Code Section

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]

  ( Part 2 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 14. OF MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [989 - 1062.34]

  ( Title 14 enacted 1872. )
  

CHAPTER 6. Of Costs [1021 - 1038]
  ( Chapter 6 enacted 1872. )

  
1021.  

Except as attorney’s fees are specifically provided for by statute, the measure and mode of compensation of attorneys and counselors at law is left to the agreement, express or implied, of the parties; but parties to actions or proceedings are entitled to their costs, as hereinafter provided.

(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 377, Sec. 2.)