{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"428.80","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 428.80","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 4. Cross-Complaints [428.10. - 428.80.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-6/chapter-2/article-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The counterclaim is abolished. Any cause of action that formerly was asserted by a counterclaim shall be asserted by a cross-complaint. Where any statute refers to asserting a cause of action as a counterclaim, such cause shall be asserted as a cross-complaint. The erroneous designation of a pleading as a counterclaim shall not affect its validity, but such pleading shall be deemed to be a cross-complaint.</p>","text":"The counterclaim is abolished. Any cause of action that formerly was asserted by a counterclaim shall be asserted by a cross-complaint. Where any statute refers to asserting a cause of action as a counterclaim, such cause shall be asserted as a cross-complaint. The erroneous designation of a pleading as a counterclaim shall not affect its validity, but such pleading shall be deemed to be a cross-complaint.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/cross-complaints-428-80","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}