Sections
18 entriesSection 392Sets the proper county for specified real-property recovery, interest, injury, lien, and mortgage actions as the county where all or part of…Section 393Sets the proper trial county for specified statutory penalty or forfeiture actions and public-officer actions as the county where the cause, or…Section 394Sets venue and transfer rules for actions involving counties, cities, and local agencies, including neutral-county transfers and an exception for local child-support…Section 395Sets venue generally where a defendant resides, while personal-injury or wrongful-death actions may also be tried where injury occurs; marriage, support, contract,…Section 395.1Sets the proper county for an action against an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee in an official or representative capacity, seeking…Section 395.2Sets venue for an action against an unincorporated association that filed a principal-office statement with the Secretary of State as if the…Section 395.5Allows a corporation or association to be sued in the county where the contract was made or is to be performed, where…Section 396Prohibits a superior court from dismissing an appeal or petition solely because it was filed in the wrong state court. Requires transfer…Section 396aRequires a verified complaint or affidavit in specified consumer and unlawful-detainer cases to show proper superior court and court location; without it,…Section 396bAllows an action filed in a court with subject-matter jurisdiction but improper venue to remain unless the defendant timely moves to transfer;…Section 397Allows a court on motion to change trial location for improper venue, inability to obtain an impartial trial, witness convenience and justice,…Section 397.5Allows a Family Code proceeding to be transferred to either party’s county of residence when both parties left the issuing county and…Section 398Requires a transferred action to go to an agreed court with subject-matter jurisdiction when parties stipulate after specified venue-transfer grounds; absent agreement,…Section 399Requires transfer costs and fees before a transferred action proceeds, with the plaintiff generally responsible when the case began in an improper…Section 400Allows an aggrieved party to seek appellate mandate review of an order granting or denying a change of trial location within 20…Section 401Allows actions against California entities that otherwise could be commenced, tried, or removed to Sacramento County to instead be commenced and tried…Section 402Allows superior courts by local rule to designate filing and hearing locations for categories of cases, but prohibits dismissal or clerk rejection…Section 403Allows a judge, on motion, to transfer noncomplex actions from another court for coordination with a case sharing a factual or legal…