Solano Superior Court Filing Rules

A Request to Enter Default on form FL-165 must be submitted.

Waivers of accountings must conform to the language of Local Rule 7.71 and Local Form 7001-PR.

Every field in a request for oral argument is mandatory, and an incomplete request will be denied.

All fields on the request-for-oral-argument form must be completed, or the request will be denied.

All fields on the Request for Oral Argument form are required, and an incomplete request will be denied.

A subpoena compelling a court investigator to attend a hearing or trial must comply with the cited Government Code provisions and be personally served on the investigator, the Court Executive Officer, or a designated agent.

A proof of service showing proper notice to all persons entitled to notice of the original or amended petition is required.

Future motion papers must be served on the defendant in the manner authorized for service of summons and complaint at least 16 court days before the continued hearing.

A party or attorney appearing by Zoom for a law-and-motion hearing, evidentiary hearing, or court trial must have an email address on file and is deemed to consent to email or electronic service of the post-hearing order.

A petition concerning a non-trust matter must be filed at least 15 days before the desired or scheduled hearing date.

The personal representative in the Felciano estate must file either a petition for final distribution or a first status report within 12 months after letters issue.

The nonrefundable jury fee generally must be paid by the initial case-management-conference date.

Written exhibits submitted through the secure portal must be in PDF format.

Division clerk phone lines are available Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

A party requesting a hearing must notify all parties by 4:30.

If you do not have a standalone email program, e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird, or Apple Mail, you can save a copy of your completed form and attach it to your web-based email (Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, etc.). Send the completed and attached form to D3ROA@solano.courts.ca.gov.

The completed request-for-oral-argument form must be emailed as an attachment to the Department Seven email address.

Written notice of a jury waiver, continuance of a jury trial date, or case settlement must be given at least five court days before trial to avoid forfeiture of the jury fee deposit.

All electronically filed documents must use the court’s electronic service provider and comply with the court’s electronic filing requirements, regardless of whether filing is mandatory, permissive, court-ordered, or stipulated.

Courtesy copies are not required.

A party may seek formal discovery by petitioning the court only after exhausting all informal discovery methods.

Counsel and parties alone are responsible for redacting personal identifiers and privileged or confidential information; the clerk does not review pleadings for redaction compliance, and sanctions may apply.

The court-designated form may be used as a cover sheet for exhibits and motions in limine, but its use is optional.