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PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1855-2107›TITLE 3. OF THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE 1985-2015.6›CHAPTER 3. Manner of Production 2002-2015.6›ARTICLE 2. Affidavits 2009-2015.6

§ 2009

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding, to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action or special proceeding, to obtain a provisional remedy, the examination of a witness, or a stay of proceedings, and in uncontested proceedings to establish a record of birth, or upon a motion, and in any other case expressly permitted by statute.

(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

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