{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"426.10","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 426.10","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 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief [425.10. - 429.30.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-6/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Compulsory Cross-Complaints [426.10. - 426.70.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-6/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.","effective":null,"html":"<p>As used in this article:</p><p>(a) “Complaint” means a complaint or cross-complaint.</p><p>(b) “Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.</p><p>(c) “Related cause of action” means a cause of action which arises out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences as the cause of action which the plaintiff alleges in his complaint.</p>","text":"As used in this article: (a) “Complaint” means a complaint or cross-complaint. (b) “Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint. (c) “Related cause of action” means a cause of action which arises out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences as the cause of action which the plaintiff alleges in his complaint.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/compulsory-cross-complaints-426-10","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}