Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.960 · Chapter 1. Trial of Small Claims Cases on Appeal
Continuances
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
For good cause, the court assigned to hear the appeal may continue the trial. A request for a continuance may be presented by one party or by stipulation. The court may grant a continuance not to exceed 30 days, but in a case of extreme hardship the court may grant a continuance exceeding 30 days.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.960 renumbered effective January 1, 2009; adopted as rule 154 effective July 1, 1964; previously amended effective January 1, 1977, July 1, 1991, and January 1, 2005; previously renumbered as rule 8.910 effective January 1, 2007.
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_960
- Text hash
- sha256 0c62a8fc9293c49310d07bd9936bb81bad9fba50464bbd9babadb9d68a0a1b5a
- Composed by
- 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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