Attorney notifies the California Commission on Disability Access of judgment, settlement, or dismissal within 5 business days
5 business days after date of the judgment, settlement, or dismissal of the accessibility claim(s), under Cal. Civ. Code 55.32(b)(2).
Rule text
(2) Notify the California Commission on Disability Access within five business days of judgment, settlement, or dismissal of the claim or claims alleged in the complaint of the following information in a standard format specified by the commission on the commission's internet website pursuant to Section 14985.8 of the Government Code: (A) The date of the judgment, settlement, or dismissal. ...
Calculate this deadline
Deadline
Friday, November 13, 2026
- Trigger (Date of the judgment, settlement, or dismissal of the accessibility claim(s)): Friday, November 6, 2026.
- Count 5 business days under Civil Code 9 (Sundays and state holidays are not counted; Saturdays are): Friday, November 13, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Civ. Code 55.32(b)(2)
(2) Notify the California Commission on Disability Access within five business days of judgment, settlement, or dismissal of the claim or claims alleged in the complaint of the following information in a standard format specified by the commission on the commission's internet website pursuant to Section 14985.8 of the Government Code: (A) The date of the judgment, settlement, or dismissal. ...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
- Required content (A)-(D): outcome date; whether violations were remedied; any other favorable result; whether an early evaluation conference / site inspection occurred and dates. 'Date of judgment' is not further defined (entry of judgment assumed). Business days modeled as court days. As amended by Stats. 2024, ch. 227 (AB 3279), eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
- 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.
Worked example
Date of the judgment, settlement, or dismissal of the accessibility claim(s) on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Saturday, March 20, 2027.
- Trigger (Date of the judgment, settlement, or dismissal of the accessibility claim(s)): Monday, March 15, 2027.
- Count 5 business days under Civil Code 9 (Sundays and state holidays are not counted; Saturdays are): Saturday, March 20, 2027.
Notes
Required content (A)-(D): outcome date; whether violations were remedied; any other favorable result; whether an early evaluation conference / site inspection occurred and dates. 'Date of judgment' is not further defined (entry of judgment assumed). Business days modeled as court days. As amended by Stats. 2024, ch. 227 (AB 3279), eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
Related deadlines
- Construction-related accessibility claim: defendant's application for stay and early evaluation conference (no later than first responsive pleading or appearance, normally 30 days after service of summons) (30 days after)
- Construction-related accessibility claim: application for stay and early evaluation conference after plaintiff (formerly in pro per) serves Notice of Substitution of Counsel (30 days) (30 days after)
- Early evaluation conference: court must set it no later than 70 days after issuing the stay order (70 days after)
- Early evaluation conference: may not be set earlier than 50 days after the defendant's application is filed (50 days after)
- Early evaluation conference: 90-day stay of the construction-related accessibility claim (expires) (90 days after)
- Early evaluation conference: qualified defendant files and serves CASp inspection report at least 15 days before the conference (15 days before)
- Early evaluation conference: plaintiff files and serves statement (itemized conditions, damages, fees, settlement demand) at least 15 days before the conference (15 days before)
- Early evaluation conference: joint site inspection at the premises (if defendant requested) no later than 30 days after the court order (30 days after)
Local rules by county
County local rules and courtroom procedures can add to or change this deadline. Pick a county to calculate with them applied.
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Rules current as of 2026-10-25. Confirm against the official source and any local rule or court order before relying on a date. Rules changelog.