Mendocino Superior Court Filing Rules

Investigators must provide the court a copy of a valid license upon request.

Failure to file proof of service in compliance with CCP section 116.340(c) may result in dismissal.

Filings in probate matters setting a hearing must be filed by 1:30 p.m. four court days before the hearing.

Matters requiring immediate judicial attention (i.e. requests for temporary orders, requests for restraining orders based on domestic violence or civil harassment, ex parte filings, etc.) should not be deposited in the drop box.

A motion to continue must be filed and served on all parties at least two business days before the hearing.

Depositions or administrative records submitted as exhibits must be provided on a USB flash drive labeled with the case name, case number, and drive contents.

No filing fee is charged when the court clerk creates the file described in this provision.

The court will not read or consider text included in the email transmitting courtesy copies.

A party may petition the court for discovery only after exhausting informal means.

Parties filing the notice must provide the form as a courtesy copy to the department hearing the case.

A search warrant sealed by court order must be placed in an envelope marked ‘sealed’; an unsealed search warrant is available for public inspection in the case file.

Pretrial statements may not exceed 10 pages.