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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

§ 359

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

This title does not affect actions against directors, shareholders, or members of a corporation, to recover a penalty or forfeiture imposed, or to enforce a liability created by law; but such actions must be brought within three years after the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts upon which the penalty or forfeiture attached, or the liability was created.

(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1305.)

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