California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 8 — Of the Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions, Chapter 1 — Judgment in General, Section 581d
A written dismissal of an action shall be entered in the clerk’s register and is effective for all purposes when so entered.
All dismissals ordered by the court shall be in the form of a written order signed by the court and filed in the action and those orders when so filed shall constitute judgments and be effective for all purposes, and the clerk shall note those judgments in the register of actions in the case.
Notes
Requires a written dismissal to be entered in the clerk's register, becoming effective for all purposes upon entry. A court-ordered dismissal must be a signed written order filed in the action; once filed, it constitutes a judgment effective for all purposes and must be noted by the clerk in the register of actions.
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