California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 431.20

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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CCP § 431.20Title 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

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(a)Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, shall, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true.

(b)The statement of any new matter in the answer, in avoidance or constituting a defense, shall, on the trial, be deemed controverted by the opposite party.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.