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Orange County Superior Court — Appearance Procedure and Information: Civil Unlimited and Complex (update of September 17, 2024)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsAppearance Procedure and Information: Civil Unlimited and Complex (update of September 17, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Orange; linked from the court's page https://www.occourts.org/civil-remote-hearings at https://www.occourts.org/system/files/civil/civil_unlimited_and_complex_appearance_procedure_and_information.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Civil unlimited and complex cases: filings by represented parties through an approved e-filing service provider; remote appearance by Zoom through the court's online check-in for law and motion, case management and status conferences, ex parte applications and other non-evidentiary proceedings; trials and evidentiary hearings in person (a party may move for a remote evidentiary hearing); settlement conferences in person unless all parties stipulate; judgment debtor examinations in person; Local Rule 375.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange

Requirement

Superior Court of California County of Orange Appearance Procedure and Information Civil Unlimited and Complex UPDATE – Friday, September 17, 2024 In-person services are available in the Civil Clerk’s Office Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 1. Filings: All Civil Unlimited and Complex filings shall be submitted via eFiling through an approved eFiling Service Provider with the exception of filings by self-represented litigants. 2. Questions: Specific questions can be submitted via the “Ask a Question” button on the court’s website. 3. Appearance Process: The Court will offer remote appearances for all law and motion, case management conferences, status conferences, ex partes, and other non-evidentiary proceedings in civil unlimited and civil complex cases. ➢ Unless ordered otherwise by the court, remote appearances for Civil Unlimited and Complex will be conducted via Zoom through the court’s online check-in process available through the court’s website at https://www.occourts.org/divisions/civil/civil-appearance-procedure-and-information. Click on the blue bar as displayed below to access the list of courtroom links. If you encounter any technical issues while checking-in through the remote appearance portal, please clear your browsing data. For further instructions on how to do so, please click here. Trials and evidentiary hearings will be conducted in person. A party may file a motion for a remote evidentiary hearing or trial. A party may file an opposition to a court’s order or a party’s motion for a remote evidentiary hearing or trial. In the event a party, witness, official reporter, official reporter pro tempore, court interpreter, or other court personnel experiences technology or audibility issues that arise during a remote conference, hearing, proceeding, or trial, the person is to alert the court by calling the courtroom. Phone numbers for the courtrooms can be found at https://www.occourts.org/directory/civil/CivilPhoneDepartmentDirectory.pdf. Mandatory Settlement Conferences will be set for in-person appearance unless all parties stipulate to a remote mandatory settlement conference and the Court adopts this stipulation as an order of the Court. Judgment debtor examinations will be set for in-person appearance. Parties should review Local Rule 375 (https://www.occourts.org/directory/local-rules/2022/Div3.pdf) for additional appearance information.

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange Appearance Procedure and Information Civil Unlimited and Complex UPDATE – Friday, September 17, 2024 In-person services are available in the Civil Clerk’s Office Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 1. Filings: All Civil Unlimited and Complex filings shall be submitted via eFiling through an approved eFiling Service Provider with the excep

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: September 17, 2024
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-orange-2026-09-29

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