Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.771 · Chapter 6. Management of Class Actions
Judgment
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Class members to be included in judgment
The judgment in an action maintained as a class action must include and describe those whom the court finds to be members of the class.
(b) Notice of judgment to class
Notice of the judgment must be given to the class in the manner specified by the court.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as unlettered subd effective January 1, 2002.)
(Subd (b) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as unlettered subd effective January 1, 2002.)
Rule 3.771 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1861 effective January 1, 2002.
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/three/rule3_771
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- 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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