(a) The pleadings allowed are complaints, answers, cross-complaints, answers to cross-complaints and general demurrers.
§ 92.Pleadings; Answers; Demurrers; Motions
Title 1. Organization and Jurisdiction · Chapter 5.1. Limited Civil Cases · Article 2. Economic Litigation for Limited Civil Cases · Last amended 1983 · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 92 simplifies pleading practice in a limited civil case by allowing an unverified answer even when the complaint is verified, barring special demurrers, restricting motions to strike to cases where the damages or relief sought aren’t supported by the complaint’s allegations, and otherwise leaving other motions available.
Full Text of § 92
(b) The answer need not be verified, even if the complaint or cross-complaint is verified.
(c) Special demurrers are not allowed.
(d) Motions to strike are allowed only on the ground that the damages or relief sought are not supported by the allegations of the complaint.
(e) Except as limited by this section, all other motions are permitted.
Plain-English Summary
Pleading fights — demurrers, motions to strike, disputes over verification — can eat up time and money out of proportion to what a limited civil case has at stake. Section 92 trims that fight down.
An answer in a limited civil case doesn’t need to be verified, even when the complaint or cross-complaint is. Special demurrers — the kind that attack a pleading’s form rather than its substance — aren’t allowed at all. A motion to strike is limited to one ground: that the damages or relief the complaint asks for aren’t supported by what it alleges. Every other motion still available under general civil procedure remains available here, subject to those limits.
The overall effect pushes a limited civil case toward the merits faster, cutting off the kind of pleading skirmish that can drag out a case worth far less than the cost of fighting over its form.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an answer in a limited civil case need to be verified?
No. Section 92 says the answer need not be verified even if the complaint or cross-complaint is.
Are special demurrers allowed in a limited civil case?
No. Section 92 bars special demurrers entirely in a limited civil case.
On what ground can a party move to strike part of a complaint in a limited civil case?
Only on the ground that the damages or relief sought aren’t supported by the complaint’s own allegations — § 92 doesn’t allow a motion to strike on any other ground.
Amendment History
Added Stats 1982 ch 1581 § 1. Amended Stats 1983 ch 102 § 2, effective June 16, 1983.
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Last verified July 28, 2026.
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