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San Joaquin County Superior Court — Fourth Floor Counter Filing Guidelines

High confidence· verified October 13, 2026Divisional InstructionsFourth Floor Counter Filing Guidelines, Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin; posted on the court's Family Law & Support page (https://www.sjcourts.org/family-law-and-support) and the court's Probate page (https://www.sjcourts.org/probate) at https://www.sjcourts.org/sites/default/files/2026-03/fourth-floor-filing-guidelines-english_compliant.pdf, fetched 2026-10-10.

Summary

Counter filing on the Fourth Floor (revised 12/27/2021): a maximum of three (3) new cases and five (5) miscellaneous documents filed at a time, and a new kiosk ticket for additional filings; no kiosk ticket after 4:00 PM (a customer holding one before 4:00 PM is served); one clerk's window at a time and no cell phone at the window; a maximum of two (2) copies conformed (Local Rule 3-100); family law requests for defaults, judgments, dismissals, writs, abstracts, RFOs with temporary orders, at-issue memorandums and findings and orders after hearing not processed at the counter but returned by pick up box, or by mail in a self-addressed envelope large enough for all returned copies, with sufficient postage; documents for attorneys and couriers placed in the filing cabinet, pro per filings picked up at the clerk's windows between 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM, documents destroyed if not picked up within 30 days, and each courier submission with its own cover or transmittal sheet.

Applies to

California > Third Appellate District > San Joaquin County > Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin

Requirement

San Joaquin County Superior Court Fourth Floor Counter Filing Guidelines • Customers with multiple filings: Please note that the filing policy is to allow a maximum of three (3) new cases and five (5) miscellaneous documents to be filed at a time. If you have additional filings, you will need to obtain a new kiosk ticket to be called to the window again. • Customers may not obtain a kiosk ticket after 4:00 PM. If you obtain a kiosk ticket before 4:00 PM the counter clerk will wait on you and finish your work which may consist up to three (3) new cases and five (5) miscellaneous documents. • Customers may not occupy more than one clerk’s window at a time. Please do not use your cell phone while at the clerk’s window. • Pursuant to Local Rule 3-100, unless otherwise required by law the clerk’s office will conform a maximum of two (2) copies. • All FAMILY LAW Request for Defaults, Judgments, Dismissals, Writs, Abstracts, RFO w/temp orders, At-Issue Memorandums, Findings and Order After Hearings will not be processed at the counter. These documents will be returned via pick up box. If you prefer to have your documents returned by mail, you must provide an envelope large enough to contain all returned copies. It must be self-addressed with sufficient postage. • Documents ready for pick up will be placed in the filing cabinet for Attorney’s/Courier’s. All pro per filings must be picked up from the clerk’s windows between 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Documents not picked up within 30 days will be destroyed. Couriers-each submission must have its own separate cover/transmittal sheet for return for each case. Revised 12/27/2021

Source of truth

San Joaquin County Superior Court Fourth Floor Counter Filing Guidelines • Customers with multiple filings: Please note that the filing policy is to allow a maximum of three (3) new cases and five (5) miscellaneous documents to be filed at a time. If you have additional filings, you will need to obtain a new kiosk ticket to be called to the window again. • Customers may not obtain a kiosk ticket a

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: December 27, 2021
Last verified: October 13, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-joaquin-2026-10-10

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 San Joaquin build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-joaquin/docs/2026-03/fourth-floor-filing-guidelines-english_compliant.pdf (390785 bytes, sha256 84c71ba9e3a3ef52b2c5f67a8c227ca50d1df94c432b7c7bc5897debeb40dae4; 1 page; a printed text layer) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): no chrome; 1 whitespace-only fix (build/doc-fixes.json: the last bullet's bold closing sentence, “Couriers-each submission ...”, rejoined to its bullet); the revision mark (“Revised 12/27/2021”) kept; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Review note: Carried as printed: "may consist up to three (3) new cases" and "Attorney’s/Courier’s". The guidelines (revised 12/27/2021) predate the Probate Department's move to Lodi; the Probate and Family Law & Support pages still link them.