Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.42 · Article 2. Service, Filing, Filing Fees, Form, and Privacy
Requirements for signatures of multiple parties on filed documents
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
When a document to be filed in paper form, such as a stipulation, requires the signatures of multiple parties, the original signature of at least one party must appear on the document filed in the reviewing court; the other signatures may be in the form of copies of the signed signature page of the document. Electronically filed documents must comply with the relevant provisions of rule 8.77.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.42 amended effective January 1, 2016; adopted effective January 1, 2014.
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
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- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_42
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