{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"471","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 471","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 8. Variance—Mistakes in Pleadings and Amendments [469. - 475.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-6/chapter-8"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 540, Sec. 5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, not in some particular or particulars only, but in its general scope and meaning, it is not to be deemed a case of variance, within the meaning of Sections <a href=\"/ccp/469\">469</a> and <a href=\"/ccp/470\">470</a>, but a failure of proof.</p>","text":"Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, not in some particular or particulars only, but in its general scope and meaning, it is not to be deemed a case of variance, within the meaning of Sections 469 and 470, but a failure of proof.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/variance-mistakes-in-pleadings-and-amendments-471","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}