Civil harassment restraining order (CCP 527.6): hearing within 25 days after petition filed when no temporary order requested (good cause)

25 days after date the petition was filed (no request for a temporary order made), under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 527.6(g).

Rule text

CCP 527.6(g): "(g) Within 21 days, or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days from the date that a petition for a temporary order is granted or denied, a hearing shall be held on the petition. If a request for a temporary order is not made, the hearing shall be held within 21 days, or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days, from the date that the petition is filed."

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 527.6(g), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
  1. Trigger (Date the petition was filed (no request for a temporary order made)): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 25 calendar days: Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 527.6(g)
CCP 527.6(g): "(g) Within 21 days, or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days from the date that a petition for a temporary order is granted or denied, a hearing shall be held on the petition. If a request for a temporary order is not made, the hearing shall be held within 21 days, or, if good cause appears to the court, 25 days, from the date that the petition is filed."
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
  • Only if the court found good cause; otherwise 21 days. Section amended Stats. 2025, ch. 267 (AB 561), eff. Jan. 1, 2026 (remote appearance provision operative Jan. 1, 2027).
  • 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 petition was filed (no request for a temporary order made) on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Monday, April 12, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date the petition was filed (no request for a temporary order made)): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 25 calendar days: Friday, April 9, 2027.
  3. That day is a Farmworkers Day (courts closed per Judicial Council 2027 schedule), so the deadline moves to the next court day: Monday, April 12, 2027 (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10).

Notes

Only if the court found good cause; otherwise 21 days. Section amended Stats. 2025, ch. 267 (AB 561), eff. Jan. 1, 2026 (remote appearance provision operative Jan. 1, 2027).

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