California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 1775.5

CCP § 1775.5 Effective Jan 1, 2026Title 11.6 · Part 3

Statute text

(a)The court shall not order a case into mediation unless all of the following conditions are met:

(1)The amount in controversy does not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). The determination of the amount in controversy shall be made in the same manner as provided in Section 1141.16 and, in making this determination, the court shall not consider the merits of questions of liability, defenses, or comparative negligence.

(2)The case has been set for trial.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 201, Sec. 2. (AB 1523) Effective January 1, 2026. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.