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C.D. Cal. L.R. 83-2.4 — Notification of Change of Name, Address, Firm Association, Telephone Number, or E-Mail Address: the court's own rule, verbatim from UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I LOCAL CIVIL RULES (6/1/2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
Civil cases - limited and unlimited civil, name change, civil harassment and workplace violence - at the Justice Center Courthouse, 12855 Justice Center Drive, (209) 533-5555; in most civil cases the plaintiff must serve the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) information package on each defendant together with the Complaint, Summons, Civil Case Cover Sheet and the Local Delay Reduction Form, if applicable (California Rules of Court, rule 3.221), the package including the ADR Information Sheet; the court offers mediation, the page listing one Tuolumne Superior Court Approved Civil Mediator (an office in Sonora), ADR programs through the court at (209) 533-5555; CourtCall telephone appearances in certain non-evidentiary, pre-trial proceedings for a fixed fee paid in advance or a current fee waiver, voluntary, arranged no later than five (5) court days prior to the hearing; no fax filings, the court accepting fax filings at the counter or by mail presented by a legal services agency; tentative rulings only for certain civil law and motion matters in unlimited civil cases - not civil harassment petitions, any family law matters, or case management conferences - online or by telephone at (209) 533-6633 after 3:00pm the court day before the hearing (as printed); to appear for oral argument under CRC 3.1308, notice to the court and opposing counsel by 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing, at (209) 588-2382 for Department 2 or (209) 588-2316 for Department 1; absent a request for oral argument, the tentative ruling adopted as final at the time set for hearing; a civil hearing calendared by presenting the documents at the Clerks' window for processing - hearings no longer scheduled in advance - the Clerks' windows on the first floor, open 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; the FAQs - limited civil cases $25,000 or less and unlimited civil more than $25,000 (as printed), delay reduction cases usually resolved within one year, a separate motion fee for each motion; rules, statutes and other materials at the self-help center/law library on the first floor, (209) 533-6565, the clerks able only to direct to materials, not to answer legal questions.
Division 2, Chapters 7 to 12: telephonic hearings of law and motion matters through CourtCall in Departments 17, 37, 40, 44, and 45 - hearings of no more than 15 minutes without oral testimony or a transcript (2.7.1 and 2.7.2); a separate telephonic appearance calendar, the Request for CourtCall Telephonic Appearance served on all other litigants not less than five (5) court days before the hearing and faxed to the Program Administrator, the fee under rule 3.670 paid to the Program Administrator, checks received not less than five (5) court days before, confirmation not less than three (3) court days before, and check-in during the five (5) minute period before the hearing, a litigant not calling in during it deemed to have failed to appear (2.7.3 to 2.7.8); settlement conferences - the Voluntary Settlement Calendar, the Mandatory Settlement Calendar under rule 3.1380, the persons whose presence is required, settlement statements delivered to the Calendar Clerk no less than five (5) court days before and maintained in a confidential portion of the electronic file for 180 days, discovery completed, demands and offers, sanctions for failure to attend or be prepared, continuances, and notice of settlement with a request for dismissal within 45 days (2.8.1 to 2.8.9); arbitration encouraged, the Arbitration Administrator, a panel of arbitrators, each party disqualifying one (1) arbitrator peremptorily within ten (10) days, and the cost shared equally (2.8.10 to 2.8.13); pretrial matters, short cause cases under Rule 3.735, the settlement conference and case management conference calendars, counsel's duty as to the trial date assigned, and uncontested calendars (2.9.1 to 2.9.4); a firm continuance policy - noticed motion with supporting declarations, good cause for death, illness, unavailability, substitution of trial attorney or change in status, and a $20 continuance fee (2.10.1); continuances of mandatory settlement conferences, trial assignments and trials by noticed hearing before the Presiding Judge, and of law and motion and voluntary settlement conference matters (2.10.2 to 2.10.4); one continuance by the Calendar Clerk to a date within forty-five (45) days in family law defaults, orders to show cause, change of names and adoptions, requests received in writing five (5) calendar days before (2.10.5); fees for fax filings within three (3) days (2.11.1); and the case management conference calendar under Rules 3.721-3.735, short causes set for trial without a settlement conference (2.12.1 and 2.12.2)
Request for Order and Temporary Restraining Order pickup from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m., Requests for Orders submitted in person at the counter by 8:45 a.m. available for pick up the following court day in the Family Law lobby at Window #1; an Emergency Filing Drop Box for documents submitted after normal business hours; filings submitted in person, by eFile or by mail to P.O. Box 1098, Modesto, CA 95353, with the filing fees and a self-addressed stamped envelope; personal or case information about a party's identity not confirmed by phone or email, a Research Request Form available; a hearing date obtained by filing a Request for Order - custody or visitation hearings calendared at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., Monday to Thursday, with mediation by telephone, and economic hearings such as child or family support at 9:00 a.m., Monday to Thursday, generally about two weeks after the custody or visitation hearing; Departments 11, 13 and 14 in the basement and Department 25 on the second floor of the main courthouse; a tentative ruling announcement issued on the court day before the hearing for the motions the page lists - among them Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, Vocational Exam, Change of Name and any motion specifically determined at the judge's discretion - posted by 1:30 p.m. on the court's website, in the Clerk's Office lobby and on the outer door of the assigned courtroom, with no telephonic announcements; and the Family Law Clerk's Office at 1100 I Street, Modesto, open Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Small claims cases up to $12,500.00 brought by a natural person, limited jurisdiction cases up to $35,000.00 and unlimited jurisdiction cases for more than $35,000, an unlimited civil complaint or petition filed at the Metropolitan Justice Courthouse; a small claim filed through an Electronic Filing Service Provider, in person at the courthouse where the claim is to be heard, or by mail with the original Plaintiff’s Claim and Order plus one (1) copy for each Defendant and the plaintiff and a self-addressed stamped envelope; Small Claims Night Court requested from the Small Claims Court Clerk when the case is filed, held at 3131 Arrow St at 5:15 PM for approximately 1 to 1½ hours, no payments made that night; the Small Claims Advisor at no cost on a first-come, first-serve basis; copy requests submitted through the Document Requests link; all Civil Units open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM to noon on Fridays, a new small claims case filed no less than 30 minutes before closing; completed forms returned with the original, one copy for each plaintiff and defendant and a self-addressed stamped envelope or a note for will-call pickup; arrival at least 15 minutes before a hearing; and the civil harassment filing fee of $435.00, waived if the Temporary Restraining Order is granted, and the name change filing fee of $435.00.
Documents in civil cases filed at the Clerk's Office in Room 104 of the Plumas Courthouse at 520 Main Street in Quincy - signed, dated, organized and stapled (the clerk cannot accept copies which are not organized and stapled), the original set organized, two-hole punched and stapled, with the appropriate number of copies and the proper filing fees from the Statewide Civil Fee Schedule, or a Request to Waive Court Fees filed with the first documents; the page answers that the court does not accept filings by fax at this time; interpreters through the Language Access Representative at (530) 283-6305; copies from a case file through the Record Searches page; Zoom and CourtCall (telephonic) appearances permitted for certain circumstances in civil cases (the Remote Appearances page); under $12,500 a Small Claims case, $35,000 or less a Limited Jurisdiction Civil case, over $35,000 an Unlimited Jurisdiction Civil case; a name change petition filed in the county of residence, a legal notice published for four consecutive weeks, one day per week, before the hearing, and for a child's name change the other parent served personally at least 30 days before the hearing.
The cases the Civil Division assists parties with - recovery of money or property in non-contract civil disputes or contract enforcement, civil rights, landlord tenant actions, Petitions to Change Name and various writs; a limited civil case involving $25,000 or less, an unlimited case over $25,000; no direct line for accepting fax filings - a fax filing agency under California Rule of Court 2.303, each document containing the phrase "BY FAX" immediately below its title and physically transported to the Court; a Request to Waive Court Fees filed with the first documents the litigant presents for filing, reviewed by a judge (a clerk may also grant a fee waiver based on certain information); continuances of law and motion matters by written stipulation of the parties or counsel with the applicable filing fee, the stipulation, order and continuance fee received and signed by the court prior to the date and time for the hearing; a settled matter reported to the court and followed up with the mandatory judicial council form Notice of Settlement of Entire Case; ex parte hearings under Local Rules Rule 3.07; no tentative rulings (California Rules of Court 3.1308) - appearances necessary for law and motion hearings; copies in person or by mail at $.50 per page, a certification fee of $40.00 if necessary and an additional $15.00 search fee per name when the case number is unknown, a request by mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope and a check or money order payable to Colusa Superior Court; handwritten forms printed clearly and legibly in blue or black ink accepted; telephone appearances under Local Rules Rule 3.10; no endorsed fact sheets - an endorsed copy only of a copy of the entire document being filed.
Packets at the Self-Help Legal Center and the Court Clerk's Service Windows; filed in the county where the person whose name is to be changed presently lives; hearings scheduled six (6) to seven (7) weeks from the date of filing, heard on Fridays at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 2; the form to carry the Drivers License number, the Social Security number and any AKA names (adults), as a background check will be conducted by the courts, and the newspaper for publication; publication for 4 consecutive weeks, in Calaveras County in the Calaveras Enterprise or The Valley Springs News; after a California divorce that did not restore the name, an Ex Parte Application for Restoration of Former Name after Entry of Judgment and Order (FL-395) filed in the divorce case - no filing fee, certified copies $40.
Chapter 8 (Rules 8.1 to 8.6): the civil law and motion department designated by standing order, which also hears petitions for change of name, emancipation of minors, harassment petitions and applications for a guardian ad litem; a moving party's failure to appear; notice when a matter is dropped; one continuance by stipulation if the Court is informed at least five (5) days before the hearing; civil law and motion matters heard at 9:00 a.m. on Fridays and unlawful detainer actions at 3:30 p.m. on Mondays unless changed by standing order or order of the Court; and a separate family law and motion calendar (8.1); telephonic appearances under rule 3.670 (c) of the CRC through CourtCall, arranged not less than three (3) court days before the hearing at (888) 882-6878, and not generally allowed for contested summary judgment motions or settlement conferences unless approved in advance (8.2); judicial notice under Evidence Code sections 452 or 453 - copies to the Court and each party, and court files brought to the courtroom on arrangements at least three (3) days in advance (8.3); matters submitted without appearance, on notice at least three (3) days before the hearing, with proposed orders at least five (5) days before (8.4); late-filed papers and courtesy copies (8.5); and writs of review, mandate and prohibition - service under Code of Civil Procedure sections 1107 and 1088.5, motions and orders to show cause, alternative writs served at least five (5) days before the ex-parte hearing, pleadings, evidence confined to the administrative record in administrative mandate proceedings (section 1094.5), meeting and conferring before the first hearing, the scope of review and summary denial (8.6).
Division 36 (Judge Kevin P. Tynan) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Division 82 (Judge Lauren N. Peffer) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Division 80 (Judge Olga Levine) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Division 63 (Judge Stefanie C. Moon) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Each civil department's weekly calendar - the judicial officer, courtroom, courthouse and judicial assistant, and the days and times of its trials, law and motion, case management, OSC, minor's compromise, default, change of name and collections calendars - with the ex parte review times (civil ex partes by e-file by 10:30 a.m. on the department's review day; unlawful detainer, civil harassment, workplace violence and elder protection ex partes by e-file or drop-off by 8:30 a.m. at 3055 Cleveland Avenue, gun violence restraining order TROs by 8:00 a.m., picked up at or after 2:30 p.m.); the small claims temporary judge calendars and trials de novo; the Appellate Calendar, and the Appellate Panel; each department's Zoom credentials; the page Local Rules 16.1 and 16.8 point to.
The Clerk's office enters a dismissal on all cases involving Temporary Restraining Orders (Harassment) and Petitions for Name Changes when such matters are dropped from the calendar due to a non-appearance by the petitioner or moving party.
Chapter 2 (Rules 3.40 to 3.54): the law and motion calendar (Rule 3.40); hearing dates (Rule 3.41); papers to comply with state rules (Rule 3.42); the tentative ruling (Rule 3.43); remote appearances and reporting for law and motion (Rules 3.44 and 3.45); civil ex parte orders (Rule 3.46); original orders to show cause (Rule 3.47); continuances (Rule 3.48); calendar matters heard in the law and motion department (Rule 3.49); name change applications (Rule 3.50); motions (Rule 3.51); uncontested calendars (Rule 3.52); written orders (Rule 3.53); and the number of attorneys examining a witness (Rule 3.54).
Chapter 7 (Rules 7.00 to 7.23): the law and motion rules of the California Rules of Court and their mandatory time requirements (Rules 3.1300, 3.1306, 3.1320, 3.1326, 3.1176, 3.1150, and 3.1342) (Rule 7.00); demurrers stating the filing date of the pleading attacked (Rule 7.01); hearing dates assigned by the Clerk's Office, notice by the moving party and proof of service filed at least five (5) court days before the hearing (Rule 7.05.1); continuances (local form CV008) and withdrawal of motions (local form CV009), with restoration only on noticed motion (Rules 7.06 and 7.07); evidence by declaration (Rule 7.08); tentative rulings at the assigned judge's discretion under rule 3.1308(a)(2) (Rule 7.11.1); ex parte applications served by 10:00 a.m. and filed by 2:00 p.m. on the day preceding the hearing (Rule 7.12); CourtCall telephonic appearances (Rule 7.13); sanctions (Rule 7.15); administrative mandamus records (Rule 7.16); no regular reporting of law and motion hearings (Rule 7.17); default settings (Rule 7.18); orders after hearing (Rule 7.19); proposed orders with name change and civil harassment petitions (Rule 7.21); and the labels “Discovery – No Initial Responses” and “Discovery – Other” on discovery motions (Rule 7.23).
The administrative order of Presiding Judge Jacqueline C. Jackson under Local Rule 3115, effective August 1, 2026, directing where civil documents are filed, courthouse by courthouse, with tables of the zip codes and the cities and communities each serves: (a) unlimited civil cases (the Riverside Historic Courthouse, the Palm Springs Courthouse, the Menifee Justice Center); (b) limited civil cases; (c) petitions for civil restraining orders under Code of Civil Procedure sections 527.6, 527.7 and 527.8; (d) name change petitions and petitions for change of gender; (e) unlawful detainers; (f) complex, class action and CEQA cases, filed in the Riverside Historic Courthouse; (g) small claims; (h) miscellaneous civil petitions heard in community courts; and (i) petitions for disposition of altered vehicles and forfeiture petitions, filed in the Corona Courthouse.
Title 3 (Civil; rules 3110–3640), in six divisions: civil case management (where to file documents under Rule 3115; responses to orders to show cause; certificates of counsel; electronic filing in civil cases under Rule 3118; new case assignment and case management conferences; amendments substituting a fictitiously named defendant's true name; duties of litigants; remote appearances at non-evidentiary hearings under Rule 3132; procedures on remand after removal to federal court; complex litigation; extraordinary writs; minors' name change petitions; uninsured motorist cases; cancellation of instruments; the attorney fee schedule of Rule 3190; installment judgments; default judgment declarations; and consolidation of cases); alternative dispute resolution (rules 3200–3290: ADR policy, sanctions and administration, the duty to meet and confer about ADR before the first case management conference, ADR orders and completion dates, mandatory ADR sessions, continuances, post-ADR duties, non-appearance, costs and complaint procedures; judicial arbitration from its initiation through the award, trial after arbitration and reimbursement of arbitration fees; court-ordered mediation; and mandatory settlement conference statements); civil law and motion (reserving hearing dates, exhibits, tentative rulings under Rule 3316 and the conduct of hearings); trial rules and procedures (pre-trial rules under Rule 3401 and instructions to the jury); unlawful detainers (time standards, case designation, service of the complaint, requests for trial and for jury trial, default judgment declarations and writs of possession); and small claims (acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment).
Department 534's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), the Supervising Judge of Civil Courts' master calendar department: the master calendar and trial court assignments; cases assigned to the judge for all purposes; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday); master calendar motions (every Thursday at 8:30 a.m.) and the motions that may be scheduled there; notices of related cases; reassignment of cases; temporary judge and judicial reference stipulations; vexatious litigants; submitting trial-ready cases for assignment to a trial court; voter confidentiality petitions; Safe at Home name change applications; inspection warrants; complex cases; and complaints about judicial officers.
Department 731's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): public hours; telephonic and video appearances (scheduled at least 30 minutes before the hearing); hearings - ex parte applications (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, no reservation), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), case management conferences (daily at 8:30 a.m.), name changes (Friday only), final status conferences (the Friday before trial at 8:30 a.m.), court trials (Friday at 8:30 a.m.) and jury trials (Monday at 8:30 a.m.); documents; miscellaneous matters (in-person appearance for final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before); the joint trial documents (the statement of the case, motions in limine, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions and special verdict form, and a separate trial brief of no more than 5 pages); and the trial (a go date at 8:30 a.m., not trailed; plaintiff's counsel confirms by 3:00 p.m. the court day before).
Department S25's general information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): courtroom hours (trial proceedings generally 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.); hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before), name changes and case management conferences (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.), final status conferences (usually the Friday no more than ten days before trial, at 8:30 a.m.) and jury and bench trials (Mondays at 9:30 a.m.); filings; and miscellaneous matters, including joint daily summaries of testimony where there is no court reporter or electronic recording - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Orders (joint witness and exhibit lists, proposed joint and contested jury instructions, and trial policies).
Department S26's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach; buddy court Department S27): public hours; hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.), case management conferences and name changes (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.) and trials (Mondays at 8:30 a.m.); miscellaneous matters; and the trial documents the department requires - the exhibit list, exhibit presentation and court copies of exhibits, the witness list, jury instructions and their list and special verdicts (jury trials), trial briefs (bench trials) - and final status conference preparation.
Department S27's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): public hours; hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, no reservation), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), case management conferences (daily at 8:30 a.m.), name changes (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), final status conferences (the 2nd Friday before trial, 8:30 a.m.) and court and jury trials (Mondays at 9:30 a.m.); documents; miscellaneous matters (trial attorneys in person for final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before); a sample motion in limine summation sheet; the joint trial documents (the statement of the case, motions in limine, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions and special verdict form, and a separate trial brief of no more than 5 pages); and the trial (a go date at 9:30 a.m., not trailed; plaintiff's counsel confirms by 3:00 p.m. the court day before).
All name change matters are set for remote hearing (parties who prefer may appear in person at window 20 in the Civil Department at the Central Justice Center); remote appearance by Zoom through the links on the court's Civil Appearance Procedure and Information page; interpreter requests on form INT-300; Local Rule 375.
Effective January 2, 2020, a completed Name Change Notice of Related Cases form must be filed with each Judicial Council name change and gender recognition petition (NC-100, NC-200, NC-300, NC-500); at the direction of the Civil and Family Law Supervising Judges, name changes and name/gender changes involving minors or adults with a prior family law case, and gender changes involving minors, are filed at the Lamoreaux Justice Center; the clerk may reject filings without the mandatory local form.
19 verbatim requirements from Judge Karen Kallman's published section procedures (Judicial Section Details).
15 verbatim requirements from Judge Steven Lieberman's published section procedures (Judicial Section Details).
25 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division FY instructions page as published today.
4 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division FA on hearing time & argument limits.
8 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division FA on uniform motion calendar & special sets.
5 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division FH on remote appearance policy.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
2 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
5 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
2 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
4 verbatim requirements on discovery.
4 verbatim requirements on discovery.
4 verbatim requirements on discovery.
9 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
10 verbatim requirements on proposed orders.
10 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge David S. Wainer, III.
39 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Kenneth J. Janesk, II.
32 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Randall A. Daugustinis.
36 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Fred Koberlein Jr..
10 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.