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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: San Luis Obispo 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.

County:San Luis Obispo County local rules independently reviewed (effective 2026-07-01)

DeadlineDate the cause of action accrued (Gov. Code 901)

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.

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San Luis Obispo County: other local timing requirements

Tentative rulings, if issued before the hearing day, posted by 4:00 PM the day before (CRC 3.1308(a)(2) procedure). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 7.11.1
Civil ex parte: serve by 10:00 a.m. and file with fees by 2:00 p.m. on the day preceding the hearing. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 7.12
Requests to continue or withdraw law and motion matters no later than two court days before the hearing. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rules 7.06, 7.07
Probate ex parte papers and fees submitted by 2:00 p.m. the day preceding the hearing. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 11.113(d)
Family temporary emergency orders: notice by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the reserved date; pleadings filed by 12:00 p.m. the day before; service by 4:00 p.m. the court day before (1:30 p.m. if by fax/email). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 19.12
Family email continuances by stipulation no later than 3:00 p.m. the day before the hearing. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 19.20
Criminal ex parte orders shortening time: notice to all parties by 10:00 a.m. the court day before. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 10.07
Electronic filings received by 11:59:59 p.m. on a court day are deemed filed that day; later submissions are filed the next court day. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 31.03
Civil delay reduction: trial date set in the 12th month and MSC in the 11th month after the complaint is filed; first CMC set about 180 days after filing (except limited civil). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rules 9.15(f), 9.11(a)(1)
Uninsured/underinsured motorist cases: status conference calendared 180 days after the UM designation; dispute must be settled or arbitrated (resolution expected within one year). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 9.02(b)
Felony long-cause preliminary hearings (over one court day) are also set for a Courtwide Readiness Conference the Friday before the hearing date. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 10.06(b)(3)(a)
Criminal jury trials: motions in limine filed (with courtesy copies to opposing counsel and court) by the start of the Courtwide Readiness Conference or the trial department's deadline, whichever is first. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 10.06(b)(9)
Probate notes: the court strives to post notes at least three court days before the hearing; parties must check before the hearing. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 11.109
Ex parte petition for letters of special administration: notify all interested parties no later than 10:00 a.m. the court day before the ex parte appearance. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 11.308(a)
Family allowance petitions filed more than six months after the personal representative qualified must be noticed and set on the regular probate calendar (not ex parte). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 11.403(b)
Guardianship and conservatorship petitions are set by the clerk for hearing six weeks from filing unless otherwise ordered (also general conservatorship after an ex parte temporary appointment). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 11.1800(a), (c)
Juvenile dependency writ petitions requesting immediate relief: best-efforts notice to all counsel, when practical at least 24 hours before filing, plus delivery of the petition and a declaration of notice. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 12.05(c)
Family law: counsel must meet and confer in good faith at least 48 hours before a hearing (not in domestic violence cases). SLO Super. Ct. Local Rule 19.15(b)
Family law: Family Court Services mediation is required before a custody/parenting-time hearing unless the parties attended mediation within the past 120 days. SLO Super. Ct. Local Rules 19.18, 19.34
Family law trials and long-cause hearings: hard-copy exhibits delivered to the Jury Services room (San Luis Obispo) or clerk's window/drop box (Paso Robles) no later than the day before the trial or hearing starts. SLO Family Law Division Initial Standing Order (eff. Jan. 1, 2026), sec. VIII

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.

Official local rules

California government claims deadlines covered

Deadline	Period	Rule
Present claim: death, personal injury, injury to personal property or growing crops (6 months)	6 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.2(a)
Present claim: all other causes of action (1 year)	12 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.2(a)
Claims against the state (DGS): pay filing fee after fee waiver denial	10 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.2(b)(3)
Board's deadline to give notice of insufficiency of claim (else sufficiency defenses waived)	20 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 910.8; 911
Board may not act on claim until 15 days after notice of insufficiency	15 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 910.8
Board's deadline to return untimely 6-month claim (else timeliness defense waived)	45 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.3(a), (b)
Board must act on claim (deemed rejected if no action)	45 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 912.4(a), (c)
Application for leave to present late claim (6-month claims only)	12 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.4(a), (b)
Late claim application: injured person was a minor (or incapacitated) during part of the claim period	6 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.6(b)(3), (5) (amended eff. Jan. 1, 2022, SB 501)
Board must grant or deny late-claim application (deemed denied if no action)	45 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 911.6(a), (c)
Board must act on claim after leave to present late claim is granted	45 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 912.2; 912.4(a), (c)
Court petition for relief from claim requirement after late-claim application denied	6 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 946.6(b) (amended eff. Jan. 1, 2022, SB 501)
Serve 946.6 petition and notice of hearing on public entity (CCP 1005(b) timing)	16 court days before	Cal. Gov. Code 946.6(d); Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1005(b)
File suit after court grants 946.6 petition	30 days after	Cal. Gov. Code 946.6(f)
File suit after written notice of rejection (6 months)	6 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 945.6(a)(1); 915.2(b); 950.6(b)
File suit when no written notice of rejection was given (2 years from accrual)	24 months after	Cal. Gov. Code 945.6(a)(2); 950.6(b)

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