Sections
18 entriesSection 577Defines a judgment as the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action or proceeding. The provision identifies final…Section 577.5Requires the amount in any judgment, and in any execution issued on that judgment, to be computed and stated in dollars and…Section 578Allows judgment to be entered for or against one or more among several plaintiffs and for or against one or more among…Section 579Allows the court, in an action against several defendants, to enter judgment against one or more defendants while leaving the action to…Section 580Limits relief after no answer to what was demanded in the complaint or specified statements; otherwise relief may match the complaint and…Section 580aRequires a plaintiff seeking a money judgment after a deed-of-trust or mortgage sale to plead debt and sale facts and sue within…Section 580bProhibits deficiency collection after specified purchase-money real-property sales and on qualifying refinances of purchase-money loans executed on or after January 1, 2013,…Section 580cLimits a mortgagor’s or trustor’s obligation for trustee or attorney fees in judicial foreclosure to the amount the court finds reasonable, unless…Section 580dProhibits owing, collecting, or entering a deficiency judgment on a note secured by specified real-property interests after the mortgagee or trustee sells…Section 580eProhibits deficiency collection after qualifying lender-consented short sales of dwellings up to four units and bars requiring extra compensation beyond sale proceeds…Section 580.5Establishes that presenting, paying, enforcing, or reimbursing a letter of credit supporting an obligation secured by a real-property mortgage or deed of…Section 580.7Defines beneficiary, customer, and letter of credit by referenced Commercial Code meanings and bars enforcement of a letter of credit when all…Section 581Allows voluntary dismissal before trial begins, with or without prejudice and subject to costs, while requiring dismissal with prejudice after trial begins…Section 581.5Allows a court in a qualifying consumer-debt case to dismiss with or without prejudice when the defendant debtor appears for scheduled trial…Section 581cAllows a defendant to move for nonsuit only after the plaintiff completes an opening statement or presents evidence, without waiving defense evidence…Section 581dRequires a written dismissal to be entered in the clerk's register, becoming effective for all purposes upon entry. A court-ordered dismissal must…Section 582Requires judgment to be rendered on the merits in all cases falling within the provision’s residual category of all other cases. The…Section 582.5Requires a defendant who appeared in a limited civil case and owes a money judgment or order to pay immediately or under…