Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.112 · Chapter 1. Papers
Separate causes of action, counts, and defenses
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Each separately stated cause of action, count, or defense must specifically state:
(1) Its number (e.g., "first cause of action");
(2) Its nature (e.g., "for fraud");
(3) The party asserting it if more than one party is represented on the pleading (e.g., "by plaintiff Jones"); and
(4) The party or parties to whom it is directed (e.g., "against defendant Smith").
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 2.112 adopted effective January 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_112
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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