PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS 420-475›CHAPTER 3. Objections to Pleadings; Denials and Defenses 430.10-432.10›ARTICLE 2. Denials and Defenses 431.10-431.70
§ 431.20
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(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.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.)
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