{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-116.531","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 116.531","heading":"","body":"Nothing in this article shall prevent a representative of an insurer or other expert in the matter before the small claims court from rendering assistance to a party in the litigation except during the conduct of the hearing, either before or after the commencement of the action, unless otherwise prohibited by law; nor shall anything in this article prevent those individuals from testifying to facts of which they have personal knowledge and about which they are competent to testify.","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 5. Hearing [116.510. - 116.570.]"],"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":"3fa2fad5e120ae23f08fbf89e8fe9b23bce7cc6abd2b9c4ea3f336785c4de75c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-116.530","next":"us-ca/ccp-116.540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}