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• Civil tentative rulings made available by 3:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing (phone and optionally website); notice of intent to appear by 4:00 p.m. per CRC 3.1308. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1301
• Civil case settling before trial: party who demanded jury must notify the Jury Commissioner by 3:00 p.m. the court day before trial or forfeit jury deposit and pay juror costs. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 802
• Family ex parte: moving papers (with proposed order) served and filed by 1:00 p.m. the court day preceding the hearing. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1408
• Family ex parte hearing date/time obtained by telephone request to the department the court day before the hearing. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1406(1)
• Family stipulated continuance: written stipulation and FL-307 presented no later than the scheduled start of the hearing. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1413(4)
• Court calendar: clerk posts weekly assignments and next-day calendar by 4:00 p.m. each court day. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 901
• Remote appearances (all divisions): join at least five minutes before the hearing time. Proposed amended Rule 1005 effective January 1, 2027 is out for comment (through November 16, 2026); not reviewed. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1005
• Motion to close or open a court proceeding: written notice of motion filed at least 2 court days before the hearing; motion heard at least one day before the hearing (shorter notice in court's discretion). For civil cases this is a motion rule likely within CRC 3.20; listed as a requirement only. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 604
• Family financial document exchange on motions: movant's Exchange Date is the date of service of a support or fee motion; responder's is the earlier of service of or due date for the opposition. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1419(e)(2)-(3)
• Probate examination notes may post 5 or more court days before hearing; supplements or corrections processed within 2 court days before the hearing are not reflected and the filer must appear. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1721(c)
• Probate proposed orders: noon cut-off on the 5-court-day deadline. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1724(b)
• Conservatorship/guardianship first accounting: court sets a compliance date at appointment, typically no later than 90 days after the first anniversary of appointment; subsequent accountings typically every two years. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1772(a)
• Conservatorship: court orders a meet and confer of all counsel within 48 hours of appointment of counsel for the conservatee. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1773(a)
• Criminal in-custody arraignment complaints: filed by 12:00 p.m. on the last day the arraignment must be heard. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1900(A)
• Mental health (W&I 5333/5334, 5250): capacity petitions and appeals filed by 4:45 p.m. each court day; capacity hearings on a fixed weekday schedule and in no event beyond 72 hours of filing; appeals heard within 72 hours excluding weekends and holidays; certification review postponement up to 48 hours on patient request. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1601(a)-(c), 1603(a), 1605(e)
• Traffic: clerk may grant an initial 30-day extension to pay or prove completion of community service, traffic school, or correction, and a discretionary second 30-day extension; judicial review orders communicated within 30 days of receipt of request. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 2108(2), 2109
• Civil remote-hearing exhibits delivered by carrier must arrive between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on a court day; do not use the drop box. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule Countywide Exhibit Protocol (rev. Aug. 2026)
• [civil case management] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Civil: initial case management conference set 120 days after complaint filed (after 120 calendar days from Filing of the complaint (general civil)). Court-set date (notice sent to plaintiff); use to project the CMC and the CRC 3.724/3.725 dates that run from it. Court may set otherwise; the noticed date controls. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1309(b)
• [civil case management] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Civil: CMC after transfer from another county or division (after 90 calendar days from Receipt of the transferred file by the clerk of the transferee court). Outer limit for the court-scheduled CMC; the noticed date controls. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1309(b)
• [unlawful detainer case management] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Unlawful detainer: case not resolved or set for trial may be set for CMC (after 45 calendar days from Filing of the unlawful detainer complaint). Discretionary court action ('may be set'); calendar as a status checkpoint, not a party deadline. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1309(b)
• [family case management] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Family: first case management conference set by court (after 180 calendar days from Initial filing of dissolution, legal separation, nullity, or parentage case). Outer limit for court-set date; the noticed date controls. Subsequent CMCs within 180 days after each CMC (court may discontinue per CRC 5.83). Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1421(a)
• [traffic] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Traffic infraction: earliest arraignment date on promise to appear (after 21 calendar days from Issuance of the notice to appear (infraction, released on promise to appear)). Window for the appearance date set on the citation; see the 45-day item. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 2103
• [traffic] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Traffic infraction: latest arraignment date on promise to appear (after 45 calendar days from Issuance of the notice to appear (infraction, released on promise to appear)). Upper end of the 21-45 day window. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 2103
• [traffic] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Traffic infraction: clerk extension of first appearance date (each extension) (after 30 calendar days from Date noted on the citation for the first scheduled appearance). Maximum length of a clerk-granted extension; second 30-day extension discretionary. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 2102
• [traffic criminal] Court-set or administrative timing (not a party deadline): Misdemeanor traffic: appearance after release on bail (after 30 calendar days from Acceptance of bail by law enforcement). Outer limit for the appearance date. Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 2103.2

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.

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