California Legal Codes and Statutes

Part 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS

California Code of Civil Procedure — §§ 307-1062.34

Title 1 - OF THE FORM OF CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 307-309
Title 2 - OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 312-366.3
Chapter 1 - The Time of Commencing Actions in General
§§ 312-313
Chapter 2 - The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property
§§ 315-330
Chapter 3 - The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property
§§ 335-349.4
Chapter 4 - General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions
§§ 350-363
Chapter 5 - The Commencement of Actions Based Upon Professional Negligence
§§ 364-365
Chapter 6 - Time of Commencement of Action After Person’s Death
§§ 366.1-366.3
Title 3 - OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 367-389.5
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 367-369.5
Chapter 2 - Married Person
§§ 370-371
Chapter 3 - Disability of Party
§§ 372-376
Chapter 4 - Effect of Death
§§ 377.10-377.62
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 377.10-377.11
Article 2 - Survival and Continuation
§§ 377.20-377.22
Article 3 - Decedent’s Cause of Action
§§ 377.30-377.35
Article 4 - Cause of Action Against Decedent
§§ 377.40-377.43
Article 5 - Insured Claims
§§ 377.50
Article 6 - Wrongful Death
§§ 377.60-377.62
Chapter 5 - Permissive Joinder
§§ 378-384.5
Chapter 6 - Interpleader
§§ 386-386.6
Chapter 7 - Intervention
§§ 387-388
Chapter 8 - Compulsory Joinder
§§ 389-389.5
Title 3 - A. VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS
§§ 391-391.8
Title 4 - OF THE PLACE OF TRIAL, RECLASSIFICATION, AND COORDINATION OF CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 392-404.9
Chapter 1 - Place of Trial
§§ 392-403
Chapter 2 - Reclassification of Civil Actions and Proceedings
§§ 403.010-403.090
Chapter 3 - Coordination
§§ 404-404.9
Title 4.5 - RECORDING NOTICE OF CERTAIN ACTIONS
§§ 405-405.61
Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
§§ 405-405.8
Chapter 2 - Recordation Service and Filing
§§ 405.20-405.24
Chapter 3 - Expungement and Other Relief
§§ 405.30-405.39
Chapter 4 - Withdrawal
§§ 405.50
Chapter 5 - Effect of Withdrawal or Expungement of Notice
§§ 405.60-405.61
Title 5 - JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
§§ 410.10-418.11
Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction and Forum
§§ 410.10-410.70
Article 1 - Jurisdiction
§§ 410.10
Article 2 - Forum
§§ 410.30-410.42
Article 3 - Jurisdiction in Action
§§ 410.50-410.70
Chapter 2 - Commencing Civil Actions
§§ 411.10-411.35
Chapter 3 - Summons
§§ 412.10-412.30
Chapter 4 - Service of Summons
§§ 413.10-417.40
Article 1 - General
§§ 413.10-413.40
Article 2 - Persons Who May Serve Summons
§§ 414.10
Article 3 - Manner of Service of Summons
§§ 415.10-415.95
Article 4 - Persons Upon Whom Summons May Be Served
§§ 416.10-416.90
Article 5 - Proof of Service
§§ 417.10-417.40
Chapter 5 - Objection to Jurisdiction
§§ 418.10-418.11
Title 6 - OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 420-475
Chapter 1 - The Pleadings in General
§§ 420-422.40
Chapter 2 - Pleadings Demanding Relief
§§ 425.10-429.30
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 425.10-425.55
Article 2 - Compulsory Cross-Complaints
§§ 426.10-426.70
Article 3 - Permissive Joinder of Causes of Action
§§ 427.10
Article 4 - Cross-Complaints
§§ 428.10-428.80
Article 5 - Contents of Documents in Particular Actions or Proceedings
§§ 429.30
Chapter 3 - Objections to Pleadings; Denials and Defenses
§§ 430.10-432.10
Article 1 - Objections to Pleadings
§§ 430.10-430.90
Article 2 - Denials and Defenses
§§ 431.10-431.70
Article 3 - Time to Respond to Cross-Complaint
§§ 432.10
Chapter 4 - Motion to Strike
§§ 435-437
Chapter 5 - Summary Judgments and Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings
§§ 437c-439
Chapter 6 - Verification of Pleadings
§§ 446
Chapter 7 - General Rules of Pleading
§§ 452-465
Chapter 8 - Variance—Mistakes in Pleadings and Amendments
§§ 469-475
Title 6.5 - ATTACHMENT
§§ 481.010-493.060
Chapter 1 - Words and Phrases Defined
§§ 481.010-481.225
Chapter 2 - General Provisions
§§ 482.010-482.120
Chapter 3 - Actions in Which Attachment Authorized
§§ 483.010-483.020
Chapter 4 - Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment
§§ 484.010-484.530
Article 1 - Right to Attach Order; Issuance of Writ of Attachment
§§ 484.010-484.110
Article 2 - Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs
§§ 484.310-484.370
Article 3 - Ex Parte Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs
§§ 484.510-484.530
Chapter 5 - Ex Parte Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment
§§ 485.010-485.610
Article 1 - Great or Irreparable Injury Requirement
§§ 485.010
Article 2 - Order Determining Right to Attach; Issuance of Writ of Attachment
§§ 485.210-485.240
Article 3 - Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs
§§ 485.510-485.540
Article 4 - Claim of Exemption
§§ 485.610
Chapter 6 - Temporary Protective Order
§§ 486.010-486.110
Chapter 7 - Property Subject to Attachment
§§ 487.010-487.030
Chapter 8 - Levy Procedures; Lien of Attachment; Management and Disposition of Attached Property
§§ 488.010-488.740
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 488.010-488.140
Article 2 - Methods of Levy
§§ 488.300-488.485
Article 3 - Lien of Attachment
§§ 488.500-488.510
Article 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy
§§ 488.600-488.620
Article 5 - Management and Disposition of Attached Property
§§ 488.700-488.740
Chapter 9 - Undertakings
§§ 489.010-489.420
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 489.010-489.130
Article 2 - Undertakings to Obtain Writ of Attachment or Protective Order
§§ 489.210-489.230
Article 3 - Undertaking to Obtain Release of Attachment or Protective Order
§§ 489.310-489.320
Article 4 - Undertaking on Appeal
§§ 489.410-489.420
Chapter 10 - Liability for Wrongful Attachment
§§ 490.010-490.060
Chapter 11 - Attaching Plaintiff’s Miscellaneous Remedies
§§ 491.110-491.470
Article 1 - Examination of Third Person
§§ 491.110-491.200
Article 2 - Creditor’s Suit
§§ 491.310-491.370
Article 3 - Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding
§§ 491.410-491.470
Chapter 12 - Nonresident Attachment
§§ 492.010-492.090
Chapter 13 - Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings and General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
§§ 493.010-493.060
Title 7 - OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 501-574
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 501
Chapter 2 - Claim and Delivery of Personal Property
§§ 511.010-516.050
Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined
§§ 511.010-511.100
Article 2 - Writ of Possession
§§ 512.010-512.120
Article 3 - Temporary Restraining Order
§§ 513.010-513.020
Article 4 - Levy and Custody
§§ 514.010-514.050
Article 5 - Undertakings
§§ 515.010-515.030
Article 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§§ 516.010-516.050
Chapter 3 - Injunction
§§ 525-534
Chapter 5 - Receivers
§§ 564-570
Chapter 5 - A. Undertaking of Persons Handling Private Property or Funds
§§ 571
Chapter 6 - Deposit in Court
§§ 572-574
Title 7 - a. PRETRIAL CONFERENCES
§§ 575-576
Title 8 - OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 577-674
Chapter 1 - Judgment in General
§§ 577-582.5
Chapter 1.5 - Dismissal for Delay in Prosecution
§§ 583.110-583.430
Article 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
§§ 583.110-583.161
Article 2 - Mandatory Time for Service of Summons
§§ 583.210-583.250
Article 3 - Mandatory Time for Bringing Action to Trial or New Trial
§§ 583.310-583.360
Article 4 - Discretionary Dismissal for Delay
§§ 583.410-583.430
Chapter 2 - Judgment Upon Failure to Answer
§§ 585-587.5
Chapter 3 - Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements
§§ 588-599
Chapter 4 - Trial by Jury
§§ 607-630
Article 2 - Conduct of the Trial
§§ 607-619
Article 3 - The Verdict
§§ 624-630
Chapter 4.5 - Voluntary Expedited Jury Trials
§§ 630.01-630.11
Chapter 4.6 - Mandatory Expedited Jury Trials in Limited Civil Cases
§§ 630.20-630.29
Chapter 5 - Trial by the Court
§§ 631-636
Chapter 6 - Of References and Trials by Referees
§§ 638-645.2
Chapter 7 - Provisions Relating to Trials in General
§§ 646-663.2
Article 1 - Exceptions
§§ 646-647
Article 1.5 - View by Trier of Fact
§§ 651
Article 2 - New Trials
§§ 656-663.2
Chapter 8 - The Manner of Giving and Entering Judgment
§§ 664-674
Title 8.5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS ACT
§§ 676-676.16
Title 9 - ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
§§ 680.010-724.260
Division 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
§§ 680.010-694.090
Title - Short Title and Definitions
§§ 680.010-680.380
Chapter 2 - General Provisions
§§ 681.010-681.050
Chapter 3 - Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments
§§ 683.010-683.320
Article 1 - Period for Enforcement of Judgments
§§ 683.010-683.050
Article 2 - Renewal of Judgments
§§ 683.110-683.220
Chapter - Application of Chapter
§§ 683.310-683.320
Chapter 4 - Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers
§§ 684.010-684.310
Article 1 - Service on Attorney of Creditor or Debtor
§§ 684.010-684.050
Article 2 - Manner of Service Generally
§§ 684.110-684.140
Article 3 - Proof of Service
§§ 684.210-684.220
Chapter - Application of Chapter
§§ 684.310
Chapter 5 - Interest and Costs
§§ 685.010-685.110
Chapter 6 - Enforcement After Death of Judgment Creditor or Judgment Debtor
§§ 686.010-686.020
Chapter 7 - Levying Officers
§§ 687.010-687.050
Chapter 8 - Enforcement of State Tax Liability
§§ 688.010-688.110
Article 1 - Enforcement Pursuant to Warrant or Notice of Levy
§§ 688.010-688.050
Article 2 - Enforcement of Judgment for Taxes
§§ 688.110
Chapter 9 - Enforcement of Support Judgments
§§ 689.010-689.050
Chapter 10 - Enforcement of Judgments by Labor Commissioner
§§ 690.020-690.050
Chapter 20 - Transitional Provisions
§§ 694.010-694.090
Division 2 - ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS
§§ 695.010-709.030
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 695.010-695.221
Article 1 - Property Subject to Enforcement of Money Judgment
§§ 695.010-695.070
Article 2 - Amount to Satisfy Money Judgment
§§ 695.210-695.221
Chapter 2 - Liens
§§ 697.010-697.920
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 697.010-697.060
Article 2 - Judgment Lien on Real Property
§§ 697.310-697.420
Article 3 - Judgment Lien on Personal Property
§§ 697.510-697.680
Article 4 - Execution Lien
§§ 697.710-697.750
Article 5 - Other Liens Created by Enforcement Process
§§ 697.910-697.920
Chapter 3 - Execution
§§ 699.010-701.830
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 699.010-699.090
Article 2 - Writ of Execution and Notice of Levy
§§ 699.510-699.560
Article 3 - Property Subject to Execution
§§ 699.710-699.730
Article 4 - Methods of Levy
§§ 700.010-700.200
Article 5 - Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy
§§ 701.010-701.070
Article 6 - Sale and Collection
§§ 701.510-701.680
Article 7 - Distribution of Proceeds of Sale or Collection
§§ 701.810-701.830
Chapter 4 - Exemptions
§§ 703.010-704.995
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 703.010-703.150
Article 2 - Procedure for Claiming Exemptions After Levy
§§ 703.510-703.610
Article 3 - Exempt Property
§§ 704.010-704.235
Article 4 - Homestead Exemption
§§ 704.710-704.850
Article 5 - Declared Homesteads
§§ 704.910-704.995
Chapter 5 - Wage Garnishment
§§ 706.010-706.154
Title - Short Title; Definitions
§§ 706.010-706.011
Article 2 - General Provisions
§§ 706.020-706.034
Article 3 - Restrictions on Earnings Withholding
§§ 706.050-706.052
Article 4 - Earnings Withholding Order for Taxes
§§ 706.070-706.084
Article 5 - Procedure for Earnings Withholding Orders and Exemption Claims
§§ 706.100-706.109
Article 6 - Forms; Employer’s Instructions
§§ 706.120-706.129
Article 7 - Administration and Enforcement
§§ 706.151-706.154
Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Creditors’ Remedies
§§ 708.010-709.030
Article 1 - Written Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor
§§ 708.010-708.030
Article 2 - Examination Proceedings
§§ 708.110-708.205
Article 3 - Creditor’s Suit
§§ 708.210-708.290
Article 4 - Charging Orders
§§ 708.310-708.320
Article 5 - Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding
§§ 708.410-708.480
Article 6 - Assignment Order
§§ 708.510-708.560
Article 7 - Receiver to Enforce Judgment
§§ 708.610-708.630
Article 8 - Collection of Judgment Where Judgment Debtor Is Creditor of Public Entity
§§ 708.710-708.795
Article 9 - Enforcement Against Franchise
§§ 708.910-708.930
Article 10 - Other Enforcement Procedures
§§ 709.010-709.030
Division 3 - ENFORCEMENT OF NONMONEY JUDGMENTS
§§ 712.010-717.010
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 712.010-712.070
Chapter 2 - Judgment for Possession of Personal Property
§§ 714.010-714.030
Chapter 3 - Judgment for Possession of Real Property
§§ 715.010-715.050
Chapter 4 - Judgment for Sale of Property
§§ 716.010-716.030
Chapter 5 - Other Judgments
§§ 717.010
Division 4 - THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS AND RELATED PROCEDURES
§§ 720.010-720.800
Chapter 1 - Definitions
§§ 720.010-720.030
Chapter 2 - Third-Party Claims of Ownership and Possession
§§ 720.110-720.170
Chapter 3 - Third-Party Claim of Security Interest or Lien
§§ 720.210-720.290
Chapter 4 - Hearing on Third-Party Claim
§§ 720.310-720.430
Chapter 5 - Creditor’s Demand for Third-Party Claim by Secured Party or Lienholder
§§ 720.510-720.550
Chapter 6 - Third-Party Undertaking to Release Property
§§ 720.610-720.660
Chapter 7 - Undertakings
§§ 720.710-720.800
Division 5 - SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT
§§ 724.010-724.260
Chapter 1 - Satisfaction of Judgment
§§ 724.010-724.100
Chapter 2 - Acknowledgment of Partial Satisfaction of Judgment
§§ 724.110-724.120
Chapter 3 - Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Matured Installments Under Installment Judgment
§§ 724.210-724.260
Title 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES
§§ 725a-871.30
Chapter 1 - Actions for the Foreclosure of Mortgages
§§ 725a-730.5
Chapter 2 - Actions for Nuisance, Waste,and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases,on Real Property
§§ 731-736
Chapter 3 - Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property
§§ 740-749.5
Chapter 3.5 - Actions to Re-establish Destroyed Land Records
§§ 751.01-751.28
Chapter 3.6 - Cullen Earthquake Act
§§ 751.50-751.65
Title - Quiet Title
§§ 760.010-765.060
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 760.010-760.060
Article 2 - Commencement of Action
§§ 761.010-761.040
Article 3 - Defendants
§§ 762.010-762.090
Article 4 - Service of Process
§§ 763.010-763.040
Article 5 - Judgment
§§ 764.010-764.080
Article 6 - Liens and Encumbrances
§§ 765.010-765.060
Title - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title
§§ 770.010-772.060
Title - Identity of Person in Chain of Title
§§ 770.010-770.080
Article 2 - Land Dedicated for Public Improvement
§§ 771.010-771.020
Article 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease
§§ 772.010-772.060
Chapter 4.6 - Actions Concerning Real Property Titles Affected by Public Improvement Assessments
§§ 801.1-801.15
Chapter 5 - Actions for the Usurpation of an Office or Franchise
§§ 802-811
Chapter 7 - Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights
§§ 830-852
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 830-832
Article 2 - Scope of Action
§§ 833-834
Article 3 - Notice and Service of Complaint
§§ 835-836.5
Article 4 - Intervention
§§ 837-837.5
Article 5 - Judge
§§ 838
Article 6 - Electronic Service
§§ 839
Article 7 - Case Management
§§ 840
Article 8 - Basin Boundaries
§§ 841
Article 9 - Initial Disclosures
§§ 842
Article 10 - Expert Witnesses
§§ 843
Article 11 - Written Testimony
§§ 844
Article 12 - Special Master
§§ 845-846
Article 13 - Preliminary Injunction
§§ 847
Article 14 - Stay
§§ 848
Article 15 - Physical Solution
§§ 849
Article 16 - Judgment
§§ 850
Article 17 - Judgment Binding on Successors
§§ 851
Article 18 - Continuing Jurisdiction
§§ 852
Chapter 8 - Actions Against Coowners of Mines
§§ 853-859
Chapter 9 - Validating Proceedings
§§ 860-870.5
Chapter 10 - Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another
§§ 871.1-871.7
Chapter 11 - Actions to Recover COVID-19 Rental Debt
§§ 871.10-871.12
Chapter 12 - Actions for Restitution for or Replacement of Certain Motor Vehicles
§§ 871.20-871.30
Title 10.5 - PARTITION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
§§ 872.010-874.323
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 872.010-872.140
Article 1 - Preliminary Provisions
§§ 872.010-872.040
Article 2 - Powers of Court
§§ 872.110-872.140
Chapter 2 - Commencement of Action
§§ 872.210-872.550
Article 1 - Complaint and Lis Pendens
§§ 872.210-872.250
Article 2 - Summons
§§ 872.310-872.330
Article 3 - Answer
§§ 872.410-872.430
Article 4 - Parties
§§ 872.510-872.550
Chapter 3 - Trial
§§ 872.610-872.840
Article 1 - Determination of Interests of Parties
§§ 872.610-872.640
Article 2 - Determination of Right to Partition
§§ 872.710-872.730
Article 3 - Determination of Manner of Partition
§§ 872.810-872.840
Chapter 4 - Referees
§§ 873.010-873.160
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 873.010-873.080
Article 2 - Contracts of Referee
§§ 873.110-873.160
Division - Division of the Property
§§ 873.210-873.290
Chapter 6 - Sale of the Property
§§ 873.510-873.850
Article 1 - Manner of Sale
§§ 873.510-873.530
Article 2 - Sales Procedures
§§ 873.600-873.690
Article 3 - Consummation of Sale
§§ 873.710-873.790
Article 4 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale
§§ 873.810-873.850
Chapter 7 - Partition by Appraisal
§§ 873.910-873.980
Chapter 8 - Costs of Partition
§§ 874.010-874.140
Article 1 - Allowance and Apportionment of Costs of Partition
§§ 874.010-874.050
Article 2 - Payment of Costs of Partition
§§ 874.110-874.140
Chapter 9 - Judgment
§§ 874.210-874.240
Chapter 10 - Partition of Real Property Act
§§ 874.311-874.323
Title 11 - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT JUDGMENT DEBTORS
§§ 875-883
Chapter 1 - Releases From and Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors
§§ 875-880
Chapter 2 - Contribution Among Other Judgment Debtors
§§ 881-883
Title 13 - APPEALS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
§§ 901-936.1
Chapter 1 - Appeals in General
§§ 901-914
Chapter 2 - Stay of Enforcement and Other Proceedings
§§ 916-936.1
Title 14 - OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§§ 989-1062.34
Chapter 1 - Proceedings Against Joint Debtors
§§ 989-994
Chapter 2 - Bonds and Undertakings
§§ 995.010-996.560
Article 1 - Preliminary Provisions and Definitions
§§ 995.010-995.190
Article 2 - General Provisions
§§ 995.210-995.260
Article 3 - Execution and Filing
§§ 995.310-995.380
Article 4 - Approval and Effect
§§ 995.410-995.440
Article 5 - Personal Sureties
§§ 995.510-995.520
Article 6 - Admitted Surety Insurers
§§ 995.610-995.675
Article 7 - Deposit in Lieu of Bond
§§ 995.710-995.770
Article 8 - Bonds to the State of California
§§ 995.810-995.850
Article 9 - Objections to Bonds
§§ 995.910-995.960
Article 10 - Insufficient and Excessive Bonds
§§ 996.010-996.030
Article 11 - Release or Substitution of Sureties on Bond Given in Action or Proceeding
§§ 996.110-996.150
Article 12 - New, Additional, and Supplemental Bonds
§§ 996.210-996.250
Article 13 - Cancellation of Bond or Withdrawal of Sureties
§§ 996.310-996.360
Article 14 - Liability of Principal and Sureties
§§ 996.410-996.495
Article 15 - Enforcement Lien
§§ 996.510-996.560
Chapter 3 - Offers by a Party to Compromise
§§ 998
Chapter 3.2 - Time-Limited Demands
§§ 999-999.5
Chapter 3.5 - Confidential Settlement Agreements
§§ 1001-1002
Chapter 3.6 - Agreements Settling Employment Disputes
§§ 1002.5
Chapter 3.7 - Enrollment Agreements
§§ 1002.7
Chapter 4 - Motions and Orders
§§ 1003-1008
Chapter 5 - Notices, and Filing and Service of Papers
§§ 1010-1020
Chapter 6 - Of Costs
§§ 1021-1038
Chapter 7 - General Provisions
§§ 1045-1055
Chapter 8 - Declaratory Relief
§§ 1060-1062.5
Chapter 9 - Actions to Enforce Real Property and Mobilehome Sales Agreements
§§ 1062.10
Chapter 10 - Computer Assistance
§§ 1062.20
Chapter 11 - Foster Family Agency Accountability
§§ 1062.30-1062.34