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Code of Civil Procedure § 87

ARTICLE 1. Jurisdiction in Limited Civil Cases

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 87Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 344, Sec. 3. Effective September 7, 1999.

(a) A limited civil case may be brought in the small claims division if the case is within the jurisdiction of the small claims division as otherwise provided by statute. Where a statute or rule applicable to a small claims case conflicts with a statute or rule applicable to a limited civil case, the statute or rule applicable to a small claims case governs the small claims case and the statute or rule applicable to a limited civil case does not.

(b) Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the small claims division as otherwise provided by statute.