California Code
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 3 - OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 367. - 367. Every action must be prosecuted in the name of...

Section 367.3. - 367.3. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 367.75. - 367.75. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d),...

Section 367.8. - 367.8. (a) The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2023,...

Section 367.9. - 367.9. (a) The Judicial Council shall convene a working group...

Section 368. - 368. In the case of an assignment of a thing...

Section 368.5. - 368.5. An action or proceeding does not abate by the...

Section 369. - 369. (a) The following persons may sue without joining as...

Section 369.5. - 369.5. (a) A partnership or other unincorporated association, whether organized...

CHAPTER 2 - Married Person

Section 370. - 370. A married person may be sued without his or...

Section 371. - 371. If spouses are sued together, each may defend for...

CHAPTER 3 - Disability of Party

Section 372. - 372. (a) (1) When a minor, a person who lacks...

Section 372.5. - 372.5. (a) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem...

Section 373. - 373. When a guardian ad litem is appointed, he or...

Section 373.5. - 373.5. If under the terms of a written instrument, or...

Section 374. - 374. (a) A minor under 12 years of age, accompanied...

Section 374.5. - 374.5. A proceeding initiated by or brought against a minor...

Section 375. - 375. An action or proceeding does not abate by the...

Section 376. - 376. (a) The parents of a legitimate unmarried minor child,...

CHAPTER 4 - Effect of Death

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 377.10. - 377.10. For the purposes of this chapter, “beneficiary of the...

Section 377.11. - 377.11. For the purposes of this chapter, “decedent’s successor in...

ARTICLE 2 - Survival and Continuation

Section 377.20. - 377.20. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a cause...

Section 377.21. - 377.21. A pending action or proceeding does not abate by...

Section 377.22. - 377.22. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting...

ARTICLE 3 - Decedent s Cause of Action

Section 377.30. - 377.30. A cause of action that survives the death of...

Section 377.31. - 377.31. On motion after the death of a person who...

Section 377.32. - 377.32. (a) The person who seeks to commence an action...

Section 377.33. - 377.33. The court in which an action is commenced or...

Section 377.34. - 377.34. (a) In an action or proceeding by a decedent’s...

Section 377.35. - 377.35. On or after January 1, 1993, this article applies...

ARTICLE 4 - Cause of Action Against Decedent

Section 377.40. - 377.40. Subject to Part 4 (commencing with Section 9000) of...

Section 377.41. - 377.41. On motion, the court shall allow a pending action...

Section 377.42. - 377.42. In an action or proceeding against a decedent’s personal...

Section 377.43. - 377.43. This article applies to the commencement on or after...

ARTICLE 5 - Insured Claims

Section 377.50. - 377.50. An action to establish the decedent’s liability for which...

ARTICLE 6 - Wrongful Death

Section 377.60. - 377.60. A cause of action for the death of a...

Section 377.61. - 377.61. In an action under this article, damages may be...

Section 377.62. - 377.62. (a) An action under Section 377.30 may be joined...

CHAPTER 5 - Permissive Joinder

Section 378. - 378. (a) All persons may join in one action as...

Section 379. - 379. (a) All persons may be joined in one action...

Section 379.5. - 379.5. When parties have been joined under Section 378 or...

Section 382. - 382. If the consent of any one who should have...

Section 382.4. - 382.4. If a proposed settlement in a class action established...

Section 384. - 384. (a) It is the policy of the State of...

Section 384.5. - 384.5. If a judgment in a class action established pursuant...

CHAPTER 6 - Interpleader

Section 386. - 386. (a) A defendant, against whom an action is pending...

Section 386.1. - 386.1. Where a deposit has been made pursuant to Section...

Section 386.5. - 386.5. Where the only relief sought against one of the...

Section 386.6. - 386.6. (a) A party to an action who follows the...

CHAPTER 7 - Intervention

Section 387. - 387. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Defendant” includes...

Section 388. - 388. In an action brought by a party for relief...

CHAPTER 8 - Compulsory Joinder

Section 389. - 389. (a) A person who is subject to service of...

Section 389.5. - 389.5. When, in an action for the recovery of real...