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Santa Cruz County Superior Court — Scheduling a Hearing for Civil & Probate

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Motion CalendarScheduling a Hearing for Civil & Probate, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz; the court's web page https://www.santacruz.courts.ca.gov/divisions/probate-division/scheduling-hearing-civil-probate, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

The court's procedure for a hearing date on the law and motion or probate calendar: the date is obtained from the calendar clerk by email (civilinfo@santacruzcourt.org) and reserved before the papers are filed, the email giving the case number, the filing party, the type of hearing and availability; probate settings Monday, Wednesday, Friday, all hearing types set 9 weeks out; civil settings in Law and Motion Dept 10 (Tuesday & Thursday) and Dept 5 (CEQA cases, Class Actions, Petitions for Writ of Mandate; Monday, Wednesday & Friday), hard matters 12 weeks out and all other motions at least 45 days out; and taking a matter off calendar by email.

Applies to

California > Sixth Appellate District > Santa Cruz County > Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz

Requirement

A party seeking a hearing date on the law and motion or probate calendar, for Civil and Probate, must contact the clerk via email to obtain an approved date for the hearing based on availability. A party must reserve the date prior to filing papers with the Court. An email should be sent to the calendar clerk with the following information: Case Number Name of filing Party Specific type of hearing requested (i.e. Motion for Summary Judgment, etc.) Availability considering the setting times for each department listed below Civil/Probate – civilinfo@santacruzcourt.org Probate Settings Monday, Wednesday, Friday All hearing types are set 9 weeks out Civil Settings Law and Motion Dept 10 12 weeks for hard matters (see list) Tuesday & Thursday Law and Motion Dept 5 CEQA cases, Class Actions, Petitions for Writ of Mandate 12 weeks for hard matters (see list) Monday, Wednesday & Friday All other motions are set at least 45 days out List of Civil Hard Matters If you wish to take a matter off calendar, you may submit that request to the clerk via the email address listed above. Contact Information Office Location and Mailing Address: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz Civil Division 701 Ocean Street, Room 110 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Civil Court Clerk Santa Cruz: (831) 420-2200 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Filing Hours Clerks Office: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday in Santa Cruz. A mail slot is provided for filings after 3:00 PM. Come in the morning and avoid the lines. Items must be received by 5:00 PM. Phones are answered from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Monday - Friday. Electronic Filings can be filed 24 hours per CCP 1010.6 Related Links California Courts Self Help Section (English) Centro de Ayuda (Español) Santa Cruz County Law Library Fee Waiver Information Portal Deposit of Civil Jury Fees (FAQs) Eviction Video - Resolving your Unlawful Detainer Case Civil Harassment Video - Resolving Civil Harassment Cases

Source of truth

A party seeking a hearing date on the law and motion or probate calendar, for Civil and Probate, must contact the clerk via email to obtain an approved date for the hearing based on availability. A party must reserve the date prior to filing papers with the Court. An email should be sent to the calendar clerk with the following information: Case Number Name of filing Party Specific type of hearing

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-santa-cruz-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Santa Cruz build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-santa-cruz/pages/divisions__probate-division__scheduling-hearing-civil-probate.html (the page as fetched 2026-10-07; 623335 bytes, sha256 f0ff72c7789da021a3908c99c2bbb14c63789d218e83c94aa7c4b97bf38f028c) with html-compose.py (the Orange composer): the article's content sections (section.jcc-section, div.jcc-news-full) only - the site header, menus, breadcrumb, title banner and footer lie outside them; each block starts a line and each table cell is set on its own line; chrome removed: 0 items; proof (the multiset of non-space characters equals the sections' text less chrome and scripts) passes. Review note: Local Rule 2.4.01(a) requires a law and motion hearing date to be cleared with the Clerk's Office; the hard matters the page sets 12 weeks out are the carded Civil Hard Matters list.