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CP10.5 Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession Effective: June 15, 2015

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2026-09-26
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2026-09-27
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California

CP10.5 Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession Effective: June 15, 2015

Source: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/CP10.5

Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession (CP10.5)

Given by a landlord to a person they’re trying to evict when they don’t know their name. It gives the person a chance to add themselves to the eviction court case at the beginning to say why they shouldn’t be evicted.

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Effective: June 15, 2015

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