Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES [725a - 871.12]
( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 7. Actions Relating to Groundwater Rights [830 - 852]
( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. ) ARTICLE 4. Intervention [837 - 837.5]
( Article 4 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. ) 837.
(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.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2016.)