{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-428.70","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 428.70","heading":"","body":"(a) As used in this section:\n(1) “Third-party plaintiff” means a person against whom a cause of action has been asserted in a complaint or cross-complaint, who claims the right to recover all or part of any amounts for which he may be held liable on such cause of action from a third person, and who files a cross-complaint stating such claim as a cause of action against the third person.\n(2) “Third-party defendant” means the person who is alleged in a cross-complaint filed by a third-party plaintiff to be liable to the third-party plaintiff if the third-party plaintiff is held liable on the claim against him.\n(b) In addition to the other rights and duties a third-party defendant has under this article, he may, at the time he files his answer to the cross-complaint, file as a separate document a special answer alleging against the person who asserted the cause of action against the third-party plaintiff any defenses which the third-party plaintiff has to such cause of action. The special answer shall be served on the third-party plaintiff and on the person who asserted the cause of action against the third-party plaintiff.","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":"a53332079f9ef720b988b8f608b72364b0a0c936eb169c1e3d2254097da93f4b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-428.60","next":"us-ca/ccp-428.80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}