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California Rules of Court

Rule 3.893. Selection of mediators

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.893

Current text effective January 1, 2011.

The parties may stipulate to any mediator, whether or not the person selected is among those identified under rule 3.892, within 15 days of the date an action is submitted to mediation. If the parties do not stipulate to a mediator, the court must promptly assign a mediator to the action from those identified under rule 3.892.

#History

Rule 3.893 amended effective January 1, 2011; adopted as rule 1633 effective March 1, 1994; previously amended and renumbered as rule 3.873 effective January 1, 2007; previously renumbered effective July 1, 2009.

Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.