California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP |
Part 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS |
Title 2. OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS |
Chapter 4. General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions |
Section 361.
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When a cause of action has arisen in another State, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against him in this State, except in favor of one who has been a citizen of this State, and who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.
(Enacted 1872.)