California Code of Civil Procedure 2006

by West

• ISBN13: 9780314955449
• ISBN10: 0314955445
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-16
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Title of Act	1	(1)
Preliminary Provisions	1	(8)
PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE
Organization and Jurisdiction	9	(36)
Courts of Justice in General	9	(2)
Court of Impeachment [Repealed]	11	(1)
The Judicial Council [Repealed]	11	(1)
Supreme Court [and Courts of Appeal]	12	(1)
Superior Courts	12	(2)
Municipal Courts [Repealed]	14	(5)
Limited Civil Cases	14	(1)
Jurisdiction in Limited Civil Cases	14	(2)
Economic Litigation for Limited Civil Cases	16	(3)
Small Claims Court [Repealed]	19	(19)
Small Claims Court	19	(1)
General Provisions	20	(1)
Small Claims Court	20	(4)
Actions	24	(2)
Parties	26	(1)
Hearing	27	(3)
Judgment	30	(1)
Motion to Vacate and Appeal	31	(2)
Satisfaction and Enforcement of Judgment	33	(3)
Administration	36	(2)
Small Claims Court Experimental Project [Repealed]	38	(1)
General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice	38	(7)
Publicity of Proceedings	38	(1)
Incidental Powers and Duties of Courts	39	(4)
Judicial Holidays	43	(1)
Proceedings in Case of Absence of Judge	43	(1)
Provisions Respecting Places of Holding Courts	44	(1)
Seals of Courts	44	(1)
Judicial Officers	45	(11)
Judicial Officers in General	45	(1)
Power of Judges at Chambers	45	(1)
Disqualifications of Judges	46	(7)
Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers	53	(1)
Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice	54	(2)
Persons Specially Invested With Powers of a Judicial Nature	56	(14)
Trial Jury Selection and Management Act	56	(13)
Court Commissioners	69	(1)
Ministerial Officers of Courts of Justice	70	(4)
Of Ministerial Officers, Generally	70	(1)
Secretaries and Bailiffs of the Supreme Court [Repealed]	71	(1)
Phonographic Reporters	71	(3)
Persons Specially Invested With Ministerial Powers Relating to Courts of Justice	74	(3)
Attorneys and Counselors at Law	74	(1)
Other Persons Invested with Such Powers [Repealed]	75	(2)
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS
Of the Form of Civil Actions	77	(1)
Of the Time of Commencing Civil Actions	78	(26)
The Time of Commencing Actions in General	78	(1)
The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property	78	(4)
The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property	82	(15)
General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions	97	(5)
The Commencement of Actions Based Upon Professional Negligence	102	(1)
Time of Commencement of Action After Person's Death	103	(1)
Of the Parties to Civil Actions	104	(14)
General Provisions	104	(1)
Married Person	105	(1)
Disability of Party	105	(4)
Effect of Death	109	(3)
Definitions	109	(1)
Survival and Continuation	109	(1)
Decedent's Cause of Action	109	(2)
Cause of Action Against Decedent	111	(1)
Insured Claims	111	(1)
Wrongful Death	111	(1)
Permissive Joinder	112	(2)
Interpleader	114	(2)
Intervention	116	(1)
Compulsory Joinder	116	(2)
Vexatious Litigants	118	(2)
Of the Place of Trial, Reclassification, and Coordination of Civil Actions	120	(15)
Place of Trial	120	(9)
Reclassification of Civil Actions and Proceedings	129	(3)
Coordination	132	(3)
Recording Notice of Certain Actions	135	(6)
Definitions and General Provisions	135	(1)
Recordation Service and Filing	136	(1)
Expungement and Other Relief	137	(2)
Withdrawal	139	(1)
Effect of Withdrawal or Expungement of Notice	139	(2)
Jurisdiction and Service of Process	141	(27)
Jurisdiction and Forum	141	(2)
Jurisdiction	141	(1)
Forum	141	(1)
Jurisdiction in Action	142	(1)
Commencing Civil Actions	143	(4)
Summons	147	(1)
Service of Summons	148	(17)
General	149	(1)
Persons Who May Serve Summons	150	(1)
Manner of Service of Summons	150	(11)
Persons Upon Whom Summons May Be Served	161	(3)
Proof of Service	164	(1)
Objection to Jurisdiction	165	(3)
Of the Pleadings in Civil Actions	168	(34)
The Pleadings in General	168	(1)
Pleadings Demanding Relief	169	(11)
General Provisions	169	(7)
Compulsory Cross-Complaints	176	(1)
Permissive Joinder of Causes of Action	177	(1)
Cross-Complaints	177	(2)
Contents of Documents in Particular Actions or Proceedings	179	(1)
Objections to Pleadings; Denials and Defenses	180	(6)
Objections to Pleadings	180	(3)
Denials and Defenses	183	(3)
Time to Respond to Cross-Complaint	186	(1)
Motion to Strike	186	(1)
Summary Judgments and Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings	187	(5)
Verification of Pleadings	192	(1)
General Rules of Pleading	193	(3)
Variance---Mistakes in Pleadings and Amendments	196	(6)
Attachment	202	(55)
Words and Phrases Defined	202	(2)
General Provisions	204	(3)
Actions in Which Attachment Authorized	207	(2)
Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment	209	(8)
Right to Attach Order; Issuance of Writ of Attachment	209	(5)
Noticed Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs	214	(2)
Ex Parte Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs	216	(1)
Ex Parte Hearing Procedure for Obtaining Writ of Attachment	217	(4)
Great or Irreparable Injury Requirement	217	(1)
Order Determining Right to Attach; Issuance of Writ of Attachment	218	(2)
Procedure for Obtaining Additional Writs	220	(1)
Claim of Exemption	221	(1)
Temporary Protective Order	221	(3)
Property Subject to Attachment	224	(2)
Levy Procedures; Lien of Attachment; Management and Disposition of Attached Property	226	(15)
General Provisions	226	(4)
Methods of Levy	230	(7)
Lien of Attachment	237	(1)
Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy	238	(1)
Management and Disposition of Attached Property	239	(2)
Undertakings	241	(4)
General Provisions	241	(1)
Undertakings to Obtain Writ of Attachment or Protective Order	242	(1)
Undertaking to Obtain Release of Attachment or Protective Order	243	(1)
Undertaking on Appeal	244	(1)
Liability for Wrongful Attachment	245	(1)
Attaching Plaintiff's Miscellaneous Remedies	246	(6)
Examination of Third Person	246	(2)
Creditor's Suit	248	(1)
Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding	249	(3)
Nonresident Attachment	252	(2)
Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings and General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors	254	(3)
Other Provisional Remedies in Civil Actions	257	(32)
General Provisions	257	(1)
Claim and Delivery of Personal Property	257	(8)
Words and Phrases Defined	257	(1)
Writ of Possession	258	(3)
Temporary Restraining Order	261	(1)
Levy and Custody	262	(1)
Undertakings	263	(2)
Miscellaneous Provisions	265	(1)
Injunction	265	(18)
Prevention of Domestic Violence [Repealed]	283	(1)
Receivers	283	(4)
Undertaking of Persons Handling Private Property or Funds	287	(1)
Deposit in Court	287	(2)
Pretrial Conferences	289	(2)
Of the Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions	291	(42)
Judgment in General	291	(9)
Dismissal for Delay in Prosecution	297	(1)
Definitions and General Provisions	297	(1)
Mandatory Time for Service of Summons	298	(1)
Mandatory Time for Bringing Action to Trial or New Trial	299	(1)
Discretionary Dismissal for Delay	300	(1)
Judgment Upon Failure to Answer	300	(4)
Issues---The Mode of Trial and Postponements	304	(4)
Trial by Jury	308	(6)
Formation of the Jury [Repealed]	308	(1)
Conduct of the Trial	308	(4)
The Verdict	312	(2)
Trial by Court	314	(3)
Of References and Trials by Referees	317	(4)
Provisions Relating to Trials in General	321	(6)
Exceptions	321	(1)
View by Trier of Fact	321	(1)
New Trials	322	(5)
The Manner of Giving and Entering Judgment	327	(6)
Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act	333	(4)
Enforcement of Judgments	337	(133)
Definitions and General Provisions	337	(1)
Short Title and Definitions	337	(3)
General Provisions	340	(1)
Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments	341	(3)
Period for Enforcement of Judgments	341	(1)
Renewal of Judgments	342	(2)
Application of Chapter	344	(1)
Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers	344	(3)
Service on Attorney of Creditor or Debtor	344	(1)
Manner of Service Generally	345	(1)
Proof of Service	346	(1)
Application of Chapter	347	(1)
Interest and Costs	347	(3)
Enforcement After Death of Judgment Creditor or Judgment Debtor	350	(1)
Levying Officers	350	(2)
Enforcement of State Tax Liability	352	(1)
Enforcement Pursuant to Warrant or Notice of Levy	352	(1)
Enforcement of Judgment for Taxes	353	(1)
Enforcement of Support Judgments	353	(1)
Forms [Repealed]	354	(1)
Transitional Provisions	354	(2)
Enforcement of Money Judgments	356	(1)
General Provisions	356	(4)
Property Subject to Enforcement of Money Judgment	356	(1)
Amount to Satisfy Money Judgment	357	(3)
Liens	360	(11)
General Provisions	360	(1)
Judgment Lien on Real Property	361	(3)
Judgment Lien on Personal Property	364	(5)
Execution Lien	369	(1)
Other Liens Created by Enforcement Process	370	(1)
Execution	371	(21)
General Provisions	371	(3)
Writ of Execution and Notice of Levy	374	(2)
Property Subject to Execution	376	(1)
Methods of Levy	376	(7)
Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy	383	(2)
Sale and Collection	385	(5)
Distribution of Proceeds of Sale or Collection	390	(2)
Exemptions	392
General Provisions	393	(5)
Procedure for Claiming Exemptions After Levy	398	(2)
Exempt Property	400	(9)
Homestead Exemption	409
Renewal of Judgments	342	(2)
Application of Chapter	344	(1)
Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers	344	(3)
Service on Attorney of Creditor or Debtor	344	(1)
Manner of Service Generally	345	(1)
Proof of Service	346	(1)
Application of Chapter	347	(1)
Interest and Costs	347	(3)
Enforcement After Death of Judgment Creditor or Judgment Debtor	350	(1)
Levying Officers	350	(2)
Enforcement of State Tax Liability	352	(1)
Enforcement Pursuant to Warrant or Notice of Levy	352	(1)
Enforcement of Judgment for Taxes	353	(1)
Enforcement of Support Judgments	353	(1)
Forms [Repealed]	354	(1)
Transitional Provisions	354	(2)
Enforcement of Money Judgments	356	(1)
General Provisions	356	(4)
Property Subject to Enforcement of Money Judgment	356	(1)
Amount to Satisfy Money Judgment	357	(3)
Liens	360	(11)
General Provisions	360	(1)
Judgment Lien on Real Property	361	(3)
Judgment Lien on Personal Property	364	(5)
Execution Lien	369	(1)
Other Liens Created by Enforcement Process	370	(1)
Execution	371	(21)
General Provisions	371	(3)
Writ of Execution and Notice of Levy	374	(2)
Property Subject to Execution	376	(1)
Methods of Levy	376	(7)
Duties and Liabilities of Third Persons After Levy	383	(2)
Sale and Collection	385	(5)
Distribution of Proceeds of Sale or Collection	390	(2)
Exemptions	392	(24)
General Provisions	393	(5)
Procedure for Claiming Exemptions After Levy	398	(2)
Exempt Property	400	(9)
Homestead Exemption	409	(4)
Declared Homesteads	413	(3)
Wage Garnishment	416	(15)
Short Title; Definitions	416	(1)
General Provisions	416	(5)
Restrictions on Earnings Withholding	421	(1)
Earnings Withholding Order for Taxes	421	(4)
Procedure for Earnings Withholding Orders and Exemption Claims	425	(3)
Forms; Employer's Instructions	428	(3)
Administration and Enforcement	431	(1)
Miscellaneous Creditors' Remedies	431	(19)
Written Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor	432	(1)
Examination Proceedings	432	(4)
Creditor's Suit	436	(2)
Charging Orders	438	(1)
Lien in Pending Action or Proceeding	438	(3)
Assignment Order	441	(1)
Receiver to Enforce Judgment	442	(1)
Collection of Judgment Where Judgment Debtor is Creditor of Public Entity	443	(5)
Enforcement Against Franchise	448	(1)
Other Enforcement Procedures	449	(1)
Enforcement of Nonmoney Judgments	450	(1)
General Provisions	450	(1)
Judgment for Possession of Personal Property	451	(1)
Judgment for Possession of Real Property	452	(1)
Judgment for Sale of Property	453	(1)
Other Judgments	454	(1)
Third-Party Claims and Related Procedures	454	(1)
Definitions	454	(1)
Third-Party Claims of Ownership and Possession	455	(2)
Third-Party Claim of Security Interest or Lien	457	(3)
Hearing on Third-Party Claim	460	(1)
Creditor's Demand for Third-Party Claim by Secured Party or Lienholder	461	(1)
Third-Party Undertaking to Release Property	462	(2)
Undertakings	464	(1)
Satisfaction of Judgment	464	(1)
Satisfaction of Judgment	464	(3)
Acknowledgment of Partial Satisfaction of Judgment	467	(1)
Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Matured Installments Under Installment Judgment	467	(3)
Actions in Particular Cases	470	(39)
Actions for the Foreclosure of Mortgages	470	(6)
Actions for Nuisance, Waste, and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases, on Real Property	476	(4)
Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property	480	(2)
Actions to Re-establish Destroyed Land Records	482	(5)
Cullen Earthquake Act	487	(3)
Quiet Title	490	(6)
General Provisions	490	(1)
Commencement of Action	491	(1)
Defendants	492	(1)
Service of Process	493	(1)
Judgment	493	(2)
Liens and Encumbrances	495	(1)
Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title	496	(3)
Identity of Person in Chain of Title	496	(1)
Land Dedicated for Public Improvement	497	(1)
Right of Entry or Occupation of Surface Lands Under Oil or Gas Lease	497	(2)
Actions Concerning Real Property Titles Affected by Public Improvement Assessments	499	(2)
Actions for the Usurpation of an Office or a Franchise	501	(2)
Of Actions Against Steamers, Vessels, and Boats [Repealed]	503	(1)
Actions for Libel and Slander [Repealed]	503	(1)
Actions Against Co-owners of Mines	504	(1)
Validating Proceedings	504	(3)
Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another	507	(2)
Civil Proceedings in Municipal Courts [Repealed]	509	(1)
Partition of Real and Personal Property	510	(17)
General Provisions	510	(1)
Preliminary Provisions	510	(1)
Powers of Court	510	(1)
Commencement of Action	511	(3)
Complaint and Lis Pendens	511	(1)
Summons	512	(1)
Answer	513	(1)
Parties	513	(1)
Preliminary Proceedings [Repealed]	514	(1)
Trial	514	(2)
Determination of Interests of Parties	514	(1)
Determination of Right to Partition	515	(1)
Determination of Manner of Partition	515	(1)
Referees	516	(2)
General Provisions	516	(1)
Contracts of Referee	517	(1)
Division of the Property	518	(1)
Sale of the Property	519	(5)
Manner of Sale	519	(1)
Sales Procedures	520	(1)
Consummation of Sale	521	(2)
Disposition of Proceeds of Sale	523	(1)
Partition by Appraisal	524	(1)
Costs of Partition	525	(1)
Allowance and Apportionment of Costs of Partition	525	(1)
Payment of Costs of Partition	525	(1)
Judgment	526	(1)
Contribution Among Joint Judgment Debtors	527	(2)
Releases From and Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors	527	(2)
Contribution Among Other Judgment Debtors	529	(1)
Proceedings in Civil Actions in Police Courts [Repealed]	529	(1)
Appeals in Civil Actions	530	(12)
Appeals in General	530	(4)
Stay of Enforcement and Other Proceedings	534	(8)
Miscellaneous Provisions	542	(43)
Proceedings Against Joint Debtors	542	(1)
Bonds and Undertakings	543	(16)
Preliminary Provisions and Definitions	543	(1)
General Provisions	544	(1)
Execution and Filing	545	(1)
Approval and Effect	546	(1)
Personal Sureties	547	(1)
Admitted Surety Insurers	548	(1)
Deposit in Lieu of Bond	549	(2)
Bonds to the State of California	551	(1)
Objections to Bonds	552	(1)
Insufficient and Excessive Bonds	553	(1)
Release or Substitution of Sureties on Bond Given in Action or Proceeding	553	(1)
New, Additional, and Supplemental Bonds	554	(1)
Cancellation of Bond or Withdrawal of Sureties	555	(1)
Liability of Principal and Sureties	556	(2)
Enforcement Lien	558	(1)
Offers by a Party to Compromise	559	(1)
Motions and Orders	560	(2)
Notices, and Filing and Service of Papers	562	(6)
Of Costs	568	(11)
General Provisions	579	(2)
Declaratory Relief	581	(2)
Actions to Enforce Real Property and Mobilehome Sales Agreements	583	(1)
Computer Assistance	583	(2)
PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE
Preliminary Provisions	585	(1)
Of Writs of Review, Mandate, and Prohibition	585	(12)
Writ of Review	585	(2)
Writ of Mandate	587	(7)
Writ of Prohibition	594	(1)
Writs of Review, Mandate, and Prohibition May Issue and Be Heard	595	(1)
Rules of Practice and Appeals	596	(1)
Of Contesting Certain Elections [Repealed]	597	(1)
Of Summary Proceedings	598	(25)
Confession of Judgment Without Action	598	(1)
Submitting a Controversy Without Action	598	(1)
Judicial Arbitration	599	(5)
Discharge of Persons Imprisoned on Civil Process [Repealed]	604	(1)
Neighborhood Dispute Resolution Centers [Repealed]	604	(1)
Summary Proceedings for Obtaining Possession of Real Property in Certain Cases	604	(19)
Of the Enforcement of Liens	623	(9)
Liens in General	623	(1)
Liens of Mechanics and Others Upon Real Property [Repealed]	623	(1)
Oil and Gas Liens	623	(4)
Certain Liens and Priorities for Salaries, Wages and Consumer Deposits	627	(3)
Certain Liens Upon Animals	630	(1)
Liens on Aircraft	630	(2)
Of Contempts	632	(5)
Of the Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations [Repealed]	637	(1)
Eminent Domain Law	638	(57)
General Provisions	639	(1)
Principles of Construction; Definitions	640	(2)
Construction	640	(1)
Words and Phrases Defined	640	(2)
The Right to Take	642	(8)
General Limitations on Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain	642	(1)
Rights Included in Grant of Eminent Domain Authority	643	(1)
Future Use	644	(1)
Substitute Condemnation	645	(1)
Excess Condemnation	646	(1)
Condemnation for Compatible Use	647	(1)
Condemnation for More Necessary Public Use	647	(3)
Precondemnation Activities	650	(7)
Preliminary Location, Survey, and Tests	650	(2)
Resolution of Necessity	652	(3)
Resolution Consenting to Eminent Domain Proceeding by Quasi-Public Entity	655	(2)
Commencement of Proceeding	657	(6)
Jurisdiction and Venue	657	(1)
Commencement of Proceeding Generally	658	(1)
Parties; Joinder of Property	658	(2)
Pleadings	660	(1)
Objections to Right to Take	661	(1)
Settlement Offers and Alternative Dispute Resolution	662	(1)
Deposit and Withdrawal of Probable Compensation; Possession Prior to Judgment	663	(7)
Deposit of Probable Compensation	663	(3)
Withdrawal of Deposit	666	(2)
Possession Prior to Judgment	668	(2)
Discovery; Exchange of Valuation Data	670	(3)
Discovery	670	(1)
Exchange of Valuation Data	670	(3)
Procedures for Determining Right to Take and Compensation	673	(3)
General Provisions	673	(1)
Contesting Right to Take	674	(1)
Procedures Relating to Determination of Compensation	674	(2)
Compensation	676	(7)
General Provisions	676	(1)
Date of Valuation	677	(1)
Compensation for Improvements	678	(1)
Measure of Compensation for Property Taken	679	(1)
Compensation for Injury to Remainder	680	(1)
Compensation for Loss of Goodwill	680	(1)
Miscellaneous Provisions	681	(1)
Remediation of Hazardous Materials on Property to be Acquired by School Districts	681	(2)
Divided Interests	683	(3)
General Provisions	684	(1)
Leases	684	(1)
Encumbrances	684	(2)
Future Interests	686	(1)
Postjudgment Procedure	686	(7)
Payment of Judgment; Final Order of Condemnation	687	(1)
Deposit and Withdrawal of Award	687	(2)
Possession After Judgment	689	(1)
Interest	690	(1)
Proration of Property Taxes	691	(1)
Abandonment	692	(1)
Litigation Expenses and Damages Upon Dismissal or Defeat of Right to Take	692	(1)
Costs	693	(1)
Arbitration of Compensation in Acquisitions of Property for Public Use	693	(2)
Evidence in Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Proceedings [Repealed]	695	(1)
Change of Names	696	(2)
Abandoned Property [Repealed]	698	(1)
Arbitration	699	(17)
General Provisions	699	(1)
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements	699	(5)
Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings	704	(6)
Enforcement of the Award	710	(3)
Confirmation, Correction or Vacation of the Award	710	(2)
Limitations of Time	712	(1)
General Provisions Relating to Judicial Proceedings	713	(3)
Petitions and Responses	713	(1)
Venue, Jurisdiction and Costs	714	(1)
Appeals	715	(1)
Arbitration of Medical Malpractice	716	(1)
Public Construction Contract Arbitration	717	(1)
Arbitration and Conciliation of International Commercial Disputes	718	(19)
Application and Interpretation	718	(2)
Scope of Application	718	(1)
Interpretation	719	(1)
Receipt of Written Communications	719	(1)
Waiver of Right to Object	720	(1)
Extent of Judicial Intervention	720	(1)
Functions	720	(1)
Arbitration Agreements and Judicial Measures in Aid of Arbitration	720	(2)
Definition and Form of Arbitration Agreements	720	(1)
Stay of Proceedings	721	(1)
Interim Measures	721	(1)
Composition of Arbitral Tribunals	722	(3)
Number of Arbitrators	722	(1)
Appointment of Arbitrators	722	(1)
Grounds for Challenge	723	(1)
Challenge Procedure	724	(1)
Failure or Impossibility to Act	724	(1)
Termination of Mandate and Substitution of Arbitrators	725	(1)
Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals	725	(1)
Competence of an Arbitral Tribunal to Rule on Its Jurisdiction	725	(1)
Interim Measures Ordered by Arbitral Tribunals	726	(1)
Manner and Conduct of Arbitration	726	(4)
Equal Treatment of Parties	727	(1)
Determination of Rules of Procedure	727	(1)
Place of Arbitration	727	(1)
Commencement of Arbitral Proceedings	727	(1)
Language	727	(1)
Statements of Claim and Defense	728	(1)
Hearings and Written Proceedings	728	(1)
Default of a Party	729	(1)
Expert Appointed by Arbitral Tribunal	729	(1)
Court Assistance in Taking Evidence and Consolidating Arbitrations	729	(1)
Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings	730	(3)
Rules Applicable to Substance of Dispute	730	(1)
Decisionmaking by Panel of Arbitrators	730	(1)
Settlement	730	(1)
Form and Content of Arbitral Award	731	(1)
Termination of Proceedings	732	(1)
Correction and Interpretation of Awards and Additional Awards	732	(1)
Conciliation	733	(4)
Appointment of Conciliators	733	(1)
Representation and Assistance	733	(1)
Report of Conciliators	733	(1)
Confidentiality	734	(1)
Stay of Arbitration and Resort to Other Proceedings	734	(1)
Termination	734	(1)
Enforceability of Decree	735	(1)
Costs	735	(1)
Effect on Jurisdiction	735	(1)
Immunity of Conciliators and Parties	735	(2)
Real Estate Contract Arbitration	737	(2)
Arbitration of Firefighter and Law Enforcement Officer Labor Disputes	739	(4)
Unclaimed Property	743	(48)
General Provisions	743	(1)
Definitions	743	(1)
Purpose and Scope	744	(1)
Receipt and Expenditure of Funds	744	(4)
Deposit of Unclaimed Property	744	(3)
Appropriation	747	(1)
Payment of Claims	748	(4)
General	748	(1)
Refund of Erroneous Receipts	749	(1)
Claims	749	(3)
Management of Unclaimed Property	752	(4)
General Provisions	752	(1)
Powers of the Controller	752	(1)
Sale or Disposal of Property	753	(2)
Disposal of Proceeds of Sale or Lease	755	(1)
Escheat Proceedings	756	(5)
Escheat Proceedings on Unclaimed Property	756	(1)
Escheat by Notice and Publication	757	(1)
Escheat Proceedings in Decedents' Estates	758	(2)
Permanent Escheat	760	(1)
Disposition of Unclaimed Property	761	(3)
Estates of Deceased Persons	761	(3)
Abandoned Property	764	(1)
Repealed	764	(1)
Unclaimed Property Law	764	(23)
Short Title; Definitions; Application	764	(3)
Escheat of Unclaimed Personal Property	767	(8)
Identification of Escheated Property	775	(3)
Payment of Claims	778	(2)
Administration of Unclaimed Property	780	(3)
Compliance and Enforcement	783	(3)
Miscellaneous	786	(1)
Property in Custody of Federal Officers, Agencies, and Departments	787	(4)
Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act of 1968 [Repealed]	791	(1)
Fiduciaries' Wartime Substitution Law [Repealed]	791	(1)
Sister State and Foreign Money-Judgments	792	(5)
Sister State Money-Judgments	792	(2)
Foreign Money-Judgments	794	(3)
Court-Related Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes [Repealed]	797	(1)
Civil Action Mediation	798	(2)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act [Rejected]	800	(1)
Recovery of Preferences in an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors [Renumbered]	800	(1)
Recovery of Preferences and Exempt Property in an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors	801	(4)
Tribal Injunctions	805	(1)
Inspection Warrants	806	(1)
Proceedings for the Adjustment, Settlement, and Payment of Any Indebtedness Existing Against Any City or Municipal Corporation at the Time of Exclusion of Territory Therefrom, and the Division of the Property Thereof [Repealed]	807	(1)
PART 3.5 OF ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES [REPEALED]	808
PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
General Definitions and Divisions [Repealed]	809	(1)
Of the General Principles of Evidence	809	(4)
Of the Kinds and Degrees of Evidence	813	(11)
Knowledge of the Court [Repealed]	813	(1)
Witnesses	813	(1)
Writings	813	(9)
Writings in General [Repealed]	813	(1)
Public Writings	813	(4)
Official Reports [Repealed]	817	(1)
Private Writings	818	(2)
Records Destroyed in Fire or Calamity	820	(1)
Private Records Destroyed in Disaster or Calamity	821	(1)
Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act [Repealed]	822	(1)
Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act [Repealed]	822	(1)
Material Objects Presented to the Senses, Other Than Writings [Repealed]	822	(1)
Indirect Evidence, Inferences, and Presumptions [Repealed]	822	(1)
Indispensable Evidence	822	(1)
Conclusive or Unanswerable Evidence [Repealed]	823	(1)
Uniform Act on Blood Tests to Determine Paternity [Repealed]	823	(1)
Of the Production of Evidence	824	(14)
By Whom to be Produced [Repealed]	824	(1)
Means of Production	824	(11)
Manner of Production	835	(3)
Mode of Taking the Testimony of Witnesses	835	(1)
Affidavits	836	(1)
Discovery [Repealed]	837	(1)
Civil Discovery Act	838	(63)
General Provisions	844	(1)
Scope of Discovery	845	(2)
General Provisions	845	(1)
Scope of Discovery in Specific Contexts	846	(1)
Violation of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act	846	(1)
Use of Technology in Conducting Discovery in a Complex Case	847	(1)
Attorney Work Product	848	(1)
Methods and Sequence of Discovery	849	(1)
General Provisions	849	(1)
Methods and Sequence of Discovery in Specific Contexts	850	(1)
Nonparty Discovery	850	(4)
General Provisions	850	(1)
Procedures Applicable to All Types of Deposition Subpoenas	851	(1)
Subpoena Commanding Only Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent	852	(1)
Subpoena Commanding Only Production of Business Records for Copying	852	(2)
Subpoena Commanding Both Production of Business Records and Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent	854	(1)
Sections	854	(1)
Time For Completion of Discovery	855	(1)
Oral Disposition Inside California	856	(12)
General Provisions	857	(1)
Deposition Notice	857	(2)
Conduct of Deposition	859	(2)
Objections, Sanctions, Protective Orders, Motions to Compel, and Suspension of Depositions	861	(3)
Transcript or Recording	864	(3)
Post-Deposition Procedures	867	(1)
Oral Deposition Outside California	868	(1)
Deposition by Written Questions	869	(2)
Deposition in Action Pending Outside California	871	(1)
Written Interrogatories	871	(5)
Propounding Interrogatories	871	(3)
Response to Interrogatories	874	(2)
Use of Interrogatory Answer	876	(1)
Inspection and Production of Documents, Tangible Things, Land, and Other Property	876	(5)
Inspection Demand	877	(1)
Response to Inspection Demand	878	(3)
Inspection and Production of Documents and Other Property in Specific Contexts	881	(1)
Physical or Mental Examination	881	(5)
General Provisions	881	(1)
Physical Examination of Personal Injury Plaintiff	882	(1)
Motion for Physical or Mental Examination	883	(1)
Failure to Submit to or Produce Another for Physical or Mental Examination	884	(1)
Conduct of Examination	884	(1)
Reports of Examination	885	(1)
Requests for Admission	886	(5)
Requests for Admission	886	(2)
Response to Requests for Admission	888	(3)
Effect of Admission	891	(1)
Form Interrogatories and Requests for Admission	891	(1)
Simultaneous Exchange of Expert Witness Information	892	(6)
General Provisions	892	(1)
Demand for Exchange of Expert Witness Information	892	(3)
Deposition of Expert Witness	895	(1)
Motion to Augment or Amend Expert Witness List or Declaration	896	(1)
Motion to Submit Tardy Expert Witness Information	897	(1)
Preparation of Testimony or Preservation of Evidence Before Filing Action	898	(1)
Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Information Pending Appeal	899	(2)
Of the Rights and Duties of Witnesses	901	(1)
Of Evidence in Particular Cases, and Miscellaneous and General Provisions	902	(3)
Evidence in Particular Cases	902	(1)
Proceedings to Perpetuate Testimony [Repealed]	903	(1)
Administration of Oaths and Affirmations	903	(1)
General Provisions [Repealed]	904	(1)
Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act	905
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