California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 6 — Of the Pleadings in Civil Actions, Chapter 2 — Pleadings Demanding Relief, Article 2 — Compulsory Cross-Complaints, Section 426.70
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 426.60, this article applies to eminent domain proceedings.
(b) The related cause of action may be asserted by cross-complaint in an eminent domain proceeding whether or not the party asserting such cause of action has presented a claim in compliance with Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code to the plaintiff in the original eminent domain proceeding.
Notes
Extends this article to eminent-domain proceedings notwithstanding the general civil-action limitation. Allows a related cause of action to be asserted by cross-complaint in an eminent-domain case even if the asserting party did not present a Government Code claim to the plaintiff in the original proceeding.
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