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.

• § 1611 — Any person, whether or not named in the petition, may within 15 days after completion of notice respond to the petition by answer describing the property, asserting an interest as owner or successor,
• § 1612 — Within 20 days following expiration of time for filing answer under Section 1611, the Attorney General shall apply to the court for a judgment relating to all property set forth in the petition and no
• § 1613 — The Controller shall request delivery or payment of all unclaimed property described in the judgment declaring the right of the State to receive custody of such property.
• § 1614 — Property received under this chapter shall be deposited or sold by the State Controller as though received under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1500) of this title.
• § 1615 — All money in the abandoned property account in the Unclaimed Property Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the State Controller without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure in accordance wit
• § 165 — 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
• § 166 — (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
• § 166.1 — 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 wh
• § 167 — Any act required or permitted to be performed by the clerk of a court may be performed by a judge thereof.
• § 17 — (a) Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present.
• § 170 — A judge has a duty to decide any proceeding in which he or she is not disqualified.
• § 170.1 — (a) A judge shall be disqualified if any one or more of the following are true: (1) (A) The judge has personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.
• § 170.2 — It shall not be grounds for disqualification that the judge: (a) Is or is not a member of a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or similar group and the proceeding involves the rights of such a group.
• § 170.3 — (a) (1) If a judge determines himself or herself to be disqualified, the judge shall notify the presiding judge of the court of his or her recusal and shall not further participate in the proceeding,
• § 170.4 — (a) A disqualified judge, notwithstanding his or her disqualification may do any of the following: (1) Take any action or issue any order necessary to maintain the jurisdiction of the court pending th
• § 170.5 — For the purposes of Sections 170 to 170.
• § 170.6 — (a) (1) A judge, court commissioner, or referee of a superior court of the State of California shall not try a civil or criminal action or special proceeding of any kind or character nor hear any matt
• § 170.7 — Section 170.
• § 170.8 — When there is no judge of a court qualified to hear an action or proceeding, the clerk shall forthwith notify the Chairman of the Judicial Council of that fact.
• § 170.9 — (a) A judge shall not accept gifts from a single source in a calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
• § 1710.10 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Judgment creditor” means the person or persons who can bring an action to enforce a sister state judgment.
• § 1710.15 — (a) A judgment creditor may apply for the entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment by filing an application pursuant to Section 1710.
• § 1710.20 — (a) An application for entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment shall be filed in a superior court.
• § 1710.25 — (a) Upon the filing of the application, the clerk shall enter a judgment based upon the application for the total of the following amounts as shown therein: (1) The amount remaining unpaid under the s
• § 1710.30 — (a) Notice of entry of judgment shall be served promptly by the judgment creditor upon the judgment debtor in the manner provided for service of summons by Article 3 (commencing with Section 415.
• § 1710.35 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a judgment entered pursuant to this chapter shall have the same effect as an original money judgment of the court and may be enforced or satisfied in like
• § 1710.40 — (a) A judgment entered pursuant to this chapter may be vacated on any ground which would be a defense to an action in this state on the sister state judgment, including the ground that the amount of i
• § 1710.45 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a writ of execution on a judgment entered pursuant to this chapter shall not issue, nor may the judgment be enforced by other means, until at least 30
• § 1710.50 — (a) The court shall grant a stay of enforcement where: (1) An appeal from the sister state judgment is pending or may be taken in the state which originally rendered the judgment.
• § 1710.55 — No judgment based on a sister state judgment may be entered pursuant to this chapter in any of the following cases: (a) A stay of enforcement of the sister state judgment is currently in effect in the
• § 1710.60 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in this chapter affects any right a judgment creditor may have to bring an action to enforce a sister state judgment.
• § 1710.65 — The entry of a judgment based on a sister state judgment pursuant to this chapter does not limit the right of the judgment creditor to bring an action based on the part of a judgment of a sister state
• § 1713 — This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
• § 1714 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Foreign country” means a government other than any of the following: (1) The United States.
• § 1715 — (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.
• § 1716 — (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.
• § 1717 — (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 cour
• § 1718 — (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.
• § 1719 — 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 de
• § 1720 — 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
• § 1721 — 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 d
• § 1722 — 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.
• § 1723 — 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.
• § 1724 — (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.
• § 1725 — (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
• § 1730 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act.
• § 1731 — (a) This chapter governs the procedures by which the superior courts of the State of California recognize and enter tribal court money judgments of any federally recognized Indian tribe.
• § 1732 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Applicant” means the person or persons who can bring an action to enforce a tribal court money judgment.
• § 1733 — (a) An application for entry of a judgment under this chapter shall be filed in a superior court.
• § 1733.1 — (a) (1) If the parties to the underlying tribal court proceeding agree, the parties may file a joint application for the recognition of a tribal court order that establishes a right to child support,
• § 1734 — (a) An applicant may apply for recognition and entry of a judgment based on a tribal court money judgment by filing an application in superior court pursuant to Section 1733.
• § 1735 — (a) Promptly upon the filing of an application pursuant to Section 1734, the applicant shall serve upon the respondent a notice of filing of the application to recognize and enter the tribal court mon
• § 1736 — (a) If no objections are timely filed in accordance with Section 1737, the clerk shall certify that no objections were timely filed, and a judgment shall be entered.
• § 1737 — (a) Any objection to the recognition and entry of the tribal court money judgment sought under Section 1734 shall be served and filed within 30 days of service of the notice of filing.
• § 1738 — The superior court shall grant a stay of enforcement if the respondent establishes one of the following to the superior court: (a) An appeal from the tribal court money judgment is pending or may be t
• § 1739 — An action to recognize a tribal court money judgment or any renewal thereof shall be commenced within the earlier of the following periods: (a) The time during which the tribal court money judgment is
• § 1740 — (a) The superior court may, after notice to all parties, attempt to resolve any issues raised regarding a tribal court money judgment by contacting the tribal court judge who issued the judgment.
• § 1741 — (a) The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1713)) applies to all actions commenced in superior court before January 1, 2015, in which the issue
• § 177 — A judicial officer shall have power: (a) To preserve and enforce order in the officer’s immediate presence, and in proceedings before the officer, when the officer is engaged in the performance of off
• § 177.5 — A judicial officer shall have the power to impose reasonable money sanctions, not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), notwithstanding any other provision of law, payable to the court, for any
• § 1775 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The peaceful resolution of disputes in a fair, timely, appropriate, and cost-effective manner is an essential function of the judicial branch of state gove
• § 1775.1 — (a) As used in this title, “mediation” means a process in which a neutral person or persons facilitate communication between the disputants to assist them in reaching a mutually acceptable agreement.
• § 1775.10 — All statements made by the parties during the mediation shall be subject to Sections 703.
• § 1775.11 — Any party who participates in mediation pursuant to Section 1775.
• § 1775.12 — Any reference to the mediation or the statement of nonagreement filed pursuant to Section 1775.
• § 1775.13 — It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this title be construed to preempt other current or future alternative dispute resolution programs operating in the trial courts.
• § 1775.14 — (a) On or before January 1, 1998, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature concerning court alternative dispute resolution programs.
• § 1775.15 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this title, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for all of the following: (a) The procedures to be followed in submitting act
• § 1775.2 — (a) This title shall apply to the courts of the County of Los Angeles.
• § 1775.3 — (a) In the courts of the County of Los Angeles and in other courts that elect to apply this title, all at-issue civil actions in which arbitration is otherwise required pursuant to Section 1141.
• § 1775.4 — An action that has been ordered into arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.
• § 1775.5 — (a) The court shall not order a case into mediation unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The amount in controversy does not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
• § 1775.6 — In actions submitted to mediation pursuant to Section 1775.
• § 1775.7 — (a) Submission of an action to mediation pursuant to this title shall not suspend the running of the time periods specified in Chapter 1.
• § 1775.8 — (a) The compensation of court-appointed mediators shall be the same as the compensation of arbitrators pursuant to Section 1141.
• § 1775.9 — (a) In the event that the parties to mediation are unable to reach a mutually acceptable agreement and any party to the mediation wishes to terminate the mediation, then the mediator shall file a stat
• § 178 — For the effectual exercise of the powers conferred by the last section, a judicial officer may punish for contempt in the cases provided in this Code.
• § 179 — Each of the justices of the Supreme Court and of any court of appeal and the judges of the superior courts, shall have power in any part of the state to take and certify: (a) The proof and acknowledgm
• § 18 — No statute, law, or rule is continued in force because it is consistent with the provisions of this Code on the same subject; but in all cases provided for by this Code, all statutes, laws, and rules
• § 1800 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Insolvent” means: (A) With reference to a person other than a partnership, a financial condition such that the sum of
• § 1801 — In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (as defined in Section 493.
• § 1802 — (a) In any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, as defined in Section 493.
• § 1811 — (a) Following the issuance of the bonds as specified in Section 63048.
• § 182 — The heading to this chapter shall not be deemed to govern or limit the scope or meaning of this chapter.
• § 1822.50 — An inspection warrant is an order, in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a judge of a court of record, directed to a state or local official, commanding him to conduct any inspection requir
• § 1822.51 — An inspection warrant shall be issued upon cause, unless some other provision of state or federal law makes another standard applicable.
• § 1822.52 — Cause shall be deemed to exist if either reasonable legislative or administrative standards for conducting a routine or area inspection are satisfied with respect to the particular place, dwelling, st
• § 1822.53 — Before issuing an inspection warrant, the judge may examine on oath the applicant and any other witness, and shall satisfy himself of the existence of grounds for granting such application.
• § 1822.54 — If the judge is satisfied that the proper standard for issuance of the warrant has been met, he or she shall issue the warrant particularly describing each place, dwelling, structure, premises, or veh
• § 1822.55 — An inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, but not for a period of more than 14 days, unless extended or renewed by the judge who signed and issued the original warrant,
• § 1822.56 — An inspection pursuant to this warrant may not be made between 6:00 p.
• § 1822.57 — Any person who willfully refuses to permit an inspection lawfully authorized by warrant issued pursuant to this title is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 1822.58 — A warrant may be issued under the requirements of this title to authorize personnel of the Department of Fish and Game to conduct inspections of locations where fish, amphibia, or aquatic plants are h
• § 1822.59 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1822.
• § 1822.60 — A warrant may be issued under the requirements of this title to authorize personnel of the Department of Justice to conduct inspections as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 19827 of the Business
• § 184 — No proceeding in any court of justice, in an action or special proceeding pending therein, shall be affected by a vacancy in the office of all or any of the judges or justices thereof.
• § 185 — (a) Every written proceeding in a court of justice in this state shall be in the English language, and judicial proceedings shall be conducted, preserved, and published in no other.
• § 1855 — When any map which has been recorded in the office of the recorder of any county is injured, destroyed, lost, or stolen, any person interested may file in the superior court of the county in which the
• § 1856 — (a) Terms set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the terms included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of a prior agreement or
• § 1857 — The language of a writing is to be interpreted according to the meaning it bears in the place of its execution, unless the parties have reference to a different place.
• § 1858 — In the construction of a statute or instrument, the office of the Judge is simply to ascertain and declare what is in terms or in substance contained therein, not to insert what has been omitted, or t
• § 1859 — In the construction of a statute the intention of the Legislature, and in the construction of the instrument the intention of the parties, is to be pursued, if possible; and when a general and particu
• § 186 — Such abbreviations as are in common use may be used, and numbers may be expressed by figures or numerals in the customary manner.
• § 1860 — For the proper construction of an instrument, the circumstances under which it was made, including the situation of the subject of the instrument, and of the parties to it, may also be shown, so that
• § 1861 — The terms of a writing are presumed to have been used in their primary and general acceptation, but evidence is nevertheless admissible that they have a local, technical, or otherwise peculiar signifi
• § 1862 — When an instrument consists partly of written words and partly of a printed form, and the two are inconsistent, the former controls the latter.
• § 1864 — When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the different parties to it, that sense is to prevail against either party in which he supposed the other understood it, and w
• § 1865 — A written notice, as well as every other writing, is to be construed according to the ordinary acceptation of its terms.
• § 1866 — When a statute or instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right, and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.
• § 187 — When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution or this Code, or by any other statute, conferred on a Court or judicial officer, all the means necessary to carry it into effect are also given; and in the ex
• § 1878 — 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.
• § 1895 — Laws, whether organic or ordinary, are either written or unwritten.
• § 1896 — A written law is that which is promulgated in writing, and of which a record is in existence.
• § 1897 — The organic law is the Constitution of Government, and is altogether written.
• § 1898 — Statutes are public or private.
• § 1899 — Unwritten law is the law not promulgated and recorded, as mentioned in Section 1896, but which is, nevertheless, observed and administered in the Courts of the country.
• § 19 — This Act, whenever cited, enumerated, referred to, or amended, may be designated simply as “T he C ode of C ivil P rocedure ,” adding, when necessary, the number of the section.
• § 190 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act.
• § 1904 — A judicial record is the record or official entry of the proceedings in a Court of justice, or of the official act of a judicial officer, in an action or special proceeding.
• § 1908 — (a) The effect of a judgment or final order in an action or special proceeding before a court or judge of this state, or of the United States, having jurisdiction to pronounce the judgment or order, i
• § 1908.5 — When a judgment or order of a court is conclusive, the judgment or order must be alleged in the pleadings if there be an opportunity to do so; if there be no such opportunity, the judgment or order ma
• § 1909 — Other judicial orders of a Court or Judge of this State, or of the United States, create a disputable presumption, according to the matter directly determined, between the same parties and their repre
• § 191 — The Legislature recognizes that trial by jury is a cherished constitutional right, and that jury service is an obligation of citizenship.
• § 1910 — The parties are deemed to be the same when those between whom the evidence is offered were on opposite sides in the former case, and a judgment or other determination could in that case have been made
• § 1911 — That only is deemed to have been adjudged in a former judgment which appears upon its face to have been so adjudged, or which was actually and necessarily included therein or necessary thereto.
• § 1912 — Whenever, pursuant to the last four sections, a party is bound by a record, and such party stands in the relation of a surety for another, the latter is also bound from the time that he has notice of
• § 1913 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the effect of a judicial record of a sister state is the same in this state as in the state where it was made, except that it can only be enforced in this state by an a
• § 1914 — The effect of the judicial record of a Court of admiralty of a foreign country is the same as if it were the record of a Court of admiralty of the United States.
• § 1916 — Any judicial record may be impeached by evidence of a want of jurisdiction in the Court or judicial officer, of collusion between the parties, or of fraud in the party offering the record, in respect
• § 1917 — The jurisdiction sufficient to sustain a record is jurisdiction over the cause, over the parties, and over the thing, when a specific thing is the subject of the judgment.
• § 192 — This chapter applies to the selection of jurors, and the formation of trial juries, for both civil and criminal cases, in all trial courts of the state.
• § 1929 — Private writings are either: 1.
• § 193 — Juries are of three kinds: (a) Grand juries established pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 888) of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
• § 1930 — A seal is a particular sign, made to attest, in the most formal manner, the execution of an instrument.
• § 1933 — The execution of an instrument is the subscribing and delivering it, with or without affixing a seal.
• § 1934 — An agreement, in writing, without a seal, for the compromise or settlement of a debt, is as obligatory as if a seal were affixed.
• § 1935 — A subscribing witness is one who sees a writing executed or hears it acknowledged, and at the request of the party thereupon signs his name as a witness.
• § 194 — The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “County” means any county or any coterminous city and county.
• § 195 — (a) In each county, there shall be one jury commissioner who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, a majority of the judges of the superior court.
• § 1952 — (a) The clerk shall retain in his or her custody any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding or filed in the action or proceeding until th
• § 1952.2 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, upon a judgment becoming final, at the expiration of the appeal period, unless an appeal is pending, the court, in its discretion, and on its own motion by
• § 1952.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the court, on its own motion, may order the destruction or other disposition of any exhibit, deposition, or administrative record introduced in the tria
• § 1953 — As used in this article “record” includes all or any part of any judgment, decree, order, document, paper, process, or file.
• § 1953.01 — Whenever in any action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court of this State any record is lost, injured, or destroyed by reason of conflagration or other public calamity, any person in
• § 1953.02 — Upon notice given pursuant to Sections 1010 to 1020, inclusive, of this code, and its being shown to the satisfaction of the court that the record has been so lost, injured, or destroyed, the court sh
• § 1953.03 — Whenever in any action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court of this State any record is lost, injured, or destroyed by reason of conflagration or other public calamity, and a certifi
• § 1953.04 — Upon the hearing if the court is satisfied that the statements contained in the written application are true, it shall make an order reciting the substance and effect of the lost, injured, or destroye
• § 1953.05 — The record in all cases where the proceeding is in rem, including probate, guardianship, conservatorship, and insolvency proceedings, may be supplied in like manner upon like notice to all persons who
• § 1953.06 — If an appeal to a reviewing court has been taken in any action or special proceeding in any trial court in which the record has been subsequently lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public cal
• § 1953.10 — Any person, corporation, copartnership, organization, institution, business, member of profession or calling interested in establishing the existence, substance, genuineness, or authenticity of any me
• § 1953.11 — Notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereof shall be given to such persons, if any, as the court shall designate by its order.
• § 1953.12 — Upon the hearing the court shall receive such evidence as may be required and if the court is satisfied that the statements contained in the petition are true, it shall make an order reciting the exis
• § 1953.13 — The order of court made upon such hearing shall refer to the memorandum, book, map, chart, manuscript, writing, account, entry, record, print, document, representation or combination thereof which is
• § 196 — (a) The jury commissioner or the court shall inquire as to the qualifications of persons on the master list or source list who are or may be summoned for jury service.
• § 197 — (a) All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random, from a source or sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court.
• § 1971 — No estate or interest in real property, other than for leases for a term not exceeding one year, nor any power over or concerning it, or in any manner relating thereto, can be created, granted, assign
• § 1972 — (a) Section 1971 shall not be construed to abridge the power of any court to compel the specific performance of an agreement, in case of part performance thereof.
• § 1974 — No evidence is admissible to charge a person upon a representation as to the credit of a third person, unless such representation, or some memorandum thereof, be in writing, and either subscribed by o
• § 198 — (a) Random selection shall be utilized in creating master and qualified juror lists, commencing with selection from source lists, and continuing through selection of prospective jurors for voir dire.
• § 198.5 — If sessions of the superior court are held in a location other than the county seat, the names for master jury lists and qualified jury lists to serve in a session may be selected from the area in whi
• § 1985 — (a) The process by which the attendance of a witness is required is the subpoena.
• § 1985.1 — 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 reque
• § 1985.2 — 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 t
• § 1985.3 — (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 pertain
• § 1985.4 — The procedures set forth in Section 1985.
• § 1985.5 — 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 deposi
• § 1985.6 — (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.
• § 1985.7 — 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
• § 1985.8 — (a) (1) A subpoena in a civil proceeding may require that electronically stored information, as defined in Section 2016.
• § 1986 — 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
• § 1986.1 — (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 o
• § 1986.5 — 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 cour
• § 1987 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 68097.
• § 1987.1 — (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
• § 1987.2 — (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.
• § 1987.3 — When a subpoena duces tecum is served upon a custodian of records or other qualified witness as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1560) of Chapter 2 of Division 11 of the Evidence Code, a
• § 1987.5 — The service of a subpoena duces tecum is invalid unless at the time of such service a copy of the affidavit upon which the subpoena is based is served on the person served with the subpoena.
• § 1988 — If a witness is concealed in a building or vessel, so as to prevent the service of subpoena upon him, any Court or Judge, or any officer issuing the subpoena, may, upon proof by affidavit of the conce
• § 1989 — A witness, including a witness specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1987, is not obliged to attend as a witness before any court, judge, justice or any other officer, unless the witness is a reside
• § 1990 — A person present in Court, or before a judicial officer, may be required to testify in the same manner as if he were in attendance upon a subpoena issued by such Court or officer.
• § 1991 — Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as a witness, or to subscribe an affidavit or deposition when required, may be punished as a contempt by the court issuing the subpoe
• § 1991.1 — Disobedience to a subpoena requiring attendance of a witness before an officer out of court in a deposition taken pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.
• § 1991.2 — The provisions of Section 1991 do not apply to any act or omission occurring in a deposition taken pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.
• § 1992 — A person failing to appear pursuant to a subpoena or a court order also forfeits to the party aggrieved the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), and all damages that he or she may sustain by the failur
• § 1993 — (a) (1) As an alternative to issuing a warrant for contempt pursuant to paragraph (5) or (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 1209, the court may issue a warrant for the arrest of a witness who failed to
• § 1993.1 — (a) If authorized by the court as provided by paragraph (11) of subdivision (b) of Section 1993, the sheriff may release the person arrested upon his or her promise to appear as provided in this secti
• § 1993.2 — If a person arrested on a civil bench warrant issued pursuant to Section 1993 fails to appear after being released on a promise to appear, the court may issue another warrant to bring the person befor
• § 1994 — Every warrant of commitment, issued by a court or officer pursuant to this chapter, shall specify therein, particularly, the cause of the commitment, and if it be for refusing to answer a question, th
• § 1995 — If the witness be a prisoner, confined in a jail within this state, an order for his examination in the jail upon deposition, or for his temporary removal and production before a court or officer may
• § 1996 — Such order can only be made on the motion of a party, upon affidavit showing the nature of the action or proceeding, the testimony expected from the witness, and its materiality.
• § 1997 — If the witness be imprisoned in a jail in the county where the action or proceeding is pending, his production may be required.
• § 2 — This Code takes effect at twelve o'clock noon, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
• § 20 — Judicial remedies are such as are administered by the Courts of justice, or by judicial officers empowered for that purpose by the Constitution and statutes of this State.
• § 2002 — The testimony of witnesses is taken in three modes: 1.
• § 2003 — An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party.
• § 2004 — A deposition is a written declaration, under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party, for the purpose of enabling him to attend and cross-examine.
• § 2005 — An oral examination is an examination in presence of the jury or tribunal which is to decide the fact or act upon it, the testimony being heard by the jury or tribunal from the lips of the witness.
• § 2009 — An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding, to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action or special proceeding, to obtain a provisional
• § 201 — In any superior court, a separate trial jury panel may be drawn, summoned, and impaneled for each judge, or any one panel may be drawn, summoned, and impaneled by any one of the judges, for use in the