Code Civ. Proc., § 170 · Chapter 3. Disqualifications of Judges

Code Civ. Proc., § 170

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

A judge has a duty to decide any proceeding in which he or she is not disqualified.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1555, Sec. 2.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&sectionNum=170.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Code Civ. Proc., § 170. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Code of Civil Procedure

Penal Code

Pen. Code, § 1538.5Printed as Sections 170 to 170.6, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure

Welfare and Institutions Code

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 247.5Printed as Sections 170 and 170.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure

California Rules of Court

California Code of Judicial Ethics

Cal. Code Jud. Ethics, canon 3A judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially, competently, and diligentlyPrinted as Code of Civil Procedure section 170

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