Civil Filing Guidelines for Civil Service located at:
Civil Judicial Assignments:
Public Notices / Standing Orders
- Public Notice - Establishment of Civil Home Court Departments
- Standing Order SSC-25-7 - Order: Establishment of Home Court System and Expansion of Law & Motion Depts. Effective November 10, 2025; and Temporary Pause of Law & Motion Reservations and Setting of Case Management Conferences
- Standing Order SSC-24-6 - General Complex Case
- Standing Order SSC-24-5 - Actions Filed Pursuant to The Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act (SB 549)
- Effective January 1, 2025
- Standing Order SSC-24-2 - Election Writs
- Effective June 24, 2024
- Public Notice - 2025 Law and Motion Calendar New!
- Public Notice - Civil Division 2025 Calendar Reassignments
- Public Notice - Civil Division Order to Show Cause (OSC) Calendar Implementation
- Public Notice - Stipulations for Pre-Assignment of Civil Long Cause Trial
- Public Notice - Expansion of Mandatory Civil Settlement Conference and Long Cause Civil Trial Assignment Calendars
- Updated Public Notice - Implementation of Electronic Filing in Civil Cases Effective January 16, 2024
- Public Notice - Requirements in Claims Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- Public Notice - Civil Division Department 53 Disclosure by Judge Richard K. Sueyoshi
- Public Notice - Civil Hearings Effective Monday, January 3, 2022
Online Services for Civil
- Civil e-Filing
- Arbitrator Selection Process
- Civil Case Search and Tentative Rulings Information
(Note: You will be required / prompted to create an account in the Public Portal before you can use this feature.) - Request Court Reporter or Court Reporter Transcripts
- Trial Readiness Notification
(Note: You will be required / prompted to create an account in the Public Portal before you can use this feature.) - Trial Setting Process
Civil Processes
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Programs
- CARE Act Court
- Civil Home Courts
- Change of Name, Gender, Sex Identifier
- Complex Civil Cases
- Limited Civil Case Program
- Minors Compromise
- Motions and Hearings
- Orders of Examination
- Prerogative Writ Departments and Protocol
- Presiding Judge Department Information
- SB549: Tribal Nations Acccess to Justice Act
- Settlement Conferences
Restraining Orders
- Civil Harassment Restraining Order
- Gun Violence Restraining Order
- Private Postsecondary School Violence Restraining Order
- Workplace Violence Restraining Order