Code Civ. Proc., § 762.070 · Article 3. Defendants
Code Civ. Proc., § 762.070
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A person named and served as an unknown defendant has the same rights as are provided by law in cases of all other defendants named and served, and the action shall proceed against unknown defendants in the same manner as against other defendants named and served, and with the same effect.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 44, Sec. 15.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=762.070.
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