California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 3.6 - Cullen Earthquake Act

• Section 751.50.
  If the boundaries of land owned either by public or by private entities have been disturbed by earth movements such as, but not limited to,...
• Section 751.51.
  (a) An action authorized by this chapter may be commenced by:(1) A county in which lands were affected by a disaster described in Section 751.50 with or...
• Section 751.52.
  An entity which is a permissive plaintiff under this chapter, may bring a separate action with respect to separate portions of the disaster area of...
• Section 751.53.
  The complaint shall substantially include:(a) A statement of the facts which make the provisions of this chapter applicable.(b) A description of the exterior boundaries of the real...
• Section 751.54.
  Summons, publication of notice, posting and related matters and procedures shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 751.05 through 751.10, inclusive, of the Code...
• Section 751.55.
  Upon the completion of the service, publication and posting of the summons, as may be required by this chapter, the court has complete jurisdiction over...
• Section 751.56.
  (a) An answer to the complaint must be served within 90 days after the first publication of the notice, or such further time not exceeding 30...
• Section 751.57.
  A party to an action authorized by this chapter may file a notice of the pendency of the action in the form and at the...
• Section 751.58.
  The vacating of streets, highways or other public ways within or abutting the area affected by the disaster, in whole or in part, by the...
• Section 751.59.
  In an action of the type authorized by this chapter, judgment shall not be given by default, but the court must require proof of the...
• Section 751.60.
  The judgment shall:(a) Determine the land boundaries of each parcel of land located within the entire area of real property sought to be affected by the...
• Section 751.61.
  In reaching the conclusions called for by Section 751.60, the court shall give effect to the changes in land boundaries caused by the disaster, mitigated,...
• Section 751.62.
  The judgment shall be conclusive with respect to land boundaries upon every entity who at the commencement of the action had or claimed an estate,...
• Section 751.63.
  A certified copy of the judgment shall be recorded, at the expense of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in the action, in the office of the...
• Section 751.64.
  The remedies provided for by this chapter are cumulative and in addition to any other remedy provided by law for quieting or establishing title to...
• Section 751.65.
  This chapter may be cited as the Cullen Earthquake Act.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 936.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018