{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-431.20","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 431.20","heading":"","body":"(a) Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, shall, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true.\n(b) The statement of any new matter in the answer, in avoidance or constituting a defense, shall, on the trial, be deemed controverted by the opposite party.","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 3. Objections to Pleadings; Denials and Defenses [430.10. - 432.10.]","ARTICLE 2. Denials and Defenses [431.10. - 431.70.]"],"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":"c642fa4a6dc8712c51cf5ee62eca2abea762414eb061ddf78d7d4221263e91a4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-431.10","next":"us-ca/ccp-431.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}