California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 6 - Of Costs

• Section 1021.
  Except as attorney’s fees are specifically provided for by statute, the measure and mode of compensation of attorneys and counselors at law is left to...
• Section 1021.4.
  In an action for damages against a defendant based upon that defendant’s commission of a felony offense for which that defendant has been convicted, the...
• Section 1021.5.
  Upon motion, a court may award attorneys’ fees to a successful party against one or more opposing parties in any action which has resulted in...
• Section 1021.6.
  Upon motion, a court after reviewing the evidence in the principal case may award attorney’s fees to a person who prevails on a claim for...
• Section 1021.7.
  In any action for damages arising out of the performance of a peace officer’s duties, brought against a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...
• Section 1021.8.
  (a) Whenever the Attorney General prevails in a civil action to enforce Section 17537.3, 22445, 22446.5, 22958, 22962, or 22963 of the Business and Professions Code,...
• Section 1021.9.
  In any action to recover damages to personal or real property resulting from trespassing on lands either under cultivation or intended or used for the...
• Section 1021.10.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in an action brought in the name of the people of the State of California against any person for...
• Section 1022.
  When several actions are brought on one bond, undertaking, promissory note, bill of exchange, or other instrument in writing, or in any other case for...
• Section 1023.
  The fees of referees are such reasonable sum as the court may fix for the time spent in the business of the reference; but the...
• Section 1024.
  When an application is made to the court or referee to postpone a trial, the payment of the expenses occasioned by the postponement may be...
• Section 1025.
  When, in an action for the recovery of money only, the defendant alleges in his answer that before the commencement of the action he tendered...
• Section 1026.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in an action prosecuted or defended by a personal representative, trustee of an express trust, guardian, conservator, or a...
• Section 1027.
  When the decision of a court of inferior jurisdiction in a special proceeding is brought before a court of higher jurisdiction for a review, in...
• Section 1028.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when the State is a party, costs shall be awarded against it on the same basis as against any...
• Section 1028.5.
  (a) In any civil action between a small business or a licensee and a state regulatory agency, involving the regulatory functions of a state agency as...
• Section 1029.
  When any county, city, district, or other public agency or entity, or any officer thereof in his official capacity, is a party, costs shall be...
• Section 1029.5.
  (a) Whenever a complaint for damages is filed against any architect, landscape architect, engineer, building designer, or land surveyor, duly licensed as such under the laws...
• Section 1029.6.
  (a) Whenever a complaint for damages for personal injuries is filed against a physician and surgeon, dentist, registered nurse, dispensing optician, optometrist, pharmacist, registered physical therapist,...
• Section 1029.8.
  (a) Any unlicensed person who causes injury or damage to another person as a result of providing goods or performing services for which a license is...
• Section 1030.
  (a) When the plaintiff in an action or special proceeding resides out of the state, or is a foreign corporation, the defendant may at any time...
• Section 1031.
  In actions for the recovery of wages for labor performed, where the amount of the demand, exclusive of interest, does not exceed three hundred dollars...
• Section 1032.
  (a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.(2) “Defendant” includes a cross-defendant, a person against whom a complaint is filed,...
• Section 1033.
  (a) Costs or any portion of claimed costs shall be as determined by the court in its discretion in a case other than a limited civil...
• Section 1033.5.
  (a) The following items are allowable as costs under Section 1032:(1) Filing, motion, and jury fees.(2) Juror food and lodging while they are kept together during trial and...
• Section 1034.
  (a) Prejudgment costs allowable under this chapter shall be claimed and contested in accordance with rules adopted by the Judicial Council.(b) The Judicial Council shall establish by...
• Section 1034.5.
  In unlawful detainer proceedings, the plaintiff who recovers judgment for possession of premises, and who advances or pays to the sheriff or marshal the expenses...
• Section 1036.
  In any inverse condemnation proceeding, the court rendering judgment for the plaintiff by awarding compensation, or the attorney representing the public entity who effects a...
• Section 1038.
  (a) In any civil proceeding under the Government Claims Act (Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code) or for express...

Last modified: October 22, 2018