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San Mateo County Superior Court — Standing Order 20-156: Small Claims Exhibits (January 30, 2020)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Trial ExhibitsStanding Order 20-156: Small Claims Exhibits (January 30, 2020), Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; listed in the court's Archive of Standing Orders Issued Between 1997 and 2025, a list linked from its Current and Past Standing Orders page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/general-information/current-and-past-standing-orders), at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-filings/20-156.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Retained Small Claims exhibits may be released to the submitting parties (Code of Civil Procedure section 1952 and Local Rule 2.11); upon proper notice, exhibits not returned (CCP §1952.2) are destroyed 60 days after the issuance of judgment unless a written request to retain them for up to one year is filed (CCP §1952(b)) or an appeal is filed; exhibits not collected within a requested retention period are destroyed without additional notice at its conclusion.

Applies to

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

Requirement

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO STANDING ORDER NO. 20-156 STANDING ORDER RE: SMALL CLAIMS EXHIBITS To better manage the accumulation of Small Claims exhibits that are not collected by parties after the conclusion of Small Claims trial, the following standing order is issued pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1952 and Local Rule 2.11: 1. All retained Small Claims exhibit(s) may be released to the submitting parties per Local Rule 2.11; 2. Upon proper notice to all parties, exhibits not returned to the submitting party per CCP §1952.2 will be destroyed 60 days after the issuance of judgment unless a written request to retain exhibits for up to one year is filed per CCP §1952(b) or an appeal is filed as prescribed by law; 3. If a written request to retain exhibits is filed per CCP §1952(b); any exhibits not collected within the requested retention period will be destroyed without additional notice at the conclusion of the prescribed retention period. Date: Hon. Jonathan E. Karesh Presiding Judge

Source of truth

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO STANDING ORDER NO. 20-156 STANDING ORDER RE: SMALL CLAIMS EXHIBITS To better manage the accumulation of Small Claims exhibits that are not collected by parties after the conclusion of Small Claims trial, the following standing order is issued pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1952 and Local Rule 2.11: 1.

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: January 30, 2020
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-mateo-2026-10-08

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