{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"361","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 361","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 2. OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS [312. - 366.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions [350. - 363.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>When a cause of action has arisen in another State, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against him in this State, except in favor of one who has been a citizen of this State, and who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.</p>","text":"When a cause of action has arisen in another State, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against him in this State, except in favor of one who has been a citizen of this State, and who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/general-provisions-as-to-the-time-of-commencing-actions-361","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}