California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 837

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2016.
(a)A groundwater sustainability agency for the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.
(b)A city, county, or city and county that overlies the basin or a portion of the basin may intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter.
(c)The court shall allow any person to intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter upon an ex parte application that demonstrates that the person holds fee simple ownership in a parcel in the basin, or extracts or stores water in the basin. A person filing an ex parte application pursuant to this subdivision shall give notice to the plaintiff consistent with the California Rules of Court.
(d)A person may apply to intervene in a comprehensive adjudication conducted pursuant to this chapter pursuant to Section 387.

Cite this section

Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 837 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/ccp/part-2-of-civil-actions/title-10-actions-in-particular-cases/chapter-7-actions-relating-to-groundwater-rights/article-4-intervention/section-837

Other sections in Article 4 - Intervention

§ 837§ 837.5

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