Sections
14 entriesSection 860Allows a public agency, when a matter becomes eligible for determination under this chapter and for 60 days afterward, to bring an…Section 861Allows jurisdiction over all interested parties through published summons in a court-designated general-circulation newspaper in the county of the action, preferably within…Section 861.1Requires the summons to address all persons interested in the specified matter, explain that they may contest it by written answer by…Section 862Establishes that jurisdiction becomes complete after the date specified in the summons. Any interested party may appear no later than that specified…Section 863Allows an interested person to bring a validation action when the public agency has not, within the time and court specified elsewhere,…Section 864Defines bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, and evidence of indebtedness as existing upon authorization. Bonds and warrants are authorized when the public agency’s…Section 865Requires consolidation for trial when more than one action is pending concerning similar contests that may be brought under the chapter. The…Section 866Requires the court hearing the action to disregard any error, irregularity, or omission that does not affect the substantial rights of the…Section 867Requires actions under this chapter to receive preference over all other civil actions both when the court sets them for hearing or…Section 867.5Allows a party that answered a public agency’s validation action to file its own action within 30 days after the court files…Section 868Allows the court, in its discretion, to award the costs of a proceeding or action brought under the chapter and to decide…Section 869Limits contests under this chapter by anyone other than a public agency or its officer or agent to the time and manner…Section 870Establishes that an unappealed or affirmed judgment becomes permanently binding and conclusive on the agency and all others as to matters adjudicated…Section 870.5Requires a local public agency that pledges sales or retail transaction and use tax revenues imposed by another public agency for bond…