California

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

3,424 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 415.45 — (a) A summons in an action for unlawful detainer of real property may be served by posting if upon affidavit it appears to the satisfaction of the court in which the action is pending that the party t
• § 415.46 — (a) In addition to the service of a summons and complaint in an action for unlawful detainer upon a tenant and subtenant, if any, as prescribed by this article, a prejudgment claim of right to possess
• § 415.47 — (a) Where the lessee has given the lessor written notice of the lessee’s intent not to abandon leased real property as provided in Section 1951.
• § 415.50 — (a) A summons may be served by publication if upon affidavit it appears to the satisfaction of the court in which the action is pending that the party to be served cannot with reasonable diligence be
• § 415.95 — (a) A summons may be served on a business organization, form unknown, by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint during usual office hours with the person who is apparently in charge of the office
• § 416.10 — A summons may be served on a corporation by delivering a copy of the summons and the complaint by any of the following methods: (a) To the person designated as agent for service of process as provided
• § 416.20 — A summons may be served on a corporation that has forfeited its charter or right to do business, or has dissolved, by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint: (a) To a person who is a tr
• § 416.30 — A summons may be served on a joint stock company or association by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint as provided by Section 416.
• § 416.40 — A summons may be served on an unincorporated association (including a partnership) by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint: (a) If the association is a general or limited partnership,
• § 416.50 — (a) A summons may be served on a public entity by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the clerk, secretary, president, presiding officer, or other head of its governing body.
• § 416.60 — A summons may be served on a minor by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to his parent, guardian, conservator, or similar fiduciary, or, if no such person can be found with reasonab
• § 416.70 — A summons may be served on a person (other than a minor) for whom a guardian, conservator, or similar fiduciary has been appointed by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to his guard
• § 416.80 — When authorized by Section 12 of the Elections Code, a summons may be served as provided by that section.
• § 416.90 — A summons may be served on a person not otherwise specified in this article by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to such person or to a person authorized by him to receive service
• § 417.10 — Proof that a summons was served on a person within this state shall be made: (a) If served under Section 415.
• § 417.20 — Proof that a summons was served on a person outside this state shall be made: (a) If served in a manner specified in a statute of this state, as prescribed by Section 417.
• § 417.30 — After a summons has been served on a person, proof of service of the summons as provided in Section 417.
• § 417.40 — (a) A proof of service that is signed by a person who is required to be registered under Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code or the person’s e
• § 418.10 — (a) A defendant, on or before the last day of his or her time to plead or within any further time that the court may for good cause allow, may serve and file a notice of motion for one or more of the
• § 418.11 — An appearance at a hearing at which ex parte relief is sought, or an appearance at a hearing for which an ex parte application for a provisional remedy is made, is not a general appearance and does no
• § 42 — Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the Supreme Court or the courts of appeal from sitting at any time.
• § 420 — The pleadings are the formal allegations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses, for the judgment of the Court.
• § 421 — The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is to be determined, are those prescribed in this Code.
• § 422.10 — The pleadings allowed in civil actions are complaints, demurrers, answers, and cross-complaints.
• § 422.30 — (a) Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth: (1) The name of the court and county in which the action is brought.
• § 422.40 — In the complaint, the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties; but, except as otherwise provided by statute or rule of the Judicial Council, in other pleadings it is sufficient
• § 425.10 — (a) A complaint or cross-complaint shall contain both of the following: (1) A statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language.
• § 425.11 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 425.115 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 425.12 — (a) The Judicial Council shall develop and approve official forms for use in trial courts of this state for any complaint, cross-complaint or answer in any action based upon personal injury, property
• § 425.13 — (a) In any action for damages arising out of the professional negligence of a health care provider, no claim for punitive damages shall be included in a complaint or other pleading unless the court en
• § 425.14 — No claim for punitive or exemplary damages against a religious corporation or religious corporation sole shall be included in a complaint or other pleading unless the court enters an order allowing an
• § 425.15 — (a) No cause of action against a person serving without compensation as a director or officer of a nonprofit corporation described in this section, on account of any negligent act or omission by that
• § 425.16 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there has been a disturbing increase in lawsuits brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petitio
• § 425.17 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there has been a disturbing abuse of Section 425.
• § 425.18 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a SLAPPback is distinguishable in character and origin from the ordinary malicious prosecution action.
• § 425.19 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The lack of affordable housing is a critical problem that threatens the economic, environmental, and social quality of life in Californ
• § 425.30 — (a) In an action for collection of consumer debt, common counts may not be used.
• § 425.50 — (a) An allegation of a construction-related accessibility claim in a complaint, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 55.
• § 425.55 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Protection of the civil rights of persons with disabilities is of the utmost importance to this state, and private enforcement is the e
• § 426.10 — As used in this article: (a) “Complaint” means a complaint or cross-complaint.
• § 426.30 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, if a party against whom a complaint has been filed and served fails to allege in a cross-complaint any related cause of action which (at the time of servin
• § 426.40 — This article does not apply if any of the following are established: (a) The cause of action not pleaded requires for its adjudication the presence of additional parties over whom the court cannot acq
• § 426.50 — A party who fails to plead a cause of action subject to the requirements of this article, whether through oversight, inadvertence, mistake, neglect, or other cause, may apply to the court for leave to
• § 426.60 — (a) This article applies only to civil actions and does not apply to special proceedings.
• § 426.70 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 426.
• § 427.10 — (a) A plaintiff who in a complaint, alone or with coplaintiffs, alleges a cause of action against one or more defendants may unite with such cause any other causes which he has either alone or with an
• § 428.10 — A party against whom a cause of action has been asserted in a complaint or cross-complaint may file a cross-complaint setting forth either or both of the following: (a) Any cause of action he has agai
• § 428.20 — When a person files a cross-complaint as authorized by Section 428.
• § 428.30 — Where a person files a cross-complaint as authorized by Section 428.
• § 428.40 — The cross-complaint shall be a separate document.
• § 428.50 — (a) A party shall file a cross-complaint against any of the parties who filed the complaint or cross-complaint against him or her before or at the same time as the answer to the complaint or cross-com
• § 428.60 — A cross-complaint shall be served on each of the parties in an action in the following manner: (1) If a party has not appeared in the action, a summons upon the cross-complaint shall be issued and ser
• § 428.70 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Third-party plaintiff” means a person against whom a cause of action has been asserted in a complaint or cross-complaint, who claims the right to recover all or part
• § 428.80 — The counterclaim is abolished.
• § 429.30 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 43 — The Supreme Court, and the courts of appeal, may affirm, reverse, or modify any judgment or order appealed from, and may direct the proper judgment or order to be entered, or direct a new trial or fur
• § 430.10 — The party against whom a complaint or cross-complaint has been filed may object, by demurrer or answer as provided in Section 430.
• § 430.20 — A party against whom an answer has been filed may object, by demurrer as provided in Section 430.
• § 430.30 — (a) When any ground for objection to a complaint, cross-complaint, or answer appears on the face thereof, or from any matter of which the court is required to or may take judicial notice, the objectio
• § 430.40 — (a) A person against whom a complaint or cross-complaint has been filed may, within 30 days after service of the complaint or cross-complaint, demur to the complaint or cross-complaint.
• § 430.41 — (a) Before filing a demurrer pursuant to this chapter, the demurring party shall meet and confer in person, by telephone, or by video conference with the party who filed the pleading that is subject t
• § 430.50 — (a) A demurrer to a complaint or cross-complaint may be taken to the whole complaint or cross-complaint or to any of the causes of action stated therein.
• § 430.60 — A demurrer shall distinctly specify the grounds upon which any of the objections to the complaint, cross-complaint, or answer are taken.
• § 430.70 — When the ground of demurrer is based on a matter of which the court may take judicial notice pursuant to Section 452 or 453 of the Evidence Code, such matter shall be specified in the demurrer, or in
• § 430.80 — (a) If the party against whom a complaint or cross-complaint has been filed fails to object to the pleading, either by demurrer or answer, that party is deemed to have waived the objection unless it i
• § 430.90 — (a) Where the defendant has removed a civil action to federal court without filing a response in the original court and the case is later remanded for improper removal, the time to respond shall be as
• § 431.10 — (a) A material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense and which could not be stricken from the pleading without leaving it insufficient as to that claim or defense.
• § 431.20 — (a) Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, shall, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true.
• § 431.30 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 431.40 — (a) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any action in which the demand, exclusive of interest, or the value of the property in controversy does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1
• § 431.50 — In an action to recover upon a contract of insurance wherein the defendant claims exemption from liability upon the ground that, although the proximate cause of the loss was a peril insured against, t
• § 431.70 — Where cross-demands for money have existed between persons at any point in time when neither demand was barred by the statute of limitations, and an action is thereafter commenced by one such person,
• § 432.10 — A party served with a cross-complaint may within 30 days after service move, demur, or otherwise plead to the cross-complaint in the same manner as to an original complaint.
• § 435 — (a) As used in this section: (1) The term “complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 435.5 — (a) Before filing a motion to strike pursuant to this chapter, the moving party shall meet and confer in person, by telephone, or by video conference with the party who filed the pleading that is subj
• § 436 — The court may, upon a motion made pursuant to Section 435, or at any time in its discretion, and upon terms it deems proper: (a) Strike out any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any pl
• § 437 — (a) The grounds for a motion to strike shall appear on the face of the challenged pleading or from any matter of which the court is required to take judicial notice.
• § 437c — (a) (1) A party may move for summary judgment in an action or proceeding if it is contended that the action has no merit or that there is no defense to the action or proceeding.
• § 438 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 439 — (a) Before filing a motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to this chapter, the moving party shall meet and confer in person, by telephone, or by video conference with the party who filed the p
• § 44 — Appeals in probate proceedings, in contested election cases, and in actions for libel or slander by a person who holds any elective public office or a candidate for any such office alleged to have occ
• § 446 — (a) Every pleading shall be subscribed by the party or his or her attorney.
• § 45 — An appeal from a judgment freeing a minor who is a dependent child of the juvenile court from parental custody and control, or denying a recommendation to free a minor from parental custody or control
• § 452 — In the construction of a pleading, for the purpose of determining its effect, its allegations must be liberally construed, with a view to substantial justice between the parties.
• § 454 — It is not necessary for a party to set forth in a pleading the items of an account therein alleged, but he must deliver to the adverse party, within ten days after a demand thereof in writing, a copy
• § 455 — In an action for the recovery of real property, it must be described in the complaint with such certainty as to enable an officer, upon execution, to identify it.
• § 456 — In pleading a judgment or other determination of a court, officer, or board, it is not necessary to state the facts conferring jurisdiction, but such judgment or determination may be stated to have be
• § 457 — In pleading the performance of conditions precedent in a contract, it is not necessary to state the facts showing such performance, but it may be stated generally that the party duly performed all the
• § 458 — In pleading the Statute of Limitations it is not necessary to state the facts showing the defense, but it may be stated generally that the cause of action is barred by the provisions of Section ____ (
• § 459 — In pleading a private statute, or an ordinance of a county or municipal corporation, or a right derived therefrom, it is sufficient to refer to such statute or ordinance by its title and the day of it
• § 46 — Appeals in actions brought under Section 1094.
• § 460 — In an action for libel or slander it is not necessary to state in the complaint any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the plaintiff of the defamatory matter out of which th
• § 460.5 — (a) In any action for libel or slander, for good cause shown upon ex parte written application, the court may order that the time to respond to the complaint is 20 days after the service of summons on
• § 460.7 — (a) In any action by a candidate or former candidate for elective public office against a holder of elective public office or an opposing candidate for libel or slander that is alleged to have occurre
• § 461 — In any action within Section 460 or 460.
• § 464 — (a) The plaintiff and defendant, respectively, may be allowed, on motion, to make a supplemental complaint or answer, alleging facts material to the case occurring after the former complaint or answer
• § 465 — Except with leave of the court, all pleadings subsequent to the complaint, together with proof of service unless a summons need be issued, shall be filed with the clerk or judge, and copies thereof se
• § 469 — Variance between the allegation in a pleading and the proof shall not be deemed material, unless it has actually misled the adverse party to his or her prejudice in maintaining his or her action or de
• § 470 — Where the variance is not material, as provided in Section 469 the court may direct the fact to be found according to the evidence, or may order an immediate amendment, without costs.
• § 471 — Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, not in some particular or particulars only, but in its general scope and meaning, it is not to be de
• § 471.5 — (a) If the complaint is amended, a copy of the amendments shall be filed, or the court may, in its discretion, require the complaint as amended to be filed, and a copy of the amendments or amended com
• § 472 — (a) A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer, demurrer, or motion to strike is filed, or after a demurrer or motion to strike is filed but before th
• § 472a — (a) A demurrer is not waived by an answer filed at the same time.
• § 472b — When a demurrer to any pleading is sustained or overruled, and time to amend or answer is given, the time so given runs from the service of notice of the decision or order, unless the notice is waived
• § 472c — (a) When any court makes an order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend the question as to whether or not such court abused its discretion in making such an order is open on appeal even though
• § 472d — Whenever a demurrer in any action or proceeding is sustained, the court shall include in its decision or order a statement of the specific ground or grounds upon which the decision or order is based w
• § 473 — (a) (1) The court may, in furtherance of justice, and on any terms as may be proper, allow a party to amend any pleading or proceeding by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting
• § 473.1 — The court may, upon such terms as may be just, relieve a party from a judgment, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her, including dismissal of an action pursuant to Section 581 or Chapter
• § 473.2 — (a) A party that was not served with a summons and complaint in accordance with this chapter may file and serve a motion to set aside or vacate the default or default judgment and for leave to defend
• § 473.5 — (a) When service of a summons was lawfully effected but has not resulted in actual notice to a party in time to defend the action and a default or default judgment has been entered against the party i
• § 474 — When the plaintiff is ignorant of the name of a defendant, he must state that fact in the complaint, or the affidavit if the action is commenced by affidavit, and such defendant may be designated in a
• § 475 — The court must, in every stage of an action, disregard any error, improper ruling, instruction, or defect, in the pleadings or proceedings which, in the opinion of said court, does not affect the subs
• § 481.010 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this title.
• § 481.020 — “Account debtor” means “account debtor” as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.030 — “Account receivable” means “account” as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.040 — “Chattel paper” means “chattel paper” as defined in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.055 — “Costs” means costs and disbursements, including, but not limited to, statutory fees, charges, commissions, and expenses.
• § 481.060 — “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
• § 481.070 — “Defendant” includes a cross-defendant.
• § 481.080 — “Deposit account” means “deposit account” as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.090 — “Document of title” means “document” as defined in paragraph (30) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.100 — “Equipment” means tangible personal property in the possession of the defendant and used or bought for use primarily in the defendant’s trade, business, or profession if it is not included in the defi
• § 481.110 — “Farm products” means crops or livestock or supplies used or produced in farming operations or products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states (such as ginned cotton, wool clip, maple sy
• § 481.113 — “Financial institution” means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association or credit union, or like organization, and includes a corporation engaged in a safe deposit busine
• § 481.115 — “General intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as defined in paragraph (42) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code, consisting of rights to payment.
• § 481.117 — “Instrument” means “instrument” as defined in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.120 — “Inventory” means tangible personal property in the possession of a defendant that (a) is held by the defendant for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service or (b) is raw materials,
• § 481.140 — “Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal who is directed to execute a writ or order issued under this title.
• § 481.170 — “Person” includes a natural person, a corporation, a partnership or other unincorporated association, a limited liability company, and a public entity.
• § 481.175 — “Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property.
• § 481.180 — “Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.
• § 481.190 — A claim has “probable validity” where it is more likely than not that the plaintiff will obtain a judgment against the defendant on that claim.
• § 481.195 — “Property” includes real and personal property and any interest therein.
• § 481.200 — “Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, a county, a city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation
• § 481.203 — “Real property” includes any right in real property, including, but not limited to, a leasehold interest in real property.
• § 481.205 — “Registered process server” means a person registered as a process server pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code.
• § 481.207 — “Secured party” means “secured party” as defined in paragraph (73) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.210 — “Security” means a “security” as defined by Section 8102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.220 — “Security agreement” means a “security agreement” as defined by paragraph (74) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.223 — “Security interest” means “security interest” as defined in Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.
• § 481.225 — “Tangible personal property” includes chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, securities, and money.
• § 482.010 — This title shall be known and may be cited as “The Attachment Law.
• § 482.020 — Nothing in this title precludes the granting of relief pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7.
• § 482.030 — (a) The Judicial Council may provide by rule for the practice and procedure in proceedings under this title.
• § 482.040 — The facts stated in each affidavit filed pursuant to this title shall be set forth with particularity.
• § 482.050 — (a) If the plaintiff so requests in writing at the time he files his complaint, the clerk of the court with whom the complaint is filed shall not make available to the public the records and documents
• § 482.060 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the judicial duties to be performed under this title are subordinate judicial duties within the meaning of Section 22 of Article VI of the Californ
• § 482.070 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, legal process required or permitted to be served under this title may be served personally or by mail.
• § 482.080 — (a) If a writ of attachment is issued, the court may also issue an order directing the defendant to transfer to the levying officer either or both of the following: (1) Possession of the property to b
• § 482.090 — (a) Several writs in the same form may be issued simultaneously or from time to time upon the same undertaking, whether or not any writ previously issued has been returned.
• § 482.100 — (a) The defendant may claim an exemption provided in Section 487.
• § 482.110 — (a) The plaintiff’s application for a right to attach order and a writ of attachment pursuant to this title may include an estimate of the costs and allowable attorney’s fees.
• § 482.120 — If the court determines at the hearing on issuance of a writ of attachment under this title that the value of the defendant’s interest in the property described in the plaintiff’s application clearly
• § 483.010 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, an attachment may be issued only in an action on a claim or claims for money, each of which is based upon a contract, express or implied, where the total a
• § 483.012 — Subject to the restrictions of Sections 580b and 580d, in an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on real property or an estate for years therein, pursuit of any remedy provided by this tit
• § 483.013 — Notwithstanding Section 483.
• § 483.015 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b) and to Section 483.
• § 483.020 — (a) Subject to subdivisions (d) and (e), the amount to be secured by the attachment in an unlawful detainer proceeding is the sum of the following: (1) The amount of the rent due and unpaid as of the
• § 484.010 — Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter, the plaintiff may apply pursuant to this article for a right to attach order and a writ of attachment by filing an application for the order
• § 484.020 — The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement showing that the attachment is sought to secure the recovery on a claim upon which an attachment ma
• § 484.030 — The application shall be supported by an affidavit showing that the plaintiff on the facts presented would be entitled to a judgment on the claim upon which the attachment is based.
• § 484.040 — No order or writ shall be issued under this article except after a hearing.
• § 484.050 — The notice of application and hearing shall inform the defendant of all of the following: (a) A hearing will be held at a place and at a time, to be specified in the notice, on plaintiff’s application
• § 484.060 — (a) If the defendant desires to oppose the issuance of the right to attach order sought by plaintiff or objects to the amount sought to be secured by the attachment, the defendant shall file and serve
• § 484.070 — (a) If the defendant claims that the personal property described in the plaintiff’s application, or a portion of such property, is exempt from attachment, the defendant shall claim the exemption as pr
• § 484.080 — (a) At the time set for the hearing, the plaintiff shall be ready to proceed.
• § 484.090 — (a) At the hearing, the court shall consider the showing made by the parties appearing and shall issue a right to attach order, which shall state the amount to be secured by the attachment determined
• § 484.100 — The court’s determinations under this chapter shall have no effect on the determination of any issues in the action other than issues relevant to proceedings under this chapter nor shall they affect t
• § 484.110 — (a) Neither the failure of the defendant to oppose the issuance of a right to attach order under this chapter nor the defendant’s failure to rebut any evidence produced by the plaintiff in connection
• § 484.310 — At any time after a right to attach order has been issued under Article 1 (commencing with Section 484.
• § 484.320 — The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement that the plaintiff has been issued a right to attach order under Article 1 (commencing with Section
• § 484.330 — No writ of attachment shall be issued under this article except after a hearing.
• § 484.340 — The notice of application and hearing shall inform the defendant of all of the following: (a) The plaintiff has applied for a writ of attachment to attach the property described in the application.
• § 484.350 — (a) If the defendant claims that the property described in the plaintiff’s application, or a portion of such property, is exempt from attachment, the defendant may claim the exemption as provided in t
• § 484.360 — (a) If the defendant files and serves a claim of exemption and the plaintiff desires to oppose the claim, he shall file and serve on the defendant, not less than two days before the date set for the h
• § 484.370 — The hearing shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 484.
• § 484.510 — (a) At any time after a right to attach order has been issued under Article 1 (commencing with Section 484.
• § 484.520 — The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and shall order a writ of attachment to be issued upon the filing of an undertaking as provided by Sections 489.
• § 484.530 — (a) The defendant may claim an exemption as to real or personal property levied upon pursuant to a writ issued under this article by following the procedure set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Sec
• § 485.010 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, no right to attach order or writ of attachment may be issued pursuant to this chapter unless it appears from facts shown by affidavit that great or irrepar
• § 485.210 — (a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter, the plaintiff may apply pursuant to this article for a right to attach order and a writ of attachment by filing an application for the o
• § 485.220 — (a) The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and, except as provided in Section 486.
• § 485.230 — Where a right to attach order has been issued by the court, a plaintiff may discover, through any means provided for by, and subject to the protections included in, Title 4 (commencing with Section 20
• § 485.240 — (a) Any defendant whose property has been attached pursuant to a writ issued under this chapter may apply for an order (1) that the right to attach order be set aside, the writ of attachment quashed,
• § 485.510 — At any time after a right to attach order and writ of attachment have been issued under Article 2 (commencing with Section 485.
• § 485.520 — The application shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement that the plaintiff has been issued a right to attach order and writ of attachment pursuant to Artic
• § 485.530 — (a) The application shall be supported by an affidavit showing both of the following: (1) The plaintiff would suffer great or irreparable injury (within the meaning of Section 485.
• § 485.540 — The court shall examine the application and supporting affidavit and shall order a writ of attachment to be issued upon the filing of an undertaking as provided by Sections 489.
• § 485.610 — (a) The defendant may claim an exemption as to real or personal property levied upon pursuant to a writ of attachment issued under this chapter by following the procedure set forth in Article 2 (comme
• § 486.010 — (a) At the time of applying for a right to attach order under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 484.
• § 486.020 — The court shall examine the application, supporting affidavit, and other papers on record and shall issue a temporary protective order, which shall state the amount sought to be secured by the attachm
• § 486.030 — (a) In any case where the plaintiff has applied for a right to attach order and writ of attachment under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 485.
• § 486.040 — The temporary protective order issued under this chapter shall contain such provisions as the court determines would be in the interest of justice and equity to the parties, taking into account the ef
• § 486.050 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 486.