Sections
30 entriesSection 1021Allows attorney compensation to be fixed by the parties’ express or implied agreement except where statutes specifically provide for attorney fees, and…Section 1021.4Allows a court, on motion, to award reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff against a defendant in a damages action based…Section 1021.5Allows attorney’s fees to a successful party enforcing an important public-interest right when the action confers a significant benefit, private-enforcement necessity and…Section 1021.6Allows a court, on motion after reviewing the principal-case evidence, to award attorney’s fees to a prevailing implied-indemnity claimant when the indemnitor’s…Section 1021.7Allows discretionary reasonable attorney’s fees as costs to defendants in damages actions arising from peace-officer duties, or specified libel or slander actions,…Section 1021.8Requires courts to award the Attorney General all investigation and prosecution costs, including expert fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs, when the…Section 1021.9Requires a prevailing plaintiff in an action for property damage caused by trespass on cultivated land or land intended or used for…Section 1021.10Requires a court, unless expressly prohibited by federal law, to award the people fees and costs including reasonable attorney’s fees when California…Section 1021.11Requires anyone seeking or representing declaratory or injunctive relief against enforcement of a firearm-regulating law to be jointly and severally liable for…Section 1022Limits a plaintiff who brings multiple actions on the same written instrument or cause against parties who could have been joined to…Section 1023Requires the court to fix referee compensation at a reasonable amount based on time spent conducting the reference. Allows the parties to…Section 1024Allows a court or referee, when asked to postpone a trial, to condition the postponement on payment of expenses caused by the…Section 1025Requires a plaintiff in a money-only action to pay the defendant’s costs, and bars the plaintiff from recovering costs, when the defendant…Section 1026Allows fiduciaries and other specified representatives to recover costs on the same basis as persons litigating in their own right. Requires those…Section 1027Requires a higher court reviewing an inferior court’s decision in a special proceeding by a method other than appeal to allow the…Section 1028Requires costs to be awarded against the State of California on the same basis as against any other party, notwithstanding other law.…Section 1028.5Allows up to $7,500 in litigation expenses when a prevailing small business or licensee faces unjustified state regulatory action. Annual-receipt caps are…Section 1029Requires costs to be awarded against a county, city, district, other public agency or entity, or an officer acting officially, on the…Section 1029.5Allows a licensed design professional sued for specified professional negligence to move within 30 days after summons service for an undertaking up…Section 1029.6Allows specified licensed medical or health professionals sued for professional negligence to move within six months after summons service for an undertaking…Section 1029.8Establishes treble damages against an unlicensed person who causes injury while providing goods or services requiring a specified license, with additional damages…Section 1030Allows a defendant to seek cost or fee security from an out-of-state plaintiff or foreign corporation when defense judgment is reasonably possible.…Section 1031Requires the court, in a wage-recovery action where the demand excluding interest does not exceed $300, to add an attorney’s fee to…Section 1032Defines complaint, defendant, plaintiff, and prevailing party for cost purposes, including specified cross-parties and intervention parties, and identifies categories entitled to prevailing-party…Section 1033Limits recoverable costs when a prevailing party chooses a higher forum than necessary or a limited-civil plaintiff recovers below the small-claims maximum.…Section 1033.5Allows specified litigation expenses as costs, including filing and jury fees, necessary depositions, service, ordered experts and transcripts, authorized attorney’s fees, and…Section 1034Requires prejudgment costs allowable under the chapter to be claimed and contested according to rules adopted by the Judicial Council. Requires the…Section 1034.5Allows an unlawful-detainer plaintiff who wins possession and advances sheriff or marshal eviction expenses to request reimbursement after the officer reports the…Section 1036Requires the court entering compensation judgment for an inverse-condemnation plaintiff, or the public entity’s attorney settling the case, to award or allow…Section 1038Requires the court, on a timely motion in specified government-claim, indemnity, or contribution litigation after a qualifying dispositive ruling, to determine whether…