Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1207 · Chapter 4. Ex Parte Applications
Appearance requirements
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
An applicant for an ex parte order must appear, either in person or remotely under rule 3.672, except in the following cases:
(1) Applications to file a memorandum in excess of the applicable page limit;
(2) Applications for extensions of time to serve pleadings;
(3) Setting of hearing dates on alternative writs and orders to show cause; and
(4) Stipulations by the parties for an order.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.1207 amended effective January 21, 2022; adopted effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2008, and January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1207
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- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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