California CodesCode of Civil Procedure - CCPPart 1 — Of Courts of JusticeTitle 1 — Organization and JurisdictionChapter 5.5 — Small Claims CourtArticle 7 — Motion to Vacate, Appeal, and Related MattersSection 116.725

(a) A motion to correct a clerical error in a judgment or to set aside and vacate a judgment on the ground of an incorrect or erroneous legal basis for the decision may be made as follows:

(1) By the court on its own motion at any time.

(2) By a party within 30 days after the clerk mails notice of entry of judgment to the parties.

(b) Each party may file only one motion to correct a clerical error or to set aside and vacate the judgment on the ground of an incorrect or erroneous legal basis for the decision.

Notes

Allows correction of a clerical error or vacation of a judgment based on an incorrect or erroneous legal basis either on the court’s own motion at any time or on a party’s motion within 30 days after the clerk mails notice of entry. Each party may file only one such motion.

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