CHAPTER 5. Trial by the Court

Chapter 5 enacted 1872.

§§ 631–636 · 10 sections

• § 631 (a) The right to a trial by jury as declared by Section 16 of Article I of the California Constitution shall be preserved to the parties inviolate. In civil…
• § 631.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the superior court may pay jury fees in civil cases from general funds of the court available therefor. Nothing…
• § 631.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, when a party to the litigation has deposited jury fees with the judge or clerk and that party waives a jury or obtains a…
• § 631.5 In all cases of eminent domain the deposits of jury fees and mileage provided for in section 631 of this code shall be made by the party seeking condemnation…
• § 631.7 Ordinarily, unless the court otherwise directs, the trial of a civil action tried by the court without a jury shall proceed in the order specified in Section…
• § 631.8 (a) After a party has completed his presentation of evidence in a trial by the court, the other party, without waiving his right to offer evidence in support…
• § 632 (a) In superior courts, upon the trial of a question of fact by the court, written findings of fact and conclusions of law shall not be required. The court…
• § 634 When a statement of decision does not resolve a controverted issue, or if the statement is ambiguous and the record shows that the omission or ambiguity was…
• § 635 In all cases where the decision of the court has been entered in its minutes, and when the judge who heard or tried the case is unavailable, the formal…
• § 636 On a judgment for the plaintiff upon an issue of law, he may proceed in the manner prescribed by the first two subdivisions of Section 585, upon the failure of…