California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 170.1

CCP § 170.1 Effective Jan 1, 2011Title 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)A judge shall be disqualified if any one or more of the following are true:

(1)(A) The judge has personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.

(B)A judge shall be deemed to have personal knowledge within the meaning of this paragraph if the judge, or the spouse of the judge, or a person within the third degree of relationship to either of them, or the spouse of such a person is to the judge’s knowledge likely to be a material witness in the proceeding.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 686, Sec. 1. (AB 2487) Effective January 1, 2011.