California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 6 - Of References and Trials by Referees

Section 638.
A referee may be appointed upon the agreement of the parties filed with the clerk, or judge, or entered in the minutes, or upon the...
Section 639.
(a) When the parties do not consent, the court may, upon the written motion of any party, or of its own motion, appoint a referee in...
Section 640.
(a) The court shall appoint as referee or referees the person or persons, not exceeding three, agreed upon by the parties.(b) If the parties do not agree...
Section 640.5.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the practice and cost of referring discovery disputes to outside referees be thoroughly reviewed. Therefore, in addition...
Section 641.
A party may object to the appointment of any person as referee, on one or more of the following grounds:(a) A want of any of the...
Section 641.2.
In any action brought under Article 8 (commencing with Section 12600) of Chapter 6, Part 2, Division 3, Title 3 of the Government Code, a...
Section 642.
Objections, if any, to a reference or to the referee or referees appointed by the court shall be made in writing, and must be heard...
Section 643.
(a) Unless otherwise directed by the court, the referees or commissioner must report their statement of decision in writing to the court within 20 days after...
Section 644.
(a) In the case of a consensual general reference pursuant to Section 638, the decision of the referee or commissioner upon the whole issue must stand...
Section 645.
The decision of the referee appointed pursuant to Section 638 or commissioner may be excepted to and reviewed in like manner as if made by...
Section 645.1.
(a) When a referee is appointed pursuant to Section 638, the referee’s fees shall be paid as agreed by the parties. If the parties do not...
Section 645.2.
The Judicial Council shall adopt all rules of court necessary to implement this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 644, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018