California court deadline calculator
Pick a deadline and enter the trigger date. The result applies Cal. Gov. Code 6800, 6804; Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 17(b)(4); Gov. Code 6707 (state agencies) (counting, weekends and court holidays), service-method extensions where the law allows them, and the rule for that deadline, with each step and citation shown. Scope: Contra Costa County local rules are included below (marked with the court name), layered on these base rules. Pre-suit claim presentation and suit deadlines for money or damages claims against California public entities and their employees under the Government Claims Act (Gov. Code 900-996.6), including late-claim applications and court petitions for relief. Entity-specific claims procedures adopted by charter, ordinance or agreement (Gov. Code 935, 930.2), Registry of Public Agencies relief (946.4), and claims statutes outside the Act are not modeled.. Rules current as of 2026-10-23.
Contra Costa County local rules independently reviewed (effective 2026-07-01)
Deadline
Thursday, May 6, 2027
- Trigger (Date the cause of action accrued (Gov. Code 901)): Friday, November 6, 2026.
- Add 6 months: Thursday, May 6, 2027.
Rules applied
Cal. Gov. Code 911.2(a)
(a) A claim relating to a cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops shall be presented as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 915) not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of action. A claim relating to any other cause of action shall be presented as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 915) not later than one year after the accrual of the cause of action.Official source
Cal. Gov. Code 6800, 6804; Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 17(b)(4); Gov. Code 6707 (state agencies)
Gov. Code 6800: "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded." Gov. Code 6804: "“Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed." Gov. Code 6707: "When the last day for filing any instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Saturday or holiday, such act may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed." CCP 12: "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded." CCP 12a(a): "If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed within a specified period of time is a holiday, then that period is hereby extended to and including the next day that is not a holiday. For purposes of this section, “holiday” means all day on Saturdays, all holidays specified in Section 135 and, to the extent provided in Section 12b, all days that by terms of Section 12b are required to be considered as holidays." CCP 12b: "If any city, county, state, or public office, other than a branch office, is closed for the whole of any day, insofar as the business of that office is concerned, that day shall be considered as a holiday for the purposes of computing time under Sections 12 and 12a." CCP 10: "Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and any other days that are specified or provided for as judicial holidays in Section 135."Official source
- Months-based period (Gov. Code 6804, CCP 17(b)(4): 'Month' means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed). Convention applied: the period ends on the same-numbered day of the later month; if that month has no such day (e.g., Aug. 31 plus 6 months), the last day of that month. California statutes do not state the no-corresponding-day rule; AMBIGUITY, verify for end-of-month triggers. Last day on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday rolls forward under CCP 12a. Accrual date is the date the cause of action would accrue under the applicable statute of limitations; for equitable indemnity, the date the defendant is served with the complaint giving rise to the indemnity claim (Gov. Code 901). A claim sent by mail is presented at the time of deposit in the mail (Gov. Code 915.2(a)). Tolling (e.g., Gov. Code 945.3) and delayed-discovery rules are not modeled. If missed, apply for leave to present a late claim within one year of accrual (911.4).
- If the clerk's office is closed or inaccessible on the last day (weather, emergency or local closure orders), the deadline may be extended. Check local orders.
This calculator applies the cited rules to the dates you enter. It is not legal advice. Court orders, local rules, and case-specific facts can change a deadline; verify before relying on it. Rule set pending attorney review.
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Create a matterContra Costa County: other local timing requirements
- Fee-waiver litigant: request for court-provided reporter for unlimited civil law and motion hearings by 4:00 p.m. the court day before (email, fax, or phone); none provided where tentative ruling is uncontested. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.53(a)(2)
- Fee-waiver litigant: probate court-provided reporter request on MC-30 received by 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 2.53(b)(1)
- Civil tentative rulings available from 1:30 p.m. the court day before the hearing; request argument by 4:00 p.m. that day and notify all other parties by 4:00 p.m. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 3.43
- Civil Fast Track ex parte: OST applications must be accompanied by proposed moving papers; ex parte heard at times designated by each judge (see court website). Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 3.46
- Probate ex parte (incl. temporary conservatorship): notice to interested parties by 10:00 a.m. the day before the hearing (restates CRC 3.1203/3.1204); ex parte requests submitted to Probate Examiners 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 7.104, 7.412; Probate Guideline Attachment 4(b)
- Probate tentative rulings generally available at least 7 court days before the hearing. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule Probate Guideline Attachment 4(c)
- Civil ex parte (unlimited and limited civil, unlimited UD; not family, probate, limited UD or restraining orders): notice to parties by 10:00 a.m. the day before; email notice to the department by 10:00 a.m. the court day before; papers served and submitted by 3:00 p.m. the day before; opposition by 10:00 a.m. the day of the ex parte determination; matters decided on the papers unless a hearing is ordered. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Standing Order 3.5, part I
- Motions for summary judgment/adjudication: hearing date must be reserved by email to the department before filing any moving papers. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Standing Order 3.5, part II.B
- Criminal ex parte applications to shorten or extend time: at least 24 hours' notice to the opposing party. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 4.1(f)(1)
- Criminal motions: a filed motion may be dropped up to 48 hours before the appearance date on notice to opposing counsel and the court; within 48 hours the moving party must appear. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Local Rule 4.1(d)(2)
- Complex cases only (Contra Costa Dept. 16): at first appearance for trial lodge stipulations, uncontested MILs, joint statement of the case, Master Exhibit List and three exhibit binders/thumb drives, expert designation binder, Proposed Trial Schedule, Other Persons List, and jury instructions/verdict forms; each side names next court day's witnesses by the end of each court day. Contra Costa Super. Ct. Dept. 16 Pre-Trial Orders (rev. 2025), paras. 8, 10, 13, 24
- Complex/mass tort: Complex Litigation Department 16 (Judge Benjamin Reyes II): Department 16 Pre Trial Orders, Initial Case Assignment Order, sample issue conference and trial orders Complex cases heard in Dept. 16; department pretrial standing order and initial case assignment order set case schedules (documents not parsed). Local Rule 3.16 (Complex Litigation Cases) exists but its text could not be retrieved. Source
- Complex/mass tort: Complex Civil Litigation Department (Local Rule 3.16) Cases covered by CRC 3.400 assigned to designated Complex Civil Litigation Department; subject to procedures on court's Complex Litigation web page and Electronic Case Filing Standing Order. No fixed day-count schedule in rule. Source
Under Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.20, county rules cannot change statewide deadlines for pleadings, motions, discovery or ex parte applications; local rules that tried to were excluded from the calculator.
California government claims deadlines covered
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