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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.34›TITLE 8.5. UNIFORM FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS ACT 676-676.16

§ 676.6

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

(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.

(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.

(c) A person may assert a defense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 932, Sec. 1.)

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