Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.2240 · Article 3. Notice and Joinder
Joinder of local government entity (§ 5977.1(d)(4))
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Order to show cause
Before granting a motion or request to join as a party to the proceedings another local government entity that would be required to provide a service or support under a proposed CARE plan, the court must:
(1) Order the local government entity and all parties to show cause why the entity should not be joined as a party to the CARE Act proceedings and ordered to provide the service or support; and
(2) Set the hearing on the order to show cause no fewer than 15 calendar days after the date of the order's issuance.
(b) Manner of service
The moving party must serve the order to show cause on the local government entity in the manner of a summons as provided in Code of Civil Procedure sections 415.10 and 416.50.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 7.2240 adopted effective September 1, 2023.
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/seven/rule7_2240
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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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