Rule 3.531. Potential add-on case
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.531
Current text effective January 1, 2007.
#(a) Notice
Any party to an included action in a pending petition for coordination must promptly provide notice of any potential add-on cases in which that party is also named or in which that party's attorney has appeared. The party must submit notice to the coordination motion judge and the Chair of the Judicial Council and serve it on each party appearing in the included actions in the pending petition and each party appearing in the potential add-on cases.
#(b) Stipulation or order
By stipulation of all parties or order of the coordination motion judge, each potential add-on case will be deemed an included action for purposes of the hearing on the petition for coordination.
#History
Rule 3.531 renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1531 effective January 1, 2005.
What this rule requires
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Any party to an included action in a pending petition for coordination must promptly provide notice of any potential add-on cases in which that party is also named or in which that party's attorney has appeared.
Service and Proof of Service Rules
The party must submit notice to the coordination motion judge and the Chair of the Judicial Council and serve it on each party appearing in the included actions in the pending petition and each party appearing in the potential add-on cases.
Document Filing Requirements
The party must submit notice to the coordination motion judge and the Chair of the Judicial Council and serve it on each party appearing in the included actions in the pending petition and each party appearing in the potential add-on cases.
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.