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Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act

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The Code of Civil Procedure, in Part 3, Title 11, Chapter 3, deals with special proceedings in civil actions and money judgments of other jurisdictions. Section 1730 states that this chapter is known as the Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment...

Sister State Money Judgments

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Part 3, Title 11, Chapter 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with sister state money judgments in civil proceedings. Section 1710.10 defines the following terms: “judgment creditor,” “judgment debtor,” and “sister state judgment.” Section 1710.15 allows a judgment...

Change of Name in California

December 9, 2025 2:30 amDecember 9, 2025 2:31 am

Part 3, Title 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with change of names in special proceedings of a civil nature. Section 1275 provides that applications for change of names must be determined by the Superior Courts. Section 1276...

Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act

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California has a number of formal acts in statute. Code of Civil Procedure Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 12, Article 1 provides the Interstate and International Depositions and Discovery Act, which is contained in Sections 2029.10 to 2029.900. Article 1 was...

Enforcement of Labor Commissioner Judgments

December 6, 2025 2:00 pmDecember 6, 2025 2:01 pm

Part 2, Title 9, Division 1, Chapter 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with the enforcement of judgment by the California Labor Commissioner. Section 690.020 states that, for the purpose of the remedies provided under this chapter, jurisdiction...

Contempt in Civil Proceedings

September 24, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 24, 2025 2:31 am

Part 3, Title 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with contempt in special proceedings of a civil nature. Section 1209 provides that twelve specified acts or omissions in respect to a court of justice, or proceedings, are contempt...

General Provisions of the Civil Discovery Act

September 17, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 17, 2025 2:31 am

Chapter 1 of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure contains general provisions of the Civil Discovery Act. Section 2016.010 named the Act. Section 2016.020 defines the following terms: “action,” “court,” “document,” “electronic,” “electronically stored information,”...