California Code of Civil Procedure 760.050 – Subject to the power of the court to transfer actions, the proper …
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Subject to the power of the court to transfer actions, the proper county for the trial of an action under this chapter is:
(a) Where the subject of the action is real property or real and personal property, the county in which the real property, or some part thereof, is located.
Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 760.050
- County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Property: includes real property, and to the extent applicable, personal property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 760.010
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) Where the subject of the action is personal property, the county in which the personal property is principally located at the commencement of the action or in which the defendants, or any of them, reside at the commencement of the action.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 15.)