California Code
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 10 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

CHAPTER 1 - Actions for the Foreclosure of Mortgages

Section 725a. - 725a. The beneficiary or trustee named in a deed of...

Section 726. - 726. (a) There can be but one form of action...

Section 726.5. - 726.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 726 or any...

Section 726.5. - 726.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 726 or any...

Section 727. - 727. If there be surplus money remaining, after payment of...

Section 728. - 728. If the debt for which the mortgage, lien, or...

Section 729.010. - 729.010. (a) If the decree of foreclosure of a mortgage...

Section 729.020. - 729.020. Property sold subject to the right of redemption may...

Section 729.030. - 729.030. The redemption period during which property may be redeemed...

Section 729.035. - 729.035. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the...

Section 729.040. - 729.040. (a) Notwithstanding Section 701.660, when the purchaser of an...

Section 729.050. - 729.050. If property is sold subject to the right of...

Section 729.060. - 729.060. (a) A person who seeks to redeem the property...

Section 729.070. - 729.070. (a) If the purchaser and the person seeking to...

Section 729.080. - 729.080. (a) If the redemption price is not deposited pursuant...

Section 729.090. - 729.090. (a) From the time of the sale until a...

Section 730. - 730. In all cases of foreclosure of mortgage the attorney’s...

Section 730.5. - 730.5. Except as otherwise provided by Section 9604 of the...

CHAPTER 2 - Actions for Nuisance, Waste,and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases,on Real Property

Section 731. - 731. An action may be brought by any person whose...

Section 731a. - 731a. Whenever any city, city and county, or county shall...

Section 731b. - 731b. In any action or proceeding to abate the use...

Section 731c. - 731c. Injury to formations bearing oil or gas or to...

Section 731.5. - 731.5. Whenever any person unlawfully closes any public trail, any...

Section 732. - 732. If a guardian, conservator, tenant for life or years,...

Section 733. - 733. Any person who cuts down or carries off any...

Section 734. - 734. Nothing in the last section authorizes the recovery of...

Section 735. - 735. If a person recover damages for a forcible or...

Section 736. - 736. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a secured...

CHAPTER 3 - Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property

Section 740. - 740. In an action for the recovery of property, where...

Section 741. - 741. (a) As used in this section, “good faith improver”...

Section 742. - 742. The Court in which an action is pending for...

Section 743. - 743. The order must describe the property, and a copy...

Section 744. - 744. A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed...

Section 745. - 745. The court may, by injunction, on good cause shown,...

Section 746. - 746. When real property has been sold pursuant to a...

Section 747. - 747. An action for the recovery of real property against...

Section 748. - 748. In actions respecting mining claims, proof must be admitted...

Section 749. - 749. (a) In an action for damages by a homeowner...

Section 749.5. - 749.5. (a) In an action for damages by an assignee...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Actions to Re-establish Destroyed Land Records

Section 751.01. - 751.01. This chapter may be cited as the Destroyed Land...

Section 751.02. - 751.02. Whenever the public records in the office of the...

Section 751.03. - 751.03. Any number of separate parcels of land claimed by...

Section 751.04. - 751.04. The action shall be commenced by the filing of...

Section 751.05. - 751.05. Upon the filing of the complaint, a summons shall...

Section 751.06. - 751.06. The summons shall be published in a newspaper of...

Section 751.07. - 751.07. If the affidavit provided for in Section 751.09 discloses...

Section 751.08. - 751.08. A copy of the summons and a copy of...

Section 751.09. - 751.09. At the time of filing the complaint the plaintiff...

Section 751.10. - 751.10. If the affidavit discloses the name of any person...

Section 751.11. - 751.11. Upon the completion of the publication and posting of...

Section 751.12. - 751.12. At any time within three months after the first...

Section 751.13. - 751.13. At the time of filing the complaint the plaintiff,...

Section 751.14. - 751.14. Judgment in any such action shall not be given...

Section 751.15. - 751.15. The judgment shall determine all estates, rights, titles, interests,...

Section 751.16. - 751.16. A certified copy of the judgment shall be recorded...

Section 751.17. - 751.17. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all rules...

Section 751.18. - 751.18. At any time after the issuance of summons, any...

Section 751.19. - 751.19. The clerk shall number all actions authorized by this...

Section 751.20. - 751.20. Whenever judgment in an action authorized by this chapter...

Section 751.21. - 751.21. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or other person holding...

Section 751.22. - 751.22. The remedies provided for by this chapter are cumulative...

Section 751.23. - 751.23. Where the title to real property may be established...

Section 751.24. - 751.24. The notice shall be signed by the claimant or...

Section 751.25. - 751.25. Upon the filing of the notice for recordation the...

Section 751.26. - 751.26. After three days after the notice has been filed...

Section 751.27. - 751.27. After three days after the filing of the notice...

Section 751.28. - 751.28. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or other person holding...

CHAPTER 3.6 - Cullen Earthquake Act

Section 751.50. - 751.50. If the boundaries of land owned either by public...

Section 751.51. - 751.51. (a) An action authorized by this chapter may be...

Section 751.52. - 751.52. An entity which is a permissive plaintiff under this...

Section 751.53. - 751.53. The complaint shall substantially include: (a) A statement of...

Section 751.54. - 751.54. Summons, publication of notice, posting and related matters and...

Section 751.55. - 751.55. Upon the completion of the service, publication and posting...

Section 751.56. - 751.56. (a) An answer to the complaint must be served...

Section 751.57. - 751.57. A party to an action authorized by this chapter...

Section 751.58. - 751.58. The vacating of streets, highways or other public ways...

Section 751.59. - 751.59. In an action of the type authorized by this...

Section 751.60. - 751.60. The judgment shall: (a) Determine the land boundaries of...

Section 751.61. - 751.61. In reaching the conclusions called for by Section 751.60,...

Section 751.62. - 751.62. The judgment shall be conclusive with respect to land...

Section 751.63. - 751.63. A certified copy of the judgment shall be recorded,...

Section 751.64. - 751.64. The remedies provided for by this chapter are cumulative...

Section 751.65. - 751.65. This chapter may be cited as the Cullen Earthquake...

CHAPTER 4 - Quiet Title

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 760.010. - 760.010. As used in this chapter: (a) “Claim” includes a...

Section 760.020. - 760.020. (a) An action may be brought under this chapter...

Section 760.030. - 760.030. (a) The remedy provided in this chapter is cumulative...

Section 760.040. - 760.040. (a) The superior court has jurisdiction of actions under...

Section 760.050. - 760.050. Subject to the power of the court to transfer...

Section 760.060. - 760.060. The statutes and rules governing practice in civil actions...

ARTICLE 2 - Commencement of Action

Section 761.010. - 761.010. (a) An action under this chapter is commenced by...

Section 761.020. - 761.020. The complaint shall be verified and shall include all...

Section 761.030. - 761.030. (a) The answer shall be verified and shall set...

Section 761.040. - 761.040. (a) The defendant may by cross-complaint seek affirmative relief...

ARTICLE 3 - Defendants

Section 762.010. - 762.010. The plaintiff shall name as defendants in the action...

Section 762.020. - 762.020. (a) If the name of a person required to...

Section 762.030. - 762.030. (a) If a person required to be named as...

Section 762.040. - 762.040. The court upon its own motion may, and upon...

Section 762.050. - 762.050. Any person who has a claim to the property...

Section 762.060. - 762.060. (a) In addition to the persons required to be...

Section 762.070. - 762.070. A person named and served as an unknown defendant...

Section 762.080. - 762.080. The court upon its own motion may, and upon...

Section 762.090. - 762.090. (a) The state may be joined as a party...

ARTICLE 4 - Service of Process

Section 763.010. - 763.010. (a) The form, content, and manner of the service...

Section 763.020. - 763.020. Whenever the court orders service by publication, the order...

Section 763.030. - 763.030. (a) Whenever the court orders service by publication, the...

Section 763.040. - 763.040. Whenever the court orders service by publication, the court...

ARTICLE 5 - Judgment

Section 764.010. - 764.010. The court shall examine into and determine the plaintiff’s...

Section 764.020. - 764.020. (a) If in an action under this chapter the...

Section 764.030. - 764.030. The judgment in the action is binding and conclusive...

Section 764.045. - 764.045. Except to the extent provided in Section 1908, the...

Section 764.060. - 764.060. The relief granted in an action or proceeding directly...

Section 764.070. - 764.070. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the judgment...

Section 764.080. - 764.080. (a) In any action brought to quiet title to...

ARTICLE 6 - Liens and Encumbrances

Section 765.010. - 765.010. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Harass” means...

Section 765.020. - 765.020. A petition under this article shall state the grounds...

Section 765.030. - 765.030. If the court determines that the lien or other...

Section 765.040. - 765.040. Any lien or encumbrance claimant who records or files,...

Section 765.050. - 765.050. This article does not apply to a document which...

Section 765.060. - 765.060. If a lien or other encumbrance is recorded or...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title

ARTICLE 1 - Identity of Person in Chain of Title

Section 770.010. - 770.010. As used in this article: (a) “Acquired” means received...

Section 770.020. - 770.020. If property is acquired or stands of record in...

Section 770.030. - 770.030. The proceeding shall be brought in the superior court...

Section 770.040. - 770.040. (a) The proceeding may be brought by a subsequent...

Section 770.050. - 770.050. (a) The petition shall be verified in the manner...

Section 770.060. - 770.060. (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk...

Section 770.070. - 770.070. (a) At the time fixed for the hearing or...

Section 770.080. - 770.080. (a) After the decree has become final it constitutes...

ARTICLE 2 - Land Dedicated for Public Improvement

Section 771.010. - 771.010. If a proposal is heretofore or hereafter made to...

Section 771.020. - 771.020. (a) An action is authorized to clear title to...

ARTICLE 3 - Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease

Section 772.010. - 772.010. This article applies only to lands within a city...

Section 772.020. - 772.020. As used in this article: (a) “Surface zone” means...

Section 772.030. - 772.030. (a) If a mining rights lease, including a community...

Section 772.040. - 772.040. The court may render a judgment terminating the lessee’s...

Section 772.050. - 772.050. (a) The court may qualify the judgment terminating the...

Section 772.060. - 772.060. It is against public policy for any oil or...

CHAPTER 4.6 - Actions Concerning Real Property Titles Affected by Public Improvement Assessments

Section 801.1. - 801.1. An action may be brought to determine adverse interests...

Section 801.2. - 801.2. The action may be brought as a separate action...

Section 801.3. - 801.3. The complaint shall include as defendants to the action...

Section 801.4. - 801.4. The complaint shall also include, as defendants, unknown persons...

Section 801.5. - 801.5. Within ten days after the filing of the complaint,...

Section 801.6. - 801.6. Within three years after the filing of the complaint,...

Section 801.7. - 801.7. Within thirty days after the issuance of the summons,...

Section 801.8. - 801.8. All known defendants shall be served in the manner...

Section 801.9. - 801.9. In addition to the matters required to be set...

Section 801.10. - 801.10. All unknown defendants, including the heirs and devisees designated...

Section 801.11. - 801.11. On the trial of the action, the court shall...

Section 801.12. - 801.12. If the court determines that none of the defendants...

Section 801.13. - 801.13. If the court orders a sale of the property...

Section 801.14. - 801.14. The decree, after it has become final, is conclusive...

Section 801.15. - 801.15. After the judgment has become final, a certified copy...

CHAPTER 5 - Actions for the Usurpation of an Office or Franchise

Section 802. - 802. The writ of sire facies is abolished. (Amended by...

Section 803. - 803. An action may be brought by the attorney-general, in...

Section 804. - 804. Whenever such action is brought, the Attorney General, in...

Section 805. - 805. In every such action judgment may be rendered upon...

Section 806. - 806. If the judgment be rendered upon the right of...

Section 807. - 807. If judgment be rendered upon the right of the...

Section 808. - 808. When several persons claim to be entitled to the...

Section 809. - 809. When a defendant, against whom such action has been...

Section 810. - 810. If the action is brought upon the information or...

Section 811. - 811. The action provided for in this chapter may be...

CHAPTER 7 - Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 830. - 830. (a) This chapter establishes methods and procedures for a...

Section 831. - 831. Article 6 (commencing with Section 68630) of Chapter 2...

Section 832. - 832. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

ARTICLE 2 - Scope of Action

Section 833. - 833. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter...

Section 834. - 834. (a) In a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this...

ARTICLE 3 - Notice and Service of Complaint

Section 835. - 835. (a) The plaintiff shall provide notice of the comprehensive...

Section 836. - 836. (a) When the plaintiff files the complaint, the plaintiff...

Section 836.5. - 836.5. (a) Within 15 days of the court order approving...

ARTICLE 4 - Intervention

Section 837. - 837. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency for the basin or...

Section 837.5. - 837.5. (a) The state may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication...

ARTICLE 5 - Judge

Section 838. - 838. (a) (1) In a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to...

ARTICLE 6 - Electronic Service

Section 839. - 839. Service of pleadings and papers in a comprehensive adjudication,...

ARTICLE 7 - Case Management

Section 840. - 840. (a) In managing a comprehensive adjudication, the court shall...

ARTICLE 8 - Basin Boundaries

Section 841. - 841. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

ARTICLE 9 - Initial Disclosures

Section 842. - 842. (a) Except as otherwise stipulated by the parties or...

ARTICLE 10 - Expert Witnesses

Section 843. - 843. (a) In addition to all other disclosures required by...

ARTICLE 11 - Written Testimony

Section 844. - 844. (a) A court may require the parties in a...

ARTICLE 12 - Special Master

Section 845. - 845. (a) The court may appoint one or more special...

Section 846. - 846. (a) The special master shall make a draft report...

ARTICLE 13 - Preliminary Injunction

Section 847. - 847. (a) Upon a showing that the basin is in...

ARTICLE 14 - Stay

Section 848. - 848. (a) Upon the court’s own motion or the motion...

ARTICLE 15 - Physical Solution

Section 849. - 849. (a) The court shall have the authority and the...

ARTICLE 16 - Judgment

Section 850. - 850. (a) The court may enter a judgment in a...

ARTICLE 17 - Judgment Binding on Successors

Section 851. - 851. The judgment in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to...

ARTICLE 18 - Continuing Jurisdiction

Section 852. - 852. The court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify or...

CHAPTER 8 - Actions Against Coowners of Mines

Section 853. - 853. Upon the failure of a coowner of a mine...

Section 854. - 854. The notice shall be served in the manner provided...

Section 855. - 855. If before the expiration of 90 days from the...

Section 856. - 856. If the mine or mining claim is situated in...

Section 857. - 857. The clerk shall set the petition for hearing by...

Section 858. - 858. The court shall hear evidence for or against the...

Section 859. - 859. A certified copy of the decree may be recorded...

CHAPTER 9 - Validating Proceedings

Section 860. - 860. A public agency may upon the existence of any...

Section 861. - 861. Jurisdiction of all interested parties may be had by...

Section 861.1. - 861.1. The summons shall be directed to “all persons interested...

Section 862. - 862. Jurisdiction shall be complete after the date specified in...

Section 863. - 863. If no proceedings have been brought by the public...

Section 864. - 864. For purposes of this chapter, bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations,...

Section 865. - 865. If more than one action is pending concerning similar...

Section 866. - 866. The court hearing the action shall disregard any error,...

Section 867. - 867. Actions brought pursuant to this chapter shall be given...

Section 867.5. - 867.5. (a) In the event that an action is brought...

Section 868. - 868. The costs of any proceeding or action pursuant to...

Section 869. - 869. No contest except by the public agency or its...

Section 870. - 870. (a) The judgment, if no appeal is taken, or...

Section 870.5. - 870.5. Any local public agency that pledges sales or retail...

CHAPTER 10 - Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another

Section 871.1. - 871.1. as used in this chapter, “good faith improver” means:...

Section 871.2. - 871.2. As used in this chapter, “person” includes an unincorporated...

Section 871.3. - 871.3. (a) An action for relief under this chapter shall...

Section 871.4. - 871.4. The court shall not grant relief under this chapter...

Section 871.5. - 871.5. When an action or cross-complaint is brought pursuant to...

Section 871.6. - 871.6. Nothing in this chapter affects the rules of law...

Section 871.7. - 871.7. (a) This chapter does not apply where the improver...

CHAPTER 11 - Actions to Recover COVID-19 Rental Debt

Section 871.10. - 871.10. (a) In any action seeking recovery of COVID-19 rental...

Section 871.11. - 871.11. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in any action to...

Section 871.12. - 871.12. This chapter shall remain in effect until October 1,...