Search this site
CalCourtDeadlines.com
MenuSearch this site

Stanislaus County trial document templates

Not legal advice. Rules attested September 29, 2026; last full pass August 17, 2026. Verify every date yourself. Read the full disclaimer

Each verified rule carries its own date on the methodology page, all of them September 29, 2026: the date the maintaining attorney last attested it. The last full pass, signed off on August 17, 2026, checked the rules against their official sources (the code, the California Rules of Court, or for court holidays the Judicial Council calendar), with the exceptions listed on the about page. Rules still awaiting sign-off are listed on the methodology page as not yet verified. County local rules are paraphrased summaries. Individual department and judge standing orders are included only where the court publishes them and we have read the document, so assume your own department has requirements beyond what you see here. Verify every date against the operative code sections, your court's rules and your department's own order before relying on it. Using this site creates no attorney-client relationship.

11 documents, 11 required sections, taken from Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus's own published rules and read September 14, 2026. Each one downloads as California pleading paper with this court's required sections already placed, so the document cannot silently omit one.

A blank template is easy to find anywhere. What is hard to find is which sections this court requires inside the document, because that lives in a local rule nobody indexes. Every heading below is cited to the subdivision it came from, and the rule's own sentence prints beside it in the reference sheet so you can check your work.

Download these as templates

Every document below comes out on California pleading paper, 28 numbered lines down the left, with this court's own required sections already placed as headings. Take the Word version to draft in and the PDF to print. Fill in your details once and they carry across every template on the site.

Your details optional, blanks print as ruled lines

These stay in this browser. They are not sent anywhere, and the file is built on this machine, so a case name never reaches our server.

Downloading needs a free account.

  • Mandatory Settlement Conference StatementEach party, 1 required section. No later than five court days before the initial date set for the mandatory settlement conference, which the court sets approximately fifteen days before trial.
  • Motions in LimineEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Exhibit ListEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Witness ListEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Proposed Jury InstructionsEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Proposed Verdict FormsEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Stipulations on Factual or Legal IssuesPreparer not stated, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Statement of the CaseEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Trial BriefEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Proposed Jury Voir DireEach party, 1 required section. No later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial.
  • Written Notice of an Exhibit Posing a Security, Storage, Safety, or Health RiskEach party, 1 required section. Before the exhibit is brought into the courthouse, and early enough that the judge can rule on it in advance.

Everything this court requires in one editable document, with each rule quoted and cited.

What each document has to carry

Mandatory Settlement Conference Statement

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than five court days before the initial date set for the mandatory settlement conference, which the court sets approximately fifteen days before trial. Applies to all general civil cases set for a mandatory settlement conference (short cause matters of one day or less are not ordinarily set for one). Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1380(c), incorporated by Stanislaus Local Rule 3.05

  1. Settlement conference statement content
    • A good faith settlement demand
    • An itemization of economic and noneconomic damages by each plaintiff
    • A good faith offer of settlement by each defendant
    • A statement identifying and discussing in detail the facts and law supporting the party's position on liability and damages

Motions in Limine

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to all civil trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(a)

  1. The motions in limine themselves
    • Each motion in limine the party intends to bring at trial

Exhibit List

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to all civil trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(b)

  1. List of exhibits
    • The exhibits the party intends to offer at trial
    • Impeachment exhibits are excepted and are not listed

Witness List

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to all civil trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(c)

  1. List of witnesses
    • The witnesses the party intends to call at trial
    • Impeachment witnesses are excepted and are not listed

Proposed Jury Instructions

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to jury trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(d)

  1. Proposed instructions
    • The jury instructions the party proposes
    • Instructions that cannot reasonably be anticipated are excepted

Proposed Verdict Forms

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to jury trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(e)

  1. Proposed forms of verdict
    • The verdict forms the party proposes

Stipulations on Factual or Legal Issues

The rule does not say who prepares it. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to all civil trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(f)

  1. Stipulations reached between the parties
    • Any stipulation on factual issues
    • Any stipulation on legal issues

Statement of the Case

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to jury trials only. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(g)

  1. Statement of the case to be read to the jury
    • A statement of the case written to be read to the jury
    • Concise
    • Non-argumentative

Trial Brief

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to all civil trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(h)

  1. The trial brief
    • A trial brief

Proposed Jury Voir Dire

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, no later than noon on the Friday before the date set for trial. Applies to jury trials, unless the case is settled or dismissed. Stanislaus Local Rule 3.09(i)

  1. Proposed voir dire
    • The jury voir dire the party proposes

Written Notice of an Exhibit Posing a Security, Storage, Safety, or Health Risk

Prepared by each party. Written notice given to the clerk and to the judge, before the exhibit is brought into the courthouse, and early enough that the judge can rule on it in advance. Applies to any party intending to bring in an exhibit that poses a security, storage, safety or health risk, firearms included, which the rule deems to be in that category. Stanislaus Local Rule 1.08(A), (B)

  1. Notice of the exhibit and request for permission
    • Written notice to the clerk before the exhibit is brought into the courthouse
    • Written notice to the judge before the exhibit is brought into the courthouse
    • The judge's express advance permission, obtained before the exhibit enters the courthouse

When each one is due

These run off the trial date itself. The county rules set no conference for them to run off, so count each deadline back from trial. The full rule list for Stanislaus County carries every rule with its quoted text, and the trial countdown calculator computes the statewide CCP chain.

How these were built

Every rule was researched from the court's own published text, then checked a second time by a reader told to assume a rule had been invented. Grouping those rules into the documents a court actually wants was a further pass, and an adversarial check corrected it: the commonest error was a document whose contents the first pass left empty while the rule enumerated them. Templates are generated in your browser, so nothing you type is sent anywhere. See methodology.

Previous: Sonoma County templates · Next: Tehama County templates

Related: All courts with templates · Stanislaus trial binder rules · Stanislaus County ex parte deadlines · Trial countdown calculator