An action is commenced, within the meaning of this Title, when the complaint is filed.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 350
General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Soremekun v. Thrifty Payless, Inc. (2007)
Most recently applied in Eastman Kodak Co. v. Apple Inc. (In re Eastman Kodak Co.) (August 2012)
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.