Section 116.745.
116.745. The clerk shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20) for the filing of a motion to vacate. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 75, Sec. 22. Effective July 19, 2005. Operative January 1, 2006, by Sec. 156 of Ch. 75.)
Section 116.750.
116.750. (a) An appeal from a judgment in a small claims action is taken by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the small claims court. (b) A notice of appeal shall be filed not later than 30 days after the clerk has delivered or mailed notice of entry of the judgment to the parties. […]
Section 116.760.
116.760. (a) The appealing party shall pay a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) for filing a notice of appeal. (b) A party who does not appeal shall not be charged any fee for filing any document relating to the appeal. (c) The fee shall be distributed as follows: (1) To the county law library fund, as provided in Section […]
Section 116.770.
116.770. (a) The appeal to the superior court shall consist of a new hearing before a judicial officer other than the judicial officer who heard the action in the small claims division. (b) The hearing on an appeal to the superior court shall be conducted informally. The pretrial discovery procedures described in Section 2019.010 are not permitted, […]
Section 116.780.
116.780. (a) The judgment of the superior court after a hearing on appeal is final and not appealable. (b) Article 6 (commencing with Section 116.610) on judgments of the small claims court applies to judgments of the superior court after a hearing on appeal, except as provided in subdivision (c). (c) For good cause and where necessary to […]
Section 116.790.
116.790. If the superior court finds that the appeal was without substantial merit and not based on good faith, but was intended to harass or delay the other party, or to encourage the other party to abandon the claim, the court may award the other party (a) attorney’s fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection […]
Section 116.795.
116.795. (a) The superior court may dismiss the appeal if the appealing party does not appear at the hearing or if the appeal is not heard within one year from the date of filing the notice of appeal with the clerk of the small claims court. (b) Upon dismissal of an appeal by the superior court, the […]
Section 116.798.
116.798. (a) (1) A petition that seeks a writ of review, a writ of mandate, or a writ of prohibition relating to an act of the small claims division, other than a postjudgment enforcement order, may be heard by a judge who is assigned to the appellate division of the superior court. (2) A petition described by […]
Section 116.710.
116.710. (a) The plaintiff in a small claims action shall have no right to appeal the judgment on the plaintiff’s claim, but a plaintiff who did not appear at the hearing may file a motion to vacate the judgment in accordance with Section 116.720. (b) The defendant with respect to the plaintiff’s claim, and a plaintiff with […]
Section 116.720.
116.720. (a) A plaintiff who did not appear at the hearing in the small claims court may file a motion to vacate the judgment with the clerk of the small claims court. The motion shall be filed within 30 days after the clerk has mailed notice of entry of the judgment to the parties. (b) The clerk […]