California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 1 - Proceedings Against Joint Debtors

• Section 989.
  When a judgment is recovered against one or more of several persons, jointly indebted upon an obligation, by proceeding as provided in Section 410.70, those...
• Section 990.
  The summons specified in Section 989 shall be issued by the clerk upon presentation of the affidavit specified in Section 991. The summons must describe...
• Section 991.
  The summons must be accompanied by an affidavit of the plaintiff, his agent, representative, or attorney, that the judgment, or some part thereof, remains unsatisfied,...
• Section 992.
  Upon such summons, the defendant may answer within the time specified therein, denying the judgment, or setting up any defense which may have arisen subsequently;...
• Section 993.
  If the defendant, in his answer, denies the judgment, or sets up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, the summons, with the affidavit annexed,...
• Section 994.
  The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any liability on the obligation upon which...

Last modified: October 22, 2018