California Code
DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 1 - RELIEF

TITLE 1 - RELIEF IN GENERAL

Section 3274. - 3274. As a general rule, compensation is the relief or...

Section 3275. - 3275. Whenever, by the terms of an obligation, a party...

TITLE 2 - COMPENSATORY RELIEF

CHAPTER 1 - Damages in General

ARTICLE 1 - General Principles

Section 3281. - 3281. Every person who suffers detriment from the unlawful act...

Section 3282. - 3282. Detriment is a loss or harm suffered in person...

Section 3283. - 3283. Damages may be awarded, in a judicial proceeding, for...

ARTICLE 2 - Interest as Damages

Section 3287. - 3287. (a) A person who is entitled to recover damages...

Section 3288. - 3288. In an action for the breach of an obligation...

Section 3289. - 3289. (a) Any legal rate of interest stipulated by a...

Section 3289.5. - 3289.5. For purposes of Section 3289, the rate of the...

Section 3290. - 3290. Accepting payment of the whole principal, as such, waives...

Section 3291. - 3291. In any action brought to recover damages for personal...

ARTICLE 3 - Exemplary Damages

Section 3294. - 3294. (a) In an action for the breach of an...

Section 3295. - 3295. (a) The court may, for good cause, grant any...

Section 3296. - 3296. (a) Whenever a judgment for punitive damages is entered...

CHAPTER 2 - Measure of Damages

ARTICLE 1 - Damages for Breach of Contract

Section [3300.]. - [3300.] Section Thirty-three Hundred. For the breach of an obligation...

Section 3301. - 3301. No damages can be recovered for a breach of...

Section 3302. - 3302. The detriment caused by the breach of an obligation...

Section 3304. - 3304. The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant...

Section 3305. - 3305. The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant...

Section 3306. - 3306. The detriment caused by the breach of an agreement...

Section 3306a. - 3306a. The minimum detriment caused by the breach of an...

Section 3307. - 3307. The detriment caused by the breach of an agreement...

Section 3308. - 3308. The parties to any lease of real or personal...

Section 3315. - 3315. The detriment caused by the breach of a carrier’s...

Section 3316. - 3316. The detriment caused by the breach of a carrier’s...

Section 3317. - 3317. The detriment caused by a carrier’s delay in the...

Section 3318. - 3318. The detriment caused by the breach of a warranty...

Section 3319. - 3319. (a) In each written contract for private works of...

Section 3320. - 3320. (a) In each contract for public works of improvement,...

Section 3321. - 3321. (a) In each contract for public works of improvement,...

Section 3322. - 3322. (a) (1) A broker of construction trucking services shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Damages for Wrongs

Section 3333. - 3333. For the breach of an obligation not arising from...

Section 3333.1. - 3333.1. (a) In the event the defendant so elects, in...

Section 3333.2. - 3333.2. (a) In any action for injury against a health...

Section 3333.3. - 3333.3. In any action for damages based on negligence, a...

Section 3333.4. - 3333.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), in any...

Section 3333.5. - 3333.5. (a) Each pipeline corporation that qualifies as a public...

Section 3333.7. - 3333.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person...

Section 3333.8. - 3333.8. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order...

Section 3334. - 3334. (a) The detriment caused by the wrongful occupation of...

Section 3335. - 3335. For willfully holding over real property, by a person...

Section 3336. - 3336. The detriment caused by the wrongful conversion of personal...

Section 3336.5. - 3336.5. (a) (1) Any junk dealer or recycler who possesses...

Section 3337. - 3337. The presumption declared by the last section cannot be...

Section 3338. - 3338. One having a mere lien on personal property, cannot...

Section 3339. - 3339. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) All...

Section 3339.5. - 3339.5. (a) The immigration status of a minor child seeking...

Section 3339.10. - 3339.10. (a) The immigration or citizenship status of any person...

Section 3340. - 3340. For wrongful injuries to animals being subjects of property,...

Section 3341. - 3341. The owner, possessor, or harborer of any dog or...

Section 3342. - 3342. (a) The owner of any dog is liable for...

Section 3342.5. - 3342.5. (a) The owner of any dog that has bitten...

Section 3343. - 3343. (a) One defrauded in the purchase, sale or exchange...

Section 3343.5. - 3343.5. (a) Any one or more of the following who...

Section 3343.7. - 3343.7. An action may be brought against any nonprofit organization...

ARTICLE 3 - Penal Damages

Section 3344. - 3344. (a) Any person who knowingly uses another’s name, voice,...

Section 3344.1. - 3344.1. (a) (1) Any person who uses a deceased personality’s...

Section 3344.5. - 3344.5. (a) Any person whose signature is used in violation...

Section 3344.6. - 3344.6. (a) Any candidate for elective office whose election or...

Section 3345. - 3345. (a) This section shall apply only in actions brought...

Section 3345.1. - 3345.1. (a) This section shall apply only in a civil...

Section 3346. - 3346. (a) For wrongful injuries to timber, trees, or underwood...

ARTICLE 4 - General Provisions

Section 3353. - 3353. In estimating damages, the value of property to a...

Section 3354. - 3354. In estimating damages, except as provided by Sections 3355...

Section 3355. - 3355. Where certain property has a peculiar value to a...

Section [3356.]. - [3356.] Section Thirty-three Hundred and Fifty-six. For the purpose of...

Section 3357. - 3357. The damages prescribed by this Chapter are exclusive of...

Section 3358. - 3358. Except as expressly provided by statute, no person can...

Section 3359. - 3359. Damages must, in all cases, be reasonable, and where...

Section 3360. - 3360. When a breach of duty has caused no appreciable...

Section 3361. - 3361. Estimations, measures, or calculations of past, present, or future...

TITLE 3 - SPECIFIC AND PREVENTIVE RELIEF

CHAPTER 1 - General Principles

Section 3366. - 3366. Specific or preventive relief may be given as provided...

Section 3367. - 3367. Specific relief is given: 1. By taking possession of...

Section 3368. - 3368. Preventive relief is given by prohibiting a party from...

Section 3369. - 3369. Neither specific nor preventive relief can be granted to...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Investment Advisers

Section 3372. - 3372. (a) Any person engaged in the business of advising...

CHAPTER 2 - Specific Relief

ARTICLE 1 - Possession of Real Property

Section 3375. - 3375. A person entitled to specific real property, by reason...

ARTICLE 2 - Possession of Personal Property

Section 3379. - 3379. A person entitled to the immediate possession of specific...

Section [3380.]. - [3380.] Section Thirty-three Hundred and Eighty. Any person having the...

ARTICLE 3 - Specific Performance of Obligations

Section [3384.]. - [3384.] Section Thirty-three Hundred and Eighty-four. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 3386. - 3386. Notwithstanding that the agreed counterperformance is not or would...

Section 3387. - 3387. It is to be presumed that the breach of...

Section 3388. - 3388. A party who has signed a written contract may...

Section 3389. - 3389. A contract otherwise proper to be specifically enforced, may...

Section 3390. - 3390. The following obligations cannot be specifically enforced: (a) An...

Section 3391. - 3391. Specific performance cannot be enforced against a party to...

Section 3392. - 3392. Specific performance cannot be enforced in favor of a...

Section 3394. - 3394. An agreement for the sale of property cannot be...

Section 3395. - 3395. Whenever an obligation in respect to real property would...

ARTICLE 4 - Revision of Contracts

Section 3399. - 3399. When, through fraud or a mutual mistake of the...

Section 3400. - 3400. For the purpose of revising a contract, it must...

Section 3401. - 3401. In revising a written instrument, the Court may inquire...

Section 3402. - 3402. A contract may be first revised and then specifically...

ARTICLE 6 - Cancellation of Instruments

Section 3412. - 3412. A written instrument, in respect to which there is...

Section 3413. - 3413. An instrument, the invalidity of which is apparent upon...

Section 3414. - 3414. Where an instrument is evidence of different rights or...

Section 3415. - 3415. (a) An action may be maintained by any person...

CHAPTER 3 - Preventive Relief

Section 3420. - 3420. Preventive relief is granted by injunction, provisional or final....

Section 3421. - 3421. Provisional injunctions are regulated by the Code of Civil...

Section 3422. - 3422. Except where otherwise provided by this Title, a final...

Section 3423. - 3423. An injunction may not be granted: (a) To stay...

Section 3424. - 3424. (a) Upon notice and motion, the court may modify...

TITLE 4 - UNIFORM SINGLE PUBLICATION ACT

Section 3425.1. - 3425.1. This title may be cited as the Uniform Single...

Section 3425.2. - 3425.2. This act shall be so interpreted as to effectuate...

Section 3425.3. - 3425.3. No person shall have more than one cause of...

Section 3425.4. - 3425.4. A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the...

Section 3425.5. - 3425.5. This title shall not be retroactive as to causes...

TITLE 5 - UNIFORM TRADE SECRETS ACT

Section 3426. - 3426. This title may be cited as the Uniform Trade...

Section 3426.1. - 3426.1. As used in this title, unless the context requires...

Section 3426.2. - 3426.2. (a) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon...

Section 3426.3. - 3426.3. (a) A complainant may recover damages for the actual...

Section 3426.4. - 3426.4. If a claim of misappropriation is made in bad...

Section 3426.5. - 3426.5. In an action under this title, a court shall...

Section 3426.6. - 3426.6. An action for misappropriation must be brought within three...

Section 3426.7. - 3426.7. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, this title does...

Section 3426.8. - 3426.8. This title shall be applied and construed to effectuate...

Section 3426.9. - 3426.9. If any provision of this title or its application...

Section 3426.10. - 3426.10. This title does not apply to misappropriation occurring prior...

Section 3426.11. - 3426.11. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 47, in any legislative...

TITLE 6 - INTERFERENCE WITH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Section 3427. - 3427. As used in this title: (a) “Aggrieved” means and...

Section 3427.1. - 3427.1. It is unlawful, and constitutes the tort of commercial...

Section 3427.2. - 3427.2. A person or health care facility aggrieved by the...

Section 3427.3. - 3427.3. The court having jurisdiction over a civil proceeding under...

Section 3427.4. - 3427.4. This title shall not be construed to impair any...

TITLE 7 - DUTY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICE PLANS AND MANAGED CARE ENTITIES

Section 3428. - 3428. (a) For services rendered on or after January 1,...