California Code of Civil Procedure Section 676.6

CA Civ Pro Code § 676.6 (2017)  

(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.

(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.

(c) A person may assert a defense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 932, Sec. 1.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018