{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"421","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 421","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 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS [420. - 475.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. The Pleadings in General [420. - 422.40.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-6/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is to be determined, are those prescribed in this Code.</p>","text":"The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is to be determined, are those prescribed in this Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/the-pleadings-in-general-421","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}