{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1021","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1021","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 14. OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [989. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-14"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Of Costs [1021. - 1038.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-14/chapter-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 377, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Except as attorney’s fees are specifically provided for by statute, the measure and mode of compensation of attorneys and counselors at law is left to the agreement, express or implied, of the parties; but parties to actions or proceedings are entitled to their costs, as hereinafter provided.</p>","text":"Except as attorney’s fees are specifically provided for by statute, the measure and mode of compensation of attorneys and counselors at law is left to the agreement, express or implied, of the parties; but parties to actions or proceedings are entitled to their costs, as hereinafter provided.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/of-costs-1021","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}