Offer to Compromise and Acceptance Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 (CIV-090)
Tells the other side that you are offering to settle the case for a specific amount, and provides a form to accept the offer. If the offer is not accepted, the other side may be responsible to pay the costs of the case from after the offer is rejected, if the other side doesn't do better than the offer at trial.
Effective: January 1, 2008