Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.493 · Chapter 7. Writs of Mandate, Certiorari, and Prohibition in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
Costs
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Award of costs
(1) Except in a criminal or juvenile or other proceeding in which a party is entitled to court-appointed counsel:
(A) Unless otherwise ordered by the court under (B), the prevailing party in an original proceeding is entitled to costs if the court resolves the proceeding by written opinion after issuing an alternative writ, an order to show cause, or a peremptory writ in the first instance.
(B) In the interests of justice, the court may also award or deny costs as it deems proper in the proceedings listed in (A) and in other circumstances.
(2) The opinion or order resolving the proceeding must specify the award or denial of costs.
(b) Procedures for recovering costs
Rule 8.278(b)-(d) governs the procedure for recovering costs under this rule.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.493 adopted effective January 1, 2009.
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/eight/rule8_493
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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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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.493. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.100Requests for accommodations by persons with disabilitiesPrinted as rules 8.485-8.493 or 8.930-8.936
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.40Requests for accommodations to pump or express breast milkPrinted as rules 8.485–8.493 or 8.930–8.936
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.278Costs on appealPrinted as rule 8.493
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.492SanctionsPrinted as rule 8.493
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.703Writ proceedingsPrinted as rules 8.485-8.493
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.970ApplicationPrinted as rules 8.485-8.493
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