California Procedures
Chapter 2 -
Filing and Service
First Read:
• LBTN Ch 2
Introduction
With few exceptions, all parties who have appeared in a lawsuit ("interested parties") must be served with a copy of each document being filed with the court. Additionally, certain documents not filed with the court (e.g., discovery documents) must be served on all parties. This chapter deals with the various methods of serving documents on parties and filing documents with the court after the summons and complaint are served. (We emphasize after the summons and complaint are served, because service of the summons and complaint is entirely different.) It also covers calendaring deadlines -- how to determine the deadline by which a document must be filed and/or served.