PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 1. OF WRITS OF REVIEW, MANDATE, AND PROHIBITION 1067.-1110b›CHAPTER 2. Writ of Mandate 1084.-1097
§ 1089
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California
On the date for return of the alternative writ, or on which the application for the writ is noticed, or, if the Judicial Council shall adopt rules relating to the return and answer, then at the time provided by those rules, the party upon whom the writ or notice has been served may make a return by demurrer, verified answer or both. If the return is by demurrer alone, the court may allow an answer to be filed within such time as it may designate. Nothing in this section affects rules of the Judicial Council governing original writ proceedings in reviewing courts.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1475.)
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