Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.712 · Chapter 2. Appeals Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 1294.4 From an Order Dismissing or Denying a Petition to Compel Arbitration
Notice of appeal
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Contents of notice of appeal
(1) The notice of appeal must state that the superior court order being appealed is governed by the rules in this chapter.
(2) Copies of the order being appealed and the order granting preference under Code of Civil Procedure section 36 must be attached to the notice of appeal.
(b) Time to appeal
The notice of appeal must be served and filed on or before the earlier of:
(1) Twenty days after the superior court clerk serves on the party filing the notice of appeal a document entitled "Notice of Entry" of the order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration or a filed-endorsed copy of the order, showing the date either was served; or
(2) Twenty days after the party filing the notice of appeal serves or is served by a party with a document entitled "Notice of Entry" of the order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration or a filed-endorsed copy of the order, accompanied by proof of service.
(c) Extending the time to appeal
(1) Motion to reconsider appealable order
If any party serves and files a valid motion under subdivision (a) of Code of Civil Procedure section 1008 to reconsider the order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration, the time to appeal from that order is extended for all parties until five court days after the superior court clerk or a party serves an order denying the motion or a notice of entry of that order.
(2) Cross-appeal
If an appellant timely appeals from the order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration, the time for any other party to appeal from the same order is extended until five court days after the superior court clerk serves notification of the first appeal.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.712 adopted effective July 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_712
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