Code of Civil Procedure: When originally enacted in 1872, the CCP was divided into four parts: Courts of Justice, Civil Actions, Special Proceedings of a Civil Nature, and Evidence. Many of these new laws were derived from the 1851 California Civil Practice Act and the drafts presented to them by Stephen Field that were prepared by New York Code Commissioner David Dudley Field. The 1850 New York Code of Civil Procedure drafts had not been adopted by New York by the time that California enacted them in 1872.
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Code of Civil Procedure Sections
Section 36: Enacted in 1979.
Section 85: Added in 1998.
Section 116.220: Derived from former uncodified sections enacted as early as 1921.
Section 128.5: Added in 2017.
Section 128.7: Added in 1994.
Section 170.3: Derived from former uncodified § 87, enacted in 1853.
Section 170.4: Added in 1984 and never amended.
Section 170.6: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 170.5, enacted in 1937.
Section 322: Derived from former uncodified § 10 of 1850, enacted in 1872.
Section 335.1: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 340(3), enacted in 1872.
Section 337.15: Enacted in 1971.
Section 338: Derived from former uncodified § 17, enacted in 1850.
Section 339: Enacted in 1872.
Section 340.1: Added in 1986.
Section 340.3: Added to the Code of Civil Procedure in 1983.
Section 340.6: Enacted in 1977.
Section 340.16: Added in 2018 and amended in 2019 and 2020.
Section 348: Derived from former uncodified § 1, enacted in 1871-72.
Section 351: Derived from former uncodified § 22, enacted in 1850.
Section 360: Derived from former uncodified § 31, enacted in 1850.
Section 360.5: Enacted in 1951.
Section 366.2: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 353, enacted in 1872.
Section 366.3: Enacted in 2000.
Section 371: Derived from former uncodified § 8 of the Practice Act of 1851.
Section 377.20: Derived from former uncodified § 196 of the 1850 Probate Act.
Section 377.34: Derived from former uncodified § 195, enacted in 1851.
Section 377.60: Derived from former uncodified § 195, enacted in 1851.
Section 382: Derived from former uncodified § 14, based on New York Code § 119, enacted in 1850.
Section 386: Derived from former uncodified § 70, enacted in 1854.
Section 387: Derived from former uncodified §§ 71 to 73, enacted in 1854.
Section 391: Added in 1963.
Section 394: Derived from former uncodified § 1, added in 1854, Chapter 41.
Section 395: Derived from New York Code § 125, and enacted in 1850 as uncodified § 20.
Section 395.5: Derived from former § 16 of Article XII of the California Constitution, adopted in 1879.
Section 396b: Added in 1933.
Section 404: Enacted in 1972.
Section 405.39: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 409.4, enacted in 1968.
Section 410.30: Enacted in 1969.
Section 411.35: Enacted in 1979.
Section 415.46: Enacted in 1990.
Section 418.10: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure §§ 416.1 – 416.3, enacted in 1955.
Section 425.11: Enacted in 1974 by Chapter 1481.
Section 425.13: Added in 1987 and amended in 1988.
Section 425.16: Enacted in 1992.
Section 431.70: Derived from former Practice Act § 48, enacted in 1851.
Section 437c: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 831d, enacted in 1925.
Section 446: Derived from former uncodified § 55, enacted in 1850.
Section 483.010: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 537, enacted in 1872.
Section 486.060: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 538.3, enacted in 1972.
Section 526: Derived from former New York Code § 219, enacted in 1850.
Section 526a: Enacted in 1909.
Section 527: Derived from New York Code § 220, and enacted in California as uncodified § 118 of Chapter 142, Statutes of 1850.
Section 529.2: Added in 1981 and amended in 1982.
Section 530.330: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 583, enacted in 1905.
Section 580b: Enacted in 1933.
Section 580e: Enacted in 2010.
Section 581c: Enacted in 1947.
Section 583.210: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 581, enacted in 1872.
Sections 583.310 and 583.330: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 583, enacted in 1905.
Section 619: Derived from former § 172 of the Practice Act, enacted in 1851.
Section 632: Derived from former uncodified § 161, enacted in 1850.
Section 664.6: Enacted in 1981.
Section 664.7: Enacted in 1998.
Section 666: Derived from former Practice Act §§ 199 and 595, enacted in 1851.
Section 680.270: Added in 1982.
Section 683.180: Derived from former uncodified § 214, enacted in 1851.
Section 685.040: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 1032.6, enacted in 1945.
Section 695.030: Derived from former Practice Act § 217, enacted in 1851.
Section 697.320: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 674.5, enacted in 1959.
Section 697.350: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 674.5, enacted in 1959.
Section 697.410: Derived from former uncodified § 208, enacted in 1851.
Section 697.710: Derived from former uncodified § 217, enacted in 1851.
Section 704.115: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 690, enacted in 1907.
Section 704.710: Derived from former Civil Code § 1261, enacted in 1872.
Section 704.740: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 690.31, enacted in 1976.
Section 704.750: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 690.31, enacted in 1976.
Section 708.510: Enacted in 1982.
Section 726: Derived from former Practice Act § 246, enacted in 1851.
Section 731: Derived from former § 249 of the Practice Act, added in 1851.
Section 761.020: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure §§ 749 and 749.1, added in 1980.
Section 764.020: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 738, enacted in 1872
Section 764.060: Enacted in 1980.
Section 860 through 870: Derived from former uncodified § 51b of a 1921 Act.
Sections 874.311, et seq.: Partition of Real Property Act, enacted in 2021.
Section 877: Added in 1957 and amended in 1987 and 2011.
Section 877.6: Enacted in 1980.
Section 906: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 956, enacted in 1872.
Section 916: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 946, enacted in 1872.
Section 917.1: Derived from former uncodified § 349 of the 1851 Practice Act.
Section 998: Derived from Practice Act §§ 390 and 596, enacted in 1851.
Section 1001: Added in 2018 and amended in 2021 and 2022.
Section 1002: Enacted in 2006.
Section 1021.6: Enacted in 1979.
Section 1021.9: Enacted in 1986.
Section 1029.8: Added in 1985 and amended in 2004.
Section 1030: Derived from former uncodified §§ 512 and 514, enacted in 1851.
Section 1032: Derived from former Practice Act §§ 495, 497, 498 and 499, enacted in 1851.
Section 1033: Derived from former Practice Act §§ 510 and 511, enacted in 1851.
Section 1033.5: Derived from former uncodified § 1, enacted in 1891.
Section 1038: Enacted in 1980.
Section 1094.5: Enacted in 1945.
Section 1094.6: Added in 1976.
Section 1161: Derived from former uncodified § 1, enacted in 1863.
Section 1161a: Enacted in 1929.
Section 1161b: Enacted in 2008.
Sections 1240.510, 1240.520 and 1240.530: Added in 1872.
Section 1255a: Enacted in 1911.
Section 1263.320: Added in 1975 and amended in 1992.
Section 1263.450: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 1251, enacted in 1872.
Section 1281.4: Derived from § 383 of the Practice Act of 1851.
Section 1281.5: Enacted in 1977.
Section 1281.91: Enacted in 2001.
Section 1281.92: Enacted in 2002.
Section 1281.95: Enacted in 1994 and amended in 2002.
Section 1281.96: Enacted in 2002 and amended in 2014.
Section 1281.97: Added in 2019 and amended in 2021.
Section 1281.98: Added in 2019 and amended in 2021.
Section 1283.05: Added in 1970.
Section 1286.2: Derived from former uncodified § 386 of the 1851 Practice Act, enacted in 1851.
Section 1294: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 1293, enacted in 1927.
Section 1297.131: Enacted in 1988.
Sections 1510, 1511, 1513 and 1576: Derived in part by former Code of Civil Procedure §§ 1502 and 1524, enacted in 1959.
Section 1515: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 1503, enacted in 1959.
Section 1516: Enacted in 1959 as Code of Civil Procedure § 1504.
Section 1571: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 1522, enacted in 1959.
Section 1576: Added in 1959.
Section 1908: Enacted in 1872.
Section 1985.3: Added in 1980.
Section 2017.210: Derived from former uncodified § 428, added in 1851.
Section 2018.030: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure §§ 2016(b) and 2018(b) and (c).
Section 2019.210: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 2036.2, enacted in 1984.
Section 2020.420: Derived from former uncodified §§ 428, 430, 432, 440 and 442, enacted in 1851.
Section 2024.020: Derived from former California Rules of Court, Rule 333, adopted between 1980 and 1987.
Section 2024.050: Derived from former California Rules of Court, Rule 333, adopted between 1980 and 1987.
Section 2025.610(a): Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 2025(t), enacted in 1986.
Section 2025.620: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 2025(u), enacted in 1986.
Section 2028.020: Derived from former uncodified §§ 430 and 442, enacted in 1851.
Section 2032.020: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 2032, enacted in 1957.
Section 2032.320: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 2032, enacted in 1957.
Section 2034.280: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure § 2037.4, enacted in 1978.
Section 2034.310: Derived from former Code of Civil Procedure §§ 2037 – 2037.9, enacted in 1978.
Section 3371: Enacted in 1967.