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Ex. CA-040 Order Primary source read

Emergency Rules of Court (adopted April 6, 2020) as recited in the Judicial Council's report of March 3, 2022

Judicial Council report: Judicial Branch Administration: Sunset of Emergency Rules (reciting the adoption, amendment and sunset history of emergency rules 1-13)

Judicial Council of California (Rules Committee report to the Council) · California (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
California
Level
Court
Authority
Cal. Const. art. VI, sec. 6; EO N-38-20; Gov. Code sec. 68115
Issued
2022-03-03 Mar. 3, 2022
Effective
Rules effective 2020-04-06 (read as 2020-04-06)
End
Rules 1 and 2 sunset 2020-09-01; rule 9 tolling ended 2020-08-03 / 2020-10-01; rules 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 sunset 2022-06-30 (read as 2020-09-01)
In force
Apr. 6, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • all California courts
  • litigants
  • landlords and lenders
Functions reached
  • CT courts
  • CL closings and foreclosures
  • PM evictions
  • SV collections
Collection
California CA

Operative words

'On August 13, 2020, the council amended emergency rule 1 (Unlawful detainers) and emergency rule 2 (Judicial foreclosures--suspension of actions), both effective September 1, 2020' to sunset; 'Emergency rule 9(a) tolled the statutes of limitations and repose for civil causes of action that exceed 180 days from April 6, 2020, until October 1, 2020. Emergency rule 9(b) tolled the statutes of limitations and repose for civil causes of action under 180 days from April 6, 2020, until August 3, 2020.' Emergency rule 10 'added six months to the time in which to bring a civil case to trial.'

Enforcement

Rules of Court binding on all courts

Notes

The April 6, 2020 rules themselves (Appendix I to the Rules of Court) sit behind Cloudflare and were not separately retrieved; the Council's own report supplies the history.

Retrieval note

Primary Judicial Council document for the rules' dates and effect.