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UJCA 1301 · Article 13. Trial

Setting date for trial

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§ 1301. Setting date for trial.

(a) If the defendant appears before the clerk to answer in person, the court at that time shall set a date for trial not less than ten nor more than thirty days thereafter, and shall immediately give notice by mail of such trial date to all other parties.

(b) In any other instance, any party may, after joinder of issue, move the court to set a date for trial, which date shall not be less than ten nor more than thirty days after the return of such motion.

(c) If the court and the parties agree to a trial date, the trial may be set for such stipulated date notwithstanding the foregoing procedures and limitations.

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