{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-37","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 37","heading":"","body":"(a) A civil action shall be entitled to preference, if the action is one in which the plaintiff is seeking damages which were alleged to have been caused by the defendant during the commission of a felony offense for which the defendant has been criminally convicted.\n(b) The court shall endeavor to try the action within 120 days of the grant of preference.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE [35. - 286.]","TITLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION [35. - 155.]","CHAPTER 1. Courts of Justice in General [35. - 38.]"],"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":"81538af93e1be9cf8ff0fe21a08012cd959282620e44536a2406dfa7486f151f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-36.5","next":"us-ca/ccp-38"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}