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CA Civ Pro Code § 35 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 1 - Courts of Justice in General|Section 35.

35.  (a) Proceedings in cases involving the registration or denial of registration of voters, the certification or denial of certification of candidates, the certification or denial of certification of ballot measures, and election contests shall be placed on the calendar in the order of their date of filing and shall be given precedence.(b) This section shall become operative January 1, 2023.(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 493, Sec. 2. (AB 730) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative January 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 36 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 1 - Courts of Justice in General|Section 36.

36.  (a) A party to a civil action who is over 70 years of age may petition the court for a preference, which the court shall grant if the court makes both of the following findings:(1) The party has a substantial interest in the action as a whole.(2) The health of the party is such that a preference is necessary to prevent prejudicing the party’s interest in the litigation.(b) A civil action to recover damages for wrongful death or personal injury shall be entitled to preference upon the motion of any party to the action who is under 14 years of age unless the court finds that the party does not have a substantial interest in the case as a whole. A civil action subject to subdivision (a) shall be given preference over a case subject to this subdivision.(c) Unless the court otherwise orders:(1) A party may file and serve a motion for preference supported by a declaration of the moving party that all essential parties have been served with process or have appeared.(2) At any time during the pendency of the action, a party who reaches 70 years of age may file and serve a motion for preference.(d) In its discretion, the court may also grant a motion for preference that is accompanied by clear and convincing medical documentation that concludes that one of the parties suffers from an illness or condition raising substantial medical doubt of survival of that party beyond six months, and that satisfies the court that the interests of justice will be served by granting the preference.(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may in its discretion grant a motion for preference that is supported by a showing that satisfies the court that the interests of justice will be served by granting this preference.(f) Upon the granting of such a motion for preference, the court shall set the matter for trial not more than 120 days from that date and there shall be no continuance beyond 120 days from the granting of the motion for preference except for physical disability of a party or a party’s attorney, or upon a showing of good cause stated in the record. Any continuance shall be for no more than 15 days and no more than one continuance for physical disability may be granted to any party.(g) Upon the granting of a motion for preference pursuant to subdivision (b), a party in an action based upon a health provider’s alleged professional negligence, as defined in Section 364, shall receive a trial date not sooner than six months and not later than nine months from the date that the motion is granted.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 218, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 36.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 1 - Courts of Justice in General|Section 36.5.

36.5.  An affidavit submitted in support of a motion for preference under subdivision (a) of Section 36 may be signed by the attorney for the party seeking preference based upon information and belief as to the medical diagnosis and prognosis of any party. The affidavit is not admissible for any purpose other than a motion for preference under subdivision (a) of Section 36.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1232, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 37 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 1 - Courts of Justice in General|Section 37.

37.  (a) A civil action shall be entitled to preference, if the action is one in which the plaintiff is seeking damages which were alleged to have been caused by the defendant during the commission of a felony offense for which the defendant has been criminally convicted.(b) The court shall endeavor to try the action within 120 days of the grant of preference.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 938, Sec. 1. Effective September 20, 1983.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 38 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 1 - Courts of Justice in General|Section 38.

38.  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, a reference in a statute to a judicial district means:(a) As it relates to a court of appeal, the court of appeal district.(b) As it relates to a superior court, the county.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 39. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 41 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 3 - Supreme Court|Section 41.

41.  The Supreme Court and the courts of appeal may transact business at any time.(Added by renumbering Section 61.4 by Stats. 1967, Ch. 17.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 42 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 3 - Supreme Court|Section 42.

42.  Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the Supreme Court or the courts of appeal from sitting at any time.(Added by renumbering Section 48 by Stats. 1967, Ch. 17.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 43 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 3 - Supreme Court|Section 43.

43.  The Supreme Court, and the courts of appeal, may affirm, reverse, or modify any judgment or order appealed from, and may direct the proper judgment or order to be entered, or direct a new trial or further proceedings to be had. In giving its decision, if a new trial be granted, the court shall pass upon and determine all the questions of law involved in the case, presented upon such appeal, and necessary to the final determination of the case. Its judgment in appealed cases shall be remitted to the court from which the appeal was taken.(Added by renumbering Section 53 by Stats. 1967, Ch. 17.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 44 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 3 - Supreme Court|Section 44.

44.  Appeals in probate proceedings, in contested election cases, and in actions for libel or slander by a person who holds any elective public office or a candidate for any such office alleged to have occurred during the course of an election campaign shall be given preference in hearing in the courts of appeal, and in the Supreme Court when transferred thereto. All these cases shall be placed on the calendar in the order of their date of issue, next after cases in which the people of the state are parties.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1642, Sec. 1. Operative June 6, 1984, pursuant to Sec. 3 of Ch. 1642.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 45 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 3 - Supreme Court|Section 45.

45.  An appeal from a judgment freeing a minor who is a dependent child of the juvenile court from parental custody and control, or denying a recommendation to free a minor from parental custody or control, shall have precedence over all cases in the court to which an appeal in the matter is taken. In order to enable the child to be available for adoption as soon as possible and to minimize the anxiety to all parties, the appellate court shall grant an extension of time to a court reporter or to counsel only upon an exceptional showing of good cause.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 71 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts|Section 71.

71.  The process of superior courts shall extend throughout the state.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 17.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 73c (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts|Section 73c.

73c.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law of this state, the judges of the superior court of the county in which is located the principal office in this state of any savings and loan association of whose business, property and assets possession shall have been taken by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, may, in their discretion, whenever those judges deem it necessary or advisable, hold hearings relating to the sale, exchange or other disposition of any parcel of real property or any item of personal property of the association, regardless of the location of the property, at the county seat of any county in this state or at the places in the county in which the principal office in this state of the association is located at which sessions of the superior court are held.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 73d (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts|Section 73d.

73d.  Whenever, under Section 73c, it becomes necessary for a judge, clerk, deputy clerk, court reporter or bailiff of or sitting in the superior court of the county in this state in which is located the principal office of any savings and loan association whose business, property and assets are in the possession of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, to travel to another county, there temporarily to attend hearings relating to the sale, exchange or other disposition of real or personal property of the association, each judge, clerk, deputy clerk, court reporter or bailiff shall be allowed the necessary expenses in going to, returning from and attending upon the business of the court. The expenses shall, upon order of the court, be a charge against the funds of the association and paid out of those funds by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 73e (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts|Section 73e.

73e.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in each county wherein the juvenile hall is not located at the county seat of the county, a majority of the judges of the superior court in and for such county may by an order filed with the clerk of the court direct that a session or sessions of the superior court, while sitting for the purpose of hearing and determining cases and proceedings arising under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 or Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 6 or Chapter 4 of Part 4 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may be held or continued in any place in the county in which the juvenile hall is located and thereafter such session or sessions of the court may be held or continued in the location designated in such order. In a county having two superior court judges the presiding judge may make the order.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 74 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts|Section 74.

74.  Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the Court from sitting at any time.(Repealed and added by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 35.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 75 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION|CHAPTER 4 - Superior Courts|Section 75.

75.  The superior court in any county may by rule provide that, whenever all judges are absent from the county, any noncontested matter in which no evidence is required, or which may be submitted upon affidavits, shall be deemed submitted upon the filing with the clerk of a statement of submission by the party or the party’s attorney or upon the date set for the hearing.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 165 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 2 - Powers of Judges at Chambers|Section 165.

165.  The justices of the Supreme Court and of the courts of appeal, or any of them, may, at chambers, grant all orders and writs which are usually granted in the first instance upon an ex parte application, except writs of mandamus, certiorari, and prohibition; and may, in their discretion, hear applications to discharge such orders and writs.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 17.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 166 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 2 - Powers of Judges at Chambers|Section 166.

166.  (a) The judges of the superior courts may, in chambers:(1) Grant all orders and writs that are usually granted in the first instance upon an ex parte application, and hear and dispose of those orders and writs, appoint referees, require and receive inventories and accounts to be filed, order notice of settlement of supplemental accounts, suspend the powers of personal representatives, guardians, or conservators in the cases allowed by law, appoint special administrators, grant letters of temporary guardianship or conservatorship, approve or reject claims, and direct the issuance from the court of all writs and process necessary in the exercise of their powers in matters of probate.(2) Hear and determine all motions made pursuant to Section 657 or 663.(3) Hear and determine all uncontested actions, proceedings, demurrers, motions, petitions, applications, and other matters pending before the court other than actions for dissolution of marriage, for legal separation, or for a judgment of nullity of the marriage, and except also applications for confirmation of sale of real property in probate proceedings.(4) Hear and determine motions to tax costs of enforcing a judgment.(5) Approve bonds and undertakings.(b) A judge may, out of court, anywhere in the state, exercise all the powers and perform all the functions and duties conferred upon a judge as contradistinguished from the court, or that a judge may exercise or perform in chambers.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 166.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 2 - Powers of Judges at Chambers|Section 166.1.

166.1.  Upon the written request of any party or his or her counsel, or at the judge’s discretion, a judge may indicate in any interlocutory order a belief that there is a controlling question of law as to which there are substantial grounds for difference of opinion, appellate resolution of which may materially advance the conclusion of the litigation. Neither the denial of a request for, nor the objection of another party or counsel to, such a commentary in the interlocutory order, may be grounds for a writ or appeal.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 708, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 167 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 2 - Powers of Judges at Chambers|Section 167.

167.  Any act required or permitted to be performed by the clerk of a court may be performed by a judge thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1417, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 170 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges|Section 170.

170.  A judge has a duty to decide any proceeding in which he or she is not disqualified.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1555, Sec. 2.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 170.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges|Section 170.2.

170.2.  It shall not be grounds for disqualification that the judge:(a) Is or is not a member of a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or similar group and the proceeding involves the rights of such a group.(b) Has in any capacity expressed a view on a legal or factual issue presented in the proceeding, except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of, or subdivision (b) or (c) of, Section 170.1.(c) Has as a lawyer or public official participated in the drafting of laws or in the effort to pass or defeat laws, the meaning, effect or application of which is in issue in the proceeding unless the judge believes that his or her prior involvement was so well known as to raise a reasonable doubt in the public mind as to his or her capacity to be impartial.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1555, Sec. 6.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 170.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges|Section 170.4.

170.4.  (a) A disqualified judge, notwithstanding his or her disqualification may do any of the following:(1) Take any action or issue any order necessary to maintain the jurisdiction of the court pending the assignment of a judge not disqualified.(2) Request any other judge agreed upon by the parties to sit and act in his or her place.(3) Hear and determine purely default matters.(4) Issue an order for possession prior to judgment in eminent domain proceedings.(5) Set proceedings for trial or hearing.(6) Conduct settlement conferences.(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 170.3, if a statement of disqualification is untimely filed or if on its face it discloses no legal grounds for disqualification, the trial judge against whom it was filed may order it stricken.(c) (1) If a statement of disqualification is filed after a trial or hearing has commenced by the start of voir dire, by the swearing of the first witness or by the submission of a motion for decision, the judge whose impartiality has been questioned may order the trial or hearing to continue, notwithstanding the filing of the statement of disqualification. The issue of disqualification shall be referred to another judge for decision as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 170.3, and if it is determined that the judge is disqualified, all orders and rulings of the judge found to be disqualified made after the filing of the statement shall be vacated.(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, if (A) a proceeding is filed in a single judge court or has been assigned to a single judge for comprehensive disposition, and (B) the proceeding has been set for trial or hearing 30 or more days in advance before a judge whose name was known at the time, the trial or hearing shall be deemed to have commenced 10 days prior to the date scheduled for trial or hearing as to any grounds for disqualification known before that time.(3) A party may file no more than one statement of disqualification against a judge unless facts suggesting new grounds for disqualification are first learned of or arise after the first statement of disqualification was filed. Repetitive statements of disqualification not alleging facts suggesting new grounds for disqualification shall be stricken by the judge against whom they are filed.(d) Except as provided in this section, a disqualified judge shall have no power to act in any proceeding after his or her disqualification or after the filing of a statement of disqualification until the question of his or her disqualification has been determined.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1555, Sec. 8.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 170.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges|Section 170.5.

170.5.  For the purposes of Sections 170 to 170.5, inclusive, the following definitions apply:(a) “Judge” means judges of the superior courts, and court commissioners and referees.(b) “Financial interest” means ownership of more than a 1 percent legal or equitable interest in a party, or a legal or equitable interest in a party of a fair market value in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or a relationship as director, advisor or other active participant in the affairs of a party, except as follows:(1) Ownership in a mutual or common investment fund that holds securities is not a “financial interest” in those securities unless the judge participates in the management of the fund.(2) An office in an educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, or civic organization is not a “financial interest” in securities held by the organization.(3) The proprietary interest of a policyholder in a mutual insurance company, or a depositor in a mutual savings association, or a similar proprietary interest, is a “financial interest” in the organization only if the outcome of the proceeding could substantially affect the value of the interest.(c) “Officer of a public agency” does not include a Member of the Legislature or a state or local agency official acting in a legislative capacity.(d) The third degree of relationship shall be calculated according to the civil law system.(e) “Private practice of law” includes a fee for service, retainer, or salaried representation of private clients or public agencies, but excludes lawyers as full-time employees of public agencies or lawyers working exclusively for legal aid offices, public defender offices, or similar nonprofit entities whose clientele is by law restricted to the indigent.(f) “Proceeding” means the action, case, cause, motion, or special proceeding to be tried or heard by the judge.(g) “Fiduciary” includes any executor, trustee, guardian, or administrator.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 170.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges|Section 170.7.

170.7.  Section 170.6 does not apply to a judge designated or assigned to serve on the appellate division of a superior court in the judge’s capacity as a judge of that division.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 48. Effective September 28, 1998.)
CA Civ Pro Code § 170.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Code of Civil Procedure - CCP|PART 1 - OF COURTS OF JUSTICE|TITLE 2 - JUDICIAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 3 - Disqualifications of Judges|Section 170.8.

170.8.  When there is no judge of a court qualified to hear an action or proceeding, the clerk shall forthwith notify the Chairman of the Judicial Council of that fact. The judge assigned by the Chairman of the Judicial Council shall hear the action or proceeding at the time fixed therefor or, if no time has been fixed or good cause appears for changing the time theretofore fixed, the judge shall fix a time for hearing in accordance with law and rules and hear the action or proceeding at the time so fixed.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1417, Sec. 2.)