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If you want to change your court date, you must ask the court for a "continuance."
How do I ask for a continuance?
What if my hearing is in less than 10 days?
If I get a continuance, when will my hearing be?
How do I ask for a continuance?
At least 10 days before your hearing, file (opens in new window) a Request to Postpone Small Claims Hearing (form SC-110). Alternatively, you may also write a letter explaining why you need to change your court date.
Also, mail or personally give a copy of your form SC-110 or letter to the other people named in the claim.
If you were timely served,* you'll have to pay a $10 fee to ask for a continuance.
*Timely served means that you were served at least 15 days before your hearing -- if you live in the same county as the court.
If you live in a different county than the court, you must have been served at least 20 days before the hearing.
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What if my hearing is in less than 10 days?
Bring your completed form SC-110 or letter to the court clerk's office. Ask them to attach it to your file. Or go to your hearing and ask the judge for a continuance (opens in new window).
In your form SC-110 or letter, give the judge a good reason why you are filing your request late.
Also, mail or personally give a copy of your form SC-110 or letter to the other people named in the claim.
You'll have to pay $10 if you were timely served. You won't have to pay the $10 the first time you ask for a continuance to find an interpreter.
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If I get a continuance, when will my hearing be?
The court will mail a new date to you and the other people named in your claim.
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Last modified: 03/17/2008
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