Code of Civil Procedure section 676.6

(a)

A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.

(b)

An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.

(c)

A person may assert a defense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

(d)

The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.

Source: Section 676.6, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=676.­6.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1991; accessed Dec. 8, 2025).

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