{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"116.531","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 116.531","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE [35. - 286.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION [35. - 155.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5.5. Small Claims Court [116.110. - 116.950.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-1/chapter-5.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Hearing [116.510. - 116.570.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-1/chapter-5.5/article-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1683, Sec. 5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Nothing in this article shall prevent a representative of an insurer or other expert in the matter before the small claims court from rendering assistance to a party in the litigation except during the conduct of the hearing, either before or after the commencement of the action, unless otherwise prohibited by law; nor shall anything in this article prevent those individuals from testifying to facts of which they have personal knowledge and about which they are competent to testify.</p>","text":"Nothing in this article shall prevent a representative of an insurer or other expert in the matter before the small claims court from rendering assistance to a party in the litigation except during the conduct of the hearing, either before or after the commencement of the action, unless otherwise prohibited by law; nor shall anything in this article prevent those individuals from testifying to facts of which they have personal knowledge and about which they are competent to testify.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/hearing-116-531","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}