PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE 35-286›TITLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION 35-155›CHAPTER 5.5. Small Claims Court 116.110-116.950›ARTICLE 7. Motion to Vacate, Appeal, and Related Matters 116.710-116.798
§ 116.790
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
If the superior court finds that the appeal was without substantial merit and not based on good faith, but was intended to harass or delay the other party, or to encourage the other party to abandon the claim, the court may award the other party (a) attorney’s fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the appeal, not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), and (b) any actual loss of earnings and any expenses of transportation and lodging actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the appeal, not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), following a hearing on the matter.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 915, Sec. 27.)
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