{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-116.310","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 116.310","heading":"","body":"(a) No formal pleading, other than the claim described in Section 116.320 or 116.360, is necessary to initiate a small claims action.\n(b) The pretrial discovery procedures described in Section 2019.010 are not permitted in small claims actions.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE [35. - 286.]","TITLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION [35. - 155.]","CHAPTER 5.5. Small Claims Court [116.110. - 116.950.]","ARTICLE 3. Actions [116.310. - 116.390.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"253704ae3b9a01bd071b4a5622d667617b91e80898ab13d6ea7161cba984868f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-116.270","next":"us-ca/ccp-116.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}