California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
CCP §389.5: When, in an action for the recovery of real or personal property, or to determine conflicting claims thereto, a person not a party to the action but having an interest in the subject thereof makes app
What this law says, in plain English
A non-party with an interest in property involved in a lawsuit may make an application to intervene in the action.
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When, in an action for the recovery of real or personal property, or to determine conflicting claims thereto, a person not a party to the action but having an interest in the subject thereof makes application to the court to be made a party, it may order him to be brought in by the proper amendment.
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