Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1201 · Chapter 4. Ex Parte Applications
Required documents
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
A request for ex parte relief must be in writing and must include all of the following:
(1) An application containing the case caption and stating the relief requested;
(2) A declaration in support of the application making the factual showing required under rule 3.1202(c);
(3) A declaration based on personal knowledge of the notice given under rule 3.1204;
(4) A memorandum; and
(5) A proposed order.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.1201 adopted effective January 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1201
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