US Lawyer Database

Section 133.

133. Courts of justice may be held and judicial business transacted on any day, except as provided in this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1450, Sec. 2. Operative January 1, 1989, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1450.)

Section 134.

134. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the courts shall be closed for the transaction of judicial business on judicial holidays for all but the following purposes: (1) To give, upon their request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on their verdict. (2) To receive a verdict or discharge a jury. (3) For the conduct of arraignments and […]

Section 135.

135. Every full day designated as a holiday by Section 6700 of the Government Code, including that Thursday of November declared by the President to be Thanksgiving Day, is a judicial holiday, except the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should […]

Section 116.860.

116.860. (a) A judgment debtor who desires to make payment to the court in which the judgment was entered may file a request to make payment, which shall be made on a form approved or adopted by the Judicial Council. (b) Upon the filing of the request to make payment and the payment to the clerk of […]

Section 116.870.

116.870. (a) Sections 16250 to 16381, inclusive, of the Vehicle Code, regarding the suspension of the judgment debtor’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle for failing to satisfy a judgment, apply if the judgment (1) was for damage to property in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or for bodily injury to, or death of, a […]

Section 116.880.

116.880. (a) If the judgment (1) was for one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, (2) resulted from a motor vehicle accident occurring on a California highway caused by the defendant’s operation of a motor vehicle, and (3) has remained unsatisfied for more than 90 days after the judgment became final, the judgment creditor may file with […]

Section 116.745.

116.745. The clerk shall collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20) for the filing of a motion to vacate. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 75, Sec. 22. Effective July 19, 2005. Operative January 1, 2006, by Sec. 156 of Ch. 75.)

Section 116.920.

116.920. (a) The Judicial Council shall provide by rule for the practice and procedure and for the forms and their use in small claims actions. The rules and forms so adopted shall be consistent with this chapter. (b) The Judicial Council, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall adopt rules to ensure that litigants receive […]

Section 116.750.

116.750. (a) An appeal from a judgment in a small claims action is taken by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the small claims court. (b) A notice of appeal shall be filed not later than 30 days after the clerk has delivered or mailed notice of entry of the judgment to the parties. […]

Section 116.930.

116.930. (a) Each small claims division shall provide in each courtroom in which small claims actions are heard a current copy of a publication describing small claims court law and the procedures that are applicable in the small claims courts, including the law and procedures that apply to the enforcement of judgments. The Small Claims Court […]