This title shall become effective as to causes of action accruing on or after January 1, 1958.
§ 880.Effective Date of Title
Title 11. Contribution Among Joint Judgment Debtors · Chapter 1. Releases From and Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors · Enacted 1700 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 880 sets Title 11's effective date as January 1, 1958, applying the joint-tortfeasor contribution scheme only to causes of action that accrued on or after that date.
Full Text of § 880
Plain-English Summary
This section fixes the boundary line for Title 11's application: causes of action accruing on or after January 1, 1958. Anything that accrued before that date falls outside the title's contribution scheme entirely, since the statute created a right of contribution among joint tortfeasors that California common law didn't previously recognize.
Given how much time has passed since 1958, this provision now functions mainly as a historical marker confirming when the modern joint-tortfeasor contribution framework began, rather than a live limitation that affects current cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Title 11's contribution scheme take effect?
As to causes of action accruing on or after January 1, 1958.
Does this effective date still matter for cases today?
Not in practice — it confirms the historical starting point of the statutory contribution right rather than affecting causes of action accruing decades later.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1700.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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