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Code of Civil Procedure § 645

CHAPTER 6. Of References and Trials by Referees

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 645Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 644, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.

The decision of the referee appointed pursuant to Section 638 or commissioner may be excepted to and reviewed in like manner as if made by the court. When the reference is to report the facts, the decision reported has the effect of a special verdict.