California Code of Civil Procedure ARTICLE 2 - Denials and Defenses

• Section 431.10.
  (a) A material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense and which could not be stricken from the pleading without leaving...
• Section 431.20.
  (a) Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, shall, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true.(b) The statement...
• Section 431.30.
  (a) As used in this section:(1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.(2) “Defendant” includes a person filing an answer to a cross-complaint.(b) The answer to a complaint shall contain:(1) The general or...
• Section 431.40.
  (a) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any action in which the demand, exclusive of interest, or the value of the property in...
• Section 431.50.
  In an action to recover upon a contract of insurance wherein the defendant claims exemption from liability upon the ground that, although the proximate cause...
• Section 431.70.
  Where cross-demands for money have existed between persons at any point in time when neither demand was barred by the statute of limitations, and an...

Last modified: October 22, 2018