Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.966 · Chapter 1. Trial of Small Claims Cases on Appeal
Examination of witnesses
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
The court may allow parties or attorneys representing parties to the appeal to conduct direct and cross-examination, subject to the court's discretion to control the manner, mode, and duration of examination in keeping with informality and the circumstances.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.966 renumbered effective January 1, 2009; adopted as rule 157 effective July 1, 1999; previously amended and renumbered as rule 8.916 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/eight/rule8_966
- Text hash
- sha256 dded7a0ca53953100a18c88f9a275f7f41874acb831d67f7431be05845690666
- 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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