment debtor is not subj…
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(a) At the time of levy pursuant to this article or promptly thereafter, the levying officer shall s…
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(a) To levy upon real property, the levying officer shall record with the recorder of the county whe…
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(a) To levy upon (1) growing crops, (2) timber to be cut, or (3) minerals or the like (including oil…
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Unless another method of levy is provided by this article, to levy upon tangible personal property i…
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(a) Unless another method of levy is provided by this article, to levy upon tangible personal proper…
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(a) To levy upon personal property in the custody of a levying officer: (1) If the writ of execution…
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(a) To levy upon goods in the possession of a bailee (as defined in Section 7102 of the Commercial C…
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To levy upon tangible personal property of a going business in the possession or under the control o…
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(a) To levy upon personal property used as a dwelling, the levying officer shall serve a copy of the…
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If a vehicle or vessel is levied upon and a certificate of ownership has been issued by the Departme…
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(a) To levy upon chattel paper, the levying officer shall: (1) If the chattel paper is in the posses…
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(a) To levy upon an instrument, the levying officer shall: (1) If the instrument is in the possessio…
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To levy upon a negotiable document of title, the levying officer shall: (a) If the negotiable docume…
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To levy upon a security, the levying officer shall comply with Section 8112 of the Commercial Code. …
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(a) Subject to Sections 684.115 and 700.160, to levy upon a deposit account, the levying officer sha…
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(a) Subject to Section 700.160, to levy upon property in a safe-deposit box, the levying officer sha…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a deposit account or safe-deposit box standing in the nam…
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(a) Unless another method of levy is provided by this article, to levy upon an account receivable or…
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(a) The following property may be levied upon pursuant to this article notwithstanding that the prop…
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(a) As used in this section, “final money judgment” means a money judgment after the time for appeal…
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(a) To levy upon the interest of the judgment debtor in personal property in the estate of a deceden…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, when a levy is made by service of a copy of the writ of…
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(a) If a third person is required by this article to deliver property to the levying officer or to m…
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(a) At the time of service of a copy of the legal process on a third person, the levying officer sha…
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A third person who gives a garnishee’s memorandum pursuant to this title is not liable to any person…
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(a) Except as otherwise ordered by the court upon a determination that the judgment creditor’s lien …
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After service of a copy of the writ of execution and a notice of levy on an account debtor obligated…
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If the levying officer obtains custody of an instrument levied upon and serves the obligor under the…
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If a final money judgment has been levied upon and the levying officer has served the judgment debto…
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Subject to Sections 687.020 and 701.520, the levying officer shall sell all property that has been l…
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(a) Except as provided in this section, any of the following property that has been levied upon shal…
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(a) Notice of sale of personal property shall be in writing, shall state the date, time, and place o…
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(a) Notice of sale of an interest in real property shall be in writing, shall state the date, time, …
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Notice of sale of an interest in real property, other than a leasehold estate with an unexpired term…
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A notice of sale shall contain the substance of the following statement: “Prospective bidders should…
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(a) In addition to the notice of sale required by this article, the levying officer shall, at the ti…
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In addition to the notice of sale required by this article, the judgment creditor may advertise the …
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(a) Failure to give notice of sale as required by this article does not invalidate the sale. (b) A l…
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(a) A sale of property shall be held at the date, time, and place specified in the notice of sale, w…
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The judgment debtor and judgment creditor together may request in writing that a sale be postponed t…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the purchaser at a sale shall pay in cash or by ce…
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If the highest bidder does not pay the amount bid as prescribed by Section 701.590: (a) The levying …
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The levying officer may not be a purchaser or have an interest in any purchase at a sale.
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(a) Property may not be sold unless the amount bid exceeds the total of the following amounts: (1) T…
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If property is sold pursuant to this article, the lien under which it is sold, any liens subordinate…
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The purchaser of property at an execution sale acquires any interest of the judgment debtor in the p…
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(a) When the purchaser of personal property pays the amount due: (1) If the property is capable of m…
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When the purchaser of an interest in real property pays the amount due to the levying officer, inclu…
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The certificate of sale or deed of sale shall contain all of the following: (a) The title of the cou…
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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), a sale of property pursuant to this arti…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, the levying officer shall distribute the proceeds of sale o…
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(a) Promptly after a sale or collection under this title, the levying officer shall distribute the p…
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(a) If there are conflicting claims to all or a portion of the proceeds of sale or collection known …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) The exemptions provided by this chapter or by any other…
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(a) The exemptions provided by this chapter apply only to property of a natural person. (b) The exem…
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(a) An exemption for property that is described in this chapter or in any other statute as exempt ma…
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A purported contractual or other prior waiver of the exemptions provided by this chapter or by any o…
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(a) The determination whether property is exempt or the amount of an exemption shall be made by appl…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that generally persons who enter into contracts do not do so …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) The exemptions provided by this chapter or by any other…
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(a) Subject to any limitation provided in the particular exemption, a fund that is exempt remains ex…
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If a judgment creditor has failed to oppose a claim of exemption within the time allowed by Section …
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the determination whether property is exempt shall be made under the…
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If the judgment debtor is married: (a) The exemptions provided by this chapter or by any other statu…
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In determining an exemption based upon the needs of the judgment debtor and the spouse and dependent…
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Pursuant to the authority of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 522 of Title 11 of the Unite…
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(a) In a case under Title 11 of the United States Code, all of the exemptions provided by this chapt…
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(a) On April 1, 2004, and at each three-year interval ending on April 1 thereafter, the dollar amoun…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, property that has been levied upon may be claimed to be…
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(a) The claimant may make a claim of exemption by filing with the levying officer, either in person …
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(a) If property is claimed as exempt pursuant to a provision exempting property to the extent necess…
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Promptly after the filing of the claim of exemption, the levying officer shall serve both of the fol…
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(a) Within 15 days after service of the notice of claim of exemption, a judgment creditor who oppose…
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The notice of opposition to the claim of exemption shall be executed under oath and shall include bo…
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(a) (1) The hearing on the motion shall be held not later than 30 days from the date the notice of m…
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(a) The claim of exemption and notice of opposition to the claim of exemption do not constitute an a…
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If the court extends the time allowed for an act to be done under this article, written notice of th…
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An appeal lies from any order made under this article.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or ordered by the court, the levying officer shall not r…
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(a) Any combination of the following is exempt in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars …
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(a) Household furnishings, appliances, provisions, wearing apparel, and other personal effects are e…
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Material that in good faith is about to be applied to the repair or improvement of a residence is ex…
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Jewelry, heirlooms, and works of art are exempt to the extent that the aggregate equity therein does…
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(a) Health aids reasonably necessary to enable the judgment debtor or the spouse or a dependent of t…
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(a) Tools, implements, instruments, materials, uniforms, furnishings, books, equipment, one commerci…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Earnings withholding order” means an earnings withholding order un…
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(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Deposit account” means a deposit account in which payment…
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(a) The funds of a judgment debtor confined in a prison or facility under the jurisdiction of the De…
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(a) Unmatured life insurance policies (including endowment and annuity policies), but not the loan v…
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Money held in an account owned by the judgment debtor and established pursuant to the Golden State S…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Public entity” means the state, or a city, city and county, county…
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Alimony, support, and separate maintenance, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of th…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “vacation credits” means vacation credits accumulated by a state employ…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service of an earnings assignment order for support,…
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(a) As used in this section, “retirement plan” means: (1) Private retirement plans, including, but n…
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(a) Contributions by workers payable to the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund and by employe…
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(a) Before payment, benefits from a disability or health insurance policy or program are exempt with…
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(a) Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 708.410) of Chapter 6, a cause of actio…
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(a) Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 708.410) of Chapter 6, a cause of actio…
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(a) Except as provided by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4900) of Part 3 of Division 4 of the La…
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Before payment, aid provided pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare a…
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Before payment, relocation benefits for displacement from a dwelling which are to be paid pursuant t…
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(a) As used in this section, “institution of higher education” means “institution of higher educatio…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Cemetery” has the meaning provided by Section 7003 of the Health a…
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Property that is not subject to enforcement of a money judgment is exempt without making a claim.
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(a) Money in the judgment debtor’s deposit account in an amount equal to or less than the minimum ba…
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Money in a judgment debtor’s deposit account that is not otherwise exempt under this chapter is exem…
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Money provided to the judgment debtor by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is exempt wi…
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(a) A one-time lump-sum payment made from a HOPE trust account, as defined in subdivision (a) of Sec…
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As used in this article: (a) “Dwelling” means a place where a person resides and may include but is …
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(a) A homestead is exempt from sale under this division to the extent provided in Section 704.800. (…
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(a) The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following: (1) The countywide median…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the interest of a natural person in a dwelling may not be…
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(a) Promptly after a dwelling is levied upon (other than a dwelling described in subdivision (b) of …
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The judgment creditor’s application shall be made under oath, shall describe the dwelling, and shall…
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(a) Upon the filing of the application by the judgment creditor, the court shall set a time and plac…
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(a) The burden of proof at the hearing is determined in the following manner: (1) If the records of …
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(a) This section applies in any case where the court makes an order for sale of the dwelling upon a …
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(a) If no bid is received at a sale of a homestead pursuant to a court order for sale that exceeds t…
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Levy on a homestead that is subject to a lien or encumbrance is not by itself grounds for accelerati…
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If the dwelling is owned by the judgment debtor as a joint tenant or tenant in common or if the inte…
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The provisions of Sections 703.590 and 703.600 apply to proceedings under this article.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the judgment creditor is entitled to recover reasonable c…
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(a) The levying officer shall distribute the proceeds of sale of a homestead in the following order:…
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As used in this article: (a) “Declared homestead” means the dwelling described in a homestead declar…
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A dwelling in which an owner or spouse of an owner resides may be selected as a declared homestead p…
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(a) A homestead declaration recorded pursuant to this article shall contain all of the following: (1…
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A homestead declaration does not restrict or limit any right to convey or encumber the declared home…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a judgment lien on real property created pursuan…
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(a) If a declared homestead is voluntarily sold, the proceeds of sale are exempt in the amount provi…
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If a homestead declaration is recorded prior to the operative date of an amendment to Section 704.73…
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Whether or not a homestead declaration has been recorded: (a) Nothing in this article affects the ri…
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(a) A declared homestead may be abandoned by a declaration of abandonment under this section, whethe…
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(a) A declared homestead is abandoned by operation of law as to a declared homestead owner if the de…
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(a) The protection of the declared homestead from any creditor having an attachment lien, execution …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Wage Garnishment Law.”
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Disposable earnings” means the portion of an individual’s earnings tha…
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Except for an earning assignment order for support, the earnings of an employee shall not be require…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a levy of execution upon the earnings of an emplo…
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(a) A judgment creditor shall not enforce an earnings withholding order beyond the period of enforce…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: (a) An employer shall comply with the first earnings w…
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(a) The amount required to satisfy an earnings withholding order is the total amount required to sat…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount required to be withheld pursuant to an earning…
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(a) The levying officer shall receive and account for all amounts paid by the employer pursuant to S…
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If the judgment pursuant to which the earnings withholding order is issued is satisfied before the o…
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(a) “Final earnings withholding order for costs and interest” means an earnings withholding order fo…
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Service of an earnings withholding order creates a lien upon the earnings of the judgment debtor tha…
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(a) A “withholding order for support” is an earnings withholding order issued on a writ of execution…
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(a) Nothing in this chapter affects an earnings assignment order for support. (b) An earnings assign…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute: (1) If withholding under an earnings withholding order …
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If the writ is returned before the earnings withholding order terminates, on termination of the earn…
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The employer may deduct from the earnings of the employee the sum of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the maximum amount of disposable earnings of an in…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “family of the judgment debtor” includes the spouse or former …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), one-half of the disposable earnings (as defined by Sectio…
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As used in this article: (a) “State” means the State of California and includes any officer, departm…
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This chapter does not limit the state’s right to collect a state tax liability except that (a) no le…
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(a) A “withholding order for taxes” is an earnings withholding order issued pursuant to this article…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of this chapter govern the procedures a…
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(a) The state may itself issue a withholding order for taxes under this section to collect a state t…
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(a) This section applies to any withholding order for taxes issued under this article. (b) Together …
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(a) A withholding order for taxes may be issued pursuant to this section requiring the employer of t…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), an employer upon whom a withholding order for taxes is served shall …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the employer shall not withhold pursuant to a withholding…
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Service of a withholding order for taxes or of any other notice or document required under this chap…
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Except for the forms referred to in Section 706.076, the state shall prescribe the form of any order…
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No review of the taxpayer’s tax liability shall be permitted in any court proceedings under this cha…
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Where a warrant, notice of levy, or notice or order to withhold is served on the employer to enforce…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council may provide by rule for the practic…
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(a) An earnings withholding order shall be served by the levying officer upon the employer by delive…
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(a) If a writ of execution has been issued to the county where the judgment debtor’s employer is to …
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(a) The levying officer shall serve upon the designated employer all of the following: (1) The origi…
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Any employer who is served with an earnings withholding order shall: (a) Deliver to the judgment deb…
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(a) A judgment debtor may claim an exemption under Section 706.051 under either of the following cir…
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No findings are required in court proceedings under this chapter.
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(a) If a writ of execution has been issued to the county where the judgment debtor’s employer is to …
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An earnings withholding order may not be issued against the earnings of the spouse of the judgment d…
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Except as provided in Section 706.081, the Judicial Council shall prescribe the form of the applicat…
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The “application for issuance of earnings withholding order” shall be executed under oath and shall …
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The “notice to employee of earnings withholding order” shall contain a statement that informs the em…
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The “judgment debtor’s claim of exemption” shall be executed under oath. The claim of exemption shal…
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The “judgment debtor’s financial statement” shall be executed as provided in Section 703.530 and con…
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The “earnings withholding order” shall include all of the following: (a) The name, address, and, if …
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(a) The “employer’s return” shall be executed under oath. The form for the return provided to the em…
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(a) The Judicial Council shall prepare “employer’s instructions” for employers and revise or supplem…
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The “judgment creditor’s notice of opposition to the claim of exemption” shall be executed under oat…
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The levying officer shall have copies of the forms for the “judgment debtor’s claim of exemption” an…
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The Judicial Council may perform all acts required by the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Divisio…
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If an employer withholds earnings pursuant to this chapter and, with the intent to defraud either th…
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(a) No employer shall defer or accelerate any payment of earnings to an employee with the intent to …
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(a) If an employer fails to withhold or to pay over the amount the employer is required to withhold …
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(a) Except as provided in this section and in subdivision (b) of Section 708.020, the procedure in t…
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(a) The judgment creditor may propound written interrogatories to the judgment debtor, in the manner…
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(a) The judgment creditor may demand that any judgment debtor produce and permit the party making th…
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(a) The judgment creditor may apply to the proper court for an order requiring the judgment debtor t…
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(a) This section applies to an application pursuant to Section 708.110 by a judgment creditor with a…
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(a) Upon ex parte application by a judgment creditor who has a money judgment and proof by the judgm…
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(a) Witnesses may be required to appear and testify before the court or referee in an examination pr…
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(a) The examination proceedings authorized by this article may be conducted by a referee appointed b…
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(a) (1) If a corporation, partnership, association, trust, limited liability company, or other organ…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the proper court for examination of a person under…
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(a) If an order requiring a person to appear for an examination under subdivision (e) of Section 708…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a third person examined pursuant to Section 708.120 claims an int…
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The court may permit a person claiming an interest in the property or debt sought to be applied in a…
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In any proceeding under this article, the court may, on motion of the person to be examined or on it…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the conclusion of a proceeding pursuant to this articl…
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If a third person has possession or control of property in which the judgment debtor has an interest…
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The judgment debtor shall be joined in an action brought pursuant to this article but is not an indi…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an action shall be commenced pursuant to this article bef…
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The judgment creditor may apply to the court in which an action under this article is pending for ei…
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Service of summons on the third person creates a lien on the interest of the judgment debtor in the …
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(a) In an action brought pursuant to this article, the judgment debtor may claim that all or any por…
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There is no right to a jury trial in an action under this article.
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(a) The court shall determine any exemption claim made in the action. If the judgment debtor establi…
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Costs incurred by or taxed against the judgment creditor in an action under this article may not be …
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If a money judgment is rendered against a partner or member but not against the partnership or limit…
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(a) A lien on a judgment debtor’s interest in a partnership or limited liability company is created …
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(a) A judgment creditor who has a money judgment against a judgment debtor who is a party to a pendi…
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The notice of lien under Section 708.410 shall contain all of the following: (a) A statement that a …
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(a) The court in which the action or special proceeding is pending may permit a judgment creditor wh…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 708.410, unless the judgment creditor’s money j…
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(a) If a lien is created under this article, the judgment debtor may claim that all or any portion o…
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(a) If a lien is created pursuant to this article, the court clerk shall endorse upon the judgment r…
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(a) If the judgment debtor is entitled to money or property under the judgment in the action or spec…
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A lien created under this article may be enforced by any applicable procedure: (a) After the judgmen…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, upon application of the judgment creditor on noticed motion…
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(a) When an application is made pursuant to Section 708.510 or thereafter, the judgment creditor may…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the effect and priority of an assignment ordered pursuant…
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The rights of an obligor are not affected by an order assigning the right to payment until notice of…
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(a) The judgment debtor may claim that all or a portion of the right to payment is exempt from enfor…
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(a) Either the judgment creditor or the judgment debtor may apply to the court on noticed motion for…
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The provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 564) and Chapter 5a (commencing with Section 57…
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The court may appoint a receiver to enforce the judgment where the judgment creditor shows that, con…
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(a) The judgment debtor’s interest in an alcoholic beverage license may be applied to the satisfacti…
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As used in this article: (a) “Local public entity” means any public entity other than the state. (b)…
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(a) If a public entity owes money to the judgment debtor, the obligation of the public entity may be…
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(a) If money is owing and unpaid to the judgment debtor by a public entity, the judgment creditor ma…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), if money is owing and unpaid to the judgment debtor by a …
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If money is owing and unpaid to the judgment debtor by a public entity other than a state agency, th…
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(a) Upon compliance with this section, the lien of a judgment creditor pursuant to this article is c…
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(a) If the judgment debtor named in the abstract or certified copy of the judgment filed pursuant to…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), promptly after deposit with the court by the public entit…
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After the expiration of the period allowed for claiming an exemption under Section 708.770 if no exe…
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(a) Filing of the abstract or certified copy of the judgment and the affidavit pursuant to this arti…
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(a) The judgment creditor upon filing the abstract or certified copy of the judgment and the affidav…
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No public officer or employee is liable for failure to perform a duty imposed by this article unless…
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Except as to sums due and unpaid under a judgment for support, nothing in this article authorizes th…
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As used in this article, “franchise” means a franchise granted by a public entity and all the rights…
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(a) The court may, in its discretion, order a franchise applied to the satisfaction of a money judgm…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an order for application of a franchise to the …
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(a) As used in this section, “trust” has the meaning provided in Section 82 of the Probate Code. (b)…
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The judgment creditor may apply to the court on noticed motion for an order applying to the satisfac…
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Property in a guardianship or conservatorship estate is not subject to enforcement of a money judgme…
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After entry of a judgment for possession or sale of property, a writ of possession or sale shall be …
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A writ of possession or sale issued pursuant to this division shall require the levying officer to w…
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(a) Upon delivery of the writ of possession or sale to the levying officer to whom the writ is direc…
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(a) A writ of possession or sale may be enforced as a writ of execution to satisfy any money judgmen…
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The return of a writ of possession or sale is governed by Section 699.560 (return of writ of executi…
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The court may appoint a receiver pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 708.610) of Chapter …
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Except as provided in Section 695.050, a judgment against a public entity is enforceable under this …
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(a) A judgment for possession of personal property may be enforced by a writ of possession of person…
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(a) To execute the writ of possession of personal property, the levying officer shall search for the…
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(a) After entry of a judgment for possession of personal property, and whether or not a writ of poss…
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(a) A judgment for possession of real property may be enforced by a writ of possession of real prope…
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To execute the writ of possession of real property: (a) The levying officer shall serve a copy of th…
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The disposition of personal property remaining on the real property after the judgment creditor is p…
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(a) A registered process server may execute the writ of possession of real property as provided in s…
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Except with respect to enforcement of a judgment for money, a writ of possession issued pursuant to …
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(a) A judgment for sale of real or personal property may be enforced by a writ of sale issued pursua…
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To execute the writ of sale, the levying officer shall: (a) Levy upon the property described in the …
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(a) If a writ of sale is issued, the judgment creditor may apply to the court ex parte, or on notice…
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A judgment not otherwise enforceable pursuant to this title may be enforced by personally serving a …
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the const…
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“Creditor” means the judgment creditor or, in the case of a levy under a writ of attachment or preju…
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“Debtor” means the judgment debtor or, in the case of a levy under a writ of attachment or prejudgme…
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A third person claiming ownership or the right to possession of property may make a third-party clai…
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A person making a third-party claim under this chapter shall file the claim with the levying officer…
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(a) The third-party claim shall be executed under oath and shall contain all of the following: (1) T…
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(a) Not later than five days after the third-party claim is filed with the levying officer, the levy…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a third-party claim is timely filed, the levying off…
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(a) If the creditor files with the levying officer an undertaking that satisfies the requirements of…
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(a) In a case where the third person has not filed with the levying officer an undertaking to releas…
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(a) Where personal property has been levied upon under a writ of attachment, a writ of execution, a …
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A person making a third-party claim under this chapter shall file the claim with the levying officer…
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(a) The third-party claim shall be executed under oath and shall contain all of the following: (1) T…
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(a) Not later than five days after the third-party claim is filed with the levying officer, the levy…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a third-party claim is timely filed, the levying off…
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(a) If the creditor within the time allowed under subdivision (b) of Section 720.240 either files wi…
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(a) In a case where the third person has not filed with the levying officer an undertaking to releas…
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At the time the creditor files an undertaking with the levying officer in response to a third-party …
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(a) If the levying officer receives a sufficient deposit from the creditor, the levying officer shal…
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(a) Not later than 15 days after the third-party claim is filed with the levying officer pursuant to…
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(a) At the time prescribed in subdivision (b) of Section 1005, the petitioner shall do both of the f…
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Promptly after receipt of the notice of the hearing on the third-party claim, the levying officer sh…
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If the creditor has not filed a statement with the levying officer pursuant to Section 720.280 in op…
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(a) Subject to the power of the court to permit an amendment in the interest of justice: (1) The thi…
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At a hearing on a third-party claim, the third person has the burden of proof.
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If the petition for a hearing was made by the third person, neither the petition nor the proceedings…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the court may make an order staying the sale …
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At the conclusion of the hearing, the court shall give judgment determining the validity of the thir…
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No findings are required in proceedings under this chapter.
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There is no right to a jury trial in a proceeding pursuant to this chapter.
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An appeal may be taken from a judgment given pursuant to Section 720.390.
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If property has been released pursuant to Section 720.170, 720.270, or 720.660, it may be levied upo…
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A creditor may make a demand as provided in this chapter that a secured party or lienholder file a t…
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(a) The creditor’s demand for a third-party claim by the secured party or lienholder, together with …
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The demand for a third-party claim served on a secured party or lienholder shall contain all of the …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, the levying officer may not release, sell, or otherwise dis…
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(a) If the secured party or lienholder does not file a third-party claim with the levying officer pu…
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A third person may give an undertaking to release property pursuant to this chapter in the following…
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The third person shall file the undertaking to release property with the levying officer, together w…
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(a) The undertaking to release property shall contain a description of the property to be released a…
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(a) If the undertaking to release property is filed with the levying officer at the time the third-p…
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The third person’s undertaking becomes effective when the property described therein is released pur…
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The levying officer shall release the property described in the third person’s undertaking in the ma…
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The Bond and Undertaking Law (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 995. 010) of Title 14) applies to a…
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A copy of a notice of motion objecting to an undertaking shall be filed with the levying officer.
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Unless the parties otherwise agree, the hearing on an objection to an undertaking shall be held not …
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If an undertaking has been filed with a levying officer pursuant to this division, and the undertaki…
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(a) A money judgment may be satisfied by payment of the full amount required to satisfy the judgment…
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The court clerk shall enter satisfaction of a money judgment in the register of actions when the fol…
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When a money judgment is satisfied, the judgment creditor immediately shall file with the court an a…
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If an abstract of a money judgment has been recorded with the recorder of any county and the judgmen…
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(a) If a money judgment has been satisfied, the judgment debtor, the owner of real or personal prope…
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(a) An acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment shall contain the following information: (1) The t…
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(a) If a judgment creditor intentionally conditions delivery of an acknowledgment of satisfaction of…
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In an action or proceeding maintained pursuant to this chapter, the court shall award reasonable att…
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The damages recoverable pursuant to this chapter are not in derogation of any other damages or penal…
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(a) If satisfaction of a judgment has been entered in the register of actions, the court clerk shall…
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(a) The judgment debtor or the owner of real or personal property subject to a judgment lien created…
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An acknowledgment of partial satisfaction of judgment shall be made in the same manner and by the sa…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Installment judgment” means a money judgment under which a lien may be…
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(a) If real property is subject to a judgment lien created under an installment judgment, the judgme…
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If the judgment creditor does not comply with the demand within the time allowed, the judgment debto…
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(a) If the matured installments under the installment judgment have been satisfied as of the date sp…
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(a) An acknowledgment of satisfaction of matured installments under an installment judgment shall be…
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In an action or proceeding maintained pursuant to this chapter, the court shall award reasonable att…
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(a) There can be but one form of action for the recovery of any debt or the enforcement of any right…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 726 or any other provision of law, except subdivision…
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If there be surplus money remaining, after payment of the amount due on the mortgage, lien, or incum…
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If the debt for which the mortgage, lien, or incumbrance is held is not all due, so soon as sufficie…
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(a) If the decree of foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust on real property pursuant to Section…
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Property sold subject to the right of redemption may be redeemed only by the judgment debtor or the …
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The redemption period during which property may be redeemed from a foreclosure sale under this chapt…
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the sale of a separate interest in a common in…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 701.660, when the purchaser of an interest in real property sold subject…
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If property is sold subject to the right of redemption, promptly after the sale the levying officer …
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(a) A person who seeks to redeem the property shall deposit the redemption price with the levying of…
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(a) If the purchaser and the person seeking to redeem the property disagree on the redemption price …
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(a) If the redemption price is not deposited pursuant to Section 729.060 before the expiration of th…
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(a) From the time of the sale until a redemption, the purchaser is entitled to receive from the pers…
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In all cases of foreclosure of mortgage the attorney’s fee shall be fixed by the court in which the …
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Except as otherwise provided by Section 9604 of the Commercial Code, none of the provisions of this …
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An action may be brought by any person whose property is injuriously affected, or whose personal enj…
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Whenever any person unlawfully closes any public trail, any person who uses such trail or would use …
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If a guardian, conservator, tenant for life or years, joint tenant, or tenant in common of real prop…
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Any person who cuts down or carries off any wood or underwood, tree, or timber, or girdles or otherw…
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Nothing in the last section authorizes the recovery of more than the just value of the timber taken …
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If a person recover damages for a forcible or unlawlful entry in or upon, or detention of any buildi…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a secured lender may bring an action for breach of c…
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In an action for the recovery of property, where the plaintiff shows a right to recover at the time …
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(a) As used in this section, “good faith improver” has the meaning given that term by Section 871.1.…
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The Court in which an action is pending for the recovery of real property, or for damages for an inj…
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The order must describe the property, and a copy thereof must be served on the owner or occupant; an…
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A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed a conveyance, whatever its terms, so as to enable th…
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The court may, by injunction, on good cause shown, restrain the party in possession from doing any a…
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When real property has been sold pursuant to a levy, the purchaser of the property, or any person wh…
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An action for the recovery of real property against a person in possession cannot be prejudiced by a…
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In actions respecting mining claims, proof must be admitted of the customs, usages, or regulations e…
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(a) In an action for damages by a homeowner or trustor against a beneficiary of a trust deed on real…
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(a) In an action for damages by an assignee or a successor in interest against a beneficiary of a tr…
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This chapter may be cited as the Destroyed Land Records Relief Law.
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Whenever the public records in the office of the county recorder of any county are lost or destroyed…
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Any number of separate parcels of land claimed by the plaintiff may be included in the same action.
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The action shall be commenced by the filing of a verified complaint. The party commencing the action…
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Upon the filing of the complaint, a summons shall be issued under the seal of the court. The summons…
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The summons shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in whic…
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If the affidavit provided for in Section 751.09 discloses the name of any person claiming an interes…
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A copy of the summons and a copy of the memorandum shall be posted in a conspicuous place on each se…
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At the time of filing the complaint the plaintiff shall file with it his affidavit fully and explici…
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If the affidavit discloses the name of any person claiming any interest in or lien upon the property…
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Upon the completion of the publication and posting of the summons and its service or mailing as prov…
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At any time within three months after the first publication of the summons, or such further time not…
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At the time of filing the complaint the plaintiff, and at the time of filing his or her answer every…
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Judgment in any such action shall not be given by default, but the court must require proof of the f…
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The judgment shall determine all estates, rights, titles, interests, and claims in and to such prope…
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A certified copy of the judgment shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in wh…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all rules of law relating to evidence, pleading, pract…
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At any time after the issuance of summons, any party to the action may take depositions in conformit…
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The clerk shall number all actions authorized by this chapter consecutively in a distinct series and…
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Whenever judgment in an action authorized by this chapter has been entered as to any real property, …
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An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or other person holding the possession of propert…
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The remedies provided for by this chapter are cumulative and in addition to any other remedy provide…
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Where the title to real property may be established or quieted pursuant to this chapter, any person …
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The notice shall be signed by the claimant or by his agent and shall be verified by the oath of the …
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Upon the filing of the notice for recordation the recorder shall record the notice in the same manne…
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After three days after the notice has been filed for record, all persons who may begin actions pursu…
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After three days after the filing of the notice for record, any person who begins an action pursuant…
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An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or other person holding the possession of propert…
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If the boundaries of land owned either by public or by private entities have been disturbed by earth…
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(a) An action authorized by this chapter may be commenced by: (1) A county in which lands were affec…
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An entity which is a permissive plaintiff under this chapter, may bring a separate action with respe…
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The complaint shall substantially include: (a) A statement of the facts which make the provisions of…
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Summons, publication of notice, posting and related matters and procedures shall be governed by the …
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Upon the completion of the service, publication and posting of the summons, as may be required by th…
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(a) An answer to the complaint must be served within 90 days after the first publication of the noti…
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A party to an action authorized by this chapter may file a notice of the pendency of the action in t…
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The vacating of streets, highways or other public ways within or abutting the area affected by the d…
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In an action of the type authorized by this chapter, judgment shall not be given by default, but the…
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The judgment shall: (a) Determine the land boundaries of each parcel of land located within the enti…
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In reaching the conclusions called for by Section 751.60, the court shall give effect to the changes…
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The judgment shall be conclusive with respect to land boundaries upon every entity who at the commen…
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A certified copy of the judgment shall be recorded, at the expense of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in…
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The remedies provided for by this chapter are cumulative and in addition to any other remedy provide…
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This chapter may be cited as the Cullen Earthquake Act.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Claim” includes a legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or in…
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(a) An action may be brought under this chapter to establish title against adverse claims to real or…
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(a) The remedy provided in this chapter is cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedy, form or…
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(a) The superior court has jurisdiction of actions under this chapter. (b) The court has complete ju…
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Subject to the power of the court to transfer actions, the proper county for the trial of an action …
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The statutes and rules governing practice in civil actions generally apply to actions under this cha…
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(a) An action under this chapter is commenced by filing a complaint with the court. (b) Immediately …
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The complaint shall be verified and shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the pro…
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(a) The answer shall be verified and shall set forth: (1) Any claim the defendant has. (2) Any facts…
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(a) The defendant may by cross-complaint seek affirmative relief in the action. (b) If the defendant…
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The plaintiff shall name as defendants in the action the persons having adverse claims to the title …
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(a) If the name of a person required to be named as a defendant is not known to the plaintiff, the p…
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(a) If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead and the plaintiff knows of a personal re…
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The court upon its own motion may, and upon motion of any party shall, make such orders as appear ap…
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Any person who has a claim to the property described in the complaint may appear in the proceeding. …
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(a) In addition to the persons required to be named as defendants in the action, the plaintiff may n…
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A person named and served as an unknown defendant has the same rights as are provided by law in case…
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The court upon its own motion may, and upon motion of any party shall, make such orders for appointm…
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(a) The state may be joined as a party to an action under this chapter. (b) This section does not co…
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(a) The form, content, and manner of the service of summons shall be the same as in civil actions ge…
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Whenever the court orders service by publication, the order is subject to the following conditions: …
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(a) Whenever the court orders service by publication, the publication may: (1) Name only the defenda…
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Whenever the court orders service by publication, the court before hearing the case shall require pr…
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The court shall examine into and determine the plaintiff’s title against the claims of all the defen…
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(a) If in an action under this chapter the validity or interpretation of a gift, devise, bequest, or…
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The judgment in the action is binding and conclusive on all of the following persons, regardless of …
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Except to the extent provided in Section 1908, the judgment does not affect a claim in the property …
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The relief granted in an action or proceeding directly or collaterally attacking the judgment in the…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the judgment in the action is not binding or co…
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(a) In any action brought to quiet title to land that has been subject to an agreement entered into …
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Harass” means engage in knowing and willful conduct that serv…
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A petition under this article shall state the grounds upon which relief is requested, and shall be s…
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If the court determines that the lien or other encumbrance is in violation of Section 765.010, the c…
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Any lien or encumbrance claimant who records or files, or directs another to record or file, a lawsu…
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This article does not apply to a document which acts as a claim of encumbrance by a financial instit…
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If a lien or other encumbrance is recorded or filed against a public officer or employee in violatio…
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As used in this article: (a) “Acquired” means received or taken by conveyance, judgment, decree, or …
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If property is acquired or stands of record in the name of a person who heretofore or hereafter tran…
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The proceeding shall be brought in the superior court of the county in which the property or any par…
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(a) The proceeding may be brought by a subsequent owner of the property by filing a petition with th…
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(a) The petition shall be verified in the manner provided for verification of a complaint. (b) The p…
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(a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court. (b) …
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(a) At the time fixed for the hearing or such time thereafter as may be fixed by the court, the cour…
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(a) After the decree has become final it constitutes prima facie evidence of the matters thereby det…
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If a proposal is heretofore or hereafter made to dedicate real property for public improvement, ther…
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(a) An action is authorized to clear title to real property of a proposal to dedicate the property f…
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This article applies only to lands within a city in any county with a population exceeding 4,000,000…
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As used in this article: (a) “Surface zone” means the zone which lies above a plane which is 500 fee…
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(a) If a mining rights lease, including a community lease, exists for the production of oil, gas, or…
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The court may render a judgment terminating the lessee’s right of entry or occupation of the surface…
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(a) The court may qualify the judgment terminating the surface and surface zone right of entry or oc…
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It is against public policy for any oil or gas lease, at its inception, to provide for the waiver of…
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An action may be brought to determine adverse interests in, liens or clouds upon title to real prope…
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The action may be brought as a separate action or joined as a cause with other causes of action to d…
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The complaint shall include as defendants to the action (a) all persons known to the plaintiff ownin…
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The complaint shall also include, as defendants, unknown persons owning or claiming an interest in s…
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Within ten days after the filing of the complaint, plaintiff shall file or cause to be filed in the …
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Within three years after the filing of the complaint, a summons shall be issued which shall contain …
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Within thirty days after the issuance of the summons, the plaintiff shall post, or cause to be poste…
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All known defendants shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a…
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In addition to the matters required to be set forth in the affidavit by the plaintiff for publicatio…
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All unknown defendants, including the heirs and devisees designated in the complaint, shall have the…
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On the trial of the action, the court shall determine the rights of all the parties thereto and shal…
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If the court determines that none of the defendants have any right, title, interest, lien or estate …
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If the court orders a sale of the property or a partition thereof, the same shall be made in accorda…
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The decree, after it has become final, is conclusive against all persons named in the complaint who …
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After the judgment has become final, a certified copy thereof shall be delivered to the public offic…
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The writ of sire facies is abolished.
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An action may be brought by the attorney-general, in the name of the people of this state, upon his …
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Whenever such action is brought, the Attorney General, in addition to the statement of the cause of …
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In every such action judgment may be rendered upon the right of the defendant, and also upon the rig…
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If the judgment be rendered upon the right of the person so alleged to be entitled, and the same be …
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If judgment be rendered upon the right of the person so alleged to be entitled, in favor of such per…
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When several persons claim to be entitled to the same office or franchise, one action may be brought…
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When a defendant, against whom such action has been brought, is adjudged guilty of usurping or intru…
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If the action is brought upon the information or application of a private party, the Attorney Genera…
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The action provided for in this chapter may be maintained by the board of supervisors of any county …
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(a) This chapter establishes methods and procedures for a comprehensive adjudication. (b) This chapt…
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Article 6 (commencing with Section 68630) of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Government Code applies to …
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(a) In an adjudication action for a basin required to have a groundwater sustainability plan under t…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Basin” has the same meaning as d…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter applies to actions that would comprehensivel…
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(a) In a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter, the court may determine all …
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(a) The plaintiff shall provide notice of the comprehensive adjudication to all of the following: (1…
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(a) When the plaintiff files the complaint, the plaintiff shall also lodge with the court both of th…
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(a) Within 15 days of the court order approving the notice and form answer under Section 836, the pl…
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(a) A groundwater sustainability agency for the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a c…
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(a) The state may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter. (b) …
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(a) (1) In a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter, a judge of a superior co…
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Service of pleadings and papers in a comprehensive adjudication, other than the complaint initiating…
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(a) In managing a comprehensive adjudication, the court shall do both of the following: (1) Convene …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the boundaries of the area subject to a comprehens…
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(a) Except as otherwise stipulated by the parties or ordered by the court, within six months of appe…
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(a) In addition to all other disclosures required by this chapter, a party shall disclose to the oth…
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(a) A court may require the parties in a comprehensive adjudication to submit written testimony of r…
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(a) The court may appoint one or more special masters whose duties may include the following: (1) In…
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(a) The special master shall make a draft report available to the parties and provide at least 60 da…
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(a) Upon a showing that the basin is in a condition of long-term overdraft, the court may, upon noti…
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(a) Upon the court’s own motion or the motion of any party to a comprehensive adjudication, a court …
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(a) The court shall have the authority and the duty to impose a physical solution on the parties in …
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(a) The court may enter a judgment in a comprehensive adjudication if the court finds that the judgm…
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The judgment in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be binding on …
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The court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify or amend a final judgment in a comprehensive …
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Upon the failure of a coowner of a mine or mining claim to contribute his proportionate share of the…
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The notice shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a civil act…
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If before the expiration of 90 days from the service the delinquent fails or refuses to contribute h…
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If the mine or mining claim is situated in more than one county, the petition may be filed in the su…
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The clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court and give notice of the hearing by causing …
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The court shall hear evidence for or against the petition and may order judgment on the petition ves…
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A certified copy of the decree may be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which…
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A public agency may upon the existence of any matter which under any other law is authorized to be d…
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Jurisdiction of all interested parties may be had by publication of summons pursuant to Section 6063…
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The summons shall be directed to “all persons interested in the matter of [specifying the matter],” …
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Jurisdiction shall be complete after the date specified in the summons. Any party interested may, no…
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If no proceedings have been brought by the public agency pursuant to this chapter, any interested pe…
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For purposes of this chapter, bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, and evidences of indebtedness…
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If more than one action is pending concerning similar contests which may be brought under this chapt…
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The court hearing the action shall disregard any error, irregularity, or omission which does not aff…
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Actions brought pursuant to this chapter shall be given preference over all other civil actions befo…
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(a) In the event that an action is brought by a public agency pursuant to this chapter, and that pub…
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The costs of any proceeding or action pursuant to this chapter may be allowed and apportioned betwee…
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No contest except by the public agency or its officer or agent of any thing or matter under this cha…
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(a) The judgment, if no appeal is taken, or if taken and the judgment is affirmed, shall, notwithsta…
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Any local public agency that pledges sales or retail transaction and use tax revenues received from …
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as used in this chapter, “good faith improver” means: (a) A person who makes an improvement to land …
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As used in this chapter, “person” includes an unincorporated association.
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(a) An action for relief under this chapter shall be treated as an unlimited civil case, regardless …
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The court shall not grant relief under this chapter if the court determines that exercise of the goo…
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When an action or cross-complaint is brought pursuant to Section 871.3, the court may, subject to Se…
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Nothing in this chapter affects the rules of law which determine the relief, if any, to be granted w…
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(a) This chapter does not apply where the improver is a public entity or where the improvement is ma…
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(a) In any action seeking recovery of COVID-19 rental debt, as defined in Section 1179.02, the plain…
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This chapter shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, and as of the date is repealed.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, this chapter applies to an action, brought against a manufacturer…
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(a) An action covered by Section 871.20 shall be commenced within one year after the expiration of t…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicable express warranty” mea…
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For purposes of this chapter, any reference to a manufacturer also applies to a distributor or warra…
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(a) At least 30 days prior to the commencement of an action seeking civil penalties under subdivisio…
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A remedy in compliance with this chapter shall not be contingent on the execution of any release oth…
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(a) This section only applies to a civil action seeking restitution or replacement of a motor vehicl…
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(a) This section only applies to a civil action seeking restitution or replacement of a motor vehicl…
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The duties and obligations imposed by this chapter are cumulative with duties or obligations imposed…
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(a) (1) A manufacturer may elect to be governed by this chapter for all actions described in subdivi…
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(a) Within 30 days of the effective date of the act adding this section, a manufacturer may elect to…
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As used in this title: (a) “Action” means an action for partition under this title. (b) “Lien” means…
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This title governs actions for partition of real property and, except to the extent not applicable, …
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The statutes and rules governing practice in civil actions generally apply to actions under this tit…
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Nothing in this title excuses compliance with any applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances govern…
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(a) The superior court has jurisdiction of actions under this title. (b) Subject to the power of the…
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In the conduct of the action, the court may hear and determine all motions, reports, and accounts an…
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In the conduct of the action, the court may issue temporary restraining orders and injunctions, with…
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The court may, in all cases, order allowance, accounting, contribution, or other compensatory adjust…
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(a) A partition action may be commenced and maintained by any of the following persons: (1) A coowne…
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If it is necessary to have a title report: (a) The plaintiff may, prior to commencing the action, pr…
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The complaint shall set forth: (a) A description of the property that is the subject of the action. …
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Real and personal property may be partitioned in one action.
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(a) Immediately upon filing the complaint, the plaintiff shall record a notice of the pendency of th…
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(a) The form, content, and manner of service of summons shall be as in civil actions generally. (b) …
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Where the court orders service by publication, such order shall be subject to the following conditio…
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(a) Where the court orders service by publication, the publication may: (1) Name only the defendants…
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The answer shall set forth: (a) Any interest the defendant has or claims in the property. (b) Any fa…
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Where the defendant has or claims a lien on the property, the answer shall set forth the date and ch…
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The answer may set forth any claim the defendant has for contribution or other compensatory adjustme…
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The plaintiff shall join as defendants in the action all persons having or claiming interests of rec…
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(a) If the name of a person described in Section 872.510 is not known to the plaintiff, the plaintif…
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(a) If a person described in Section 872.510 is dead and the plaintiff knows of a personal represent…
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Where property is subject to a lease, community lease, unit agreement, or other pooling arrangement …
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Where partition is sought as to all interests in the property, the plaintiff may join as defendants …
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The interests of the parties, plaintiff as well as defendant, may be put in issue, tried, and determ…
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To the extent necessary to grant the relief sought or other appropriate relief, the court shall upon…
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(a) To the extent necessary to grant the relief sought or other appropriate relief, the court shall …
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Where two or more parties are unknown, the court may consider their interests together in the action…
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(a) At the trial, the court shall determine whether the plaintiff has the right to partition. (b) Ex…
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(a) If the court finds that the plaintiff is entitled to partition, it shall make an interlocutory j…
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To the extent that the court determines that the provisions of this title are a suitable remedy, suc…
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The court shall order that the property be divided among the parties in accordance with their intere…
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Notwithstanding Section 872.810, the court shall order that the property be sold and the proceeds be…
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If, in making a determination whether sale would be more equitable than division of the property, th…
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(a) Where the property or an interest therein is subject to an express trust, the court may, in its …
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(a) The court shall appoint a referee to divide or sell the property as ordered by the court. (b) Th…
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The court in its discretion may appoint a referee for sale and a referee for division, or may appoin…
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(a) The court may, with the consent of the parties, appoint three referees to divide or sell the pro…
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(a) The court shall appoint as referee under this title any person or persons to whose appointment a…
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None of the following persons shall be appointed a referee under this title: (a) A clerk or deputy c…
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The referee may perform any acts necessary to exercise the authority conferred by this title or by o…
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The referee or any party may, on noticed motion, petition the court for instructions concerning the …
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(a) In selling or dividing the property, the referee may, if it will be for the advantage of those i…
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Subject to the limitations of this article, the court may: (a) Authorize or approve contracts of the…
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(a) The referee may employ an attorney only with the approval of the court pursuant to Section 873.1…
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The referee may, with the approval of the court pursuant to Section 873.110, employ a surveyor with …
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The referee may, with the approval of the court pursuant to Section 873.110, employ an auctioneer, a…
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A contract for the services of an attorney, surveyor, auctioneer, or other third person may provide …
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The referee is not personally liable on contracts made, or for expenses incurred, except as such lia…
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The referee appointed by the court to make a division of the property shall divide the property and …
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As far as practical, and to the extent it can be done without material injury to the rights of the o…
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Where prior to the commencement of the action a party has executed a deed purporting to convey to a …
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Where real property consists of more than one distinct lot or parcel, the property shall be divided …
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(a) Where division cannot be made equally among the parties according to their interests without pre…
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Where a lien is on an undivided interest of a party, the lien shall, upon division of the property, …
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Where the court has determined the combined interests of two or more unknown parties, the entire por…
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(a) The referee shall file with the court a report of the referee’s proceedings and give written not…
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(a) Any party, upon notice to the other parties who have appeared, may move the court to confirm, mo…
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The referee appointed by the court to make a sale of the property shall sell the property in the man…
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The property shall be sold at public auction or private sale as the court determines will be more be…
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Part of the property may be sold at public auction and part at private sale if it appears that to do…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the court shall order sale by such methods and up…
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(a) The court may, at the time of trial or thereafter, prescribe such manner, terms, and conditions …
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(a) Unless the interests and rights of the parties will be materially prejudiced thereby, the court …
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The court may: (a) Direct a sale on credit for the property or any part thereof. (b) Prescribe such …
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(a) Notice of the sale of real or personal property shall be given in the manner required for notice…
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(a) The court shall prescribe the contents of the notice of sale, which shall include a description …
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(a) The court may order securities listed on an established stock or bond exchange, and personal pro…
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(a) A sale at public auction to the highest bidder shall be held in the county in which the action i…
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(a) A sale at private sale shall not be made before the day specified in the notice of sale but shal…
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(a) The following persons shall not purchase property sold in the action directly or indirectly: (1)…
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(a) Upon making a sale of property, the referee shall report the sale to the court. (b) The referee’…
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(a) A purchaser, the referee, or any party may move the court to confirm or set aside the sale. (b) …
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(a) At the hearing, the court shall examine the report and witnesses in relation to the report. (b) …
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(a) If at the hearing under Section 873.730 a responsible bidder makes a written increased offer tha…
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The amount of agents’ commissions on the sale, if any, shall be fixed by the court and divided or li…
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(a) Upon confirmation of a sale, the court shall order the referee to execute a conveyance or other …
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If the purchaser, after the confirmation of the sale, fails to pay the sale price, the purchaser is …
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Where the purchaser is a party or lienholder entitled to a share of the proceeds of sale, the refere…
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The court may make orders relating to the closing of a sale after confirmation, including escrow and…
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(a) Upon fulfillment of the terms of sale, the referee shall execute a conveyance or other instrumen…
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The court shall order the proceeds of sale and any security therefor to be paid, transferred, deposi…
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The proceeds of sale for any property sold shall be applied in the following order: (a) Payment of t…
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Where a part only of the property is sold, a tenant for life or years in an undivided share of the w…
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(a) The court shall ascertain the proportion of the proceeds of sale that will be a just and reasona…
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When the proceeds of the sale belonging to persons who are parties to the action, whether known or u…
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When the interests of all parties are undisputed or have been adjudicated, the parties may agree upo…
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The agreement shall be in writing filed with the clerk of court and shall include: (a) A description…
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(a) Any party to the agreement may, upon noticed motion, apply to the court for approval of the agre…
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The court shall appoint one referee or, if provided in the agreement, three referees to appraise the…
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Any party to the agreement or the referee, upon 10 days’ notice to the referee if the referee is not…
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At the hearing, the court shall examine the report and witnesses. If the court determines that the p…
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The agreement binds the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of the parties. In…
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The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and if, for default or other cause, interests are not …
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The costs of partition include: (a) Reasonable attorney’s fees incurred or paid by a party for the c…
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The costs of partition include reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, necessarily incurred …
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Where disbursements have been made by a party under the direction of the court, interest at the lega…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the court shall apportion the costs of partition among…
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(a) The court may order that the share of the costs apportioned to a future interest be paid by othe…
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(a) The costs of partition as apportioned by the court may be ordered paid in whole or in part prior…
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(a) The costs shall be a lien on the share of the party specified. (b) A lien imposed by this sectio…
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Upon application of a person entitled to a lien imposed under this article and upon a showing of goo…
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A judgment for unpaid costs of partition may be enforced by the person entitled to the costs in the …
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The judgment in the action is binding and conclusive on all of the following: (a) All persons known …
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Except to the extent provided in Section 1908, the judgment does not affect a claim in the property …
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A conveyance or transfer pursuant to Sections 873.750 and 873.790 or Section 873.960 is binding and …
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(a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Partition of Real Property Act. (b) This act a…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Determination of value” means a …
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(a) In an action to partition real property, the property shall be partitioned under this chapter un…
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(a) This act does not limit or affect the method by which service of a complaint in a partition acti…
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If the court appoints referees pursuant to Section 873.010, each referee, in addition to any other r…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the court shall determine the fair mar…
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(a) If any cotenant requested partition by sale, the court shall, after the determination of value u…
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(a) If all the interests of all cotenants that requested partition by sale are not purchased by othe…
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(a) In determining whether partition in kind would result in great prejudice to the cotenants as a g…
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(a) If the court orders a sale of property, the sale shall be an open-market sale unless the court f…
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(a) A broker appointed to offer property for open-market sale shall file a report with the court not…
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In an action for partition of property, the court may apportion the costs of partition, including an…
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This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce …
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(a) Where a money judgment has been rendered jointly against two or more defendants in a tort action…
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(a) The pro rata share of each tortfeasor judgment debtor shall be determined by dividing the entire…
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Where a release, dismissal with or without prejudice, or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce jud…
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(a) Where an agreement or covenant is made which provides for a sliding scale recovery agreement bet…
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(a) (1) Any party to an action in which it is alleged that two or more parties are joint tortfeasors…
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Judgment for contribution may be entered by one tortfeasor judgment debtor against other tortfeasor …
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If any provision of this title or the application thereof to any person is held invalid, such invali…
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This title shall become effective as to causes of action accruing on or after January 1, 1958.
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This chapter governs contribution among joint judgment debtors other than joint tortfeasors.
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If two or more judgment debtors are jointly liable on a money judgment: (a) A judgment debtor who ha…
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(a) A judgment debtor entitled to compel contribution or repayment pursuant to this chapter may appl…
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A judgment or order in a civil action or proceeding may be reviewed as prescribed in this title. The…
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Any party aggrieved may appeal in the cases prescribed in this title. A party appealing is known as …
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In any case in which a notice was required pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 664.5, the Attorne…
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In the event of the death of any person who would, if still alive, have a right of appeal, either th…
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An appeal may be taken in a civil action or proceeding as provided in Sections 904.1, 904.2, 904.3, …
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(a) An appeal, other than in a limited civil case, is to the court of appeal. An appeal, other than …
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An appeal of a ruling by a superior court judge or other judicial officer in a limited civil case is…
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An appeal shall not be taken from a judgment of the appellate division of a superior court granting …
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Appeals from the small claims division of a superior court shall be governed by the Small Claims Act…
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Upon an appeal pursuant to Section 904.1 or 904.2, the reviewing court may review the verdict or dec…
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When it appears to the reviewing court that the appeal was frivolous or taken solely for delay, it m…
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When the judgment or order is reversed or modified, the reviewing court may direct that the parties …
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In all cases where trial by jury is not a matter of right or where trial by jury has been waived, th…
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A court of appeal may order any case on appeal to a superior court in its district transferred to it…
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Upon final determination of an appeal by the reviewing court, the clerk of the court shall remit to …
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The dismissal of an appeal shall be with prejudice to the right to file another appeal within the ti…
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When the right to a phonographic report has not been waived and when it shall be impossible to have …
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 917.1 to 917.10, inclusive, and in Section 116.810, the perfectin…
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(a) Unless an undertaking is given, the perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the ju…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order of the trial court i…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial court i…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial court i…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial court i…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial court i…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay proceedings as to those provisions of a judgment or order…
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The perfecting of an appeal does not stay proceedings, in the absence of an order of the trial court…
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(a) The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in cases not pro…
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(a) The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial cou…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order in the trial court i…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of a right to attach order unless an undertak…
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The perfecting of an appeal shall not stay enforcement of the judgment or order of the trial court a…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the trial court may stay the enforcement of any judgment or order. (…
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(a) The trial court may, in its discretion, stay the enforcement of a judgment or order if the judgm…
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The trial court may, in its discretion, dispense with or limit the security required by any section …
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An appeal by a party who has levied an attachment shall not continue in force the attachment, unless…
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If an undertaking required or permitted by this title is objected to by the respondent and the court…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not limit the power of a reviewing court or of a judge thereof …
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An appeal from any judgment or order in any civil commitment or other proceeding wherein the appella…
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When a judgment is recovered against one or more of several persons, jointly indebted upon an obliga…
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The summons specified in Section 989 shall be issued by the clerk upon presentation of the affidavit…
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The summons must be accompanied by an affidavit of the plaintiff, his agent, representative, or atto…
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Upon such summons, the defendant may answer within the time specified therein, denying the judgment,…
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If the defendant, in his answer, denies the judgment, or sets up any defense which may have arisen s…
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The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Bond and Undertaking Law.
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(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to a bond or undertaking executed, filed, posted, furnished…
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If service of a notice, paper, or other document is required under this chapter, service shall be ma…
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An affidavit made under this chapter shall conform to the standards prescribed for an affidavit made…
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The times provided in this chapter, or in any other statute relating to a bond given in an action or…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the const…
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(a) “Admitted surety insurer” means a corporate insurer or a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange t…
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(a) “Beneficiary” means the person for whose benefit a bond is given, whether executed to, in favor …
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(a) “Bond” includes both of the following: (1) A surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or like bond executed…
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“Court” means, if a bond is given in an action or proceeding, the court in which the action or proce…
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“Officer” means the sheriff, marshal, clerk of court, judge or magistrate (if there is no clerk), bo…
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(a) “Principal” means the person who gives a bond. (b) For the purpose of application of this chapte…
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“Statute” includes administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to statute.
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(a) “Surety” has the meaning provided in Section 2787 of the Civil Code and includes personal surety…
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“Undertaking” means a surety, indemnity, fiduciary, or like undertaking executed by the sureties alo…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires: (a) If a statute provides for a bond, an underta…
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Notwithstanding any other statute, if a statute provides for a bond in an action or proceeding, incl…
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The beneficiary of a bond given in an action or proceeding may in writing consent to the bond in an …
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The court may, in its discretion, waive a provision for a bond in an action or proceeding and make s…
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If a statute allows costs to a party in an action or proceeding, the costs shall include all of the …
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If a bond is recorded pursuant to statute, a certified copy of the record of the bond with all affid…
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Unless the statute providing for the bond requires execution by an admitted surety insurer, a bond s…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any bond required on a public works contract, as def…
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(a) A bond shall be in writing signed by the sureties under oath and shall include all of the follow…
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A bond or undertaking given in an action or proceeding may be in the following form: “(Title of cour…
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If a bond is given in an action or proceeding: (a) The bond shall be filed with the court unless the…
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(a) Upon the filing of a bond with the court in an action or proceeding, the clerk shall enter in th…
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A bond given in an action or proceeding may be withdrawn from the file and returned to the principal…
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At the time a bond is given, the principal shall serve a copy of the bond on the beneficiary. An aff…
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(a) If a bond does not contain the substantial matter or conditions required by this chapter or by t…
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(a) A bond becomes effective without approval unless the statute providing for the bond requires tha…
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(a) Unless the statute providing for a bond provides that the bond becomes effective at a different …
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A bond remains in force and effect until the earliest of the following events: (a) The sureties with…
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A bond given as a condition of a license or permit shall be continuous in form, remain in full force…
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(a) A personal surety on a bond is sufficient if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) …
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(a) A bond executed by personal sureties shall be accompanied by an affidavit of qualifications of e…
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(a) If a statute provides for a bond with any number of sureties, one sufficient admitted surety ins…
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Two or more admitted surety insurers may be sureties on a bond by executing the same or separate bon…
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An admitted surety insurer shall be accepted or approved by the court or officer as surety on a bond…
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Upon review of the Internet Web site of the Department of Insurance, the county clerk of any county …
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If an objection is made to the sufficiency of an admitted surety insurer, the person making the obje…
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(a) If an objection is made to the sufficiency of an admitted surety insurer on a bond or if the bon…
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(a) This section applies to a bond executed, filed, posted, furnished, or otherwise given as securit…
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Notwithstanding Sections 995.660 and 995.670, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or to the extent the statute providing for a bond preclude…
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(a) The market value of bonds or notes, including bearer bonds and bearer notes, shall be agreed upo…
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A deposit given instead of a bond has the same force and effect, is treated the same, and is subject…
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If no proceedings are pending to enforce the liability of the principal on the deposit, the officer …
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(a) The principal shall pay the amount of the liability on the deposit within 30 days after the date…
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(a) If the principal does not pay the amount of the liability on the deposit within the time prescri…
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A deposit given pursuant to this article shall be returned to the principal at the earliest of the f…
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The provisions of this article apply to a bond executed to, in favor of, in the name of, or payable …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, a bond given by an officer of the court for the faithful di…
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If a statute or court order pursuant thereto providing for a bond does not specify the beneficiary o…
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If a bond under this article is given in an action or proceeding: (a) The bond shall be approved by …
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(a) The liability on a bond under this article may be enforced by or for the benefit of, and in the …
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This article governs objections to a bond given in an action or proceeding.
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The beneficiary may object to a bond on any of the following grounds: (a) The sureties are insuffici…
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(a) An objection shall be in writing and shall be made by noticed motion. The notice of motion shall…
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If a ground for the objection is that the value of property or an interest in property on which the …
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(a) Unless the parties otherwise agree, the hearing on an objection shall be held not less than two …
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(a) Upon the hearing, the court shall make an order determining the sufficiency or insufficiency of …
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(a) If a bond is given in an action or proceeding, the court may determine that the bond is or has f…
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(a) If a bond is given other than in an action or proceeding and it is shown by affidavit of a credi…
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(a) The court if a bond is given or ordered in an action or proceeding, or the officer if a bond is …
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(a) A surety on a bond given in an action or proceeding may at any time apply to the court for an or…
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Upon the hearing of the application, the court shall determine whether injury to the beneficiary wou…
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(a) If a substitute surety is given, the substitute surety is subject to all the provisions of this …
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If the principal does not give a sufficient substitute surety within the time ordered by the court o…
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If a surety is ordered released from liability on a bond: (a) The bond remains in full force and eff…
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(a) The principal shall give a new, additional, or supplemental bond if the court or officer orders …
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(a) A new, additional, or supplemental bond shall be in the same form and have the same obligation a…
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A new, additional, or supplemental bond is subject to all the provisions applicable to the original …
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If a new bond is given in place of the original bond: (a) The original bond remains in full force an…
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(a) An additional or supplemental bond does not discharge or affect the original bond. The original …
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This article governs cancellation of or withdrawal of a surety from a bond given other than in an ac…
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A surety may cancel or withdraw from a bond by giving a notice of cancellation or withdrawal to the …
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Cancellation or withdrawal of a surety is effective at the earliest of the following times: (a) Thir…
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(a) If the principal does not give a new bond within 30 days after notice of cancellation or withdra…
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If the withdrawal of a surety does not reduce the amount of the bond or the number of sureties below…
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If a surety cancels or withdraws from a bond: (a) The bond remains in full force and effect for all …
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(a) The beneficiary may enforce the liability on a bond against both the principal and sureties. (b)…
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(a) A surety on a bond given in an action or proceeding submits itself to the jurisdiction of the co…
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(a) The liability on a bond may be enforced by civil action. Both the principal and the sureties sha…
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(a) If a bond is given in an action or proceeding, the liability on the bond may be enforced on moti…
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No provision in a bond is valid that attempts by contract to shorten the period prescribed by Sectio…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 2845 of the Civil Code, a judgment of liability on a bond shall be in fa…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other statute other than Section 996.480, the aggregate liability of a suret…
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the liability of a surety pursuant to any other statute…
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(a) If the nature and extent of the liability of the principal is established by final judgment of a…
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(a) Payment by a surety of the amount of a bond constitutes a full discharge of all the liability of…
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A judgment of liability on a bond may be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as other…
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This article applies to proceedings for the benefit of the state to enforce the liability on a bond …
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The person enforcing the liability may file with the court in the proceedings an affidavit stating t…
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The clerk receiving the affidavit shall certify to the recorder of the county in which the real prop…
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(a) Upon receiving the certificate the county recorder shall endorse upon it the time of its receipt…
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(a) Any judgment recovered is a lien upon all real property belonging to the defendant situated in a…
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If an agreement to sell real property affected by the lien created by the filing of a certificate wa…
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(a) The costs allowed under Sections 1031 and 1032 shall be withheld or augmented as provided in thi…
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(a) It is declared to be the public policy of the State of California that prompt settlements of civ…
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A time-limited demand to settle any claim shall be in writing, be labeled as a time-limited demand o…
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(a) A claimant shall send their time-limited demand to either of the following: (1) The email addres…
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(a) The recipients of a time-limited demand may accept the demand by providing written acceptance of…
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(a) In any lawsuit filed by a claimant, or by a claimant as an assignee of the tortfeasor or by the …
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(a) This chapter shall only apply to causes of action and claims covered under automobile, motor veh…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision within a settlement agreement that prevents or restri…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision within a settlement agreement that prevents the discl…
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(a) An agreement to settle an employment dispute shall not contain a provision prohibiting, preventi…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is unconscionable for a parent, on behalf of the pare…
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Every direction of a court or judge, made or entered in writing, and not included in a judgment, is …
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Except as provided in section 166 of this code, motions must be made in the court in which the actio…
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(a) Written notice shall be given, as prescribed in subdivisions (b) and (c), for the following moti…
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A motion upon all the grounds stated in the written notice thereof is deemed to have been made and t…
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When a notice of motion is given, or an order to show cause is made returnable before a judge out of…
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(a) When an application for an order has been made to a judge, or to a court, and refused in whole o…
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Notices must be in writing, and the notice of a motion, other than for a new trial, must state when,…
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The Judicial Council may adopt rules permitting the filing of papers by facsimile transmission, both…
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(a) A document may be served electronically in an action filed with the court as provided in this se…
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The service may be personal, by delivery to the party or attorney on whom the service is required to…
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Service by mail may be made where the person on whom it is to be made resides or has his office at a…
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(a) In case of service by mail, the notice or other paper shall be deposited in a post office, mailb…
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A defendant appears in an action when the defendant answers, demurs, files a notice of motion to str…
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When a plaintiff or a defendant, who has appeared, resides out of the state, and has no attorney in …
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The foregoing provisions of this Chapter do not apply to the sevice of a summons or other process, o…
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Any summons, writ, or order in any civil suit or proceeding, and all other papers requiring service,…
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Whenever any notice or publication is required by a provision in this code or any other code or stat…
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(a) When a motion is granted or denied, unless the court otherwise orders, notice of the court’s dec…
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(a) Any notice required by law, other than those required to be given to a party to an action or to …
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Except as attorney’s fees are specifically provided for by statute, the measure and mode of compensa…
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In an action for damages against a defendant based upon that defendant’s commission of a felony offe…
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Upon motion, a court may award attorneys’ fees to a successful party against one or more opposing pa…
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Upon motion, a court after reviewing the evidence in the principal case may award attorney’s fees to…
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In any action for damages arising out of the performance of a peace officer’s duties, brought agains…
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(a) Whenever the Attorney General prevails in a civil action to enforce Section 17537.3, 22445, 2244…
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In any action to recover damages to personal or real property resulting from trespassing on lands ei…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in an action brought in the name of the people of the St…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person, including an entity, attorney, or law firm, who seeks…
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When several actions are brought on one bond, undertaking, promissory note, bill of exchange, or oth…
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The fees of referees are such reasonable sum as the court may fix for the time spent in the business…
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When an application is made to the court or referee to postpone a trial, the payment of the expenses…
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When, in an action for the recovery of money only, the defendant alleges in his answer that before t…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in an action prosecuted or defended by a personal represe…
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When the decision of a court of inferior jurisdiction in a special proceeding is brought before a co…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when the State is a party, costs shall be awarded again…
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(a) In any civil action between a small business or a licensee and a state regulatory agency, involv…
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When any county, city, district, or other public agency or entity, or any officer thereof in his off…
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(a) Whenever a complaint for damages is filed against any architect, landscape architect, engineer, …
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(a) Whenever a complaint for damages for personal injuries is filed against a physician and surgeon,…
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(a) Any unlicensed person who causes injury or damage to another person as a result of providing goo…
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(a) When the plaintiff in an action or special proceeding resides out of the state, or is a foreign …
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In actions for the recovery of wages for labor performed, where the amount of the demand, exclusive …
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(a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Complaint” includes…
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(a) Costs or any portion of claimed costs shall be as determined by the court in its discretion in a…
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(a) The following items are allowable as costs under Section 1032: (1) Filing, motion, and jury fees…
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(a) Prejudgment costs allowable under this chapter shall be claimed and contested in accordance with…
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In unlawful detainer proceedings, the plaintiff who recovers judgment for possession of premises, an…
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In any inverse condemnation proceeding, the court rendering judgment for the plaintiff by awarding c…
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(a) In any civil proceeding under the Government Claims Act (Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 8…
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If an original pleading or paper be lost, the Court may authorize a copy thereof to be filed and use…
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An affidavit, notice, or other paper, without the title of the action or proceeding in which it is m…
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§ 1046a
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Successive actions may be maintained upon the same contract or transaction, whenever, after the form…
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(a) When actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the court, it may ord…
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An action is deemed to be pending from the time of its commencement until its final determination up…
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An action may be brought by one person against another for the purpose of determining an adverse cla…
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When there are three referees all must meet, but two of them may do any act which might be done by a…
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(a) When an act to be done, as provided in this code, relates to the pleadings in the action, or the…
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(a) When an act to be done in any action or proceeding in any court of this state or before any stat…
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If an action is brought against any officer or person for an act for the doing of which he had there…
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Any person interested under a written instrument, excluding a will or a trust, or under a contract, …
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Any individual claiming to be a nonresident of the State of California for the purposes of the Perso…
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The court may refuse to exercise the power granted by this chapter in any case where its declaration…
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The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and shall not be construed as restricting any …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), actions brought under the provisions of this chapter shal…
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Any insurer who issues policies of professional liability insurance to health care providers for pro…
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No person or legal entity may maintain an action in any court in this state to enforce the terms of …
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(a) In accordance with rules and policy of the Judicial Council, each court may establish and operat…
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This chapter applies to any claim or lawsuit against a foster family agency or a noncustodial adopti…
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It is the public policy of the State of California that foster family agencies or noncustodial adopt…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “FFA” means a foster family a…
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(a) An FFA may be held liable for injury or damage caused by the negligence of the FFA but not for t…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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The party prosecuting a special proceeding may be known as the plaintiff, and the adverse party as t…
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A judgment in a special proceeding is the final determination of the rights of the parties therein. …
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§ [1067.]
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(a) A writ of review may be granted by any court when an inferior tribunal, board, or officer, exerc…
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The application must be made on the verified petition of the party beneficially interested, and the …
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The provisions of Section 1089 as to a return by demurrer or answer apply to a proceeding pursuant t…
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The writ may be directed to the inferior tribunal, Board, or officer, or to any other person having …
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The writ of review must command the party to whom it is directed to certify fully to the court issui…
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If a stay of proceedings be not intended, the words requiring the stay must be omitted from the writ…
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The writ must be served in the same manner as a summons in civil action, except when otherwise expre…
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The review upon this writ cannot be extended further than to determine whether the inferior tribunal…
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If the return of the writ be defective, the Court may order a further return to be made. When a full…
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A copy of the judgment, signed by the Clerk, must be transmitted to the inferior tribunal, Board, or…
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A copy of the judgment, signed by the Clerk, entered upon or attached to the writ and return, consti…
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§ [1084.]
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(a) A writ of mandate may be issued by any court to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or pe…
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Notwithstanding this chapter, in any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or ann…
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The writ must be issued in all cases where there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy, in the…
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The writ may be either alternative or peremptory. The alternative writ must command the party to who…
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When the application to the court is made without notice to the adverse party, and the writ is allow…
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In a trial court, if no alternative writ is sought, proof of service of a copy of the petition need …
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On the date for return of the alternative writ, or on which the application for the writ is noticed,…
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Where a petition for writ of mandate is filed in the trial court pursuant to Section 1088.5, and whe…
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If a return be made, which raises a question as to a matter of fact essential to the determination o…
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On the trial, the applicant is not precluded by the return from any valid objection to its sufficien…
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The motion for new trial must be made in the Court in which the issue of fact is tried.
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If no notice of a motion for a new trial be given, or if given, the motion be denied, the Clerk, wit…
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If no return be made, the case may be heard on the papers of the applicant. If the return raises onl…
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(a) Where the writ is issued for the purpose of inquiring into the validity of any final administrat…
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(a) Judicial review of any decision of a local agency, other than school district, as the term local…
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(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, an action or proceeding to review the …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an action or proceeding to review the denia…
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If judgment be given for the applicant, the applicant may recover the damages which the applicant ha…
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The writ must be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action, except when otherwise exp…
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§ [1097.]
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The writ of prohibition arrests the proceedings of any tribunal, corporation, board, or person exerc…
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(a) A writ of prohibition may be issued by any court to an inferior tribunal or to a corporation, bo…
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The writ must be either alternative or peremptory. The alternative writ must command the party to wh…
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The provisions of the preceding Chapter, except of the first four sections thereof, apply to this pr…
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When an application is filed for the issuance of any prerogative writ, the application shall be acco…
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Writs of review, mandate, and prohibition issued by the Supreme Court, a court of appeal, or a super…
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Except as otherwise provided in this Title, the provisions of Part II of the Code are applicable to …
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The provisions of Part II of this Code relative to new trials and appeals, except in so far as they …
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§ 1110a
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§ 1110b
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(a) A judgment by confession is unenforceable and may not be entered in any superior court. (b) This…
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Parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without acti…
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Judgment must be entered as in other cases, but without costs for any proceeding prior to the trial.…
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The judgment may be enforced in the same manner as if it had been rendered in an action of the same …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that litigation involving small civil cases can be so costly …
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(a) In each superior court with 18 or more judges, all nonexempt unlimited civil cases shall be subm…
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In all superior courts, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for a uniform system of arbitrati…
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This chapter shall not apply to any civil action which includes a prayer for equitable relief, excep…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this chapter, the Judicial Counc…
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The Judicial Council rules shall provide exceptions for cause to arbitration pursuant to subdivision…
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(a) The determination of the amount in controversy, under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1141.11,…
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(a) Submission of an action to arbitration pursuant to this chapter shall not suspend the running of…
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(a) Arbitrators shall be retired judges, retired court commissioners who were licensed to practice l…
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Arbitrators approved pursuant to this chapter shall have the powers necessary to perform duties purs…
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In any arbitration proceeding under this chapter, no party may require the production of evidence sp…
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(a) An arbitration award shall be final unless a request for a de novo trial or a request for dismis…
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(a) (1) If the judgment upon the trial de novo is not more favorable in either the amount of damages…
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The Judicial Council rules shall specify the grounds upon which the arbitrator or the court, or both…
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The arbitration award shall be in writing, signed by the arbitrator and filed in the court in which …
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In cases ordered to arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11, no discovery other than that permitted …
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Any reference to the arbitration proceedings or arbitration award during any subsequent trial shall …
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Nothing in this act shall prohibit an arbitration award in excess of the amount in controversy as sp…
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This chapter shall apply to any civil action otherwise within the scope of this chapter in which a p…
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(a) All administrative costs of arbitration, including compensation of arbitrators, shall be paid fo…
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This chapter shall not be construed in derogation of Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part …
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The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July 1, 1979, except that the Judicial Council…
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(a) Every person is guilty of a forcible entry who either: (1) By breaking open doors, windows, or o…
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(a) Every person is guilty of a forcible detainer who either: (1) By force, or by menaces and threat…
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A tenant of real property, for a term less than life, or the executor or administrator of the tenant…
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With respect to application of Section 1161 in cases of possession of commercial real property after…
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(a) (1) The clerk shall allow access to limited civil case records filed under this chapter, includi…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in Section 1161.2, the clerk shall allow access to civil case records for…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Abuse or violence” means domestic violence as defined in Sect…
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(a) A landlord shall not cause a tenant or occupant to quit involuntarily or bring an action to reco…
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When the notice required by Section 1161 states that the lessor or the landlord may elect to declare…
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§ 1161a
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§ 1161b
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the notices required by Sections 1161 and 1161a may be se…
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§ 1162a
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No person other than the tenant of the premises and subtenant, if there be one, in the actual occupa…
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Except as provided in the preceding section, the provisions of Part II of this Code, relating to par…
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(a) The complaint shall: (1) Be verified and include the typed or printed name of the person verifyi…
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(a) The complaint shall: (1) Be verified and include the typed or printed name of the person verifyi…
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§ 1166a
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(a) The summons shall be in the form specified in Section 412.20 except that when the defendant is s…
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If proof of service of the summons has not been filed within 60 days of the complaint’s filing, the …
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In any action under this chapter, unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown, the ti…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any action under this chapter: (a) Where the defendan…
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Unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown, no extension of time allowed in any acti…
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If, at the time appointed, any defendant served with a summons does not appear and defend, the clerk…
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(a) On or before the day fixed for their appearance, the defendant may appear and answer, demur, or …
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(a) If the defendant appears pursuant to Section 1170, trial of the proceeding shall be held not lat…
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A motion for summary judgment may be made at any time after the answer is filed upon giving five day…
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In any action under this chapter, a discovery motion may be made at any time upon giving five days’ …
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The Judicial Council shall adopt rules, not inconsistent with statute, prescribing the time for fili…
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Whenever an issue of fact is presented by the pleadings, it must be tried by a jury, unless such jur…
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On the trial of any proceeding for any forcible entry or forcible detainer, the plaintiff shall only…
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When, upon the trial of any proceeding under this chapter, it appears from the evidence that the def…
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(a) If upon the trial, the verdict of the jury, or, if the case be tried without a jury, the finding…
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(a) In an unlawful detainer proceeding involving residential premises after default in payment of re…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), unless a prejudgment claim of right to possession has b…
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A judgment in unlawful detainer declaring the forfeiture of the lease or agreement under which real …
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A landlord who institutes an unlawful detainer proceeding based upon a tenant’s nonpayment of rent, …
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an occupant who is served with a prejudgment claim of r…
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(a) This section shall apply to an unlawful detainer proceeding in which all of the following are tr…
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(a) An appeal taken by the defendant shall not automatically stay proceedings upon the judgment. Pet…
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Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter the provisions of Part II of this Code are applicable t…
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The provisions of Part 2 of this code, relative to new trials and appeals, except insofar as they ar…
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The court may relieve a tenant against a forfeiture of a lease or rental agreement, whether written …
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§ 1179a
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A lien is a charge imposed upon specific property, by which it is made security for the performance …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Oil and Gas Lien Act.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section shall govern the co…
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Any person who shall, under contract with the owner of any leasehold for oil or gas purposes perform…
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Liens created under Section 1203.52 shall extend to: (a) The leasehold for oil or gas purposes to wh…
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Any person who shall, under contract, perform any labor or furnish any material or services as a sub…
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When a lien provided for in this chapter shall have attached to a leasehold estate, forfeiture of su…
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The lien provided for in this chapter arises on the date of the furnishing of the first item of mate…
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All liens arising by virtue of this chapter upon the same property shall be of equal standing except…
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Every person claiming a lien under this chapter, shall record in the office of the county recorder f…
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Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any lien claimed by virtue of this chapter…
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(a) Whenever any lien or liens shall be claimed or recorded under the provisions of this chapter the…
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(a) Any lien provided for by this chapter shall be enforced in the same manner as provided in Chapte…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair or affect the right of any person to whom any d…
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The taking of any note or any additional security by any person given a lien by this chapter shall n…
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All claims for liens and likewise all actions to recover therefor under this chapter shall be assign…
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All liens granted by this chapter shall be perfected and enforced in accordance with the provisions …
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This chapter shall be given liberal construction in favor of all persons entitled to any lien under …
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When any assignment, whether voluntary or involuntary, and whether formal or informal, is made for t…
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In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, the following claims shall have priority, su…
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Upon the sale or transfer of any business or the stock in trade, in bulk, or a substantial part ther…
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(a) Upon the levy under a writ of attachment or execution not founded upon a claim for labor, any mi…
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Within five days after receiving a copy of the statement provided for in the next preceding section,…
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If the claims presented under Section 1206 and not disputed, or, if disputed, established by judgmen…
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A person having a lien upon an animal or animals under the provisions of Section 597a or 597.1 of th…
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Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, every person has a lien dependent upon possess…
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That portion of such lien in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for work or services rendere…
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Any lien for labor or materials provided for in this chapter may be assigned by written instrument a…
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Whenever the lien upon any aircraft is lost by reason of the loss of possession through trick, fraud…
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If the lienholder is not paid the amount due within 10 days after it becomes due, the lienholder may…
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Prior to any such sale the lienholder shall publish a notice of the sale pursuant to Section 6062 of…
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The proceeds of the sale must be applied to the discharge of the lien and the cost of keeping and se…
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Within 20 days after the sale, the legal owner may redeem the aircraft so sold upon the payment of t…
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It is a misdemeanor for any person to obtain possession of all or any part of any aircraft subject t…
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This chapter shall not apply to aircraft operated exclusively by an air carrier or a foreign air car…
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(a) The following acts or omissions in respect to a court of justice, or proceedings therein, are co…
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When a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order compelling a parent to furnish support or nece…
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Every person dispossessed or ejected from any real property by the judgment or process of any court …
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(a) When a contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the court, or of the judge at…
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At all stages of all proceedings, the affidavit or statement of facts, as the case may be, required …
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When the contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge, a warra…
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Whenever a warrant of attachment is issued pursuant to this title the court or judge must direct, by…
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Upon executing the warrant of attachment, the officer executing the warrant must keep the person in …
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The person arrested must be discharged from the arrest upon executing and delivering to the officer,…
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The officer must return the warrant of arrest and undertaking, if any, received by him from the pers…
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When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court or judge must proceed to investi…
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(a) Upon the answer and evidence taken, the court or judge shall determine whether the person procee…
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(a) If the contempt alleged is for failure to pay child, family, or spousal support, each month for …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the contempt consists of the omission to perf…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), in any case in which a contempt consists of the refusal o…
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When the warrant of arrest has been returned served, if the person arrested does not appear on the r…
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Whenever, by the provisions of this title, an officer is required to keep a person arrested on a war…
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The judgment and orders of the court or judge, made in cases of contempt, are final and conclusive.
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This title shall be known and may be cited as the Eminent Domain Law.
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Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, the power of eminent domain may be exercised o…
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Nothing in this title requires that the power of eminent domain be exercised to acquire property nec…
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Except as otherwise provided in this title, the rules of practice that govern civil actions generall…
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The court in which a proceeding in eminent domain is brought has the power to: (a) Determine the rig…
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Nothing in this title affects any other statute granting jurisdiction over any issue in eminent doma…
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(a) This title becomes operative July 1, 1976. (b) This title does not apply to an eminent domain pr…
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No judgment rendered prior to the operative date of this title in a proceeding to enforce the right …
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these preliminary provisions and rules of constr…
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Chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of …
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Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this title or to any other statute, such reference …
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Unless otherwise expressly stated: (a) “Chapter” means a chapter of this title. (b) “Article” means …
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The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
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“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
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If any provision or clause of this title or application thereof to any person or circumstances is he…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions govern the construction of thi…
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“Final judgment” means a judgment with respect to which all possibility of direct attack by way of a…
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When used with reference to property, “interest” includes any right, title, or estate in property.
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“Judgment” means the judgment determining the right to take the property by eminent domain and fixin…
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“Litigation expenses” includes both of the following: (a) All expenses reasonably and necessarily in…
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“Local public entity” means any public entity other than the state.
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“Nonprofit, special use property” means property which is operated for a special nonprofit, tax-exem…
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“Person” includes any public entity, individual, association, organization, partnership, trust, limi…
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“Proceeding” means an eminent domain proceeding under this title.
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“Property” includes real and personal property and any interest therein.
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“Property appropriated to public use” means property either already in use for a public purpose or s…
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“Public entity” includes the state, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and a…
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“Electric, gas, or water public utility property” means property appropriated to a public use by a p…
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“Resolution” includes ordinance.
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“State” means the State of California and includes the Regents of the University of California.
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“Statute” means a constitutional provision or statute, but does not include a charter provision or o…
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The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property only for a public use. Where the Le…
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The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property for a particular use only by a pers…
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The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property for a proposed project only if all …
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A public entity may exercise the power of eminent domain only if it has adopted a resolution of nece…
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A local public entity may acquire by eminent domain only property within its territorial limits exce…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Conservation ease…
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(a) Except to the extent limited by statute, any person authorized to acquire property for a particu…
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(a) Subject to any other statute relating to the acquisition of property, any person authorized to a…
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Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute and subject to any limitations imposed by statute,…
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Subject to any other statute relating to the acquisition of property, any public entity authorized t…
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(a) As used in this section, “public agencies” includes all those agencies included within the defin…
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Whenever a part of a larger parcel of property is to be acquired by a public entity for public use a…
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(a) None of the provisions of this article is intended to limit, or shall limit, any other provision…
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For the purposes of this article, the “date of use” of property taken for public use is the date whe…
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(a) Any person authorized to acquire property for a particular use by eminent domain may exercise th…
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(a) If the defendant objects to a taking for future use, the burden of proof is as prescribed in thi…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any public entity authorized to acquire propert…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, where property is taken pursuant to the Federal…
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As used in this article: (a) “Necessary property” means property to be used for a public use for whi…
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(a) Any public entity authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property for a p…
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(a) Where necessary property is devoted to public use, any public entity authorized to exercise the …
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(a) Whenever a public entity acquires property for a public use and exercises or could have exercise…
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(a) As used in this section, “remnant” means a remainder or portion thereof that will be left in suc…
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When property is sought to be acquired pursuant to Section 1240.410, the resolution of necessity and…
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A public entity may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property taken under this article…
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Any person authorized to acquire property for a particular use by eminent domain may exercise the po…
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If the defendant objects to a taking under Section 1240.510, the defendant has the burden of proof t…
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(a) Where property is taken under Section 1240.510, the parties shall make an agreement determining …
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Any person authorized to acquire property for a particular use by eminent domain may exercise the po…
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If the defendant objects to a taking under Section 1240.610, the defendant has the burden of proof t…
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(a) Where property is sought to be taken under Section 1240.610, the defendant is entitled to contin…
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(a) Where property has been appropriated to public use by any person other than the state, the use t…
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(a) Where property has been appropriated to public use by any person other than a public entity, the…
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(a) If Golden State Energy commences an eminent domain action to acquire Pacific Gas and Electric Co…
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Where property has been appropriated to public use by a local public entity, the use thereof by the …
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(a) Subject to Section 1240.690, notwithstanding any other provision of law, property is presumed to…
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(a) Subject to Sections 1240.690 and 1240.700, notwithstanding any other provision of law, property …
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(a) When property described in Section 1240.670 or 1240.680 is sought to be acquired for state highw…
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(a) When property described in Section 1240.680 is sought to be acquired for city or county road, st…
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Subject to requirements of this article, any person authorized to acquire property for a particular …
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In any case in which the entry and activities mentioned in Section 1245.010 will subject the person …
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(a) The person seeking to enter upon the property may petition the court for an order permitting the…
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(a) The court, after notice and hearing, may modify any of the provisions of an order made under Sec…
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(a) Unless sooner disbursed by court order, the amount deposited under this article shall be retaine…
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(a) If the entry and activities upon property cause actual damage to or substantial interference wit…
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As used in this article, “governing body” means: (a) In the case of a taking by a local public entit…
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A public entity may not commence an eminent domain proceeding until its governing body has adopted a…
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In addition to other requirements imposed by law, the resolution of necessity shall contain all of t…
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(a) The governing body of the public entity may adopt a resolution of necessity only after the gover…
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Unless a greater vote is required by statute, charter, or ordinance, the resolution shall be adopted…
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(a) Property acquired by a public entity by any means set forth in subdivision (e) that is subject t…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a resolution of necessity adopted by the governing body…
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(a) A person having an interest in the property described in a resolution of necessity adopted by th…
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(a) If a public entity has adopted a resolution of necessity but has not commenced an eminent domain…
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(a) A resolution of necessity does not meet the requirements of this article if the defendant establ…
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As used in this article, “legislative body” means both of the following: (a) The legislative body of…
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As used in this article, “quasi-public entity” means: (a) An educational institution of collegiate g…
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Where an owner of real property seeks to acquire an appurtenant easement by eminent domain pursuant …
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Where an owner of real property seeks to acquire by eminent domain a temporary right of entry pursua…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a quasi-public entity may not commence an eminent domain…
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The resolution required by this article shall contain all of the following: (a) A general statement …
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(a) The legislative body may refuse to consent to the acquisition with or without a hearing, but it …
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The resolution required by this article shall be adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members …
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The legislative body may require that the quasi-public entity pay all of the costs reasonably incurr…
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The requirement of this article is in addition to any other requirements imposed by law. Nothing in …
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The adoption of a resolution pursuant to this article does not make the city or county liable for an…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 1230.060 and in Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 1273.010…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the proceeding shall be commenced in the county in which …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county in which the proceeding is commenced pursuant …
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The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure for the change of place of trial of actions apply to e…
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An eminent domain proceeding is commenced by filing a complaint with the court.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the form and contents of the summons shall be as in civil…
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(a) Where summons is served by publication, the publication may name only the defendants to be serve…
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Where the court orders service by publication, it shall also order the plaintiff (1) to post a copy …
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Where the state is a defendant, the summons and the complaint shall be served on the Attorney Genera…
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The plaintiff, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, shall record a notice of the pende…
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Each person seeking to take property by eminent domain shall be named as a plaintiff.
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(a) The plaintiff shall name as defendants, by their real names, those persons who appear of record …
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Any person who claims a legal or equitable interest in the property described in the complaint may a…
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The plaintiff may join in one complaint all property located within the same county which is sought …
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(a) If the only interest of the county or other taxing agency in the property described in the compl…
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The complaint shall contain all of the following: (a) The names of all plaintiffs and defendants. (b…
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(a) The answer shall include a statement of the nature and extent of the interest the defendant clai…
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(a) A defendant may file a disclaimer at any time, whether or not he is in default, and the disclaim…
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Where a party is represented by an attorney, his pleading need not be verified but shall be signed b…
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(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the court may allow upon such terms and conditions as may b…
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Subject to the power of the court to permit an amendment of the answer, if the defendant fails to ob…
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A defendant may object to the plaintiff’s right to take, by demurrer or answer as provided in Sectio…
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Grounds for objection to the right to take, regardless of whether the plaintiff has adopted a resolu…
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In addition to the grounds listed in Section 1250.360, grounds for objection to the right to take wh…
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(a) At least 20 days prior to the date of the trial on issues relating to compensation, the plaintif…
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The parties may by agreement refer a dispute that is the subject of an eminent domain proceeding for…
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Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of court governing the date of trial of an eminent domain …
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(a) At any time before entry of judgment, the plaintiff may deposit with the State Treasury the prob…
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(a) On making a deposit pursuant to Section 1255.010, the plaintiff shall serve a notice of deposit …
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(a) At any time after a deposit has been made pursuant to this article, the court shall, upon motion…
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(a) If the plaintiff has not made a deposit that satisfies the requirements of this article and the …
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If the property to be taken is subject to a leasehold interest and the plaintiff has not made a depo…
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(a) The amount deposited or withdrawn pursuant to this chapter may not be given in evidence or refer…
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In lieu of depositing the money with the State Treasury as provided in Section 1255.010, upon writte…
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(a) Prior to entry of judgment, a defendant who has an interest in the property for which a deposit …
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By depositing the probable compensation pursuant to this article, the plaintiff does not waive the r…
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Prior to entry of judgment, any defendant may apply to the court for the withdrawal of all or any po…
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Subject to the requirements of this article, the court shall order the amount requested in the appli…
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(a) No withdrawal may be ordered until 20 days after service on the plaintiff of a copy of the appli…
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(a) If the court determines that an applicant is entitled to withdraw any portion of a deposit that …
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(a) If the amount originally deposited is increased pursuant to Section 1255.030 and the total amoun…
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If any portion of the money deposited pursuant to this chapter is withdrawn, the receipt of any such…
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(a) Any amount withdrawn by a party pursuant to this article in excess of the amount to which he is …
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(a) At the time of filing the complaint or at any time after filing the complaint and prior to entry…
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If an order has been made under Section 1255.410 authorizing the plaintiff to take possession of pro…
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(a) As used in this section, “record owner” means the owner of the legal or equitable title to the f…
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An order for possession issued pursuant to Section 1255.410 shall: (a) Recite that it has been made …
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By taking possession pursuant to this chapter, the plaintiff does not waive the right to appeal from…
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Nothing in this article limits the right of a public entity to exercise its police power in emergenc…
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The provisions of this chapter supplement but do not replace, restrict, or prevent the use of discov…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other statute or any court rule relating to discovery, proceedings pursuant …
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Nothing in this chapter makes admissible any evidence that is not otherwise admissible or permits a …
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(a) Not later than the 10th day after the trial date is selected, any party may file and serve on an…
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(a) For the purposes of this article, the “date of exchange” is the date agreed to for the exchange …
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(a) Not later than the date of exchange: (1) Each party who served a demand and each party upon whom…
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The list of expert witnesses shall include the name, business or residence address, and business, oc…
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A statement of valuation data shall be exchanged for each person the party intends to call as a witn…
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(a) The statement of valuation data shall give the name and business or residence address of the wit…
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(a) A party who is required to exchange lists of expert witnesses and statements of valuation data s…
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Except as provided in Section 1258.290, upon objection of a party who has served his list of expert …
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(a) The court may, upon such terms as may be just (including but not limited to continuing the trial…
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The superior court in any county may provide by court rule a procedure for the exchange of valuation…
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Proceedings under this title take precedence over all other civil actions in the matter of setting t…
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(a) If proceedings to acquire the same property are consolidated, the court shall first determine wh…
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(a) If there is a dispute between plaintiff and defendant whether particular property is an improvem…
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(a) If there is a dispute between plaintiff and defendant over an evidentiary or other legal issue a…
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(a) Where objections to the right to take are raised, unless the court orders otherwise, they shall …
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(a) The court shall hear and determine all objections to the right to take. (b) If the court determi…
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(a) The defendant shall present his evidence on the issue of compensation first and shall commence a…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), where there are divided interests in property acquired by…
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As far as practicable, the trier of fact shall assess separately each of the following: (a) Compensa…
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Where any persons unknown or any deceased persons or the heirs and devisees of any deceased persons …
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(a) In a county where both the auditor and the tax collector are elected officials, the court shall …
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(a) The owner of property acquired by eminent domain is entitled to compensation as provided in this…
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At the request of an owner of property acquired by eminent domain, the public entity may enter into …
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the right to compensation shall be deemed to have accrued at th…
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(a) A public entity shall offer to pay the reasonable costs, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5…
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(a) Unless an earlier date of valuation is applicable under this article, if the plaintiff deposits …
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If the issue of compensation is brought to trial within one year after commencement of the proceedin…
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Subject to Section 1263.110, if the issue of compensation is not brought to trial within one year af…
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Subject to Section 1263.110, if a new trial is ordered by the trial or appellate court and the new t…
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Subject to Section 1263.110, if a mistrial is declared and the retrial is not commenced within one y…
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(a) As used in this article, “improvements pertaining to the realty” include any machinery or equipm…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, all improvements pertaining to the realty shall be take…
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(a) Improvements pertaining to the realty shall not be taken into account in determining compensatio…
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Improvements pertaining to the realty made subsequent to the date of service of summons shall not be…
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(a) The acquisition of property by eminent domain shall not prevent the defendant from harvesting an…
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Notwithstanding Section 1263.210, the owner of improvements pertaining to the realty may elect to re…
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Where an improvement pertaining to the realty is located in part upon property taken and in part upo…
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Compensation shall be awarded for the property taken. The measure of this compensation is the fair m…
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(a) The fair market value of the property taken is the highest price on the date of valuation that w…
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A just and equitable method of determining the value of nonprofit, special use property for which th…
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The fair market value of the property taken shall not include any increase or decrease in the value …
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(a) Where the property acquired is part of a larger parcel, in addition to the compensation awarded …
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Damage to the remainder is the damage, if any, caused to the remainder by either or both of the foll…
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Benefit to the remainder is the benefit, if any, caused by the construction and use of the project f…
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(a) The amount of any damage to the remainder and any benefit to the remainder shall reflect any del…
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Compensation for injury to the remainder shall be based on the project as proposed. Any features of …
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(a) The owner of a business conducted on the property taken, or on the remainder if the property is …
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The owner of a business who claims compensation under this article shall make available to the court…
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Nothing in this article is intended to deal with compensation for inverse condemnation claims for te…
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A public entity and the owner of property to be acquired for public use may make an agreement that t…
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(a) A public entity shall offer a one-year leaseback agreement to the owner of a property to be acqu…
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(a) Where summons is served during construction of an improvement or installation of machinery or eq…
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(a) As used in this article, “remedial action” and “removal” shall have the meanings accorded to tho…
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As used in this article, “hazardous material” shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in…
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(a) Upon petition of any party to the proceeding, the court in which the proceeding is brought shall…
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Where the required action is caused to be performed by the plaintiff, and the amount available to th…
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The presence of any hazardous material within a property shall not be considered in appraising the p…
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(a) Notwithstanding any action taken pursuant to this article, the plaintiff shall have available al…
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An offer by the plaintiff to purchase the property subject to this article shall be deemed to satisf…
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This article shall only apply to the acquisition of property by school districts.
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Although this chapter provides rules governing compensation for particular interests in property, it…
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Where all the property subject to a lease is acquired for public use, the lease terminates.
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Except as provided in Section 1265.130, where part of the property subject to a lease is acquired fo…
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Where part of the property subject to a lease is acquired for public use, the court may, upon petiti…
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The termination or partial termination of a lease pursuant to this article shall be at the earlier o…
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Nothing in this article affects or impairs any right a lessee may have to compensation for the takin…
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Nothing in this article affects or impairs the rights and obligations of the parties to a lease to t…
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As used in this article, “lien” means a mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest in prope…
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Where property acquired by eminent domain is encumbered by a lien and the indebtedness secured there…
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(a) Where there is a partial taking of property encumbered by a lien, the lienholder may share in th…
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(a) This section applies only where there is a partial taking of property encumbered by a lien and t…
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Where the property acquired for public use is encumbered by a lien, the amount payable to the lienho…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Fixed lien special assessment” means a nonrecurring assessment lev…
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(a) Where the acquisition of property for public use violates a use restriction coupled with a conti…
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Where property acquired for public use is subject to a life tenancy, upon petition of the life tenan…
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(a) Not later than 30 days after final judgment, or 30 days after the conclusion of any other court …
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(a) If the plaintiff fails to pay the full amount required by the judgment within the time specified…
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(a) Upon application of any party, the court shall make a final order of condemnation if the full am…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the plaintiff may, at any time after entry of judgment, d…
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If the deposit is made under Section 1268.110 prior to apportionment of the award, the plaintiff sha…
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At any time after the plaintiff has made a deposit upon the award pursuant to Section 1268.110, the …
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(a) After entry of judgment, any defendant who has an interest in the property for which a deposit h…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when money is deposited as provided in this article, the …
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(a) Any amount withdrawn by a party pursuant to this article in excess of the amount to which he is …
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By making a deposit pursuant to this article, the plaintiff does not waive the right to appeal from …
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(a) If the plaintiff is not in possession of the property to be taken, the plaintiff may, at any tim…
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(a) The plaintiff shall serve a copy of the order for possession upon each defendant and his attorne…
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By taking possession pursuant to this article, the plaintiff does not waive the right to appeal from…
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Nothing in this article limits the right of a public entity to exercise its police power in emergenc…
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The compensation awarded in the proceeding shall draw interest, computed as prescribed by Section 12…
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In any inverse condemnation proceeding in which interest is awarded, the interest shall be computed …
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The compensation awarded in the proceeding shall cease to draw interest at the earliest of the follo…
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If, after the date that interest begins to accrue, the defendant: (a) Continues in actual possession…
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Interest, including interest accrued due to possession of property by the plaintiff prior to judgmen…
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(a) As used in this section, “apportionment rate” means the apportionment rate calculated by the Con…
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The interest payable for each calendar quarter shall draw interest, computed as prescribed by Sectio…
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As between the plaintiff and defendant, the plaintiff is liable for any ad valorem taxes, penalties,…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b): (1) If the acquisition of property by eminent domain will…
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(a) If the defendant has paid any amount for which, as between the plaintiff and defendant, the plai…
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(a) If taxes have been paid on property that is exempt property as defined in Section 5081 of the Re…
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If property acquired by eminent domain does not have a separate valuation on the assessment roll, an…
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(a) At any time after the filing of the complaint and before the expiration of 30 days after final j…
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(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the court shall award the defendant his or her litigation e…
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If, after the defendant moves from property in compliance with an order or agreement for possession …
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The defendants shall be allowed their costs, including the costs of determining the apportionment of…
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Unless the court otherwise orders, whether or not he is the prevailing party, the defendant in the p…
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(a) Any person authorized to acquire property for public use may enter into an agreement to arbitrat…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 1283.2 and 1284.2, the party acquiring the property shall pay all of th…
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(a) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, agreements authorized by this chapter are subje…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an agreement authorized by this chapter may specify the t…
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(a) An agreement authorized by this chapter may be acknowledged and recorded, and rerecorded, in the…
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Applications for change of names must be determined by the Superior Courts.
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(a) (1) All applications for change of names shall be made to the superior court of the county where…
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(a) (1) If a proceeding for a change of name is commenced by the filing of a petition, except as pro…
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(a) If a proceeding for a change of name to conform an adult petitioner’s name to their gender ident…
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(a) If a proceeding for a change of name to conform an adult petitioner’s name to their gender ident…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), the petition or application shall be heard a…
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In any proceeding pursuant to this title in which a petition has been filed to change the name of a …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), this title does not abrogate the common law right …
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No person engaged in a trade or business of any kind or in the provision of a service of any kind sh…
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As used in this title: (a) “Agreement” includes, but is not limited to, agreements providing for val…
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Whenever reference is made in this title to any portion of the title or of any other law of this Sta…
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A written agreement to submit to arbitration an existing controversy or a controversy thereafter ari…
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For the purposes of this article, any request to arbitrate made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Secti…
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On petition of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging the existence of a written agreement to …
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A party to an arbitration agreement may petition the court to consolidate separate arbitration proce…
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If a court of competent jurisdiction, whether in this State or not, has ordered arbitration of a con…
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(a) Any person who proceeds to record and enforce a claim of lien by commencement of an action pursu…
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If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be fol…
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A petition pursuant to Section 1281.2 may be filed in lieu of filing an answer to a complaint. The p…
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(a) In any arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement, when a person is to serve as a neutral …
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If an arbitration agreement requires that arbitration of a controversy be demanded or initiated by a…
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(a) Beginning July 1, 2002, a person serving as a neutral arbitrator pursuant to an arbitration agre…
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(a) A proposed neutral arbitrator shall be disqualified if he or she fails to comply with Section 12…
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(a) No private arbitration company may administer a consumer arbitration, or provide any other servi…
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(a) During the pendency of the consumer arbitration, a solicitation shall not be made of a party to …
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(a) In a binding arbitration of any claim for more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) pursuant to …
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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), a private arbitration company that admin…
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(a) (1) In an employment or consumer arbitration that requires, either expressly or through applicat…
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(a) (1) In an employment or consumer arbitration that requires, either expressly or through applicat…
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(a) The court shall impose a monetary sanction against a drafting party that materially breaches an …
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Unless the arbitration agreement otherwise provides, or unless the parties to the arbitration otherw…
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Unless the arbitration agreement otherwise provides, or unless the parties to the arbitration otherw…
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(a) A party to the arbitration has the right to be represented by an attorney at any proceeding or h…
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(a) (1) A party to an arbitration has the right to have a certified shorthand reporter transcribe an…
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(a) A subpoena requiring the attendance of witnesses, and a subpoena duces tecum for the production …
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The neutral arbitrator may administer oaths.
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On application of a party to the arbitration, the neutral arbitrator may order the deposition of a w…
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Except for the parties to the arbitration and their agents, officers and employees, all witnesses ap…
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The award shall be in writing and signed by the arbitrators concurring therein. It shall include a d…
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Depositions may be taken and discovery obtained in arbitration proceedings as follows: (a) After the…
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The neutral arbitrator shall serve a signed copy of the award on each party to the arbitration perso…
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The award shall be made within the time fixed therefor by the agreement or, if not so fixed, within …
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The arbitrators, upon written application of a party to the arbitration, may correct the award upon …
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Unless the arbitration agreement otherwise provides or the parties to the arbitration otherwise agre…
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(a) No neutral arbitrator or private arbitration company shall administer a consumer arbitration und…
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Any party to an arbitration in which an award has been made may petition the court to confirm, corre…
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A response to a petition under this chapter may request the court to dismiss the petition or to conf…
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A petition under this chapter shall: (a) Set forth the substance of or have attached a copy of the a…
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Unless a copy thereof is set forth in or attached to the petition, a response to a petition under th…
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A petition to correct or vacate an award, or a response requesting such relief, shall set forth the …
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If a petition or response under this chapter is duly served and filed, the court shall confirm the a…
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(a) Subject to Section 1286.4, the court shall vacate the award if the court determines any of the f…
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The court may not vacate an award unless: (a) A petition or response requesting that the award be va…
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Subject to Section 1286.8, the court, unless it vacates the award pursuant to Section 1286.2, shall …
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The court may not correct an award unless: (a) A petition or response requesting that the award be c…
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If the award is vacated, the court may order a rehearing before new arbitrators. If the award is vac…
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The court shall dismiss the proceeding under this chapter as to any person named as a respondent if …
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If an award is confirmed, judgment shall be entered in conformity therewith. The judgment so entered…
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An award that has not been confirmed or vacated has the same force and effect as a contract in writi…
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A petition to confirm an award shall be served and filed not later than four years after the date of…
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A response requesting that an award be vacated or that an award be corrected shall be served and fil…
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No petition may be served and filed under this chapter until at least 10 days after service of the s…
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If an application is made to the arbitrators for correction of the award, a petition may not be serv…
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If an application is made to the arbitrators for correction of the award, the date of the service of…
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A proceeding under this title in the courts of this State is commenced by filing a petition. Any per…
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A petition under this title shall be heard in a summary way in the manner and upon the notice provid…
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(a) A copy of the petition and a written notice of the time and place of the hearing thereof and any…
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A response shall be served and filed within 10 days after service of the petition except that if the…
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A response shall be served as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1010) of Title 14 of Pa…
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A statement of decision shall be made by the court, if requested pursuant to Section 632, whenever a…
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In all proceedings brought under the provisions of this title, all courts wherein such proceedings a…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, any petition made prior to the commencement of arbitra…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, any petition made after the commencement or completion…
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If a controversy referable to arbitration under an alleged agreement is involved in an action or pro…
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After a petition has been filed under this title, the court in which such petition was filed retains…
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A motion for a stay of an action on the ground that an issue therein is subject to arbitration shall…
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The making of an agreement in this State providing for arbitration to be had within this State shall…
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The court shall award costs upon any judicial proceeding under this title as provided in Chapter 6 (…
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An aggrieved party may appeal from: (a) An order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitrat…
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The appeal shall be taken in the same manner as an appeal from an order or judgment in a civil actio…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in an appeal filed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section…
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(a) Any contract for medical services which contains a provision for arbitration of any dispute as t…
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The parties to a construction contract with a public agency may expressly agree in writing that in a…
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This title applies to international commercial arbitration and conciliation, subject to any agreemen…
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This title, except Article 2 (commencing with Section 1297.81) of Chapter 2 and Article 3 (commencin…
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An arbitration or conciliation agreement is international if any of the following applies: (a) The p…
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For the purposes of Section 1297.13, if a party has more than one place of business, the place of bu…
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For the purposes of Section 1297.13, the states of the United States, including the District of Colu…
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An arbitration or conciliation agreement is commercial if it arises out of a relationship of a comme…
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This title shall not affect any other law in force in California by virtue of which certain disputes…
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(a) In the application of this title, regard is to be had to its international origin and to the nee…
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For the purposes of this title: (a) “Arbitral award” means any decision of the arbitral tribunal on …
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Where a provision of this title, except Article 1 (commencing with Section 1297.281) of Chapter 6, l…
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Where a provision of this title refers to the fact that the parties have agreed or that they may agr…
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Where this title, other than Article 8 (commencing with Section 1297. 251) of Chapter 5, Article 5 (…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, any written communication is deemed to have been received if…
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If none of the places referred to in Section 1297.31 can be found after making a reasonable inquiry,…
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This article does not apply to written communications in respect of court proceedings.
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A party who knows that any provision of this title, or any requirement under the arbitration agreeme…
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For purposes of Section 1297.41, “any provision of this title” means any provision of this title in …
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In matters governed by this title, no court shall intervene except where so provided in this title, …
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The functions referred to in Sections 1297.114, 1297.115, 1297.116, 1297.134, 1297.135, 1297.136, 12…
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An “arbitration agreement” is an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain di…
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An arbitration agreement shall be in writing.
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(a) An arbitration agreement is in writing if its content is recorded in any form, including, but no…
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When a party to an international commercial arbitration agreement as defined in this title commences…
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A timely request for a stay of judicial proceedings made under Section 1297.81 shall be granted.
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It is not incompatible with an arbitration agreement for a party to request from a superior court, b…
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A superior court shall have the same power to issue an interim measure of protection in relation to …
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Any party to an arbitration governed by this title may request the superior court to enforce an inte…
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Measures which the court may grant in connection with a pending arbitration include, but are not lim…
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In considering a request for interim relief, the court shall give preclusive effect to any and all f…
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Where the arbitral tribunal has not ruled on an objection to its jurisdiction, the court shall not g…
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The parties may agree on the number of arbitrators. Otherwise, there shall be one arbitrator.
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A person of any nationality may be an arbitrator.
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Subject to Sections 1297.115 and 1297.116, the parties may agree on a procedure for appointing the a…
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Failing such agreement referred to in Section 1297.112, in an arbitration with three arbitrators and…
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If the appointment procedure in Section 1297.113 applies and either a party fails to appoint an arbi…
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Failing any agreement referred to in Section 1297.112, in an arbitration with a sole arbitrator, if …
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The superior court, upon the request of a party, may take the necessary measures, unless the agreeme…
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A decision on a matter entrusted to the superior court pursuant to Sections 1297.114, 127.115, and 1…
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The superior court, in appointing an arbitrator, shall have due regard to all of the following: (a) …
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An arbitrator has the immunity of a judicial officer from civil liability when acting in the capacit…
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Except as otherwise provided in this title, all persons whose names have been submitted for consider…
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The obligation to disclose information set forth in Section 1297.121 is mandatory and cannot be waiv…
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From the time of appointment and throughout the arbitral proceedings, an arbitrator, shall, without …
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties or the rules governing the arbitration, an arbitrator may be …
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A party may challenge an arbitrator appointed by it, or in whose appointment it has participated, on…
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The parties may agree on a procedure for challenging an arbitrator and the decision reached pursuant…
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Failing any agreement referred to in Section 1297.131, a party which intends to challenge an arbitra…
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Unless the arbitrator challenged under Section 1297.132 withdraws from his or her office or the othe…
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If a challenge following the procedure under Section 1297.133 is not successful, the challenging par…
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The decision of the superior court under Section 1297.134 is final and is not subject to appeal.
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While a request under Section 1297.134 is pending, the arbitral tribunal, including the challenged a…
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The mandate of an arbitrator terminates if he becomes de jure or de facto unable to perform his or h…
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If a controversy remains concerning any of the grounds referred to in Section 1297.141, a party may …
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A decision of the superior court under Section 1297.142 is not subject to appeal.
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If, under this section or Section 1297.132, an arbitrator withdraws from office or a party agrees to…
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In addition to the circumstances referred to under Article 4 (commencing with Section 1297.131) and …
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Where the mandate of an arbitrator terminates, a substitute arbitrator shall be appointed according …
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties: (a) Where the sole or presiding arbitrator is replaced, any …
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, an order or ruling of the arbitral tribunal made prior to th…
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The arbitral tribunal may rule on its own jurisdiction, including ruling on any objections with resp…
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A plea that the arbitral tribunal does not have jurisdiction shall be raised not later than the subm…
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A plea that the arbitral tribunal is exceeding the scope of its authority shall be raised as soon as…
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The arbitral tribunal may, in either of the cases referred to in Sections 1297.162 and 1297.163, adm…
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The arbitral tribunal may rule on a plea referred to in Sections 1297.162 and 1297.163 either as a p…
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If the arbitral tribunal rules as a preliminary question that it has jurisdiction, any party shall r…
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While a request under Section 1297.166 is pending, the arbitral tribunal may continue with the arbit…
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(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral tribunal may, at the request of a party, gr…
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(a) The party requesting an interim measure under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (b) of S…
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(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, a party may, without notice to any other party, make a r…
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(a) Immediately after the arbitral tribunal has made a determination with respect to an application …
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The arbitral tribunal may modify, suspend, or terminate an interim measure or a preliminary order it…
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(a) The arbitral tribunal may require the party requesting an interim measure to provide appropriate…
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(a) The arbitral tribunal may require any party to promptly disclose any material change in the circ…
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The party requesting an interim measure or applying for a preliminary order shall be liable for any …
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(a) An interim measure issued by an arbitral tribunal shall be recognized as final and binding, and,…
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(a) Recognition or enforcement of an interim measure may be refused only: (1) At the request of the …
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The parties shall be treated with equality and each party shall be given a full opportunity to prese…
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For purposes of this article, a “qualified attorney” means an individual who is not admitted to prac…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 6125 of the Business and Professions Code, a qu…
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A qualified attorney rendering legal services pursuant to this article shall not appear in a court o…
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(a) A qualified attorney rendering legal services pursuant to this article is subject to the jurisdi…
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The Supreme Court may issue rules implementing this article.
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Subject to this title, the parties may agree on the procedure to be followed by the arbitral tribuna…
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Failing any agreement referred to in Section 1297.191, the arbitral tribunal may, subject to this ti…
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The power of the arbitral tribunal under Section 1297.192 includes the power to determine the admiss…
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The parties may agree on the place of arbitration.
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Failing any agreement referred to in Section 1297.201, the place of arbitration shall be determined …
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Notwithstanding Section 1297.201, the arbitral tribunal may, unless otherwise agreed by the parties,…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral proceedings in respect of a particular dispute …
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The parties may agree upon the language or languages to be used in the arbitral proceedings.
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Failing any agreement referred to in Section 1297.221, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the lan…
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The agreement or determination, unless otherwise specified, shall apply to any written statement by …
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The arbitral tribunal may order that any documentary evidence shall be accompanied by a translation …
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Within the period of time agreed upon by the parties or determined by the arbitral tribunal, the cla…
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The parties may submit with their statements all documents they consider to be relevant or may add a…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, either party may amend or supplement his or her claim or def…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral tribunal shall decide whether to hold oral hear…
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Unless the parties have agreed that no oral hearings shall be held, the arbitral tribunal shall hold…
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The parties shall be given sufficient advance notice of any hearing and of any meeting of the arbitr…
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All statements, documents, or other information supplied to, or applications made to, the arbitral t…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, all oral hearings and meetings in arbitral proceedings shall…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, where, without showing sufficient cause, the claimant fails …
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, where, without showing sufficient cause, the respondent fail…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, where, without showing sufficient cause, a party fails to ap…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral tribunal may appoint one or more experts to rep…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if a party so requests or if the arbitral tribunal considers…
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The arbitral tribunal, or a party with the approval of the arbitral tribunal, may request from the s…
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Where the parties to two or more arbitration agreements have agreed, in their respective arbitration…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the parties to two or more arbitrations from a…
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The arbitral tribunal shall decide the dispute in accordance with the rules of law designated by the…
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Any designation by the parties of the law or legal system of a given state shall be construed, unles…
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Failing any designation of the law under Section 1297.282 by the parties, the arbitral tribunal shal…
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The arbitral tribunal shall decide ex aequo et bono or as amiable compositeur, if the parties have e…
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In all cases, the arbitral tribunal shall decide in accordance with the terms of the contract and sh…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, in arbitral proceedings with more than one arbitrator, any d…
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It is not incompatible with an arbitration agreement for an arbitral tribunal to encourage settlemen…
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If, during arbitral proceedings, the parties settle the dispute, the arbitral tribunal shall termina…
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An arbitral award on agreed terms shall be made in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Sectio…
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An arbitral award on agreed terms has the same status and effect as any other arbitral award on the …
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An arbitral award shall be made in writing and shall be signed by the members of the arbitral tribun…
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For the purposes of Section 1297.311, in arbitral proceedings with more than one arbitrator, the sig…
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The arbitral award shall state the reasons upon which it is based, unless the parties have agreed th…
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The arbitral award shall state its date and the place of arbitration as determined in accordance wit…
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After the arbitral award is made, a signed copy shall be delivered to each party.
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The arbitral tribunal may, at any time during the arbitral proceedings, make an interim arbitral awa…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral tribunal may award interest.
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(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the costs of an arbitration shall be at the discretion o…
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The arbitral proceedings are terminated by the final arbitral award or by an order of the arbitral t…
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The arbitral tribunal shall issue an order for the termination of the arbitral proceedings where any…
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Subject to Article 6 (commencing with Section 1297.331) of this chapter, the mandate of the arbitral…
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Within 30 days after receipt of the arbitral award, unless another period of time has been agreed up…
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If the arbitral tribunal considers any request made under Section 1297.331 to be justified, it shall…
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The arbitral tribunal may correct any error of the type referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 12…
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, a party may request, within 30 days after receipt of the arb…
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If the arbitral tribunal considers any request made under Section 1297.334 to be justified, it shall…
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The arbitral tribunal may extend, if necessary, the period of time within which it shall make a corr…
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Article 4 (commencing with Section 1297.311) of this chapter applies to a correction or interpretati…
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It is the policy of the State of California to encourage parties to an international commercial agre…
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The conciliator or conciliators shall be guided by principles of objectivity, fairness, and justice,…
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The conciliator or conciliators may conduct the conciliation proceedings in such a manner as they co…
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The parties may appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their choice. A pers…
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At any time during the proceedings, the conciliator or conciliators may prepare a draft conciliation…
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No party may be required to accept any settlement proposed by the conciliator or conciliators.
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When persons agree to participate in conciliation under this title: (a) Evidence of anything said or…
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The agreement of the parties to submit a dispute to conciliation shall be deemed an agreement betwee…
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All applicable limitation periods including periods of prescription shall be tolled or extended upon…
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The conciliation proceedings may be terminated as to all parties by any of the following: (a) A writ…
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The conciliation proceedings may be terminated as to particular parties by either of the following: …
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No person who has served as conciliator may be appointed as an arbitrator for, or take part in any a…
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By submitting to conciliation, no party shall be deemed to have waived any rights or remedies which …
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If the conciliation succeeds in settling the dispute, and the result of the conciliation is reduced …
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Upon termination of the conciliation proceedings, the conciliator shall fix the costs of the concili…
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These costs shall be borne equally by the parties unless the settlement agreement provides for a dif…
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Neither the request for conciliation, the consent to participate in the conciliation proceedings, th…
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Neither the conciliator or conciliators, the parties, nor their representatives shall be subject to …
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No person who serves as a conciliator shall be held liable in an action for damages resulting from a…
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(a) Whenever any contract to convey real property, or contemplated to convey real property in the fu…
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Any party to an action who proceeds to record a notice of pending action pursuant to Section 409 sha…
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In the event an arbitration provision is included in a contract or agreement covered by this title, …
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This title shall become operative on July 1, 1989, and shall only apply to contracts or agreements e…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that strikes taken by firefighters and law enforcement off…
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This title shall apply to all employers of firefighters and law enforcement officers.
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As used in this title: (a) “Employee” means any firefighter or law enforcement officer represented b…
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(a) If an impasse has been declared after the parties have exhausted their mutual efforts to reach a…
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(a) The arbitration panel shall, within 10 days after its establishment or any additional periods to…
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(a) The arbitration panel shall direct that five days prior to the commencement of its hearings, eac…
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(a) The arbitration panel shall mail or otherwise deliver a copy of the decision to the parties. How…
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Unless otherwise provided in this title, Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) shall be applicable …
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(a) The provisions of this title shall not apply to any employer that is a city, county, or city and…
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For the purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Property,” unless specif…
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For the purposes of this title, unless otherwise specified, (1) a reference to a section refers to a…
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It is the purpose of this title to provide for the receipt, custody, investment, management, disposa…
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The provisions of this title do not apply to money or other property held by the State or any office…
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Whenever, under the provisions of this title or under any other provision of law, unclaimed money or…
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Any person transmitting money or other property to the Treasurer or Controller under the provisions …
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Whenever money or other property is paid to the State or any officer or employee thereof under the p…
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A fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be known as the Unclaimed Property Fund. All mone…
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The Controller shall maintain a separate account in the Unclaimed Property Fund covering the account…
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If unclaimed money or other property in an estate of a deceased person, or if any unclaimed amount p…
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If unclaimed money or other property is received by the State or any officer or employee thereof and…
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The amount of each canceled warrant credited to the Unclaimed Property Fund under the provisions of …
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All interest received and other income derived from the investment of moneys in the Unclaimed Proper…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 1318, all rents, interest, dividends or other income or incr…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 1318, all rents, interest, dividends or other income or incr…
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Any person delivering money or other property to the Treasurer or Controller under the provisions of…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the Unclaimed Property Fund is he…
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When payment or delivery of money or other property has been made to any claimant under the provisio…
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If any person has erroneously delivered any unclaimed moneys or other unclaimed property to the stat…
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If any person has erroneously delivered any unclaimed moneys or other unclaimed property to the stat…
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Whenever money deposited in the Unclaimed Property Fund is transferred to the General Fund under the…
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Unless otherwise provided in this title, all money or other property deposited in the State Treasury…
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Unless otherwise provided in this title, all money or other property deposited in the State Treasury…
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(a) Whenever unclaimed money or other property is deposited in the State Treasury under this title, …
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Except as otherwise provided in Sections 401 or 1352, whenever money or other property is deposited …
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Whenever any claim is made or petition filed by the representative of an estate or other person, und…
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Within five years after date of entry of judgment in any proceeding had under the provisions of Chap…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Personal property” mea…
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The care and custody of all property delivered to the Treasurer or Controller pursuant to this title…
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In connection with all unclaimed property, the Controller has all of the powers necessary in order t…
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The Controller may sell or lease personal property at any time, and in any manner, and may execute t…
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The Controller may sell, cash, redeem, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any securities and all othe…
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The Controller may sign, endorse, or otherwise authenticate, in the name and on behalf of the State,…
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The Controller may lease or sell any real property for cash at public auction to the highest bidder.…
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The Controller may reject any and all bids made at sales or public auctions held under the provision…
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Any real property may be sold or leased by the Controller at private sale without published notice.
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Upon receipt of the proceeds of any sale made pursuant to this chapter, the Controller shall execute…
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The Controller shall not enter into any transaction which shall create or impose upon the owners, he…
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No suit shall be maintained by any person against the State or any officer thereof, for or on accoun…
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The Controller may destroy or otherwise dispose of any personal property other than cash deposited i…
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All sales, exchanges, or other transactions entered into by the Controller pursuant to this chapter …
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All sales, leases or other transactions entered into by the Controller pursuant to this chapter shal…
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Any provision of this article which authorizes the Controller to sell real property applies to any r…
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The Controller shall deliver to the Treasurer the proceeds of any sale or lease of property, other t…
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The Controller shall deliver to the Treasurer the proceeds of any sale or lease of permanently esche…
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The proceeds of any transaction by the Controller under the provisions of this chapter in connection…
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The proceeds of any transaction by the Controller under the provisions of this chapter, in connectio…
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The proceeds of any transaction by the Controller under the provisions of this chapter in connection…
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The Attorney General shall, from time to time, commence actions on behalf of the state for the purpo…
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Whenever any money or other personal property of a value of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less ha…
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(a) At any time after two years after the death of any decedent who leaves property to which the sta…
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Whenever the Attorney General is informed that any estate has escheated or is about to escheat to th…
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The court, upon the information being filed, and upon application of the Attorney General, either be…
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All persons named in the information may appear and answer, and may traverse or deny the facts state…
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If, in any proceeding had under this title, the judgment or decree distributes or vests unclaimed pr…
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(a) Upon the expiration of five years after the date of entry of judgment in any proceeding pursuant…
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When money in the Unclaimed Property Fund has become permanently escheated to the state, the amount …
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Whenever, under the provisions of this title or under any other provision of law, any unclaimed mone…
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Money or other property distributed to the state under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11900) of …
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 1441, any money or other property paid into the State Treasu…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all money or other property paid or delivered to the sta…
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At the time of the next county settlement following the expiration of one year from the date of its …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any money on deposit with the county treasurer of a coun…
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If money or other property is deposited in a county treasury, and if the deposits belong (1) to know…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unclaimed money or other property belonging to any p…
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Notwithstanding any other law, all unclaimed money or other property belonging to a person who dies …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unclaimed money or other property belonging to any p…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all presumptively abandoned money or other property paid…
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The expiration of any period of time specified by law, during which an action or proceeding may be c…
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This chapter may be cited as the Unclaimed Property Law.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Apparent owner” means the perso…
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, property received by the state under this …
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(a) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Any property in the official custody of…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Old act” means this chapter as it existed prior to January 1, 1969…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Old act” means this chapter as it existed prior to January 1, 1969…
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This chapter does not affect any duty to file a report with the State Controller or to pay or delive…
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The provisions of this chapter as it exists on and after January 1, 1969, insofar as they are substa…
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Unless otherwise provided by statute of this state, intangible personal property escheats to this st…
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(a) Any sum payable on a money order, travelers check, or other similar written instrument (other th…
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(a) Subject to Sections 1510 and 1511, the following property held or owing by a business associatio…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if the holder has in its records an address for the appar…
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(a) The contents of, or the proceeds of sale of the contents of, any safe deposit box or any other s…
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(a) Subject to Section 1510, funds held or owing by a life insurance corporation under any life or e…
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Property distributable in the course of a demutualization or related reorganization of an insurance …
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(a) Subject to Section 1510, any dividend, profit, distribution, interest, payment on principal, or …
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(a) Pursuant to Section 1510, any digital financial asset held or owing by a business association es…
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(a) All property distributable in the course of a voluntary or involuntary dissolution or liquidatio…
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(a) (1) All tangible personal property located in this state and, subject to Section 1510, all intan…
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(a) Subject to Section 1510, funds maintained in a preneed funeral trust or similar account or plan …
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All tangible personal property located in this state, and, subject to Section 1510, all intangible p…
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Subject to Section 1510, any sums held by a business association that have been ordered to be refund…
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(a) All tangible personal property located in this state and, subject to Section 1510, all intangibl…
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Section 1520 does not apply to gift certificates subject to Title 1.4A (commencing with Section 1749…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), and subject to Section 1510, all employee benefit plan di…
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No service, handling, maintenance or other charge or fee of any kind which is imposed because of the…
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If an insurer, after a good faith effort to locate and deliver to a policyholder a Proposition 103 r…
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This chapter does not apply to unclaimed funds held by a life insurance corporation which is organiz…
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(a) Every person holding funds or other property escheated to this state under this chapter shall re…
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(a) Within one year after payment or delivery of escheated property as required by Section 1532, the…
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(a) The Controller shall establish and conduct a notification program designed to inform owners abou…
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(a) In addition to the notices required pursuant to this chapter, the Controller may mail a separate…
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(a) Every person filing a report as provided by Section 1530 shall, no sooner than seven months and …
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Notwithstanding Sections 1531 and 1532, property that escheats to the state pursuant to Section 1514…
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Tangible personal property may be excluded from the notices required by Section 1531, shall not be d…
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(a) Any person, excluding another state, who claims to have been the owner, as defined in subdivisio…
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Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Controller or as to whose claim the Controller has failed …
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(a) At any time after property has been paid or delivered to the Controller under this chapter, anot…
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Notwithstanding Section 1540, the Controller may do any of the following to streamline the secure pa…
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(a) Upon the payment or delivery of escheated property to the Controller, the state shall assume cus…
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(a) If the holder pays or delivers escheated property to the State Controller in accordance with thi…
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When property other than money is delivered to the State Controller under this chapter, any dividend…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), all escheated property delivered to the Controll…
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(a) All money received under this chapter, including the proceeds from the sale of property under Se…
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(a) Notwithstanding any law, including, but not limited to, Section 1564, all money received under t…
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Any property delivered to the Controller pursuant to this chapter that has no apparent commercial va…
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(a) When payment or delivery of money or other property has been made to any claimant under the prov…
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The Director of Parks and Recreation may examine any tangible personal property delivered to the Con…
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(a) The Controller may select one or more custodians for the management and safekeeping of digital f…
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The expiration of any period of time specified by statute or court order, during which an action or …
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(a) The Controller may at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice examine the records of any per…
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(a) The State Controller may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction, as specified in…
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The State Controller may enter into an agreement to provide information needed to enable another sta…
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At the request of another state, the Attorney General of this state may bring an action in the name …
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(a) If the State Controller believes that a person in another state holds property subject to eschea…
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(a) Any person who willfully fails to render any report or perform other duties, including use of th…
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(a) In addition to any damages, penalties, or fines for which a person may be liable under other pro…
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the “California Voluntary Compliance Program.”…
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The State Controller is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and regulations to carry out the p…
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(a) Any business association that sells in this state its travelers checks, money orders, or other s…
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(a) (1) An agreement to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of property reported und…
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It is the policy of this State: (a) To discover property in the custody of officers, departments, an…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Unclaimed property” means any tangible personal property or intangible…
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The Controller is authorized to enter into agreements establishing the time and manner for payments …
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The State hereby undertakes to hold the United States harmless against any claim concerning property…
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(a) All unclaimed intangible property, together with all interest and other increments accruing ther…
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The Governor shall certify to the Comptroller General or other proper officer of the United States t…
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On the thirtieth day of June next following the date of certification by the Governor, and annually …
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When a report is received from the Comptroller General or other proper officer of the United States,…
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The expiration of any period of time specified by statute or court order, during which an action or …
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Within 120 days following the date of initial posting by the clerk of the superior court, the Attorn…
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No summons or other process shall issue to direct the appearance and answer of a respondent. Commenc…
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Any person, whether or not named in the petition, may within 15 days after completion of notice resp…
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Within 20 days following expiration of time for filing answer under Section 1611, the Attorney Gener…
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The Controller shall request delivery or payment of all unclaimed property described in the judgment…
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Property received under this chapter shall be deposited or sold by the State Controller as though re…
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All money in the abandoned property account in the Unclaimed Property Fund is hereby continuously ap…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Judgment creditor” means the person or persons who can bring an action…
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(a) A judgment creditor may apply for the entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment by fi…
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(a) An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a supe…
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(a) Upon the filing of the application, the clerk shall enter a judgment based upon the application …
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(a) Notice of entry of judgment shall be served promptly by the judgment creditor upon the judgment …
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a judgment entered pursuant to this chapter shall have…
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(a) A judgment entered pursuant to this chapter may be vacated on any ground which would be a defens…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a writ of execution on a judgment entered pursuant…
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(a) The court shall grant a stay of enforcement where: (1) An appeal from the sister state judgment …
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No judgment based on a sister state judgment may be entered pursuant to this chapter in any of the f…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in this chapter affects any right a judgment cred…
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The entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment pursuant to this chapter does not limit the…
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This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following: (…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), this chapter applies to a foreign-country judgm…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (f), a court of this state shall…
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(a) For the purpose of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1716, a foreign court lacks perso…
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(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recog…
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If the court in a proceeding under Section 1718 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled …
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If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in…
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An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment shall be commenced within the earlier of the time …
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In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uni…
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This chapter does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-c…
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(a) This chapter applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter in …
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(a) If all of the following conditions are satisfied, a person against whom a foreign-country defama…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act.
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(a) This chapter governs the procedures by which the superior courts of the State of California reco…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Applicant” means the person or persons who can bring an action to…
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(a) An application for entry of a judgment under this chapter shall be filed in a superior court. (b…
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(a) (1) If the parties to the underlying tribal court proceeding agree, the parties may file a joint…
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(a) An applicant may apply for recognition and entry of a judgment based on a tribal court money jud…
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(a) Promptly upon the filing of an application pursuant to Section 1734, the applicant shall serve u…
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(a) If no objections are timely filed in accordance with Section 1737, the clerk shall certify that …
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(a) Any objection to the recognition and entry of the tribal court money judgment sought under Secti…
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The superior court shall grant a stay of enforcement if the respondent establishes one of the follow…
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An action to recognize a tribal court money judgment or any renewal thereof shall be commenced withi…
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(a) The superior court may, after notice to all parties, attempt to resolve any issues raised regard…
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(a) The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section …
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The peaceful resolution of disputes in a fair, timely, …
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(a) As used in this title, “mediation” means a process in which a neutral person or persons facilita…
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(a) This title shall apply to the courts of the County of Los Angeles. (b) A court of any county, at…
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(a) In the courts of the County of Los Angeles and in other courts that elect to apply this title, a…
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An action that has been ordered into arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11 or 1141.12 may not be o…
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(a) The court shall not order a case into mediation where the amount in controversy exceeds fifty th…
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(a) The court shall not order a case into mediation where the amount in controversy exceeds fifty th…
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In actions submitted to mediation pursuant to Section 1775.3, a mediator shall be selected for the a…
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(a) Submission of an action to mediation pursuant to this title shall not suspend the running of the…
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(a) The compensation of court-appointed mediators shall be the same as the compensation of arbitrato…
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(a) In the event that the parties to mediation are unable to reach a mutually acceptable agreement a…
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All statements made by the parties during the mediation shall be subject to Sections 703.5 and 1152,…
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Any party who participates in mediation pursuant to Section 1775.3 shall retain the right to obtain …
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Any reference to the mediation or the statement of nonagreement filed pursuant to Section 1775.9 dur…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this title be construed to preempt other current…
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(a) On or before January 1, 1998, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature conc…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this title, the Judicial Council…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Insolvent” means:…
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In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (as defined in Section 493.010), the assignor…
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(a) In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, as defined in Section 493.010, the assig…
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(a) Following the issuance of the bonds as specified in Section 63048.65 of the Government Code and …
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An inspection warrant is an order, in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a judge of a cou…
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An inspection warrant shall be issued upon cause, unless some other provision of state or federal la…
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Cause shall be deemed to exist if either reasonable legislative or administrative standards for cond…
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Before issuing an inspection warrant, the judge may examine on oath the applicant and any other witn…
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If the judge is satisfied that the proper standard for issuance of the warrant has been met, he or s…
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An inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, but not for a period of mor…
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An inspection pursuant to this warrant may not be made between 6:00 p.m. of any day and 8:00 a.m. of…
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Any person who willfully refuses to permit an inspection lawfully authorized by warrant issued pursu…
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A warrant may be issued under the requirements of this title to authorize personnel of the Departmen…
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1822.54, for purposes of an animal or plant pest or di…
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A warrant may be issued under the requirements of this title to authorize personnel of the Departmen…
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When any map which has been recorded in the office of the recorder of any county is injured, destroy…
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(a) Terms set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement wi…
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The language of a writing is to be interpreted according to the meaning it bears in the place of its…
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In the construction of a statute or instrument, the office of the Judge is simply to ascertain and d…
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In the construction of a statute the intention of the Legislature, and in the construction of the in…
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For the proper construction of an instrument, the circumstances under which it was made, including t…
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The terms of a writing are presumed to have been used in their primary and general acceptation, but …
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When an instrument consists partly of written words and partly of a printed form, and the two are in…
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When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the different parties to i…
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A written notice, as well as every other writing, is to be construed according to the ordinary accep…
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When a statute or instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural …
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A witness is a person whose declaration under oath is received as evidence for any purpose, whether …
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Laws, whether organic or ordinary, are either written or unwritten.
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A written law is that which is promulgated in writing, and of which a record is in existence.
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The organic law is the Constitution of Government, and is altogether written. Other written laws are…
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Statutes are public or private. A private statute is one which concerns only certain designated indi…
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Unwritten law is the law not promulgated and recorded, as mentioned in Section 1896, but which is, n…
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A judicial record is the record or official entry of the proceedings in a Court of justice, or of th…
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(a) The effect of a judgment or final order in an action or special proceeding before a court or jud…
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When a judgment or order of a court is conclusive, the judgment or order must be alleged in the plea…
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Other judicial orders of a Court or Judge of this State, or of the United States, create a disputabl…
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The parties are deemed to be the same when those between whom the evidence is offered were on opposi…
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That only is deemed to have been adjudged in a former judgment which appears upon its face to have b…
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Whenever, pursuant to the last four sections, a party is bound by a record, and such party stands in…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the effect of a judicial record of a sister state is the same in thi…
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The effect of the judicial record of a Court of admiralty of a foreign country is the same as if it …
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Any judicial record may be impeached by evidence of a want of jurisdiction in the Court or judicial …
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The jurisdiction sufficient to sustain a record is jurisdiction over the cause, over the parties, an…
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Private writings are either: 1. Sealed; or, 2. Unsealed.
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A seal is a particular sign, made to attest, in the most formal manner, the execution of an instrume…
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§ [1932.]
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The execution of an instrument is the subscribing and delivering it, with or without affixing a seal…
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An agreement, in writing, without a seal, for the compromise or settlement of a debt, is as obligato…
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A subscribing witness is one who sees a writing executed or hears it acknowledged, and at the reques…
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§ [1950.]
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(a) The clerk shall retain in his or her custody any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record i…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, upon a judgment becoming final, at the expiration of th…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the court, on its own motion, may order the destruct…
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As used in this article “record” includes all or any part of any judgment, decree, order, document, …
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Whenever in any action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court of this State any reco…
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Upon notice given pursuant to Sections 1010 to 1020, inclusive, of this code, and its being shown to…
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Whenever in any action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court of this State any reco…
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Upon the hearing if the court is satisfied that the statements contained in the written application …
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The record in all cases where the proceeding is in rem, including probate, guardianship, conservator…
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If an appeal to a reviewing court has been taken in any action or special proceeding in any trial co…
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Any person, corporation, copartnership, organization, institution, business, member of profession or…
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Notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereof shall be given…
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Upon the hearing the court shall receive such evidence as may be required and if the court is satisf…
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The order of court made upon such hearing shall refer to the memorandum, book, map, chart, manuscrip…
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No estate or interest in real property, other than for leases for a term not exceeding one year, nor…
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(a) Section 1971 shall not be construed to abridge the power of any court to compel the specific per…
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No evidence is admissible to charge a person upon a representation as to the credit of a third perso…
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(a) The process by which the attendance of a witness is required is the subpoena. It is a writ or or…
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Any person who is subpoenaed to appear at a session of court, or at the trial of an issue therein, m…
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Any subpoena which requires the attendance of a witness at any civil trial shall contain the followi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Personal records” means the …
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The procedures set forth in Section 1985.3 are applicable to a subpoena duces tecum for records cont…
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If a subpena requires the attendance of a witness before an officer or commissioner out of court, it…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Deposition o…
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When a medical provider fails to comply with Section 1158 of the Evidence Code, in addition to any o…
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(a) (1) A subpoena in a civil proceeding may require that electronically stored information, as defi…
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A subpoena is obtainable as follows: (a) To require attendance before a court, or at the trial of an…
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(a) No testimony or other evidence given by a journalist under subpoena in a civil or criminal proce…
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Any person who is subpoenaed and required to give a deposition shall be entitled to receive the same…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 68097.1 to 68097.8, inclusive, of the Government Code, the servic…
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(a) If a subpoena requires the attendance of a witness or the production of books, documents, electr…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (c), in making an order pursuant to motion made under subdivi…
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When a subpoena duces tecum is served upon a custodian of records or other qualified witness as prov…
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The service of a subpoena duces tecum is invalid unless at the time of such service a copy of the af…
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If a witness is concealed in a building or vessel, so as to prevent the service of subpoena upon him…
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A witness, including a witness specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1987, is not obliged to atten…
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A person present in Court, or before a judicial officer, may be required to testify in the same mann…
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Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as a witness, or to subscribe an …
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Disobedience to a subpoena requiring attendance of a witness before an officer out of court in a dep…
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The provisions of Section 1991 do not apply to any act or omission occurring in a deposition taken p…
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A person failing to appear pursuant to a subpoena or a court order also forfeits to the party aggrie…
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(a) (1) As an alternative to issuing a warrant for contempt pursuant to paragraph (5) or (9) of subd…
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(a) If authorized by the court as provided by paragraph (11) of subdivision (b) of Section 1993, the…
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If a person arrested on a civil bench warrant issued pursuant to Section 1993 fails to appear after …
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Every warrant of commitment, issued by a court or officer pursuant to this chapter, shall specify th…
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If the witness be a prisoner, confined in a jail within this state, an order for his examination in …
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Such order can only be made on the motion of a party, upon affidavit showing the nature of the actio…
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If the witness be imprisoned in a jail in the county where the action or proceeding is pending, his …
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The testimony of witnesses is taken in three modes: 1. By affidavit; 2. By deposition; 3. By oral ex…
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An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party.
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A deposition is a written declaration, under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party, for the pu…
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An oral examination is an examination in presence of the jury or tribunal which is to decide the fac…
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An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding, to prove the servi…
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Evidence of the publication of a document or notice required by law, or by an order of a Court or Ju…
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An affidavit to be used before any court, judge, or officer of this state may be taken before any of…
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(a) When an affidavit is taken before a judge or a court in another state or in a foreign country, t…
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The certificate of a sheriff, marshal, or the clerk of the superior court, has the same force and ef…
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Whenever, under any law of this state or under any rule, regulation, order or requirement made pursu…
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Whenever, under any law of this State or under any rule, regulation, order or requirement made pursu…
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This title may be cited as the “Civil Discovery Act.”
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As used in this title: (a) “Action” includes a civil action and a special proceeding of a civil natu…
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Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties may by written stipulation modify the procedures prov…
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(a) A meet and confer declaration in support of a motion shall state facts showing a reasonable and …
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Sections 1011 and 1013 apply to any method of discovery or service of a motion provided for in this …
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When the last day to perform or complete any act provided for in this title falls on a Saturday, Sun…
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This title applies to discovery in aid of enforcement of a money judgment only to the extent provide…
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(a) The following shall apply in a civil action unless modified by stipulation by all parties to the…
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Unless otherwise limited by order of the court in accordance with this title, any party may obtain d…
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(a) The court shall limit the scope of discovery if it determines that the burden, expense, or intru…
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A party may obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any agreement under which any insuranc…
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(a) In any civil action alleging conduct that constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexu…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is the policy of the State of California that con…
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(a) In any civil action the factual foundation for which establishes a cause of action for a violati…
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For purposes of this chapter, “client” means a “client” as defined in Section 951 of the Evidence Co…
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It is the policy of the state to do both of the following: (a) Preserve the rights of attorneys to p…
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(a) A writing that reflects an attorney’s impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal research or t…
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This chapter is intended to be a restatement of existing law relating to protection of work product.…
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Notwithstanding Section 2018.040, when a lawyer is suspected of knowingly participating in a crime o…
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit an attorney’s ability to request an in camera hearing a…
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(a) The State Bar may discover the work product of an attorney against whom disciplinary charges are…
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In an action between an attorney and a client or a former client of the attorney, no work product pr…
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Any party may obtain discovery by one or more of the following methods: (a) Oral and written deposit…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by a rule of the Judicial Council, a local court rule, or a local u…
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(a) The court shall restrict the frequency or extent of use of a discovery method provided in Sectio…
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(a) When any method of discovery permits the production, inspection, copying, testing, or sampling o…
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In any action alleging the misappropriation of a trade secret under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (T…
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(a) Any of the following methods may be used to obtain discovery within the state from a person who …
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A deposition subpoena may command any of the following: (a) Only the attendance and the testimony of…
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Except as modified in this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985) of Ti…
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(a) The clerk of the court in which the action is pending shall issue a deposition subpoena signed a…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (c) of Section 2020.410, service of a deposition subpoena shall be effect…
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(a) If a deposition subpoena requires the personal attendance of the deponent, under Article 3 (comm…
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A deponent who disobeys a deposition subpoena in any manner described in subdivision (c) of Section …
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The following rules apply to a deposition subpoena that commands only the attendance and the testimo…
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(a) A deposition subpoena that commands only the production of business records for copying shall de…
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The officer for a deposition seeking discovery only of business records for copying under this artic…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), if a deposition subpoena commands only the production of …
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Promptly on or after the deposition date and after the receipt or the making of a copy of business r…
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(a) A deposition subpoena that commands the attendance and the testimony of the deponent, as well as…
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Misuses of the discovery process include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Persisting, ove…
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Notwithstanding the outcome of the particular discovery motion, the court shall impose a monetary sa…
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To the extent authorized by the chapter governing any particular discovery method or any other provi…
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A request for a sanction shall, in the notice of motion, identify every person, party, and attorney …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in addition to any other sanctions imposed pursuant to this c…
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As used in this chapter, discovery is considered completed on the day a response is due or on the da…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any party shall be entitled as a matter of right t…
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Any party shall be entitled as a matter of right to complete discovery proceedings pertaining to a w…
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(a) The time limit on completing discovery in an action to be arbitrated under Chapter 2.5 (commenci…
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(a) On motion of any party, the court may grant leave to complete discovery proceedings, or to have …
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Parties to an action may, with the consent of any party affected by it, enter into an agreement to e…
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Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2017…
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Subject to Sections 2025.270 and 2025.610, an oral deposition may be taken as follows: (a) The defen…
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(a) A party desiring to take the oral deposition of any person shall give notice in writing. The dep…
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If the deponent named is not a natural person, the deposition notice shall describe with reasonable …
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(a) The party who prepares a notice of deposition shall give the notice to every other party who has…
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(a) Unless the court orders otherwise under Section 2025.260, the deposition of a natural person, wh…
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(a) A party desiring to take the deposition of a natural person who is a party to the action or an o…
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(a) An oral deposition shall be scheduled for a date at least 10 days after service of the depositio…
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(a) The service of a deposition notice under Section 2025.240 is effective to require any deponent w…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), or by any court order, including a case management order,…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 2025.290, in any civil action for injury or illness that results in meso…
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(a) At the election of the deponent or the deposing party, the deposition officer may attend the dep…
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Except as provided in Section 2020.420, the deposition shall be conducted under the supervision of a…
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(a) The deposition officer shall put the deponent under oath or affirmation. (b) Unless the parties …
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If a deposition is being recorded by means of audio or video technology by, or at the direction of, …
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(a) Any party served with a deposition notice that does not comply with Article 2 (commencing with S…
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(a) Before, during, or after a deposition, any party, any deponent, or any other affected natural pe…
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If the party giving notice of a deposition fails to attend or proceed with it, the court shall impos…
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(a) If a deponent does not appear for a deposition because the party giving notice of the deposition…
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(a) If, after service of a deposition notice, a party to the action or an officer, director, managin…
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(a) The protection of information from discovery on the ground that it is privileged or that it is a…
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The deposition officer may not suspend the taking of testimony without the stipulation of all partie…
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(a) If a deponent fails to answer any question or to produce any document, electronically stored inf…
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(a) Unless the parties agree otherwise, the testimony at a deposition recorded by stenographic means…
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(a) If the deposition testimony is stenographically recorded, the deposition officer shall send writ…
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(a) If there is no stenographic transcription of the deposition, the deposition officer shall send w…
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(a) The deposition officer shall certify on the transcript of the deposition, or in a writing accomp…
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(a) The certified transcript of a deposition shall not be filed with the court. Instead, the deposit…
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(a) An audio or video recording of deposition testimony made by, or at the direction of, any party, …
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2025.320, unless the court issues an order to the con…
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(a) Once any party has taken the deposition of any natural person, including that of a party to the …
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At the trial or any other hearing in the action, any part or all of a deposition may be used against…
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(a) Any party may obtain discovery by taking an oral deposition, as described in Section 2025.010, i…
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(a) Any party may obtain discovery by taking an oral deposition, as described in Section 2025.010, i…
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Any party may obtain discovery by taking a deposition by written questions instead of by oral examin…
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The notice of a written deposition shall comply with Sections 2025.220 and 2025.230, and with subdiv…
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(a) The questions to be propounded to the deponent by direct examination shall accompany the notice …
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(a) A party who objects to the form of any question shall serve a specific objection to that questio…
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(a) A party who objects to any question on the ground that it calls for information that is privileg…
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(a) The party taking a written deposition may forward to the deponent a copy of the questions on dir…
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In addition to any appropriate order listed in Section 2025.420, the court may order any of the foll…
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The party taking a written deposition shall deliver to the officer designated in the deposition noti…
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This article may be cited as the Interstate and International Depositions and Discovery Act.
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In this article: (a) “Foreign jurisdiction” means either of the following: (1) A state other than th…
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(a) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party shall submit the original or a tru…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 1986 and 2029.300, if a party to a proceeding pending in a foreign juri…
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On or before January 1, 2010, the Judicial Council shall do all of the following: (a) Prepare an app…
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A subpoena issued under this article shall be personally served in compliance with the law of this s…
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Titles 3 (commencing with Section 1985) and 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010) of Part 4, and any …
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(a) If a dispute arises relating to discovery under this article, any request for a protective order…
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(a) On filing a petition under Section 2029.600, a petitioner who is a party to the out-of-state pro…
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(a) If a petition has been filed under Section 2029.600 and another dispute later arises relating to…
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A petition under Section 2029.600 or Section 2029.620 is subject to the requirements of Section 1005…
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If a party to a proceeding pending in a foreign jurisdiction seeks discovery from a witness in this …
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(a) If a superior court issues an order granting, denying, or otherwise resolving a petition under S…
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(a) Sections 2029.100, 2029.200, 2029.300, 2029.400, 2029.500, 2029.600, 2029.800, 2029.900, and thi…
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This article applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on or after the operative date of th…
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Section 2029.390 is operative on January 1, 2009. The remainder of this article is operative on Janu…
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(a) Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section …
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(a) A defendant may propound interrogatories to a party to the action without leave of court at any …
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(a) A party may propound to another party either or both of the following: (1) Thirty-five specially…
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(a) Subject to the right of the responding party to seek a protective order under Section 2030.090, …
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Any party who is propounding or has propounded more than 35 specially prepared interrogatories to an…
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(a) A party propounding interrogatories shall number each set of interrogatories consecutively. (b) …
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(a) In addition to the number of interrogatories permitted by Sections 2030.030 and 2030.040, a part…
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(a) The party propounding interrogatories shall serve a copy of them on the party to whom the interr…
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(a) When interrogatories have been propounded, the responding party, and any other party or affected…
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(a) The party to whom interrogatories have been propounded shall respond in writing under oath separ…
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(a) Each answer in a response to interrogatories shall be as complete and straightforward as the inf…
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If the answer to an interrogatory would necessitate the preparation or the making of a compilation, …
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(a) If only a part of an interrogatory is objectionable, the remainder of the interrogatory shall be…
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(a) The party to whom the interrogatories are directed shall sign the response under oath unless the…
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(a) Within 30 days after service of interrogatories, the party to whom the interrogatories are propo…
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(a) The party propounding interrogatories and the responding party may agree to extend the time for …
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(a) The interrogatories and the response thereto shall not be filed with the court. (b) The propound…
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If a party to whom interrogatories are directed fails to serve a timely response, the following rule…
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(a) On receipt of a response to interrogatories, the propounding party may move for an order compell…
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(a) Without leave of court, a party may serve an amended answer to any interrogatory that contains i…
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At the trial or any other hearing in the action, so far as admissible under the rules of evidence, t…
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(a) Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section …
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(a) A defendant may make a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling without leave of cou…
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(a) (1) A party demanding inspection, copying, testing, or sampling shall number each set of demands…
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The party making a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling shall serve a copy of the de…
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(a) In addition to the demands for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling permitted by this chapt…
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(a) When an inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of documents, tangible things, places, or elec…
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(a) The party to whom a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling has been directed shall…
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A statement that the party to whom a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling has been d…
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A representation of inability to comply with the particular demand for inspection, copying, testing,…
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(a) If only part of an item or category of item in a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sam…
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(a) The party to whom the demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling is directed shall sig…
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(a) Within 30 days after service of a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling, the part…
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(a) The party demanding inspection, copying, testing, or sampling and the responding party may agree…
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(a) Any documents or category of documents produced in response to a demand for inspection, copying,…
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(a) If electronically stored information produced in discovery is subject to a claim of privilege or…
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(a) The demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling, and the response to it, shall not be f…
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If a party to whom a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling is directed fails to serve…
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(a) On receipt of a response to a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling, the demandin…
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(a) If a party filing a response to a demand for inspection, copying, testing, or sampling under Sec…
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(a) In any action, regardless of who is the moving party, where the boundary of land patented or oth…
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(a) This chapter does not affect genetic testing under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 7550) of P…
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(a) Any party may obtain discovery, subject to the restrictions set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing w…
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As used in this article, “plaintiff” includes a cross-complainant, and “defendant” includes a cross-…
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(a) In any case in which a plaintiff is seeking recovery for personal injuries, any defendant may de…
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(a) The plaintiff to whom a demand for a physical examination under this article is directed shall r…
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(a) If a plaintiff to whom a demand for a physical examination under this article is directed fails …
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(a) If a defendant who has demanded a physical examination under this article, on receipt of the pla…
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(a) The demand for a physical examination under this article and the response to it shall not be fil…
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(a) If any party desires to obtain discovery by a physical examination other than that described in …
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(a) The court shall grant a motion for a physical or mental examination under Section 2032.310 only …
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(a) If any action involving allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, including any act listed in para…
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If a party is required to submit to a physical or mental examination under Articles 2 (commencing wi…
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If a party is required to produce another for a physical or mental examination under Articles 2 (com…
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(a) The attorney for the examinee or for a party producing the examinee, or that attorney’s represen…
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If an examinee submits or authorizes access to X-rays of any area of his or her body for inspection …
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(a) The examiner and examinee shall have the right to record a mental examination by audio technolog…
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(a) If a party submits to, or produces another for, a physical or mental examination in compliance w…
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(a) If the party at whose instance an examination was made fails to make a timely delivery of the re…
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By demanding and obtaining a report of a physical or mental examination under Section 2032.610 or 20…
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A party receiving a demand for a report under Section 2032.610 is entitled at the time of compliance…
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(a) If a party who has demanded and received delivery of medical reports under Section 2032.610 fail…
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Any party may obtain discovery within the scope delimited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2017…
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(a) A defendant may make requests for admission by a party without leave of court at any time. (b) A…
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(a) No party shall request, as a matter of right, that any other party admit more than 35 matters th…
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(a) Subject to the right of the responding party to seek a protective order under Section 2033.080, …
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Any party who is requesting or who has already requested more than 35 admissions not relating to the…
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(a) A party requesting admissions shall number each set of requests consecutively. (b) In the first …
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The party requesting admissions shall serve a copy of them on the party to whom they are directed an…
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(a) When requests for admission have been made, the responding party may promptly move for a protect…
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(a) The party to whom requests for admission have been directed shall respond in writing under oath …
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(a) Each answer in a response to requests for admission shall be as complete and straightforward as …
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(a) If only a part of a request for admission is objectionable, the remainder of the request shall b…
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(a) The party to whom the requests for admission are directed shall sign the response under oath, un…
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(a) Within 30 days after service of requests for admission, the party to whom the requests are direc…
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(a) The party requesting admissions and the responding party may agree to extend the time for servic…
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(a) The requests for admission and the response to them shall not be filed with the court. (b) The p…
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If a party to whom requests for admission are directed fails to serve a timely response, the followi…
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(a) On receipt of a response to requests for admissions, the party requesting admissions may move fo…
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(a) A party may withdraw or amend an admission made in response to a request for admission only on l…
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(a) Any matter admitted in response to a request for admission is conclusively established against t…
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(a) If a party fails to admit the genuineness of any document or the truth of any matter when reques…
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The Judicial Council shall develop and approve official form interrogatories and requests for admiss…
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(a) The Judicial Council shall develop and approve official form interrogatories for use by a victim…
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(a) In developing the form interrogatories and requests for admission required by Sections 2033.710 …
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(a) Use of the form interrogatories and requests for admission approved by the Judicial Council shal…
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This chapter does not apply to exchanges of lists of experts and valuation data in eminent domain pr…
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After the setting of the initial trial date for the action, any party may obtain discovery by demand…
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Any party may make a demand for an exchange of information concerning expert trial witnesses without…
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(a) A demand for an exchange of information concerning expert trial witnesses shall be in writing an…
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The party demanding an exchange of information concerning expert trial witnesses shall serve the dem…
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(a) A party who has been served with a demand to exchange information concerning expert trial witnes…
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(a) All parties who have appeared in the action shall exchange information concerning expert witness…
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If a demand for an exchange of information concerning expert trial witnesses includes a demand for p…
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(a) Within 20 days after the exchange described in Section 2034.260, any party who engaged in the ex…
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(a) A demand for an exchange of information concerning expert trial witnesses, and any expert witnes…
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Except as provided in Section 2034.310 and in Articles 4 (commencing with Section 2034.610) and 5 (c…
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A party may call as a witness at trial an expert not previously designated by that party if either o…
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On receipt of an expert witness list from a party, any other party may take the deposition of any pe…
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An expert described in subdivision (b) of Section 2034.210 whose deposition is noticed pursuant to S…
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The deposition of any expert described in subdivision (b) of Section 2034.210 shall be taken at a pl…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), this section applies to an expert witness, other than a p…
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The party designating an expert is responsible for any fee charged by the expert for preparing for a…
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(a) The party taking the deposition of an expert witness shall either accompany the service of the d…
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(a) The service of a proper deposition notice accompanied by the tender of the expert witness fee de…
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(a) If a party desiring to take the deposition of an expert witness under this article deems that th…
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(a) On motion of any party who has engaged in a timely exchange of expert witness information, the c…
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The court shall grant leave to augment or amend an expert witness list or declaration only if all of…
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The court shall impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) agains…
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(a) On motion of any party who has failed to submit expert witness information on the date specified…
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The court shall grant leave to submit tardy expert witness information only if all of the following …
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The court shall impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) agains…
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(a) One who expects to be a party or expects a successor in interest to be a party to an action that…
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The methods available for discovery conducted for the purposes set forth in Section 2035.010 are all…
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(a) One who desires to perpetuate testimony or preserve evidence for the purposes set forth in Secti…
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(a) The petitioner shall cause service of a notice of the petition under Section 2035.030 to be made…
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(a) If the court determines that all or part of the discovery requested under this chapter may preve…
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If a deposition to perpetuate testimony has been taken either under the provisions of this chapter, …
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If an appeal has been taken from a judgment entered by a court of the state, or if the time for taki…
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The methods available for discovery for the purpose set forth in Section 2036.010 are all of the fol…
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(a) A party who desires to obtain discovery pending appeal shall obtain leave of the court that ente…
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(a) If the court determines that all or part of the discovery requested under this chapter may preve…
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If a deposition to perpetuate testimony has been taken under the provisions of this chapter, it may …
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A witness, served with a subpoena, must attend at the time appointed, with any papers under his cont…
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Any witness who is subpoenaed in any civil or administrative action or proceeding shall be given wri…
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An offer in writing to pay a particular sum of money, or to deliver a written instrument or specific…
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Whoever pays money, or delivers an instrument or property, is entitled to a receipt therefor from th…
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The person to whom a tender is made must, at the time, specify any objection he may have to the mone…
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(a) A court, judge or clerk of a court, justice, notary public, and officer or person authorized to …
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(a) An oath, affirmation, or declaration in an action or a proceeding, may be administered by obtain…
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This title applies only to federal tax liens and to other federal liens notices of which under any A…
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(a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal l…
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Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Sec…
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(a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation o…
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The fee charged for recording and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting th…
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Filing officers with whom notices of federal tax liens, certificates and notices affecting such lien…
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This title shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law …
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This title shall be applied and construed to permit the transmission, filing, recording, and indexin…
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This title may be cited as the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.