California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE

TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION

CHAPTER 1 - Courts of Justice in General

Section 35. - 35. (a) Proceedings in cases involving the registration or denial...

Section 35. - 35. (a) Proceedings in cases involving the registration or denial...

Section 36. - 36. (a) A party to a civil action who is...

Section 36.5. - 36.5. An affidavit submitted in support of a motion for...

Section 37. - 37. (a) A civil action shall be entitled to preference,...

Section 38. - 38. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, a reference...

CHAPTER 3 - Supreme Court

Section 41. - 41. The Supreme Court and the courts of appeal may...

Section 42. - 42. Adjournments from day to day, or from time to...

Section 43. - 43. The Supreme Court, and the courts of appeal, may...

Section 44. - 44. Appeals in probate proceedings, in contested election cases, and...

Section 45. - 45. An appeal from a judgment freeing a minor who...

CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts

Section 71. - 71. The process of superior courts shall extend throughout the...

Section 73c. - 73c. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other...

Section 73d. - 73d. Whenever, under Section 73c, it becomes necessary for a...

Section 73e. - 73e. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in each county...

Section 74. - 74. Adjournments from day to day, or from time to...

Section 75. - 75. The superior court in any county may by rule...

Section 77. - 77. (a) In every county there is an appellate division...

CHAPTER 5.1 - Limited Civil Cases

ARTICLE 1 - Jurisdiction in Limited Civil Cases

Section 85. - 85. An action or special proceeding shall be treated as...

Section 86. - 86. (a) The following civil cases and proceedings are limited...

Section 86.1. - 86.1. An action brought pursuant to the Long-Term Care, Health,...

Section 87. - 87. (a) A limited civil case may be brought in...

Section 88. - 88. A civil action or proceeding other than a limited...

Section 89. - 89. (a) The existence of a statute relating to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Economic Litigation for Limited Civil Cases

Section 90. - 90. Except where changed by the provisions of this article,...

Section 91. - 91. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 92. - 92. (a) The pleadings allowed are complaints, answers, cross-complaints, answers...

Section 93. - 93. (a) The plantiff has the option to serve case...

Section 93. - 93. (a) The plaintiff has the option to serve case...

Section 94. - 94. Discovery is permitted only to the extent provided by...

Section 95. - 95. (a) The court may, on noticed motion and subject...

Section 96. - 96. (a) Any party may serve on any other party...

Section 97. - 97. (a) Except as provided in this section, upon objection...

Section 98. - 98. A party may, in lieu of presenting direct testimony,...

Section 99. - 99. A judgment or final order, in respect to the...

Section 100. - 100. Any party shall have the right to appeal any...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Small Claims Court

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 116.110. - 116.110. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 116.120. - 116.120. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

Section 116.130. - 116.130. In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: (a)...

Section 116.140. - 116.140. The following do not apply in small claims actions:...

ARTICLE 2 - Small Claims Court

Section 116.210. - 116.210. In each superior court there shall be a small...

Section 116.220. - 116.220. (a) The small claims court has jurisdiction in the...

Section 116.221. - 116.221. In addition to the jurisdiction conferred by Section 116.220,...

Section 116.222. - 116.222. If the action is to enforce the payment of...

Section 116.223. - 116.223. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:...

Section 116.225. - 116.225. An agreement entered into or renewed on or after...

Section 116.230. - 116.230. (a) In a small claims case, the clerk of...

Section 116.231. - 116.231. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), no person...

Section 116.232. - 116.232. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged...

Section 116.240. - 116.240. (a) With the consent of the parties who appear...

Section 116.250. - 116.250. (a) Sessions of the small claims court may be...

Section 116.260. - 116.260. In each county, individual assistance shall be made available...

Section 116.270. - 116.270. Any small claims division may use law clerks to...

ARTICLE 3 - Actions

Section 116.310. - 116.310. (a) No formal pleading, other than the claim described...

Section 116.320. - 116.320. (a) A plaintiff may commence an action in the...

Section 116.330. - 116.330. (a) When a claim is filed, the clerk shall...

Section 116.340. - 116.340. (a) Service of the claim and order on the...

Section 116.360. - 116.360. (a) The defendant may file a claim against the...

Section 116.370. - 116.370. (a) Venue and court location requirements in small claims...

Section 116.390. - 116.390. (a) If a defendant has a claim against a...

ARTICLE 4 - Parties

Section 116.410. - 116.410. (a) Any person who is at least 18 years...

Section 116.420. - 116.420. (a) No claim shall be filed or maintained in...

Section 116.430. - 116.430. (a) If the plaintiff operates or does business under...

ARTICLE 5 - Hearing

Section 116.510. - 116.510. The hearing and disposition of the small claims action...

Section 116.520. - 116.520. (a) The parties have the right to offer evidence...

Section 116.530. - 116.530. (a) Except as permitted by this section, no attorney...

Section 116.531. - 116.531. Nothing in this article shall prevent a representative of...

Section 116.540. - 116.540. (a) Except as permitted by this section, no individual...

Section 116.541. - 116.541. (a) Notwithstanding Section 116.540 or any other provision of...

Section 116.560. - 116.560. (a) Whenever a claim that is filed against a...

Section 116.570. - 116.570. (a) Any party may submit a written request to...

ARTICLE 6 - Judgment

Section 116.610. - 116.610. (a) The small claims court shall give judgment for...

Section 116.620. - 116.620. (a) The judgment debtor shall pay the amount of...

Section 116.630. - 116.630. The court may, at any time after judgment, for...

ARTICLE 7 - Motion to Vacate, Appeal, and Related Matters

Section 116.710. - 116.710. (a) The plaintiff in a small claims action shall...

Section 116.720. - 116.720. (a) A plaintiff who did not appear at the...

Section 116.725. - 116.725. (a) A motion to correct a clerical error in...

Section 116.730. - 116.730. (a) A defendant who did not appear at the...

Section 116.740. - 116.740. (a) If the defendant was not properly served as...

Section 116.745. - 116.745. The clerk shall collect a fee of twenty dollars...

Section 116.750. - 116.750. (a) An appeal from a judgment in a small...

Section 116.760. - 116.760. (a) The appealing party shall pay a fee of...

Section 116.770. - 116.770. (a) The appeal to the superior court shall consist...

Section 116.780. - 116.780. (a) The judgment of the superior court after a...

Section 116.790. - 116.790. If the superior court finds that the appeal was...

Section 116.795. - 116.795. (a) The superior court may dismiss the appeal if...

Section 116.798. - 116.798. (a) (1) A petition that seeks a writ of...

ARTICLE 8 - Satisfaction and Enforcement of Judgment

Section 116.810. - 116.810. (a) Enforcement of the judgment of a small claims...

Section 116.820. - 116.820. (a) The judgment of a small claims court, or...

Section 116.830. - 116.830. (a) At the time judgment is rendered, or notice...

Section 116.840. - 116.840. (a) At the option of the judgment debtor, payment...

Section 116.850. - 116.850. (a) If full payment of the judgment is made...

Section 116.860. - 116.860. (a) A judgment debtor who desires to make payment...

Section 116.870. - 116.870. (a) Sections 16250 to 16381, inclusive, of the Vehicle...

Section 116.880. - 116.880. (a) If the judgment (1) was for one thousand...

ARTICLE 9 - Administration

Section 116.920. - 116.920. (a) The Judicial Council shall provide by rule for...

Section 116.930. - 116.930. (a) Each small claims division shall provide in each...

Section 116.940. - 116.940. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or...

Section 116.950. - 116.950. (a) This section shall become operative only if the...

CHAPTER 6 - General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice

ARTICLE 1 - Open Court Access

Section 124. - 124. (a) Except as provided in Section 214 of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Incidental Powers and Duties of Courts

Section 128. - 128. (a) Every court shall have the power to do...

Section 128.5. - 128.5. (a) A trial court may order a party, the...

Section 128.7. - 128.7. (a) Every pleading, petition, written notice of motion, or...

Section 129. - 129. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a copy, reproduction, or...

Section 130. - 130. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, when...

ARTICLE 3 - Judicial Holidays

Section 133. - 133. Courts of justice may be held and judicial business...

Section 134. - 134. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the courts...

Section 135. - 135. Every full day designated as a holiday by Section...

Section 136. - 136. If a day appointed for the holding or sitting...

ARTICLE 4 - Proceedings in Case of Absence of Judge

Section 139. - 139. If no judge attends on the day appointed for...

ARTICLE 6 - Seals of Courts

Section 153. - 153. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the seal...

CHAPTER 7 - Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings

Section 155. - 155. (a) (1) A superior court has jurisdiction under California...

TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS

CHAPTER 2 - Powers of Judges at Chambers

Section 165. - 165. The justices of the Supreme Court and of the...

Section 166. - 166. (a) The judges of the superior courts may, in...

Section 166.1. - 166.1. Upon the written request of any party or his...

Section 167. - 167. Any act required or permitted to be performed by...

CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges

Section 170. - 170. A judge has a duty to decide any proceeding...

Section 170.1. - 170.1. (a) A judge shall be disqualified if any one...

Section 170.2. - 170.2. It shall not be grounds for disqualification that the...

Section 170.3. - 170.3. (a) (1) If a judge determines himself or herself...

Section 170.4. - 170.4. (a) A disqualified judge, notwithstanding his or her disqualification...

Section 170.5. - 170.5. For the purposes of Sections 170 to 170.5, inclusive,...

Section 170.6. - 170.6. (a) (1) A judge, court commissioner, or referee of...

Section 170.7. - 170.7. Section 170.6 does not apply to a judge designated...

Section 170.8. - 170.8. When there is no judge of a court qualified...

Section 170.9. - 170.9. (a) A judge shall not accept gifts from a...

CHAPTER 4 - Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers

Section 177. - 177. A judicial officer shall have power: (a) To preserve...

Section 177.5. - 177.5. A judicial officer shall have the power to impose...

Section 178. - 178. For the effectual exercise of the powers conferred by...

Section 179. - 179. Each of the justices of the Supreme Court and...

CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice

Section 182. - 182. The heading to this chapter shall not be deemed...

Section 184. - 184. No proceeding in any court of justice, in an...

Section 185. - 185. (a) Every written proceeding in a court of justice...

Section 186. - 186. Such abbreviations as are in common use may be...

Section 187. - 187. When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution or this Code,...

TITLE 3 - PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH POWERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE

CHAPTER 1 - Trial Jury Selection and Management Act

Section 190. - 190. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 191. - 191. The Legislature recognizes that trial by jury is a...

Section 192. - 192. This chapter applies to the selection of jurors, and...

Section 193. - 193. Juries are of three kinds: (a) Grand juries established...

Section 194. - 194. The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:...

Section 195. - 195. (a) In each county, there shall be one jury...

Section 196. - 196. (a) The jury commissioner or the court shall inquire...

Section 197. - 197. (a) All persons selected for jury service shall be...

Section 198. - 198. (a) Random selection shall be utilized in creating master...

Section 198.5. - 198.5. If sessions of the superior court are held in...

Section 201. - 201. In any superior court, a separate trial jury panel...

Section 202. - 202. Mechanical, electric, or electronic equipment, which in the opinion...

Section 203. - 203. (a) All persons are eligible and qualified to be...

Section 204. - 204. (a) No eligible person shall be exempt from service...

Section 205. - 205. (a) If a jury commissioner requires a person to...

Section 206. - 206. (a) Prior to discharging the jury from the case,...

Section 207. - 207. (a) The jury commissioner shall maintain records regarding selection,...

Section 208. - 208. The jury commissioner shall estimate the number of prospective...

Section 209. - 209. (a) Any prospective trial juror who has been summoned...

Section 210. - 210. The summons shall contain the date, time, and place...

Section 210.5. - 210.5. The Judicial Council shall adopt a standardized jury summons...

Section 211. - 211. When a court has no prospective jurors remaining available...

Section 213. - 213. Unless excused by reason of undue hardship, all or...

Section 214. - 214. The jury commissioner shall provide orientation for new jurors,...

Section 215. - 215. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and...

Section 216. - 216. (a) At each court facility where jury cases are...

Section 217. - 217. In criminal cases only, while the jury is kept...

Section 218. - 218. The jury commissioner shall hear the excuses of jurors...

Section 219. - 219. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury...

Section 219.5. - 219.5. The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court,...

Section 220. - 220. A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons, except...

Section 222. - 222. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), when an...

Section 222.5. - 222.5. (a) To select a fair and impartial jury in...

Section 223. - 223. (a) To select a fair and impartial jury in...

Section 224. - 224. (a) If a party does not cause the removal...

Section 225. - 225. A challenge is an objection made to the trial...

Section 226. - 226. (a) A challenge to an individual juror may only...

Section 227. - 227. The challenges of either party for cause need not...

Section 228. - 228. Challenges for general disqualification may be taken on one...

Section 229. - 229. A challenge for implied bias may be taken for...

Section 230. - 230. Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court....

Section 231. - 231. (a) In criminal cases, if the offense charged is...

Section 231.5. - 231.5. A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to...

Section 231.7. - 231.7. (a) A party shall not use a peremptory challenge...

Section 231.7. - 231.7. (a) A party shall not use a peremptory challenge...

Section 232. - 232. (a) Prior to the examination of prospective trial jurors...

Section 233. - 233. If, before the jury has returned its verdict to...

Section 234. - 234. Whenever, in the opinion of a judge of a...

Section 235. - 235. At the request of the sheriff, coroner, or other...

Section 236. - 236. When six or more prospective jurors of inquest attend,...

Section 237. - 237. (a) (1) The names of qualified jurors drawn from...

Section 240. - 240. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 215, the...

Section 241. - 241. (a) The Judicial Council shall sponsor a pilot program...

CHAPTER 2 - Court Commissioners

Section 259. - 259. Subject to the supervision of the court, every court...

TITLE 4 - MINISTERIAL OFFICERS OF COURTS OF JUSTICE

CHAPTER 1 - Of Ministerial Officers Generally

Section 262. - 262. The direction or authority of a party or his...

Section 262.1. - 262.1. A sheriff or other ministerial officer is justified in...

Section 262.2. - 262.2. Except as otherwise provided, the officer executing process shall,...

Section 262.3. - 262.3. When any process remains with the sheriff unexecuted, in...

Section 262.4. - 262.4. If the sheriff sells real estate, under and by...

Section 262.5. - 262.5. Service of a paper, other than process, upon the...

Section 262.6. - 262.6. When the sheriff is a party to an action...

Section 262.7. - 262.7. If an action is begun against a sheriff, all...

Section 262.8. - 262.8. Process or orders in an action or proceeding may...

Section 262.9. - 262.9. When process is delivered to an elisor, he shall...

Section 262.10. - 262.10. Whenever process is executed, or any act performed by...

Section 262.11. - 262.11. In all cases where new counties have been or...

CHAPTER 2 - Levying Officer Electronic Transactions Act

Section 263. - 263. (a) This chapter may be cited as the Levying...

Section 263.1. - 263.1. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 263.2. - 263.2. (a) A levying officer may utilize an information processing...

Section 263.3. - 263.3. Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record...

Section 263.4. - 263.4. (a) A levying officer may create, store, print, or...

Section 263.6. - 263.6. (a) In lieu of returning to court the paper...

Section 263.7. - 263.7. (a) A levying officer shall exclude or redact the...

CHAPTER 3 - Phonographic Reporters

Section 269. - 269. (a) An official reporter or official reporter pro tempore...

Section 271. - 271. (a) An official reporter or official reporter pro tempore...

Section 273. - 273. (a) The report of the official reporter, or official...

Section 274a. - 274a. Any judge of the superior court may have any...

TITLE 5 - PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH MINISTERIAL POWERS RELATING TO COURTS OF JUSTICE

CHAPTER 1 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law

Section 283. - 283. An attorney and counselor shall have authority: 1. To...

Section 284. - 284. The attorney in an action or special proceeding may...

Section 285. - 285. When an attorney is changed, as provided in the...

Section 285.1. - 285.1. An attorney of record for any party in any...

Section 285.2. - 285.2. If a reduction in public funding for legal service...

Section 285.3. - 285.3. The court, upon the granting of a motion for...

Section 285.4. - 285.4. The court, upon the granting of a motion for...

Section 286. - 286. When an attorney dies, or is removed or suspended,...