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San Mateo County Superior Court — Department 30 (Commissioner Timothy E. Elliott) Unlawful Detainer Court Trial Hearings: Pre-Trial Requirements & Exhibit Exchange Protocol

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Trial ExhibitsDepartment 30 (Commissioner Timothy E. Elliott) Unlawful Detainer Court Trial Hearings: Pre-Trial Requirements & Exhibit Exchange Protocol, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; posted on the court's Unlawful Detainer Calendars and Hearing Information page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil-division/unlawful-detainer-calendars-and-hearing-information) at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/exhibitexchangeprotocolforzoomremotehearings-unlawfuldetainercourttrials.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Unlawful detainer court trials before the Civil Commissioner: all parties and counsel appear in person unless excused in advance for good cause; the mandatory exhibit exchange protocol (paper, or a USB flash drive (preferred), CD or DVD in PDF, JPEG or MP4 format; a photograph of a tangible object; exchange with the opposing party at least one business day before the hearing, by email copied to UDexhibits@sanmateocourt.org as the proof of service, or by hardcopy delivery; an original plus two (2) copies to the Court at least one business day before, pre-marked with numbers for the Plaintiff and letters for the Defendant; delivery to the San Mateo Central Courthouse, 800 North Humboldt Street, San Mateo, CA 94401, or its Drop Box); Zoom appearances with audio and video and screen sharing; a Mandatory Settlement Conference on the hearing date for parties who do not stipulate to a court trial before the Civil Commissioner; and a pre-trial conference in the department of the single assigned judge if the case does not settle.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > San Mateo County > Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo > Department 30

Source of truth

Unlawful Detainer Court Trial Hearings Civil Commissioner Timothy E. Elliott,Dept. 30 PRE-TRIAL REQUIREMENTS & EXHIBIT EXCHANGE PROTOCOL All parties set for an Unlawful Detainer Court Trial in front of the Civil Commissioner must adhere to the following protocols for their hearing date. I. All parties and counsel are required to appear in-person, unless excused in advance by the Court for good cau

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
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Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-mateo-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Mateo build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-mateo/docs/civil/exhibitexchangeprotocolforzoomremotehearings-unlawfuldetainercourttrials.pdf (309531 bytes, sha256 6c9552338bb577ad69f76d1669b7f4847a9cb623d26b144faab1abffbd7001ea; 2 pages) 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 commissioner's name and department, which the text layer sets out of order (“Ellio t D t ept. 30,”), set in the printed order (“Elliott,Dept. 30”), and the bullet of “Attention: Clerk, Department 30/ Courtroom H”, read after its line, set before it (two same-character fixes); the indented “Courthouse,” line rejoined to its bullet (a whitespace fix). Attached to Commissioner Timothy E. Elliott: the card is Department 30's, where the court's Directory of Judges (effective August 3, 2026) seats Commissioner Timothy E. Elliott. Review note: The protocol's example case number and date in the email subject line ("22-UDL-012345, 1/1/2022") are its own illustration.