California Code of Civil Procedure ARTICLE 3 - Defendants

• Section 762.010.
  The plaintiff shall name as defendants in the action the persons having adverse claims to the title of the plaintiff against which a determination is...
• Section 762.020.
  (a) If the name of a person required to be named as a defendant is not known to the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall so state in...
• Section 762.030.
  (a) If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead and the plaintiff knows of a personal representative, the plaintiff shall join the...
• Section 762.040.
  The court upon its own motion may, and upon motion of any party shall, make such orders as appear appropriate:(a) For joinder of such additional parties...
• Section 762.050.
  Any person who has a claim to the property described in the complaint may appear in the proceeding. Whether or not the person is named...
• Section 762.060.
  (a) In addition to the persons required to be named as defendants in the action, the plaintiff may name as defendants “all persons unknown, claiming any...
• Section 762.070.
  A person named and served as an unknown defendant has the same rights as are provided by law in cases of all other defendants named...
• Section 762.080.
  The court upon its own motion may, and upon motion of any party shall, make such orders for appointment of guardians ad litem as appear...
• Section 762.090.
  (a) The state may be joined as a party to an action under this chapter.(b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018