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What Happens with Vexatious Litigants in California?

January 24, 2023 6:50 amJanuary 26, 2023 4:50 pm

The California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) has a section about “vexatious litigants” in Title 3A of Part 2. Title 3A was added in 1963 by Chapter 1471. CCP Section 391 defines the terms “litigation,” “vexatious litigant,” “security,” “plaintiff,” and...

What Is a Proviso in California Law?

January 21, 2023 7:59 amJanuary 21, 2023 8:01 am

Have you heard the term “proviso” in describing a provision of a bill or statute? Basically, a proviso is language used to exempt something from a general statutory declaration and to provide for it specially. Some legal commentators believe that...

Unique Provisions of California’s Code of Civil Procedure

January 19, 2023 4:02 pmJanuary 19, 2023 4:09 pm

California’s Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) has a number of intriguing preliminary provisions, many of which were enacted in 1872, as the CCP was one of California’s original four Codes. For example, CCP Section 21 divides judicial remedies into two...

Senators Temporarily Cover ‘Unrepresented’ Areas of California

January 19, 2023 3:03 pmJanuary 19, 2023 3:17 pm

As a result of the interaction of different provisions of law, and the odd-numbered and even-numbered Senate districts, there are instances each ten years for a geographic area of the state to either not have an elected senator representing some...

California Property Taxpayers Have a Bill of Rights

January 18, 2023 6:39 amJanuary 18, 2023 6:48 am

In Part 14 of Division 1 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, there Is the Property Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights. Revenue and Taxation Code Section 5900 provides that the act is known as “The Morgan Property Taxpayers’ Bill of...

What May California Judges Do in Chambers?

January 17, 2023 6:33 amJanuary 17, 2023 6:36 am

The California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) specifies powers of judges at chambers, which are contained in Chapter 2 of Title 2 of Part 1 of the CCP, which was added in 1880. CCP Section 165 authorizes the justices of...

What Is the Purpose of California’s Public Contract Code?

January 16, 2023 8:29 amJanuary 16, 2023 8:34 am

Division 1 of California’s Public Contract Code sets forth its purpose and several preliminary matters. Division 1 was added in 1984 by Chapter 42. Section 100 provides a legislative finding and declaration that placing all public contract law in one...