California court deadline calculator

Pick a deadline and enter the trigger date. The result applies Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10 (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: Santa Barbara County local rules are included below (marked with the court name), layered on these base rules. California superior court unlawful detainer proceedings (CCP 1159-1179a) and pre-filing landlord-tenant notices (CCP 1161, 1161b; Civ. Code 1946, 1946.1, 1946.2), writ of possession enforcement (CCP 715.010-715.020) and claims of right to possession (CCP 415.46, 1174.25, 1174.3), and limited civil appeals to the appellate division (CRC 8.822, 8.823). Local rent-control and just-cause ordinances, federal CARES Act 30-day notices, Section 8 and other subsidized-housing notice periods, and mobilehome (Civ. Code 798 et seq.) rules are not modeled.. Rules current as of 2026-10-23.

County:Santa Barbara County local rules independently reviewed (effective 2025-01-01)

DeadlineDate the 3-day notice was served on the tenant (CCP 1162 method)

Deadline

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Trigger (Date the 3-day notice was served on the tenant (CCP 1162 method)): Friday, November 6, 2026.
Count 3 court days (Saturdays, Sundays, and court holidays are not counted): Thursday, November 12, 2026.

Rules applied

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1161(2) (operative Feb. 1, 2025)

three days’ notice, excluding Saturdays and Sundays and other judicial holidays, in writing, requiring its payment, stating the amount that is due

Official source

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10

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

The 3 days exclude Saturdays, Sundays and judicial holidays, so they are counted as court days. The result is the last day the tenant may pay; the UD complaint may be filed no earlier than the next court day. Service methods are in CCP 1162 (personal; leave with person of suitable age at residence or business AND mail; or post on the property AND deliver to a resident if found AND mail). AMBIGUITY (service method): CCP 1162 does not say when substituted or post-and-mail service is complete, and CCP 1013 mail extensions are not stated to apply to CCP 1161 notices. Courts have addressed this in case law, which was not fetched or verified here. A conservative landlord practice is to begin counting after the mailing date (or add days for mailing) before filing; tenants should count from the earliest service step. The engine applies no service-method adjustment. Commercial tenants: CCP 1162(b) methods. Landlord may not charge a fee for serving the notice (1161(6)).
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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Santa Barbara County: other local timing requirements

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.

Official local rules

California evictions deadlines covered

Deadline	Period	Rule
3-day notice to pay rent or quit: last day to pay (earliest day the tenancy is forfeit)	3 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1161(2) (operative Feb. 1, 2025)
3-day notice to perform covenant (cure) or quit: last day to cure	3 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1161(3)
3-day notice to quit (nuisance, waste, unlawful use, assignment or subletting): end of notice period	3 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1161(4)
Last day to serve 3-day notice for a given rent installment	12 months after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1161(2)
60-day notice to terminate periodic residential tenancy (tenant 1 year or more): earliest termination date	60 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1946.1(b) (amended eff. Jan. 1, 2025, SB 1103)
30-day notice to terminate periodic residential tenancy (tenant less than 1 year): earliest termination date	30 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1946.1(c)
30-day notice on sale of separately alienable unit: last day to give notice after escrow opens	120 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1946.1(d)(4)
30-day notice terminating month-to-month tenancy (Civ. Code 1946): earliest termination date	30 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1946(a) (amended eff. Jan. 1, 2025, SB 611)
90-day notice to quit after foreclosure sale (tenant or subtenant in possession): earliest removal date	90 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1161b(a), (b)
Just cause (no-fault) termination: relocation assistance due	15 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1946.2(d) (amended eff. Jan. 1, 2026, AB 1529; repealed Jan. 1, 2030)
Owner move-in just cause: intended occupant must move in	90 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1946.2(b)(2)(A)(v), (vi)
Response to UD complaint (answer, demurrer, motion to strike)	10 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1167(a), (b) (amended by Stats. 2024, ch. 512 (AB 2347), eff. Jan. 1, 2025)
Earliest court day to request entry of default (no response filed)	11 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1169, 1167
Proof of service of summons filed (court may dismiss if not filed)	60 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1167.1
Demurrer or motion to strike in UD: earliest hearing date	5 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170(b)(1) (amended by Stats. 2025, ch. 299 (AB 1384), eff. Jan. 1, 2026)
Demurrer or motion to strike in UD: latest hearing date	7 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170(b)(1) (eff. Jan. 1, 2026)
Written opposition to UD demurrer or motion to strike (if submitted in advance)	1 court days before	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170(c) (eff. Jan. 1, 2026)
Answer or amend after ruling on UD demurrer	5 days after	Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1320(g)
UD summary judgment: notice of motion	5 days before	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170.7; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1351(a)
UD summary judgment: written opposition (if submitted in advance)	1 court days before	Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1351(b), (c)
UD: responses to interrogatories	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 2030.260(b)
UD: responses to demands for inspection or production	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 2031.260(b)
UD: responses to requests for admission	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 2033.250(b)
UD: last day to serve deposition notice	5 days before	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 2025.270(b)
UD: latest date a deposition may be scheduled	5 days before	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 2025.270(b); 2016.060
UD trial: latest trial date after request to set trial	20 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170.5(a)
UD trial when defendant misses court-ordered payment	15 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170.5(d)
Redemption: pay rent, damages and costs into court after UD judgment (when court so orders)	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174(c)
Petition for relief from forfeiture: serve notice and petition before hearing	5 days before	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1179
Writ of possession: occupants must vacate (earliest lockout)	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 715.020(c); 715.010(b)(2)
Personal property left after lockout: last day to reclaim (pay storage)	15 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 715.010(b)(3); 1174(h)
Prejudgment claim of right to possession: last day for occupant to file	10 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.25(a)(1); 415.46
Claimant's response to UD complaint after filing prejudgment claim	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.25(b)
Post-judgment claim of right to possession: deliver rent deposit and fee (or fee waiver) to court	2 court days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.3(c)(1), (2)
Post-judgment claim of right to possession (rent deposited): earliest hearing	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.3(c)(1)
Post-judgment claim of right to possession (rent deposited): latest hearing	15 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.3(c)(1)
Post-judgment claim of right to possession (no rent deposit): hearing date	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.3(c)(2)
Claimant named as defendant after valid post-judgment claim: response	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1174.3(e)(2)
Notice of appeal, limited civil UD (30 days after service of notice of entry or filed-endorsed judgment)	30 days after	Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.822(a)(1)(A), (B), (d)
Notice of appeal, limited civil UD (90 days after entry of judgment, outer limit)	90 days after	Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.822(a)(1)(C)
Notice of appeal after denial of new trial motion (limited civil): 15 days after service of denial	15 days after	Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.823(a), (b)(1)
Cross-appeal (limited civil): 10 days after clerk serves notification of first appeal	10 days after	Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.823(g)(1)
UD motion to quash service (CCP 418.10): earliest hearing date, not less than 3 days after notice filed	3 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1167.4(a)
UD motion to quash service (CCP 418.10): latest hearing date, not more than 7 days after notice filed	7 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1167.4(a)
UD: plead within 5 days after service of written notice of entry of order denying motion to quash	5 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1167.4(b)
UD: maximum extension of time to plead without adverse party's consent (10 days)	10 days after	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1167.5
UD discovery motion: notice at least 5 days before hearing	5 days before	Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1170.8
Uninhabitable dwelling: landlord may not demand rent or serve 3-day notice if cited conditions remain unabated 35 days after service of the agency notice	35 days after	Cal. Civ. Code 1942.4(a)(3)
UD default (relief beyond possession) by live testimony: file application (Santa Barbara County)	5 court days before	Santa Barbara Super. Ct. Local Rule 1307(b)(4)(B)

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