Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2236 · Article 2. CEQA Challenges to Approval of Sacramento Arena Project
Service of Petition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Respondent
Unless the respondent public agency has agreed to accept service of summons electronically, the petitioner or plaintiff must personally serve the petition or complaint on the respondent public agency within three court days after the date of filing.
(b) Real parties in interest
The petitioner or plaintiff must serve the petition or complaint on any real party in interest named in the pleading within three court days after the date of filing.
(c) Attorney General
The petitioner or plaintiff must serve the petition or complaint on the Attorney General within three court days after the date of filing
(d) Responsible agencies
The petitioner or plaintiff must serve the petition or complaint on any responsible agencies or public agencies with jurisdiction over a natural resource affected by the project within two court days of receipt of a list of such agencies from respondent public agency.
(e) Proof of service
The petitioner or plaintiff must file proof of service on each respondent, real party in interest, or agency within one court day of completion of service.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.2236 adopted effective July 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_2236
- Text hash
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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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