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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Unlawful Detainer Ex Parte Procedure (effective November 25, 2024)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Motion CalendarUnlawful Detainer Ex Parte Procedure (effective November 25, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa; posted on the court's Landlord / Tenant page (https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/self-help/landlord-tenant) at https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/2024-10-30finalprocedureforexparte.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Unlawful detainer ex parte applications: check-in at the civil clerk's window of the assigned branch and the hearing times - Martinez directly to Department 57 at 1:30 p.m.; Pittsburg check-in by 10:00 a.m. for 10:30 a.m. in Department 54; Richmond check-in by 1:00 p.m. for 1:15 p.m. in Department 50; the filing and fees.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa

Requirement

Contra Costa County Superior Court – Unlawful Detainer Ex Parte Procedure Effective November 25, 2024 Effective November 25, 2024, any party submitting an ex parte application in an unlawful detainer matter in the Contra Costa County Superior Court shall check in at the civil clerk’s window in the branch to which the matter is assigned at the times set forth below (except for Martinez, as set forth below). This procedure does not apply to requests excepted from the procedures governing ex parte applications by the Rules of Court or other applicable law. The applicant shall notice the application for hearing in the branch to which the matter is assigned on the dates and at the times set forth below. Branch Days Deadline to Check In Hearing Time Department Martinez Monday through Friday Do not check in at the clerk’s window – go directly to Dept. 57. Must appear and present at 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 57 Pittsburg Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 54 Richmond Monday through Friday 1:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 50 The Pittsburg clerk’s office will file the ex parte application and collect the fee when the papers are presented at check-in. In Martinez and Richmond, following the hearing, the applicant shall immediately file all papers with the court and pay all filing fees due irrespective of the outcome of the application.

Source of truth

Contra Costa County Superior Court – Unlawful Detainer Ex Parte Procedure Effective November 25, 2024 Effective November 25, 2024, any party submitting an ex parte application in an unlawful detainer matter in the Contra Costa County Superior Court shall check in at the civil clerk’s window in the branch to which the matter is assigned at the times set forth below (except for Martinez, as set fort

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: November 25, 2024
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-contra-costa-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/2024-10-30finalprocedureforexparte.pdf (58818 bytes, sha256 6bcdd3bdf36753d19156d7d814cb8831e9cb926d0020b8edbc7ac6202dbc1d21; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): the branch table, a ruled table, set one row a line (the composer's tables="rows"; the reflow interleaved the cells of the Martinez row).