{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-377.20","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 377.20","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a cause of action for or against a person is not lost by reason of the person’s death, but survives subject to the applicable limitations period.\n(b) This section applies even though a loss or damage occurs simultaneously with or after the death of a person who would have been liable if the person’s death had not preceded or occurred simultaneously with the loss or damage.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS [367. - 389.5.]","CHAPTER 4. Effect of Death [377.10. - 377.62.]","ARTICLE 2. Survival and Continuation [377.20. - 377.22.]"],"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":"ca07776a6ca1ab75a2584f6cd4a1349c9956e5a81c6b93b906522f26350e15a7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-377.11","next":"us-ca/ccp-377.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}