Code Civ. Proc., § 116.725 · Article 7. Motion to Vacate, Appeal, and Related Matters
Code Civ. Proc., § 116.725
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A motion to correct a clerical error in a judgment or to set aside and vacate a judgment on the ground of an incorrect or erroneous legal basis for the decision may be made as follows:
(1) By the court on its own motion at any time.
(2) By a party within 30 days after the clerk mails notice of entry of judgment to the parties.
(b) Each party may file only one motion to correct a clerical error or to set aside and vacate the judgment on the ground of an incorrect or erroneous legal basis for the decision.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 706, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.
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