Statutory damages reduced to $2,000 minimum per offense (small business): correct all violations within 30 days of being served with the complaint

30 days after date the defendant was served with the complaint, under Cal. Civ. Code 55.56(g)(2).

Rule text

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, a defendant's liability for statutory damages in a construction-related accessibility claim against a place of public accommodation is reduced to a minimum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each offense if the defendant demonstrates both of the following: (A) The defendant has corrected all construction-related violations that are the basis of a claim within 30 days of being served with the complaint. (B) The defendant is a small business that has employed 25 or fewer employees on average over the past three years ... and has average annual gross receipts of less than three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) over the previous three years ...

Cal. Civ. Code 55.56(g)(2), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Monday, December 7, 2026
  1. Trigger (Date the defendant was served with the complaint): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 30 calendar days: Sunday, December 6, 2026.
  3. That day is a Sunday, so the deadline moves to the next court day: Monday, December 7, 2026 (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10).
Rules applied
Cal. Civ. Code 55.56(g)(2)
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, a defendant's liability for statutory damages in a construction-related accessibility claim against a place of public accommodation is reduced to a minimum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each offense if the defendant demonstrates both of the following: (A) The defendant has corrected all construction-related violations that are the basis of a claim within 30 days of being served with the complaint. (B) The defendant is a small business that has employed 25 or fewer employees on average over the past three years ... and has average annual gross receipts of less than three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) over the previous three years ...
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
  • Gross receipts threshold is adjusted biannually by the Department of General Services (check DGS website). Not available for intentional violations ((g)(6)). Complete corrections by the computed calendar day; whether CCP 12a extends a weekend/holiday last day is uncertain. Civ. Code 55.56 as amended by Stats. 2016, ch. 13 (SB 269), eff. May 10, 2016. NOTE: the damages-reduction provisions are in subdivision (g); 55.54 and 55.3 still cross-reference 'subdivision (f) of Section 55.56' (stale cross-reference left by SB 269's relettering).
  • 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 the defendant was served with the complaint on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Wednesday, April 14, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date the defendant was served with the complaint): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 30 calendar days: Wednesday, April 14, 2027.

Notes

Gross receipts threshold is adjusted biannually by the Department of General Services (check DGS website). Not available for intentional violations ((g)(6)). Complete corrections by the computed calendar day; whether CCP 12a extends a weekend/holiday last day is uncertain. Civ. Code 55.56 as amended by Stats. 2016, ch. 13 (SB 269), eff. May 10, 2016. NOTE: the damages-reduction provisions are in subdivision (g); 55.54 and 55.3 still cross-reference 'subdivision (f) of Section 55.56' (stale cross-reference left by SB 269's relettering).

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