Temporary protective order (attachment) expires: 40 days after issuance

40 days after date the temporary protective order was issued, under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 486.090(a).

Rule text

CCP 486.090: "Except as otherwise provided in this title, the temporary protective order shall expire at the earliest of the following times: (a) Forty days after the issuance of the order or, if an earlier date is prescribed by the court in the order, on such earlier date. (b) As to specific property described in the order, when a levy of attachment upon that property is made by the plaintiff."

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 486.090(a), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Wednesday, December 16, 2026
  1. Trigger (Date the temporary protective order was issued): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 40 calendar days: Wednesday, December 16, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 486.090(a)
CCP 486.090: "Except as otherwise provided in this title, the temporary protective order shall expire at the earliest of the following times: (a) Forty days after the issuance of the order or, if an earlier date is prescribed by the court in the order, on such earlier date. (b) As to specific property described in the order, when a levy of attachment upon that property is made by the plaintiff."
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
  • Outer limit; the order may set an earlier date, and it ends as to specific property upon levy. roll none: the order expires by its terms on the 40th day. The court may extend a TPO to not more than 10 days after a continued hearing date (484.080). Termination on defendant's undertaking: 489.320.
  • 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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Worked example

Date the temporary protective order was issued on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Saturday, April 24, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date the temporary protective order was issued): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 40 calendar days: Saturday, April 24, 2027.
  3. That day is a Saturday, but this date is fixed by the rule and does not move: Saturday, April 24, 2027.

Notes

Outer limit; the order may set an earlier date, and it ends as to specific property upon levy. roll none: the order expires by its terms on the 40th day. The court may extend a TPO to not more than 10 days after a continued hearing date (484.080). Termination on defendant's undertaking: 489.320.

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