{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"874.020","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 874.020","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 10.5. PARTITION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY [872.010. - 874.323.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-10.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 8. Costs of Partition [874.010. - 874.140.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-10.5/chapter-8"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Allowance and Apportionment of Costs of Partition [874.010. - 874.050.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-10.5/chapter-8/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 73.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The costs of partition include reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, necessarily incurred by a party for the common benefit in prosecuting or defending other actions or other proceedings for the protection, confirmation, or perfection of title, setting the boundaries, or making a survey of the property, with interest thereon at the legal rate from the time of making the expenditures.</p>","text":"The costs of partition include reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, necessarily incurred by a party for the common benefit in prosecuting or defending other actions or other proceedings for the protection, confirmation, or perfection of title, setting the boundaries, or making a survey of the property, with interest thereon at the legal rate from the time of making the expenditures.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/allowance-and-apportionment-of-costs-of-partition-874-020","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}