Code of Civil Procedure § 2009

Use of affidavits

An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special proceeding, to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other paper in an action or special proceeding, to obtain a provisional remedy, the examination of a witness, or a stay of proceedings, and in uncontested proceedings to establish a record of birth, or upon a motion, and in any other case expressly permitted by statute.

History

Enacted 1872. Amended Stats 1927 ch 242 § 1; Stats 1929 ch 493 § 1; Stats 1943 ch 11 § 1; effective February 5, 1943, ch 821 § 2, effective May 28, 1943; Stats 1965 ch 299 § 124, operative January 1, 1967.

CCP 2009