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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.34›TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES 725a-871.30›CHAPTER 7. Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights 830-852›ARTICLE 4. Intervention 837-837.5

§ 837

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

(a) A groundwater sustainability agency for the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.

(b) A city, county, or city and county that overlies the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.

(c) The court shall allow any person to intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter upon an ex parte application that demonstrates that the person holds fee simple ownership in a parcel in the basin, or extracts or stores water in the basin. A person filing an ex parte application pursuant to this subdivision shall give notice to the plaintiff consistent with the California Rules of Court.

(d) A person may apply to intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter pursuant to Section 387.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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