Cal. Codes » Code of Civil Procedure / PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS / TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS / CHAPTER 1.5. Dismissal for Delay in Prosecution / ARTICLE 3. Mandatory Time for Bringing Action to Trial or New Trial
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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure § 583.340 (2026)

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In computing the time within which an action must be brought to trial pursuant to this article, there shall be excluded the time during which any of the following conditions existed:

(a)The jurisdiction of the court to try the action was suspended.

(b)Prosecution or trial of the action was stayed or enjoined.

(c)Bringing the action to trial, for any other reason, was impossible, impracticable, or futile.