PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 2. OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS 312-366.3›CHAPTER 4. General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions 350-363
§ 361
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
When a cause of action has arisen in another State, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against him in this State, except in favor of one who has been a citizen of this State, and who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.
(Enacted 1872.)
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