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Code of Civil Procedure § 1031

CHAPTER 6. Of Costs

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1031Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 377, Sec. 4.

In actions for the recovery of wages for labor performed, where the amount of the demand, exclusive of interest, does not exceed three hundred dollars ($300), the court shall add, as part of the cost, in any judgment recovered by the plaintiff or cross-complainant, an attorney’s fee not exceeding 20 percent of the amount recovered.