{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-422.40","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 422.40","heading":"","body":"In the complaint, the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties; but, except as otherwise provided by statute or rule of the Judicial Council, in other pleadings it is sufficient to state the name of the first party on each side with an appropriate indication of other parties.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS [420. - 475.]","CHAPTER 1. The Pleadings in General [420. - 422.40.]"],"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":"c66c3d2ae034d952cf32e252bdb4d0e2a8ee98d775735a13b5e34d1acb5b7adf","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-422.30","next":"us-ca/ccp-425.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}