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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address):

FOR COURT USE ONLY

PLD-050

FAX NO. (Optional):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
STREET ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NO.:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER:

DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT:

GENERAL DENIAL

CASE NUMBER:

If you want to file a general denial, you MUST use this form if the amount asked for in the complaint or the value of the property
involved is $1,000 or less.
You MAY use this form for a general denial if:
1. The complaint is not verified; or
2. The complaint is verified and the case is a limited civil case (the amount in controversy is $25,000 or less),
BUT NOT if the complaint involves a claim for more than $1,000 that has been assigned to a third party for collection.

See Code of Civil Procedure sections 85–86, 90–100, 431.30, and 431.40.)

1. DEFENDANT (name):

generally denies each and every allegation of plaintiff's complaint.

DEFENDANT states the following FACTS as separate affirmative defenses to plaintiff's complaint (attach additional
pages if necessary):

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF DEFENDANT OR ATTORNEY)

If you have a claim for damages or other relief against the plaintiff, the law may require you to state your claim in a special pleading
called a cross-complaint or you may lose your right to bring the claim. (See Code of Civil Procedure sections 426.10–426.40.)

he original of this General Denial must be filed with the clerk of this court with proof that a copy was served on each plaintiff's
attorney and on each plaintiff not represented by an attorney. There are two main ways to serve this General Denial: by personal
delivery or by mail. It may be served by anyone at least 18 years of age EXCEPT you or any other party to this legal action. Be sure
that whoever serves the General Denial fills out and signs a proof of service. You may use the applicable Judicial Council form (such
as form POS-020, POS-030, or POS-040) for the proof of service.

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use
Judicial Council of California
PLD-050 [Rev. September 1, 2021]

GENERAL DENIAL

Page 1 of 1

Code of Civil Procedure, §§ 431.30, 431.40
www.courts.ca.gov

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Date:

General Denial

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About This Form:

Sourced from selfhelp.courts.ca.gov (2023-03)
Page(s): 1
Fields(s): 18
Average fields per page: 18
Reading Level: Grade 8
LIST Grouping(s): CO-00-00-00-00, CO-07-00-00-00.

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Identified Data Fields:

We have done our best to automaticly identify and name form fields according to our naming conventions. When possible, we've used names tied to our question library. See e.g., user1_name. If we think we've found a match to a question in our library, it is highlighted in green. Novel names are auto generated. So, you will probably need to edit some of them if you're trying to stick to the convention.

Here are the fields we could identify.

pl_page_p_caption_case_number was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CaseNumber[0].CaseNumber[0] (0.53 conf)
pl_page_p_caption_atty_party_info_text_field was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].TextField1[0] (0.35 conf)
page_p_caption_party_info_phone was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].Phone[0] (0.36 conf)
pl_page_p_caption_atty_party_info_fax was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].Fax[0] (0.36 conf)
page_p_caption_party_info_email was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].Email[0] (0.36 conf)
pl_page_p_caption_atty_party_info_attorney was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].AttyPartyInfo[0].Attorney[0] (0.36 conf)
pl_page_p_caption_court_info_crt_county was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtCounty[0] (0.36 conf)
page_p_caption_court_info_street was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtStreet[0] (0.36 conf)
page_caption_court_info_mailing_add was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtMailingAdd[0] (0.40 conf)
pl_page_p_caption_court_info_crt_city_zip was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtCityZip[0] (0.38 conf)
page_p_caption_court_info_branch was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].CourtInfo[0].CrtBranch[0] (0.36 conf)
page_p_caption_title_party_name__1 was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].TitlePartyName[0].Party1[0] (0.33 conf)
page_p_caption_title_party_name__2 was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].P1Caption[0].TitlePartyName[0].Party2[0] (0.33 conf)
pl_page_list_item_fill_text__1 was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].List1[0].item1[0].FillText1[0] (0.33 conf)
pl_page_list_item_check_box was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].List2[0].item2[0].CheckBox1[0] (0.35 conf)
pl_page_list_item_fill_text__2 was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].List2[0].item2[0].FillText2[0] (0.33 conf)
pl_page_sign_sig_date was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].Sign[0].SigDate[0] (0.32 conf)
pl_page_sign_sig_name was PLD-050[0].Page1[0].Sign[0].SigName[0] (0.32 conf)

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