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Code of Civil Procedure § 2023.020

CHAPTER 7. Sanctions

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 2023.020Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.

Notwithstanding the outcome of the particular discovery motion, the court shall impose a monetary sanction ordering that any party or attorney who fails to confer as required pay the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by anyone as a result of that conduct.