California Code
ARTICLE 2 - Date of Valuation
Section 1263.130.

1263.130. Subject to Section 1263.110, if the issue of compensation is not brought to trial within one year after commencement of the proceeding, the date of valuation is the date of the commencement of the trial unless the delay is caused by the defendant, in which case the date of valuation is the date of commencement of the proceeding.

(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.)