{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-428.20","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 428.20","heading":"","body":"When a person files a cross-complaint as authorized by Section 428.10, he may join any person as a cross-complainant or cross-defendant, whether or not such person is already a party to the action, if, had the cross-complaint been filed as an independent action, the joinder of that party would have been permitted by the statutes governing joinder of 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 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief [425.10. - 429.30.]","ARTICLE 4. Cross-Complaints [428.10. - 428.80.]"],"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":"0207ead39e20eb68873910f5eebe459b02aabaf44551b98452f613cc833ea5ab","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-428.10","next":"us-ca/ccp-428.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}