Rule 3.1905. Debtor’s examinations in consumer debt cases
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1905
Current text effective January 1, 2025.
#(a) Service of order to appear for examination
A judgment creditor who serves Application and Order to Appear for Examination—Consumer Debt (form EJ-141) or Application and Order to Produce Financial Statement or Appear for Examination—Consumer Debt (form SC-136), as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 708.111(c), must include copies of Information on Debtor’s Examinations Regarding Consumer Debt (form EJ‑140‑INFO/SC-136-INFO) and Current Dollar Amounts of Exemptions From Enforcement of Judgments (form EJ-156) with the service.
#(b) Filing of notice of motion and motion to require examination
A judgment creditor who files Notice of Motion and Motion to Require Examination—Consumer Debt (form EJ-146) to move the court to require the judgment debtor to appear for examination, as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 708.111(d), must physically or electronically attach a copy of the judgment debtor’s Financial Statement—Consumer Debt (form EJ-144) to the motion.
#History
Rule 3.1905 adopted effective January 1, 2025.
What this rule requires
Service and Proof of Service Rules
When a judgment creditor serves either specified consumer-debt examination application and order under Code of Civil Procedure section 708.111(c), the creditor must serve copies of both specified information forms with it.
The rule's wording
A judgment creditor who serves Application and Order to Appear for Examination—Consumer Debt (form EJ-141) or Application and Order to Produce Financial Statement or Appear for Examination—Consumer Debt (form SC-136), as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 708.111(c), must include copies of Information on Debtor’s Examinations Regarding Consumer Debt (form EJ‑140‑INFO/SC-136-INFO) and Current Dollar Amounts of Exemptions From Enforcement of Judgments (form EJ-156) with the service.
Document Filing Requirements
A judgment creditor who files Notice of Motion and Motion to Require Examination—Consumer Debt (form EJ-146) to move the court to require the judgment debtor to appear for examination, as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 708.111(d), must physically or electronically attach a copy of the judgment debtor’s Financial Statement—Consumer Debt (form EJ-144) to the motion.
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.
#Advisory Committee Comment
The requirements of subdivision (a) are in addition to those of Code of Civil Procedure section 708.111(c), including that a judgment creditor who serves form EJ-141 on a judgment debtor must include blank copies of Notice of Financial Statement—Consumer Debt (form EJ-143), Financial Statement—Consumer Debt (form EJ-144), and Exemptions From the Enforcement of Judgments (form EJ-155) with the service.