Parker's California Code of Civil Procedure

TITLE OF ACT
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
PART 1 OF COURTS OF JUSTICE
Title 1 Organization and Jurisdiction
Chapter 1 Courts of Justice in General
Chapter 2 Court of Impeachment [Repealed]
Chapter 2.5 The Judicial Council [Repealed]
Chapter 3 Supreme Court
Chapter 4 Superior Courts Chapter 5 Municipal Courts [Repealed]
Chapter 5.1 Limited Civil Cases
Chapter 5.5 Small Claims Court
Chapter 5A Small Claims Courts [Repealed]
Chapter 5-B Small Claims Court Experimental Project [Repealed]
Chapter 6 General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice
Chapter 7 Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings
Chapter 8 Of Justices' Courts [Renumbered]
Chapter 9 Of Police Courts [Renumbered]
Chapter 10 General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice [Renumbered]
Title 2 Judicial Officers
Chapter 1 Judicial Officers in General [Repealed]
Chapter 2 Powers of Judges at Chambers
Chapter 3 Disqualifications of Judges
Chapter 4 Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers
Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice
Title 3 Persons Specially Invested With Powers of a Judicial Nature
Chapter 1 Trial Jury Selection and Management Act
Chapter 2 Court Commissioners
Title 4 Ministerial Officers of Courts of Justice
Chapter 1 Of Ministerial Officers Generally
Chapter 2 Levying Officer Electronic Transactions Act
Chapter 3 Phonographic Reporters
Title 5 Persons Specially Invested With Ministerial Powers Relating to Courts of Justice
Chapter 1 Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Chapter 2 Other Persons Invested with Such Powers [Repealed]
PART 2 OF CIVIL ACTIONS
Title 1 Of the Form of Civil Actions
Title 2 Of the Time of Commencing Civil Actions
Chapter 1 The Time of Commencing Actions in General
Chapter 2 The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property
Chapter 3 The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property
Chapter 4 General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions
Chapter 5 The Commencement of Actions Based Upon Professional Negligence
Chapter 6 Time of Commencement of Action After Person’s Death
Title 3 Of the Parties to Civil Actions
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Married Person
Chapter 3 Disability of Party
Chapter 4 Effect of Death
Chapter 5 Permissive Joinder
Chapter 6 Interpleader
TITLE OF ACT
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
PART 1 OF COURTS OF JUSTICE
Title 1 Organization and Jurisdiction
Chapter 1 Courts of Justice in General
Chapter 2 Court of Impeachment [Repealed]
Chapter 2.5 The Judicial Council [Repealed]
Chapter 3 Supreme Court
Chapter 4 Superior Courts
Chapter 5 Municipal Courts [Repealed]
Chapter 5.1 Limited Civil Cases
Chapter 5.5 Small Claims Court
Chapter 5A Small Claims Courts [Repealed]
Chapter 5-B Small Claims Court Experimental Project [Repealed]
Chapter 6 General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice
Chapter 7 Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings
Chapter 8 Of Justices' Courts [Renumbered]
Chapter 9 Of Police Courts [Renumbered]
Chapter 10 General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice [Renumbered]
Title 2 Judicial Officers
Chapter 1 Judicial Officers in General [Repealed]
Chapter 2 Powers of Judges at Chambers
Chapter 3 Disqualifications of Judges
Chapter 4 Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers
Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice
Title 3 Persons Specially Invested With Powers of a Judicial Nature
Chapter 1 Trial Jury Selection and Management Act
Chapter 2 Court Commissioners
Title 4 Ministerial Officers of Courts of Justice
Chapter 1 Of Ministerial Officers Generally
Chapter 2 Levying Officer Electronic Transactions Act
Chapter 3 Phonographic Reporters
Title 5 Persons Specially Invested With Ministerial Powers Relating to Courts of Justice
Chapter 1 Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Chapter 2 Other Persons Invested with Such Powers [Repealed]
PART 2 OF CIVIL ACTIONS
Title 1 Of the Form of Civil Actions
Title 2 Of the Time of Commencing Civil Actions
Chapter 1 The Time of Commencing Actions in General
Chapter 2 The Time of Commencing Actions for the Recovery of Real Property
Chapter 3 The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property
Chapter 4 General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions
Chapter 5 The Commencement of Actions Based Upon Professional Negligence
Chapter 6 Time of Commencement of Action After Person's Death
Title 3 Of the Parties to Civil Actions
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Married Person
Chapter 3 Disability of Party
Chapter 4 Effect of Death
Chapter 5 Permissive Joinder
Chapter 6 Interpleader
Chapter 4.6. (Repealed July 1, 2019) Mandatory Expedited Jury Trials in Limited Civil Cases
Chapter 5 Trial by the Court
Chapter 6 Of References and Trials by Referees
Chapter 7 Provisions Relating to Trials in General
Chapter 8 The Manner of Giving and Entering Judgment
Title 8.5 Uniform Foreign–Money Claims Act
Title 9 Enforcement of Judgments
Division 1 Definitions and General Provisions
Chapter 1 Short Title and Definitions
Chapter 2 General Provisions
Chapter 3 Period for Enforcement and Renewal of Judgments
Chapter 4 Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers
Chapter 5 Interest and Costs
Chapter 6 Enforcement After Death of Judgment Creditor or Judgment Debtor
Chapter 7 Levying Officers
Chapter 8 Enforcement of State Tax Liability
Chapter 9 Enforcement of Support Judgments
Chapter 10 Enforcement of Judgments by Labor Commissioner
Chapter 19 Forms [Repealed]
Chapter 20 Transitional Provisions
Division 2 Enforcement of Money Judgments
Chapter 1 General Provisions Chapter 2 Liens
Chapter 3 Execution
Chapter 4 Exemptions
Chapter 5 Wage Garnishment
Chapter 6 Miscellaneous Creditors' Remedies
Division 3 Enforcement of Nonmoney Judgments
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Judgment for Possession of Personal Property
Chapter 3 Judgment for Possession of Real Property
Chapter 4 Judgment for Sale of Property
Chapter 5 Other Judgments
Division 4 Third–Party Claims and Related Procedures
Chapter 1 Definitions
Chapter 2 Third–Party Claims of Ownership and Possession
Chapter 3 Third–Party Claim of Security Interest or Lien
Chapter 4 Hearing on Third–Party Claim
Chapter 5 Creditor's Demand for Third–Party Claim by Secured Party or Lienholder
Chapter 6 Third–Party Undertaking to Release Property Chapter 7 Undertakings
Division 5 Satisfaction of Judgment
Chapter 1 Satisfaction of Judgment
Chapter 2 Acknowledgment of Partial Satisfaction of Judgment
Chapter 3 Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Matured Installments Under Installment
Judgment Title 10 Actions in Particular Cases
Chapter 1 Actions for Foreclosure of Mortgages
Chapter 2 Actions for Nuisance, Waste, and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases, on Real Property
Chapter 3 Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property
Chapter 3.5 Actions to Re–establish Destroyed Land Records
Chapter 3.6 Cullen Earthquake Act
Chapter 4 Quiet Title
Chapter 4.5 Special Actions and Proceedings to Clear Title
Chapter 4.6 Actions Concerning Real Property Titles Affected by Public Improvement Assessments
Chapter 5 Actions for the Usurpation of an Office or a Franchise
Chapter 6 Actions Against Steamers, Vessels, and Boats [Repealed]
Chapter 7 Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights
Chapter 8 Actions Against Co–owners of Mines
Chapter 9 Validating Proceedings
Chapter 10 Good Faith Improver of Property Owned by Another
Title 10A Civil Proceedings in Municipal Courts
Title 10.5 Partition of Real and Personal Property
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Commencement of Action
Chapter 3 Trial
Chapter 4 Referees
Chapter 5 Division of the Property
Chapter 6 Sale of the Property
Chapter 7 Partition by Appraisal
Chapter 8 Costs of Partition
Chapter 9 Judgment
Title 11 Contribution Among Joint Judgment Debtors
Chapter 1 Releases From and Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors
Chapter 2 Contribution Among Other Judgment Debtors
Title 12 Proceedings in Civil Actions in Police Courts [Repealed]
Title 13 Appeals in Civil Actions
Chapter 1 Appeals in General
Chapter 2 Stay of Enforcement and Other Proceedings
Title 14 Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 1 Proceedings Against Joint Debtors
Chapter 2 Bonds and Undertakings
Chapter 3 Offers by a Party to Compromise
Chapter 3.5 Confidential Settlement Agreements
Chapter 4 Motions and Orders
Chapter 5 Notices, and Filing and Service of Papers
Chapter 6 Costs
Chapter 7 General Provisions
Chapter 8 Declaratory Relief
Chapter 9 Actions to Enforce Real Property and Mobilehome Sales Agreements
Chapter 10 Computer Assistance
PART 3 OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE
Preliminary Provisions Title 1 Of Writs of Review, Mandate, and Prohibition
Chapter 1 Writ of Review
Chapter 2 Writ of Mandate
Chapter 3 Writ of Prohibition
Chapter 4 Writs of Review, Mandate, and Prohibition May Issue and Be Heard at Chambers
Chapter 5 Rules of Practice and Appeals
Title 2 Contesting Certain Elections [Repealed]
Title 3 Of Summary Proceedings
Chapter 1 Confession of Judgment Without Action
Chapter 2 Submitting a Controversy Without Action
Chapter 2.5 Judicial Arbitration
Chapter 3 Discharge of Persons Imprisoned on Civil Process [Repealed]
Chapter 3.5 Neighborhood Dispute Resolution Centers [Repealed]
Chapter 4 Summary Proceedings for Obtaining Possession of Real Property in Certain Cases
Title 4 Of the Enforcement of Liens
Chapter 1 Liens in General
Chapter 2 Liens of Mechanics and Others upon Real Property [Repealed]
Chapter 2.5 Oil and Gas Liens
Chapter 3 Certain Liens and Priorities for Salaries, Wages and Consumer Deposits
Chapter 4 Certain Liens Upon Animals
Chapter 5 Liens on Aircraft
Title 5 Of Contempts
Title 6 Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations [Repealed]
Title 7 Eminent Domain Law
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Principles of Construction; Definitions
Chapter 3 The Right to Take
Chapter 4 Precondemnation Activities
Chapter 5 Commencement of Proceeding
Chapter 6 Deposit and Withdrawal of Probable Compensation; Possession Prior to Judgment
Chapter 7 Discovery; Exchange of Valuation Data
Chapter 8 Procedures for Determining Right to Take and Compensation
Chapter 9 Compensation
Chapter 10 Divided Interests
Chapter 11 Postjudgment Procedure
Chapter 12 Arbitration of Compensation In Acquisitions of Property For Public Use
Title 7.1 Evidence in Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Proceedings [Repealed]
Title 8 Change of Names
Title 8A Abandoned Property [Repealed]
Title 9 Arbitration
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements
Chapter 3 Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings
Chapter 4 Enforcement of the Award
Chapter 5 General Provisions Relating to Judicial Proceedings
Title 9.1 Arbitration of Medical Malpractice
Title 9.2 Public Construction Contract Arbitration
Title 9.3 Arbitration and Conciliation of International Commercial Disputes
Chapter 1 Application and Interpretation
Chapter 2 Arbitration Agreements and Judicial Measures in Aid of Arbitration
Chapter 3 Composition of Arbitral Tribunals
Chapter 4 Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals
Chapter 5 Manner and Conduct of Arbitration
Chapter 6 Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings
Chapter 7 Conciliation
Title 9.4 Real Estate Contract Arbitration
Title 9.5 Arbitration of Firefighter and Law Enforcement Officer Labor Disputes
Title 10 Unclaimed Property
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Receipt and Expenditure of Funds
Chapter 3 Payment of Claims
Chapter 4 Management of Unclaimed Property
Chapter 5 Escheat Proceedings
Chapter 6 Disposition of Unclaimed Property
Chapter 7 Unclaimed Property Law
Chapter 8 Property in Custody of Federal Officers, Agencies, and Departments
Title 10a Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act of 1968 [Repealed]
Title 10B Fiduciaries' Wartime Substitution Law [Repealed]
Title 11 Sister State and Foreign Money—Judgments
Chapter 1 Sister State Money—Judgments
Chapter 2 Foreign-Country Money Judgments
Title 11.5 (Repealed January 1, 2018) Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act
Title 11.6 Civil Action Mediation
Title 11.65 Alternative Dispute Resolution Act [Inoperative]
Title 11b Recovery of Preferences in an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors [Repealed]
Title 11.7 Recovery of Preferences and Exempt Property in an Assignment For the Benefit of Creditors
Title 12 Tribal Injunctions
Title 13 Inspection Warrants
Title 14 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]
PART 3.5 OF ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES [REPEALED]
Title 1 Pilot Projects
PART 4 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
General Definitions and Divisions [Repealed]
Title 1 Of the General Principles of Evidence
Title 2 Of the Kinds and Degrees of Evidence
Chapter 1 Knowledge of the Court [Repealed]
Chapter 2 Witnesses
Chapter 3 Writings
Chapter 4 Material Objects Presented to the Senses Other Than Writings [Repealed]
Chapter 5 Indirect Evidence, Inferences, and Presumptions [Repealed]
Chapter 6 Indispensable Evidence
Chapter 7 Conclusive or Unanswerable Evidence [Repealed]
Chapter 8 Uniform Act on Blood Tests to Determine Paternity [Repealed]
Title 3 Of the Production of Evidence
Chapter 1 By Whom to be Produced [Repealed]
Chapter 2 Means of Production
Chapter 3 Manner of Production
Title 4 Civil Discovery Act
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Scope of Discovery
Chapter 3 Use of Technology in Conducting Discovery in a Complex Case
Chapter 4 Attorney Work Product
Chapter 5 Methods and Sequence of Discovery
Chapter 6 Nonparty Discovery
Chapter 7 Sanctions
Chapter 8 Time for Completion of Discovery
Chapter 9 Oral Deposition Inside California
Chapter 10 Oral Deposition Outside California
Chapter 11 Deposition by Written Questions
Chapter 12 Discovery in Action Pending Outside California
Chapter 13 Written Interrogatories
Chapter 14 Inspection, Copying, Testing, Sampling, and Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, Tangible Things, Land, and Other Property
Chapter 15 Physical or Mental Examination
Chapter 16 Requests for Admission
Chapter 17 Form Interrogatories and Requests for Admission
Chapter 18 Simultaneous Exchange of Expert Witness Information
Chapter 19 Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Evidence Before Filing Action
Chapter 20 Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Information Pending Appeal
Title 5 Of the Rights and Duties of Witnesses
Title 6 Of Evidence in Particular Cases, and Miscellaneous and General Provisions
Chapter 1 Evidence in Particular Cases
Chapter 2 Proceedings to Perpetuate Testimony [Repealed]
Chapter 3 Administration of Oaths and Affirmations
Chapter 4 General Provisions [Repealed]
Title 7 Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act