Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS [577 - 674]
( Title 8 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 1. Judgment in General [577 - 582.5]
( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. ) 581d.
A written dismissal of an action shall be entered in the clerk’s register and is effective for all purposes when so entered.
All dismissals ordered by the court shall be in the form of a written order signed by the court and filed in the action and those orders when so filed shall constitute judgments and be effective for all purposes, and the clerk shall note those judgments in the register of actions in the case.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 79. Effective September 28, 1998.)