An action for relief not hereinbefore provided for must be commenced within four years after the cause of action shall have accrued.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 343
The Time of Commencing Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Federal Deposit Insurance v. McSweeney (1992)
Most recently applied in Metropcs California, LLC v. Michael Picker (August 2020)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.