{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"2009","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 2009","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 3. OF THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE [1985. - 2015.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Manner of Production [2002. - 2015.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-3/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Affidavits [2009. - 2015.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-3/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding, to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action or special proceeding, to obtain a provisional remedy, the examination of a witness, or a stay of proceedings, and in uncontested proceedings to establish a record of birth, or upon a motion, and in any other case expressly permitted by statute.</p>","text":"An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding, to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action or special proceeding, to obtain a provisional remedy, the examination of a witness, or a stay of proceedings, and in uncontested proceedings to establish a record of birth, or upon a motion, and in any other case expressly permitted by statute.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/affidavits-2009","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}