Alameda Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules
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Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes. This page is scoped to Alameda Superior Court; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
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- Email to chambers
Parties planning in-person appearances must email the assigned department and notify all parties by the pretrial conference or, if none, five court days before the hearing.
Any party who intends to appear in person at any hearing must inform all parties and others entitled to notice and must email the assigned department no later than the pretrial conference, if any, or, if there is no pretrial conference, no later than five court days before the hearing.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Non-probate requests to appear remotely are submitted by email to the assigned department, due no later than five court days before the hearing, or orally at the hearing.
With the exception of Probate matters, requests or agreements to appear in court may be made by emailing the assigned department no later than five court days before the hearing or orally at any hearing.
- Contact
- Email to clerk
Oversight parties with questions about in-person or remote hearings may email ExecutiveOffice@alameda.courts.ca.gov.
Self-represented parties in person or remote that can be answered by remote hearing may email the court at ExecutiveOffice@alameda.courts.ca.gov.
How may parties contact Alameda Superior Court?
The rule addresses email communications with the court. Parties planning in-person appearances must email the assigned department and notify all parties by the pretrial conference or, if none, five court days before the hearing.
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