Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.900 · Chapter 1. Reference by Agreement of the Parties Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 638
Purposes of reference
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
A court must not use the reference procedure under Code of Civil Procedure section 638 to appoint a person to conduct a mediation.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.900 adopted effective January 1, 2007.
Advisory Committee Comment
Rule 3.900 is not intended to prohibit a court from appointing a referee to conduct a mandatory settlement conference or, following the conclusion of a reference, from appointing a person who previously served as a referee to conduct a mediation.
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_900
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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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Code of Civil Procedure
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