Rule 8.153. Lending the record
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.153
Current text effective January 1, 2007.
#(a) Request
Within 20 days after the record is filed in the reviewing court, a party that has not purchased its own copy of the record may request another party, in writing, to lend it that party's copy of the record. The other party must then lend its copy of the record when it serves its brief.
#(b) Time to return
The borrowing party must return the copy of the record when it serves its brief or the time to file its brief has expired.
#(c) Cost
The borrowing party must bear the cost of sending the copy of the record to and from the borrowing party.
#History
Rule 8.153 adopted effective January 1, 2007.
What this rule requires
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Within 20 days after the record is filed in the reviewing court, a party that has not purchased its own copy of the record may request another party, in writing, to lend it that party's copy of the record.
The borrowing party must return the copy of the record when it serves its brief or the time to file its brief has expired.
Service and Proof of Service Rules
The other party must then lend its copy of the record when it serves its brief.
Document Format Requirements
Within 20 days after the record is filed in the reviewing court, a party that has not purchased its own copy of the record may request another party, in writing, to lend it that party's copy of the record.
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.