Earnings withholding order: employer electing per-pay-period remittance must pay withheld amounts not later than 10 days after the close of the pay period

10 days after close of the employee's pay period, under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 706.025(b).

Rule text

CCP 706.025(a): "Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount required to be withheld pursuant to an earnings withholding order shall be paid monthly to the levying officer not later than the 15th day of each month." (b): "The employer may elect to pay the amounts withheld to the levying officer more frequently than monthly. If the employer so elects, payment of the amount withheld from the employee’s earnings for each pay period shall be made not later than 10 days after the close of the pay period."

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 706.025(b), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Monday, November 16, 2026
  1. Trigger (Close of the employee's pay period): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 10 calendar days: Monday, November 16, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 706.025(b)
CCP 706.025(a): "Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount required to be withheld pursuant to an earnings withholding order shall be paid monthly to the levying officer not later than the 15th day of each month." (b): "The employer may elect to pay the amounts withheld to the levying officer more frequently than monthly. If the employer so elects, payment of the amount withheld from the employee’s earnings for each pay period shall be made not later than 10 days after the close of the pay period."
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
  • Default monthly remittance by the 15th of each month (706.025(a)) is a fixed calendar date, not modeled.
  • 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

Close of the employee's pay period on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Thursday, March 25, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Close of the employee's pay period): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 10 calendar days: Thursday, March 25, 2027.

Notes

Default monthly remittance by the 15th of each month (706.025(a)) is a fixed calendar date, not modeled.

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