{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"994","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 994","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 14. OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [989. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-14"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Proceedings Against Joint Debtors [989. - 994.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-14/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found against him, it must be for not exceeding the amount remaining unsatisfied on such original judgment, with interest thereon.</p>","text":"The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found against him, it must be for not exceeding the amount remaining unsatisfied on such original judgment, with interest thereon.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/proceedings-against-joint-debtors-994","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}