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California Statutes, Title CCP

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Title CCP, California Code Civ. Proc.

234 chapters · 3,411 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title CCP3,411 Ch 2, Powers of Judges at Chambers485 Ch 3, Supreme Court462 Ch 4, Superior Courts435 Ch 1, Courts of Justice in General368 Ch 5, Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting …265 Ch 6, General Provisions Respecting Courts…252 Ch 7, Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings189 Ch 8, Actions Against Coowners of Mines142 Ch 9, Validating Proceedings104 Ch 11, Actions to Recover COVID-19 Rental Debt71 Ch 5.5, Small Claims Court62 Ch 10, Good Faith Improver of Property Owne…46 Ch 12, Actions for Restitution for or Repla…40

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Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.12 Section 1281.12
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If an arbitration agreement requires that arbitration of a controversy be demanded or initiated by a party to the arbitration agreement within a period of time, the commencement of a civil action by that party based upon that controversy, within that period of time, shall toll th…
Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2 Section 1281.2
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On petition of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and that a party to the agreement refuses to arbitrate that controversy, the court shall order the petitioner and the respondent to arbitrate the controvers…
Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.3 Section 1281.3
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A party to an arbitration agreement may petition the court to consolidate separate arbitration proceedings, and the court may order consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings when: (1) Separate arbitration agreements or proceedings exist between the same parties; or one pa…
Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.4 Section 1281.4
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If a court of competent jurisdiction, whether in this State or not, has ordered arbitration of a controversy which is an issue involved in an action or proceeding pending before a court of this State, the court in which such action or proceeding is pending shall, upon motion of a…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.5 Section 1281.5

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(a) Any person who proceeds to record and enforce a claim of lien by commencement of an action pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400) of Title 2 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code, does not thereby waive any right of arbitration the person may have pursuant t…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.6 Section 1281.6

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If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be followed. If the arbitration agreement does not provide a method for appointing an arbitrator, the parties to the agreement who seek arbitration and against whom arbitration is sought…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.7 Section 1281.7

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A petition pursuant to Section 1281.2 may be filed in lieu of filing an answer to a complaint. The petitioning defendant shall have 15 days after any denial of the petition to plead to the complaint. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1080, Sec. 9.)

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.85 Section 1281.85

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(a) Beginning July 1, 2002, a person serving as a neutral arbitrator pursuant to an arbitration agreement shall comply with the ethics standards for arbitrators adopted by the Judicial Council pursuant to this section. The Judicial Council shall adopt ethical standards for all ne…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.9 Section 1281.9

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(a) In any arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement, when a person is to serve as a neutral arbitrator, the proposed neutral arbitrator shall disclose all matters that could cause a person aware of the facts to reasonably entertain a doubt that the proposed neutral arbitr…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.91 Section 1281.91

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(a) A proposed neutral arbitrator shall be disqualified if he or she fails to comply with Section 1281.9 and any party entitled to receive the disclosure serves a notice of disqualification within 15 calendar days after the proposed nominee or appointee fails to comply with Secti…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.92 Section 1281.92

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(a) No private arbitration company may administer a consumer arbitration, or provide any other services related to a consumer arbitration, if the company has, or within the preceding year has had, a financial interest, as defined in Section 170.5, in any party or attorney for a p…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.93 Section 1281.93

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(a) During the pendency of the consumer arbitration, a solicitation shall not be made of a party to the arbitration or of a lawyer for a party to the arbitration. (b) For purposes of this section: (1) “Lawyer for a party” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1281.9. (2) “So…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.95 Section 1281.95

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(a) In a binding arbitration of any claim for more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) pursuant to a contract for the construction or improvement of residential property consisting of one to four units, the arbitrator shall, within 10 days following his or her appointment, provi…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.96 Section 1281.96

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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), a private arbitration company that administers or is otherwise involved in a consumer arbitration, shall collect, publish at least quarterly, and make available to the public on the internet website of the private arbitr…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.97 Section 1281.97

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(a) (1) In an employment or consumer arbitration that requires, either expressly or through application of state or federal law or the rules of the arbitration provider, the drafting party to pay certain fees and costs before the arbitration can proceed, if the fees or costs to i…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.98 Section 1281.98

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(a) (1) In an employment or consumer arbitration that requires, either expressly or through application of state or federal law or the rules of the arbitration provider, that the drafting party pay certain fees and costs during the pendency of an arbitration proceeding, if the fe…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.99 Section 1281.99

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(a) The court shall impose a monetary sanction against a drafting party that materially breaches an arbitration agreement pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1281.97 or subdivision (a) of Section 1281.98, by ordering the drafting party to pay the reasonable expenses, including…

Code Civ. Proc. § 165 Section 165

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The justices of the Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal, or any of them, may, at chambers, grant all orders and writs which are usually granted in the first instance upon an ex parte application, except writs of mandamus, certiorari, and prohibition; and may, in their discr…

Code Civ. Proc. § 166 Section 166

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(a) The judges of the superior courts may, in chambers: (1) Grant all orders and writs that are usually granted in the first instance upon an ex parte application, and hear and dispose of those orders and writs, appoint referees, require and receive inventories and accounts to be…

Code Civ. Proc. § 166.1 Section 166.1

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Upon the written request of any party or his or her counsel, or at the judge’s discretion, a judge may indicate in any interlocutory order a belief that there is a controlling question of law as to which there are substantial grounds for difference of opinion, appellate resolutio…

Code Civ. Proc. § 167 Section 167

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Any act required or permitted to be performed by the clerk of a court may be performed by a judge thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1417, Sec. 1.)

Code Civ. Proc. § 1713 Section 1713

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This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Code Civ. Proc. § 1714 Section 1714

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As used in this chapter: (a) “Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following: (1) The United States. (2) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States. (3) A federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, pueblo, band, or …

Code Civ. Proc. § 1715 Section 1715

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), this chapter applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment both: (1) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money. (2) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforc…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1716 Section 1716

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (f), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this chapter applies. (b) A court of this state shall not recognize a foreign-country judgment if any of the following apply: (1) The…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1717 Section 1717

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(a) For the purpose of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1716, a foreign court lacks personal jurisdiction over a defendant if either of the following conditions is met: (1) The foreign court lacks a basis for exercising personal jurisdiction that would be sufficient ac…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1718 Section 1718

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(a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. (b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the …

Code Civ. Proc. § 1719 Section 1719

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If the court in a proceeding under Section 1718 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is both of the fol…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1720 Section 1720

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If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant ha…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1721 Section 1721

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An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment shall be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 10 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country. (…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1722 Section 1722

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In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Code Civ. Proc. § 1723 Section 1723

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This chapter does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Code Civ. Proc. § 1724 Section 1724

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(a) This chapter applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised. (b) The former Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1713) of …

Code Civ. Proc. § 1725 Section 1725

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(a) If all of the following conditions are satisfied, a person against whom a foreign-country defamation judgment was rendered may seek declaratory relief with respect to liability for the judgment or a determination that the judgment is not recognizable under section 1716: (1) T…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1878 Section 1878

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A witness is a person whose declaration under oath is received as evidence for any purpose, whether such declaration be made on oral examination, or by deposition or affidavit. (Enacted 1872.)

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985 Section 1985

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(a) The process by which the attendance of a witness is required is the subpoena. It is a writ or order directed to a person and requiring the person’s attendance at a particular time and place to testify as a witness. It may also require a witness to bring any books, documents, …

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.1 Section 1985.1

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Any person who is subpoenaed to appear at a session of court, or at the trial of an issue therein, may, in lieu of appearance at the time specified in the subpoena, agree with the party at whose request the subpoena was issued to appear at another time or upon such notice as may …

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.2 Section 1985.2

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Any subpoena which requires the attendance of a witness at any civil trial shall contain the following notice in a type face designed to call attention to the notice: Contact the attorney requesting this subpoena, listed above, before the date on which you are required to be in c…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.3 Section 1985.3

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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Personal records” means the original, any copy of books, documents, other writings, or electronically stored information pertaining to a consumer and which are maintained by any “witness” which is a physician…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.4 Section 1985.4

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The procedures set forth in Section 1985.3 are applicable to a subpoena duces tecum for records containing “personal information,” as defined in Section 1798.3 of the Civil Code that are otherwise exempt from public disclosure under a provision listed in Section 7920.505 of the G…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.5 Section 1985.5

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If a subpena requires the attendance of a witness before an officer or commissioner out of court, it shall, for a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as a witness, or to subscribe an affidavit or deposition when required, also require the witness to attend a session of the court is…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.6 Section 1985.6

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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Deposition officer” means a person who meets the qualifications specified in Section 2020.420. (2) “Employee” means any individual who is or has been employed by a witness subject to a subpoen…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.7 Section 1985.7

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When a medical provider fails to comply with Section 1158 of the Evidence Code, in addition to any other available remedy, the demanding party may apply to the court for an order to show cause why the records should not be produced. Any order to show cause issued pursuant to this…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1985.8 Section 1985.8

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(a) (1) A subpoena in a civil proceeding may require that electronically stored information, as defined in Section 2016.020, be produced and that the party serving the subpoena, or someone acting on the party’s request, be permitted to inspect, copy, test, or sample the informati…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1986 Section 1986

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A subpoena is obtainable as follows: (a) To require attendance before a court, or at the trial of an issue therein, or upon the taking of a deposition in an action or proceeding pending therein, it is obtainable from the clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is pen…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1986.1 Section 1986.1

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(a) No testimony or other evidence given by a journalist under subpoena in a civil or criminal proceeding may be construed as a waiver of the immunity rights provided by subdivision (b) of Section 2 of Article I of the California Constitution. (b) (1) Because important constituti…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1986.5 Section 1986.5

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Any person who is subpoenaed and required to give a deposition shall be entitled to receive the same witness fees and mileage as if the subpoena required him or her to attend and testify before a court in which the action or proceeding is pending. Notwithstanding this requirement…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1987 Section 1987

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(a) Except as provided in Sections 68097.1 to 68097.8, inclusive, of the Government Code, the service of a subpoena is made by delivering a copy, or a ticket containing its substance, to the witness personally, giving or offering to the witness at the same time, if demanded by hi…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1987.1 Section 1987.1

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(a) If a subpoena requires the attendance of a witness or the production of books, documents, electronically stored information, or other things before a court, or at the trial of an issue therein, or at the taking of a deposition, the court, upon motion reasonably made by any pe…

Code Civ. Proc. § 1987.2 Section 1987.2

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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (c), in making an order pursuant to motion made under subdivision (c) of Section 1987 or under Section 1987.1, the court may in its discretion award the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred in making or opposing the motion, including r…