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Run the court case and the settlement on parallel tracks until the court record confirms the result.
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Current-original verification remains incomplete. During the actual check on October 27, 2026, America/Los_Angeles, retrieval of the official California Code of Civil Procedure § 664.6 page and the official rule 3.1385 page repeatedly returned 403 access errors. I obtained and read complete reproductions of those provisions, the reproduced chaptered 2026 amendment, selected historical amendment provisions, and the necessary boundary texts identified below. I also read the Judicial Council’s accessible official rulemaking record. The reproductions are not presented as verified current official originals, and the original-access failures remain unresolved.
No conclusion from R036, R039, R037, R049, or R001/S_CA supplies a premise here. No actual or fictional litigation facts are supplied or inferred.
Throughout this report:
All substantive readings of § 664.6 and rule 3.1385 below carry T status. The official rulemaking-record findings carry P status only for what that record actually reports.
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The accessible reproduction of AB 1908, chapter 907, Statutes of 2026, reports approval and filing on September 30, 2026. Its section 1 reproduces § 664.6 through subdivision (h), and section 2 declares immediate effectiveness as an urgency statute. The reproduced subdivision (h) addresses specified settlements of tort claims against a statutorily defined local public entity, including circumstances in which a civil action has not been filed or has been voluntarily withdrawn.
That provision prevents a universal statement that every agreement considered under § 664.6 must have been made while litigation was pending. The ordinary route in subdivision (a) expressly begins with pending litigation; the distinct route in reproduced subdivision (h) has its own cumulative conditions and contemplates enforcement in a subsequent action. The official chapter and current code body were inaccessible, so this reported 2026 change remains subject to the original-verification gap. C002, C007–C013, C032–C036; S001–S002. LegiScan+1
The historical text also matters. The reproduced 2023 AB 1756, chapter 478, § 12 contained the older retention sentence based on a request by the parties and expressly repealed that version on January 1, 2025. Section 13 supplied a replacement version operative January 1, 2025, with a stipulated-dismissal/retention route, a court-initiated conditional-settlement process, and additional postdismissal provisions. It would be unsafe to use the older retention sentence as the complete modern provision. Only the stated portions of that omnibus enactment were read; its entire enactment and amendment history were not audited. C003–C004; S003. LegiScan
For rule 3.1385, the reproduced body carries a July 1, 2013 amendment notation, while the accessible official Judicial Council record identifies a passed September 20, 2024 rule/form item recommending advisory comments effective January 1, 2025. Those are different kinds of dates and different components of the publication. The official final amendment PDF could not be read. C005–C006; S007–S008. Court Rules+1
Under the reproduced subdivision (a), the ordinary judgment-entry route requires parties to pending litigation to stipulate to settlement of the case or part of it, either through the specified signed-writing alternative outside the court’s presence or orally before the court. The court may, upon motion, enter judgment pursuant to the settlement terms. A private agreement, a settlement notice, or an allegation of breach is not itself an entered judgment. The provision does not establish that any particular agreement was formed, that its terms are ascertainable, or that the requested judgment matches them. C007–C011, C068–C071; S001–S002. california.public.law
The second sentence of subdivision (a) describes a separate stipulated route: the settlement parties or their counsel stipulate in writing or orally before the court; the court may dismiss as to the settling parties without prejudice and retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement until performance in full of its terms. The text gives the court permission to act. It does not establish that a request, agreement, notice, dismissal, or retention order actually exists, and it does not resolve the consequences of every other form of dismissal. C012–C013, C069; S001–S002. LegiScan
Subdivision (e) has a different actor and predicate. After a plaintiff, cross-complainant, or other party seeking affirmative relief files a notice of conditional settlement, the court may, on its own motion and without a stipulation, set an order to show cause concerning dismissal of the entire action without prejudice and retained jurisdiction. That is a provision for a court process; it is not self-executing dismissal upon filing the notice. Its express statutory-category exclusion belongs to subdivision (e), not automatically to all of § 664.6. C021–C025; S001–S002, S005–S006. california.public.law
Subdivision (f) then addresses specified filings after judgment or dismissal without prejudice pursuant to the section. Its permission to file settlement-related documents, its required exercise of retained jurisdiction upon the specified missing-signature notice, its narrow first-appearance-fee protection, and its direction to the clerk to accept properly filed documents do not establish entitlement to the relief sought. C026–C030; S001–S002. LegiScan
Subdivision (b) is a provision-specific rule about when a writing counts as signed by a party. It covers the party, an attorney representing the party, and a carefully qualified insurer-authorized agent. The insurer route requires both defense and indemnification, written authorization from the insurer, and satisfaction of the exception concerning liability above policy limits. Subdivision (c) removes the attorney and insurer-agent alternatives in its listed proceeding categories; it does not say that the entire section is unavailable in every such proceeding. C014–C018; S001–S002. california.public.law
Subdivision (d) separately addresses an attorney’s lack of the party’s express authorization, professional discipline absent good cause, and available civil remedies. A signer’s statutory category, actual authority, client authorization, assent, authenticity, capacity, and the existence of a binding agreement remain separate questions. The good-cause qualification in the disciplinary provision does not itself establish agreement formation or authorization. C019–C020; S001–S002. LegiScan
The reproduced rule’s initial notice trigger is settlement or other disposition of the entire case. Each plaintiff or other party seeking affirmative relief must immediately file written notice and serve the specified recipients. An additional immediate oral-notice duty applies when a hearing, conference, or trial is scheduled within the stated 10-day interval. This differs from § 664.6(a), which expressly accommodates settlement of part of a case. C010, C042–C045; S001, S007. california.public.law+1
The rule’s default dismissal provisions use two different events:
Those events must not be substituted for one another. C048–C049; S007. Court Rules
The conditional-settlement provision is narrower than any agreement containing a condition. It addresses dismissal conditioned on satisfactory completion of specified terms not to be performed within 45 days of settlement, including installment payments. The notice must specify the date by which dismissal is to be filed. The later provisions refer to the dismissal date stated in that notice; they do not establish that the stated date equals actual performance, final payment, approval, or satisfaction. C050–C054; S007. Court Rules
The rule contains material exceptions and qualifications: specified sanctions and good-faith-settlement proceedings need not be vacated; the minor/disability provision conditions the sequencing of a particular order-to-show-cause hearing on appropriate approval papers; and the additional-time provision requires notice, a supporting declaration, a good-cause showing, a proposed alternative date, and the stated five-court-day lead time. Filing a document is not itself a finding of good cause. C055–C061; S007, S014. Court Rules
The reproduced advisory comments explain that parties using § 664.6 still follow rule 3.1385(a) and (b), and that subdivision (c) supplies an alternative conditional-settlement process where dismissal under § 664.6 is not sought. Separately, rule 3.1390 assigns a notice-of-entry-of-dismissal duty to the party requesting dismissal. None of those texts establishes actual payment, satisfactory performance, entry of a particular judgment, satisfaction of a judgment, or release of a lien or other obligation. C062–C064, C068; S007–S008, S016. Court Rules+2
The precise effect of a particular dismissal on jurisdiction, the necessary timing of a retention request outside the express mechanism, disputed agreement terms, the sufficiency of assent or authority, the meaning of “before the court” in disputed settings, and the availability of another enforcement route remain unresolved here. No controlling judicial-authority investigation was undertaken. C069–C071.
Check date for every entry: October 27, 2026, America/Los_Angeles. Jurisdiction of the legal material: California. Page convention: HTML has no printed page or PDF index. Failed PDFs have no verified page/index or read extent. Reproductions and alternate formats of the same instrument are grouped; they are not independent legal corroboration.
| Source ID | Issuer, instrument, exact locator | Complete literal HTTPS URLs | Version, legal status, and effective trigger | Actual access/read bounds and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-S001 | California Legislature/Legislative Counsel, CCP § 664.6, reproduced by Public.Law; subdivisions (a)–(h) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=664.6. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_664.6 | T/U. Reproduction contains the reported 2026 subdivision (h). Publisher reports original-source access October 5, 2026; that is not this pass’s official verification. Operative-current-original status unresolved. | 2026-10-27, CA: original repeatedly reported 403. Complete reproduced legal body (a)–(h) read, including all paragraphs and exceptions; HTML body lines 0–77. No original amendment annotation was successfully read. |
| R050-P1-S002 | California Legislature, AB 1908, chapter 907, Statutes of 2026, chapter heading, digest, §§ 1–2, reproduced by LegiScan | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1908 Alternate: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1908/2025 | T/U. Reproduced chapter reports approved/filed September 30, 2026. Section 2 declares immediate effect as an urgency statute. Official chapter authentication and exhaustive later history unresolved. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced chapter text read: heading/digest and both enacted sections, HTML lines 44–107. Section 1 repeats the section in S001; that repetition is not independent authority. LegiScan |
| R050-P1-S003 | California Legislature, AB 1756, chapter 478, Statutes of 2023, selected §§ 12–13 | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1756 Alternate: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1756/2023 | T; historical transition text. Reproduction reports approval/filing October 8, 2023. Section 12(e) repeals that version January 1, 2025; § 13(i) makes its replacement operative January 1, 2025. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Chapter heading and complete §§ 12–13 read, including § 12(a)–(e) and § 13(a)–(i), principally HTML lines 781–827. Not the whole omnibus law. No complete earlier/later amendment audit. LegiScan |
| R050-P1-S004 | California Legislature, Government Code § 970(a)–(c); use limited to incorporated definition (c) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=970. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_970 | T/U. Alternate identifies a May 12, 2025 original-source access; operative version not independently established. | 2026-10-27, CA: original unavailable through retrieval. Complete reproduced (a)–(c) read, HTML lines 0–13. Only the “local public entity” definition is imported by reproduced § 664.6(h)(3); other definitions are not generalized to § 664.6. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S005 | California Legislature, CCP part 2, title 3, chapter 5, referenced by § 664.6(e)(2); chapter index and selected operative-section reproductions | Original chapter: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&division=&title=3.&part=2.&chapter=5.&article= Alternate index: https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-ccp/part-2/title-3/chapter-5/ Bodies: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_378; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_379; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_379.5; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_382; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_382.4; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_384; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_384.5 | T/U. Index is labeled 2025; not proof of the complete current chapter. | 2026-10-27, CA: original chapter 403. Complete reproduced bodies of all seven listed sections read, including their nested provisions. Used only to identify the express chapter reference and avoid equating the chapter solely with class actions. Broader joinder, class approval, distributions, and incorporated special procedures are held. law.justia.com+7 |
| R050-P1-S006 | California Legislature, Labor Code § 2698, naming the part referenced in § 664.6(e)(2) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=2698. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/labor_code_section_2698 | T/U. Reproduced naming provision; current original not verified. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Entire one-sentence reproduced section read. Not the whole Labor Code part 13 and not a PAGA eligibility, approval, or remedies investigation. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S007 | Judicial Council, rule 3.1385(a)–(e), history notes and advisory comments; reproduced by Court Rules | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1385 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.1385 | T/U. Body history says amended effective July 1, 2013. Alternate publisher’s October 19, 2026 check label is not an effective date or this pass’s original verification. Later comment adoption addressed separately in S008. | 2026-10-27, CA: official body repeatedly 403. Complete reproduced rule, every subparagraph, subdivision/history notes, and both advisory comments read, HTML lines 13–73. Publisher-created practical summaries below the legal text are not adopted. |
| R050-P1-S008 | Judicial Council, 2024 rule/form adoption item concerning dismissal with retained jurisdiction, and associated amendment/report publications | Accessible official record: https://jcc.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=66740103-FCBD-422A-9FBE-B7BE24F5D8A0&ID=6821079&Options=&Search= Attachment: https://jcc.legistar.com/View.ashx?GUID=C9B3FB99-AE11-46E9-86FC-F7462A4EE6AB&ID=13262020&M=F Final-rule publication lead: https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/2024-11/2024-09-20-rules-effective-01-01-2025.pdf | P for administrative record; U for unavailable PDFs. Record says “Passed,” final action September 20, 2024, and states a recommendation effective January 1, 2025. | 2026-10-27, CA: complete relevant HTML details and recommendation read, lines 39–55. Attachment returned 410; final-rule PDF returned 403. No report pages or final-PDF pages inspected. The accessible status record does not establish every word of an inaccessible final instrument. File #: 24-168 |
| R050-P1-S009 | Judicial Council, rule 1.5(a)–(d), construction and terminology | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_5 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/1.5 | T/U. Reproduced history: adopted effective January 1, 2007. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced (a)–(d) and history read, lines 13–49. Used for rule terminology and standards’ stated status, not to rewrite statutory wording. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S010 | Judicial Council, rule 1.6, introductory qualification and definitions (1)–(22) | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_6 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/1.6 | T/U. Reproduced history: amended effective January 1, 2014. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Entire reproduced introductory qualification, all 22 definitions, and history read, lines 12–56. Rule definitions are not silently substituted for § 664.6’s provision-specific language. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S011 | Judicial Council, rule 3.10, application of Civil Rules | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_10 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.10 | T/U. Reproduced adoption effective January 1, 2007. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced rule and history read, lines 13–22. Exception for contrary statutes or California Rules of Court preserved. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S012 | Judicial Council, rule 3.20(a), (b)(1)–(4), local-rule preemption and exceptions | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_20 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.20 | T/U. Reproduced amendment effective January 1, 2015. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced rule and history read, lines 14–41. No local rule examined; no conclusion about validity of a particular local practice. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S013 | California Legislature, CCP § 1141.18, especially (b) incorporated by rule 3.1385(a)(2) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=1141.18. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_1141.18 | T/U. Current original/version unresolved; publisher reports earlier original access. | 2026-10-27, CA: original unavailable through retrieval. Complete reproduced (a)–(d) read, lines 0–12. Use limited to compensation reference in (b); no arbitration assignment/disqualification procedure or monetary calculation adopted. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S014 | California Legislature, CCP § 877.6(a)–(e); bounded use for rule 3.1385(c)(3)(B) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=877.6. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_877.6 | T/U. Current original/version unresolved. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced (a)–(e), including (a)(1)–(2) and (e)(1)–(3), read, lines 0–30. Used to identify the referenced good-faith-settlement proceeding, not to supply its full service, merits, contribution, writ, or timing framework. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S015 | Judicial Council, standard 2.2, particularly the conditional-settlement case-disposition-time reference | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/standards/standard2_2 | U. Official indexed text suggests current lettering differs from rule 3.1385’s reference. That discovery result is not adopted as authenticated operative text. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. No complete accessible document body authenticated. Rule 3.1385(c)(4)’s reference to (n)(1)(A) was read in S007; indexed standard text places the subject at (m)(1)(A). Reconciliation remains open. |
| R050-P1-S016 | Judicial Council, rule 3.1390, notice of entry of dismissal | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1390 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.1390 | T/U. Reproduced amended/renumbered effective January 1, 2007. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced one-sentence rule and history read, lines 12–22. No numerical interval appears in that sentence. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S017 | Judicial Council, blank form CM-200, Notice of Settlement of Entire Case; access attempt only | Form: https://courts.ca.gov/documents/cm200.pdf Official landing page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/CM-200 | U; not used to establish an operative form requirement. Indexed excerpt labels a January 1, 2007 revision, but full official form/version was not verified. | 2026-10-27, CA: both direct accesses returned 403. Indexed material labeled page 1 of 2 was only a lead. No whole-form read, PDF-index determination, pixel inspection, filling, or filing. |
| R050-P1-S018 | California Secretary of State, Bill Chapters generic publication and 2026 Assembly chapter-list link | Page: https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/bill-chapters Linked list: https://admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov/bill-chapters/2026/assembly-bills.pdf | P for generic explanatory page; U for chapter list. A chapter-list update label is not a read of an individual chapter. | 2026-10-27, CA: explanatory body and 2026 link group read, principally lines 8–59. PDF retrieval reported unsupported application/octet-stream; no list entry or page inspected. Not used to authenticate AB 1908’s chapter text. sos.ca.gov |
| R050-P1-S019 | California Department of Finance, California Law discovery/link page | https://dof.ca.gov/budget/california-law/ | P as a generic navigation publication only. Not statutory authority for § 664.6. | 2026-10-27, CA: substantive navigation/explanation read, lines 5–23. It did not yield an accessible current statutory original. No currentness inference drawn from its description of the database. California Department of Finance |
The following rows are the claim ledger. T rows describe the reproduced texts, not an independently authenticated current-law conclusion. A source reference identifies the exact instrument and read bounds in the source table. Scope limitations are part of each claim.
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C001 | Current official § 664.6 and rule 3.1385 originals were not successfully retrieved on the check date; failure is not evidence that the law is absent, repealed, or unchanged. | S001, S007; repeated original-access results. | U |
| R050-P1-C002 | The reproduced AB 1908 chapter reports approval/filing September 30, 2026, replaces § 664.6 with text ending at (h), and declares immediate urgency effectiveness. The official chapter and exhaustive later history remain unverified. | S002, chapter heading, § 1, § 2. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C003 | The reproduced 2023 § 12 version expressly remains effective only until January 1, 2025 and is repealed on that date; its retention wording therefore cannot be treated as the complete later text. | S003, § 12(a), (e). | T |
| R050-P1-C004 | The reproduced replacement in 2023 § 13 becomes operative January 1, 2025; its implementation clause directed Judicial Council forms/rules work by that date. | S003, § 13(h), (i). | T |
| R050-P1-C005 | The reproduced rule 3.1385 body reports an amendment effective July 1, 2013. That body-history notation does not date every subsequently published advisory comment. | S007, rule history; S008 separately. | T |
| R050-P1-C006 | The accessible official Judicial Council record labels the rule/form item “Passed,” records final action September 20, 2024, and describes recommended comments and a form revision effective January 1, 2025. The associated final PDF was not read. | S008, official record details and recommendation. | P, bounded |
| R050-P1-C007 | The ordinary first-sentence route starts with parties to pending litigation. Whether any litigation is pending is not established. | S001 § 664.6(a), first sentence; S002 § 1. | T |
| R050-P1-C008 | The writing alternative specifies a writing signed by the parties outside the court’s presence, subject to the section’s signer provisions. No writing, signature, or authenticity is established. | S001 § 664.6(a), (b)–(d). | T |
| R050-P1-C009 | The alternative is an oral stipulation before the court. The selected statutory text does not itself define every setting or record that satisfies that phrase. | S001 § 664.6(a), first sentence. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C010 | The statutory settlement may concern the case or part of it. That does not satisfy an entire-case notice predicate by itself. | S001 § 664.6(a); compare S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C011 | Upon motion, the court may enter judgment pursuant to settlement terms when the stated predicate is met. The text does not make the agreement or notice itself a judgment or establish breach. | S001 § 664.6(a), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C012 | The stipulated-retention sentence identifies the settlement parties or their counsel, and a stipulation in writing or orally before the court. It is not simply a statement that any unilateral request establishes retention. | S001 § 664.6(a), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C013 | Under that sentence, the court may dismiss as to the settling parties without prejudice and retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement until performance in full of its terms. Actual court action and performance remain unknown. | S001 § 664.6(a), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C014 | For this section’s signed-writing rule, a writing signed by the party falls within the first signer category. Capacity, authenticity, and assent remain separate. | S001 § 664.6(b)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C015 | An attorney who represents the party is a listed signer, subject to subdivision (c) and the authorization provision in (d). | S001 § 664.6(b)(2), (c), (d). | T |
| R050-P1-C016 | The agent category requires an insurer defending and indemnifying a party and an agent authorized in writing by the insurer to sign on that party’s behalf. | S001 § 664.6(b)(3), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C017 | The insurer-agent paragraph does not apply if the defended party would be liable under the settlement for any amount above policy limits. No coverage, limits, or liability facts are supplied. | S001 § 664.6(b)(3), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C018 | Subdivision (b)(2) and (3) do not apply in a civil harassment action, an action under the Family Code, an action under the Probate Code, or a matter adjudicated in juvenile or dependency court. The exclusion expressly targets those signer paragraphs. | S001 § 664.6(c). | T |
| R050-P1-C019 | An attorney signing under (b) without the party’s express authorization is, absent good cause, subject to professional discipline, in addition to available civil remedies. No actual discipline or civil remedy is established. | S001 § 664.6(d). | T |
| R050-P1-C020 | A listed signer category does not itself prove actual authorization, assent, authenticity, capacity, or a binding agreement. This is a limited inference from the separate signer and express-authorization provisions. | S001 § 664.6(b)–(d); no outside agency or contract doctrine adopted. | T, inference |
| R050-P1-C021 | A filed conditional-settlement notice by a plaintiff, cross-complainant, or other party seeking affirmative relief permits the court, on its own motion and without a stipulation, to set the specified order to show cause. | S001 § 664.6(e)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C022 | The order-to-show-cause subject is why the court should not dismiss the entire action without prejudice and retain jurisdiction to enforce settlement. Filing the notice is not described as automatic dismissal or automatic retention. | S001 § 664.6(e)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C023 | Subdivision (e)(2) excludes actions by express reference to CCP part 2, title 3, chapter 5, commencing with § 378, and Labor Code division 2, part 13, commencing with § 2698. Its stated exclusion is from subdivision (e). | S001 § 664.6(e)(2). Exact classification and disputed reach held. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C024 | The read chapter-5 materials encompass permissive joinder provisions and representative/class provisions. The chapter reference must not be replaced with an unsupported “class actions only” shorthand. | S005, index; §§ 378, 379, 379.5, 382, 382.4, 384, 384.5. | T, bounded |
| R050-P1-C025 | Section 2698 names its part the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004. That naming provision does not establish whether any action falls under it. | S006, complete § 2698. | T |
| R050-P1-C026 | Subdivision (f)’s stated trigger is the court entering judgment or dismissing without prejudice pursuant to this section. It is not written as a universal rule for every judgment or dismissal. | S001 § 664.6(f), introductory clause. | T |
| R050-P1-C027 | After that trigger, a party may file settlement-related motions or documents, including the listed good-faith, lien, minor/disability-compromise, and nonperformance matters; responses and related documents may also be filed. Permission to file does not decide the request. | S001 § 664.6(f)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C028 | The court shall exercise retained jurisdiction if a party files notice that a written settlement agreement required of all parties was not signed by all parties. The paragraph does not specify that the unsigned agreement must therefore be enforced or that a particular corrective order follows. | S001 § 664.6(f)(2). | T |
| R050-P1-C029 | A party that paid a first-appearance fee is not assessed that fee again for a settlement-related motion, notice, or other document filed after the specified judgment or dismissal. This is not a general waiver of all fees or costs. | S001 § 664.6(f)(3). | T |
| R050-P1-C030 | The clerk shall accept settlement-related motions, notices, or other documents properly filed after the specified judgment or dismissal. Acceptance is not adjudication of their merits. | S001 § 664.6(f)(4). | T |
| R050-P1-C031 | The section does not preclude a party from requesting dismissal with prejudice after dismissal without prejudice under the section. It does not establish that the later request was made or granted. | S001 § 664.6(g). | T |
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C032 | The reproduced (h)(1) concerns a settlement resolving a tort claim against a local public entity where both conditions hold: the civil action has not been filed or was voluntarily withdrawn by the plaintiff; and the claim is eligible for payment from the entity-established victims’ compensation fund or other victim-related financial-assistance program. | S001 § 664.6(h)(1)(A)–(B); S002 § 1. | T/U currentness |
| R050-P1-C033 | The agreement described in (h)(1) must be in writing signed by the claimant and the local public entity or its authorized representatives for the stated subsequent-action route. Actual authority and signatures remain absent. | S001 § 664.6(h)(2)(A). | T |
| R050-P1-C034 | The agreement must also expressly state that it is enforceable pursuant to § 664.6; with the stated predicates, the text permits enforcement in a subsequent action under the section. It does not make execution of the agreement itself a judgment. | S001 § 664.6(h)(2), (B). | T |
| R050-P1-C035 | The incorporated local-public-entity definition includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and other state political subdivision or public corporation; it excludes the Regents of the University of California and the state and listed state offices/bodies whose claims are paid by Controller warrants. Only this defined term is incorporated. | S001 § 664.6(h)(3); S004 Government Code § 970(c). | T |
| R050-P1-C036 | A generic prelitigation agreement does not establish the ordinary pending-litigation predicate. Conversely, the read (h) exception prevents a blanket claim that § 664.6 can never concern an agreement made before filing. Another remedy’s availability is not resolved. | S001 § 664.6(a), (h); S002. | T, inference |
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C037 | The reproduced Civil Rules application provision reaches all superior-court civil cases, including general civil, family, juvenile, and probate cases, unless a statute or California Rule of Court otherwise provides. | S011 rule 3.10; reproduced adoption history effective January 1, 2007. | T |
| R050-P1-C038 | In the rules, subject to context or subject matter, “action” includes special proceeding; “case” includes action or proceeding; civil cases concern the stated protection/enforcement/redress functions and exclude criminal cases and habeas petitions. | S010 rule 1.6 introductory clause, (1)–(3). | T |
| R050-P1-C039 | “General civil case” is narrower than “civil case”: the definition excludes the listed probate/guardianship/conservatorship, juvenile, family, small-claims, unlawful-detainer, and other-civil-petition categories. That narrower label must not silently replace rule 3.10’s language. | S010 rule 1.6(4)–(5); S011. | T |
| R050-P1-C040 | For the rules, subject to the introductory qualification, “party” includes self-represented and attorney-represented persons, and the listed party designations include the attorney of record. This is not a general statutory authorization to settle. | S010 rule 1.6(15); reproduced history effective January 1, 2014. | T |
| R050-P1-C041 | The reproduced rule-construction provision makes “must” mandatory, “may” permissive, “may not” prohibitory, “will” a future contingency rather than a mandatory duty, and “should” a preference/nonbinding recommendation; standards are described as recommended guidelines or goals. | S009 rule 1.5(b)–(c), read with (a), (d); adopted-history date January 1, 2007. | T |
| R050-P1-C042 | The initial settlement-notice trigger is that the entire case is settled or otherwise disposed of. Partial settlement alone does not establish that trigger. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C043 | The rule assigns the notice duty to each plaintiff or other party seeking affirmative relief. It does not identify every participant indiscriminately as the duty bearer. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C044 | Upon the stated trigger, written notice must immediately be filed with the court and served on all parties and any arbitrator or other court-connected ADR neutral involved in the case. “Immediately” is not replaced here with an invented hourly allowance. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C045 | Immediate oral notice to all those recipients is additionally required if a hearing, conference, or trial is scheduled to occur within 10 days. No actual scheduled event or calendar is supplied. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C046 | Failure to notify an involved arbitrator or court-connected ADR neutral of settlement at least 2 days before its scheduled hearing/session permits the court to order compensation for the scheduled hearing time. It does not make compensation automatic. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(2), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C047 | Compensation is bounded by the referenced maximum entitlement of the arbitrator under § 1141.18(b), or the neutral’s entitlement for the scheduled session. Section 1141.18(b) supplies compensation-floor units, permits higher superior-court compensation and waiver, and restricts payment before award filing or settlement. It is not a universally fixed compensation ceiling. No monetary amount is calculated here. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(2), second sentence; S013 § 1141.18(b). | T |
| R050-P1-C048 | Except as provided in (c) or (d), each plaintiff/affirmative-relief party must serve and file a request to dismiss the entire case within 45 days after the settlement date. | S007 rule 3.1385(b), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C049 | If that request is not made as required, the court must dismiss the entire case 45 days after receiving notice of settlement, unless good cause is shown against dismissal. This is a different trigger from C048. | S007 rule 3.1385(b), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C050 | The conditional route requires dismissal to depend on satisfactory completion of specified terms not to be performed within 45 days of settlement; installment payments are an included example, not an exception to that full predicate. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C051 | The served/filed conditional notice must specify the date by which dismissal is to be filed. The text does not establish an actual completion date or make that date proof of performance. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C052 | If the required request is not served/filed within 45 days after the dismissal date specified in the notice, the court must dismiss unless good cause is shown against dismissal. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(2). | T |
| R050-P1-C053 | Subject to (c)(3)(B), filing a conditional notice requires the court to vacate hearings and other proceedings requiring a party’s appearance. This report establishes no actual vacatur. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(3)(A). | T |
| R050-P1-C054 | The court may not set such an appearance proceeding earlier than 45 days after the notice’s stated dismissal date, unless a party requests it. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(3)(A). | T |
| R050-P1-C055 | The court need not vacate an order-to-show-cause hearing or other sanctions proceeding, or a party-requested § 877.6 good-faith-settlement determination. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(3)(B). | T |
| R050-P1-C056 | The referenced § 877.6 proceeding concerns the stated good-faith issue where an action alleges joint tortfeasors or co-obligors and a claimant settles with one or more of them. This reference does not supply a finding of good faith or decide contribution/indemnity consequences here. | S014 § 877.6(a)(1); bounded use for C055. | T |
| R050-P1-C057 | Rule 3.1385(c)(4) addresses exclusion from case-disposition-time computation and cites standard 2.2(n)(1)(A). The unavailable current standard and indexed different lettering remain a reconciliation gap; no general tolling, stay, or jurisdictional conclusion follows. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(4); S015 access/discovery limitation. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C058 | For compromise of a minor’s or disabled person’s claim, the court must not hold the order-to-show-cause hearing under (b) before an approval hearing provided appropriate approval papers have been filed. This does not itself approve the settlement or eliminate every other requirement. | S007 rule 3.1385(d). | T |
| R050-P1-C059 | A party that served/filed a settlement notice under (a), and determines dismissal cannot occur within the prescribed 45 days, must serve/file notice and a supporting declaration describing inability, showing good cause, and proposing an alternative dismissal date. | S007 rule 3.1385(e), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C060 | That notice and declaration must be served/filed at least 5 court days before the time for requesting dismissal has elapsed. “Court days” is the rule’s express unit. No calendar computation is made. | S007 rule 3.1385(e), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C061 | If good cause is shown, the court must continue the matter to permit additional completion time; it may take other appropriate case-management/disposition action. A filing alone is not an established good-cause finding. | S007 rule 3.1385(e), final sentences. | T |
| R050-P1-C062 | The reproduced advisory comment says subdivisions (a) and (b) remain applicable when parties settle and agree to dismissal under § 664.6. | S007 advisory comment to (a), (b); S008 adoption record. | T; P record only |
| R050-P1-C063 | The reproduced comment describes (c) as an alternative process for conditional settlements where dismissal under § 664.6 is not sought; it does not describe § 664.6 dismissal as mandatory. | S007 advisory comment to (c); S008. | T; P record only |
| R050-P1-C064 | A party requesting dismissal must serve all parties and file notice of entry of dismissal. The reproduced rule states no separate numerical period and does not make this notice the dismissal request itself. | S016 rule 3.1390; reproduced amended/renumbered date January 1, 2007. | T |
| R050-P1-C065 | Rule 3.1385 identifies duty bearers and required notice content but does not itself set out a separate universal signature formula for every filing. Complete official CM-200 and applicable signature/form requirements were not verified. Section 664.6’s settlement-signature rules cannot fill that gap automatically. | S007 whole rule; S001(b)–(d); S017 failure. | T/U |
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C066 | Rule 3.20(a) describes preemption in pleadings, demurrers, ex parte applications, motions, discovery, provisional remedies, and paper form/format, while preserving what a statute or statewide rule permits or requires. | S012 rule 3.20(a); history reports amendment effective January 1, 2015. | T |
| R050-P1-C067 | Its application exceptions include trial/posttrial proceedings; proceedings under the listed CCP protective provisions and named codes/criminal proceedings; eminent domain; and local rules under the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act. No blanket conclusion about all local practice follows. | S012 rule 3.20(b)(1)–(4), including its cited rule 3.1112(f) reference; no further local-practice analysis. | T |
| R050-P1-C068 | Settlement, notice of settlement, a motion for judgment, retained-jurisdiction action, dismissal, notice of entry of dismissal, performance, and judgment satisfaction are not established as interchangeable events by the selected texts. | S001(a), (e)–(g); S007(a)–(e); S016. Limited textual comparison. | T, inference |
| R050-P1-C069 | The selected text expressly permits retained jurisdiction with its specified dismissal mechanism but does not resolve every timing or jurisdictional effect of a different dismissal, a late request, disputed consent, or a particular order. | S001(a), (e)–(g); S003 transition; judicial authority and facts not examined. | U |
| R050-P1-C070 | Failure to establish a predicate for this mechanism does not itself prove that every other enforcement route is unavailable—or that another route is available. | S001’s limited affirmative mechanisms; no alternative-remedy authorities adopted. | U/H |
| R050-P1-C071 | References to approval, liens, good faith, incomplete signatures, or nonperformance do not supply a complete approval, evidentiary, breach, agency, remedial, or postjudgment-enforcement analysis. | S001(f); S007(c)(3)(B), (d); S014. | H |
| R050-P1-C072 | Only literal event triggers and stated units are reported. General deadline computation, service extensions, holidays, actual calendars, and a symbolic or numerical deadline model were not established or used. | S007 stated periods; scope of this pass. | H/no calculation |
Every row is a comparison of the read texts, with the current-original limitations above. “Unknown” means no factual evidence is supplied; it is not an invitation to obtain a record.
| Mechanism | Actor and cumulative predicate | Required document or record described | Stated consequence and discretion | Timing and exceptions | Missing evidence; claim/source links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary settlement judgment entry | Parties to pending litigation; settlement of whole or part; qualifying writing or oral stipulation | Signed writing outside court’s presence, or oral stipulation before court; motion | Court may enter judgment pursuant to settlement terms | No numerical motion period stated in selected sentence; signer qualifications apply | Pending litigation, agreement, authority, motion, terms and judicial action unknown. C007–C020; S001–S002 |
| Stipulated dismissal with retention | Settlement parties or counsel stipulate in specified form | Written stipulation or oral stipulation before court | Court may dismiss as to settling parties without prejudice and retain enforcement jurisdiction | Express duration: performance in full of terms; other dismissal/timing effects unresolved | Stipulation, authorized actors, court action, scope and performance unknown. C012–C013, C069; S001 |
| Court-initiated conditional-settlement process | Qualifying affirmative-relief party filed conditional notice; court acts on its own motion | Conditional notice; contemplated order to show cause | Court may set process concerning entire-action dismissal without prejudice and retention | Subdivision (e)(2)’s express category exclusion; no numerical interval specified there | Filed notice, statutory category and court action unknown. C021–C025; S001, S005–S006 |
| Specified later settlement filings | Judgment or dismissal without prejudice pursuant to § 664.6 | Settlement-related motion/notice/document; responsive filings | Filing permission; specified mandatory jurisdiction exercise, clerk acceptance, and narrow fee treatment | All predicates in (f), including properly filed documents and prior first-appearance-fee payment | Prior order, proper filing, fee history and missing-signature predicate unknown. C026–C030; S001 |
| Reported local-public-entity special route | All tort-claim, entity, action-status, program-eligibility, writing, signature, and express-enforceability conditions | Written agreement meeting (h)(2); subsequent action contemplated | Agreement may be enforced in a subsequent action under the section | Narrow incorporated entity definition; official 2026 amendment verification unresolved | All factual predicates absent; subsequent-action mechanics held. C032–C036; S001–S004 |
| Entire-case settlement notice | Entire case settled or otherwise disposed of; each plaintiff/affirmative-relief party bears duty | Written notice filed and served; additional oral notice when specified | Administrative notification; no judgment, performance, or dismissal established by the notice alone | Immediately; added oral duty for scheduled event within 10 days; separate neutral-compensation provision | Whole-case disposition, recipients, schedule, notice and signature requirements unknown. C042–C047, C065; S007, S013, S017 |
| Default dismissal administration | Rule’s default track, subject to (c) and (d) | Served/filed request for entire-case dismissal | Party duty; conditional mandatory court dismissal if request absent, unless good cause | Party: 45 days after settlement; court: 45 days after receipt of notice | Settlement date, receipt, request, exception and good cause unknown. C048–C049; S007 |
| Conditional-settlement administration | Dismissal conditioned on satisfactory completion of specified terms not to be performed within 45 days | Notice specifying date by which dismissal is to be filed | Later dismissal framework; hearing-vacatur and scheduling provisions | Separate 45-day references tied to notice’s stated dismissal date; exceptions and party-request qualification | Terms, stated date, performance, notice and court action unknown. C050–C057; S007 |
| Minor/disability hearing qualification | Compromise of specified claim; appropriate approval papers filed | Approval papers and approval hearing contemplated | Restricts when the (b) order-to-show-cause hearing may occur | Approval hearing precedes that hearing under stated condition; not blanket approval or exemption | Legal category and approval predicate unknown. C058; S007 |
| Additional time | Party previously served/filed notice; determines dismissal cannot occur in prescribed period | Notice plus supporting declaration, good cause and alternative date | Court must continue if good cause shown; may take other management action | At least 5 court days before dismissal-request time elapses | Filing, service, timing and good cause unknown. C059–C061; S007 |
| Notice of entry of dismissal | Party requests dismissal | Notice of entry, served on all parties and filed | Distinct notification duty | No numerical period stated in rule 3.1390 itself | Requested and entered dismissal and notice unknown. C064, C068; S016 |
| Payment, satisfaction, releases and later enforcement | No actual predicate supplied | No actual payment record, satisfaction, release or enforcement document examined | No outcome determined in this pass | Entire broader framework held | No selected source proves performance, satisfaction, lien release or collection entitlement. C068–C071 |
Status convention for this table: “Partial” means the reproduced-text rule was analyzed but current-original verification remains open; “Unresolved” concerns absent predicates or interpretive authority; “Held” concerns the stated scope boundary. Every next inquiry is confined to generic public law, not a request to inspect an actual or fictional record.
| Branch | Supported conditional rule and exact links | Missing authority or predicate | Adverse inference to avoid | Next permissible generic public-law inquiry; status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B01 — Jurisdiction unknown | Section (a) presupposes pending litigation and identifies permitted court action; particular jurisdiction is not established. C007, C011, C069; S001 | Jurisdictional basis, procedural posture, and any judicial determination | “The statute’s existence proves jurisdiction in a particular matter.” | Does an accessible official generic interpretation identify jurisdictional prerequisites beyond the section’s words? Unresolved. |
| B02 — Current original inaccessible | Failed retrieval proves an access gap, not absence or content of law. C001; S001, S007 | Accessible current official bodies | “The inaccessible original must match a mirror.” | Reopen the official code and rule publications through ordinary public access, without bypassing controls. Unresolved. |
| B03 — Amendment/effective chain incomplete | Reproduced 2023 transition and 2026 urgency amendment differ materially. C002–C006; S002–S003, S008 | Authenticated chapter text, final rule instrument, exhaustive later amendments | “A current crawl date or page-year label completes the legal-status audit.” | Read the official chaptered amendment and final rule instrument and check later published amendments. Partial. |
| B04 — Pending-litigation predicate unknown | Ordinary (a) begins with parties to pending litigation. C007–C011; S001 | Meaning/application of pending litigation and absent factual posture | “Negotiations, a demand, or an agreement alone establish pending litigation.” | Does a necessary public statutory definition clarify the predicate without case-specific investigation? Unresolved. |
| B05 — Private prelitigation agreement | Ordinary (a) requires its predicate; reproduced (h) supplies a narrow different route. C032–C036; S001–S004 | Applicability of all (h) conditions; alternative-remedy authority | “Every private agreement qualifies,” or “none can ever be enforced.” | Verify the official (h) text and its incorporated definition; leave unrelated remedies held. Partial. |
| B06 — Writing alternative | The specified signed-writing alternative is subject to (b)–(d). C008, C014–C020; S001 | Writing, signature, authenticity and assent are wholly absent | “Any draft, email, or unsigned memorial is necessarily sufficient.” | Identify only express public-law requirements for the statutory writing; electronic/authentication disputes remain held. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B07 — Oral alternative | The text requires an oral stipulation before the court. C009, C012; S001 | Qualifying setting, participation and record; interpretive authority | “Any oral discussion before any neutral is equivalent.” | Is there official generic guidance addressing the statutory phrase without deciding a particular record? Unresolved. |
| B08 — Full versus partial settlement | Section (a) includes part of a case; rule (a)(1) uses entire-case disposition. C010, C013, C042; S001, S007 | Settlement scope and remaining affirmative claims | “A partial settlement triggers every entire-case dismissal duty.” | Compare the exact whole/part wording with any indispensable statewide scope rule. Partial. |
| B09 — Signer category | Party, representing attorney, and qualified insurer-authorized agent are separately specified. C014–C018; S001 | Legal signer category and proceeding classification | “Every representative has identical signing authority.” | Verify each current statutory category and its exclusions, without investigating a signer. Partial. |
| B10 — Actual authorization and assent missing | Express authorization is separately addressed; signer status does not establish agreement formation. C019–C020, C033; S001 | Authority, authorization, assent, authenticity and capacity | “Attorney status, a signature label, or insurer involvement proves consent.” | Does the selected public text expressly supply the missing authorization rule? Broader agency merits remain held. Unresolved. |
| B11 — Expressly excluded category | Subdivision (c) limits signer alternatives; (e)(2) limits the court-initiated subdivision. C018, C023–C025; S001, S005–S006 | Exact statutory category and disputed exclusion reach | “A signer exception excludes every settlement remedy in that proceeding.” | Verify the exclusion’s grammatical scope and the exact referenced statutory category. Partial. |
| B12 — Request for retained jurisdiction | The stipulated route identifies settlement parties or counsel and specified stipulation forms. C012–C013; S001 | Stipulation, qualifying actor and court action | “A private retention sentence or unilateral request automatically binds the court.” | Read current official retention language and any necessary generic implementation explanation. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B13 — Court discretion | Judgment entry, stipulated dismissal/retention, and setting an OSC use permissive language. C011–C013, C021–C022; S001 | Exercise of discretion and legally sufficient predicates | “Meeting a document label guarantees the requested order.” | Distinguish each permissive grant from each mandatory duty in the current texts. Partial. |
| B14 — Timing relative to dismissal | The section expressly addresses its own dismissal/retention mechanism, not every other dismissal sequence. C069; S001, S003 | Controlling interpretation of timing and effects of other dismissals | “Retention can always be added later,” or “every dismissal necessarily ends all jurisdiction.” | Check official generic amendment explanations for express timing treatment; retain unresolved judicial questions. Unresolved. |
| B15 — Performance incomplete | Retention’s stated duration and later nonperformance filings are distinct from conditional-dismissal administration. C013, C027, C050–C052, C059–C061; S001, S007 | Terms, required performance and completion | “A notice or expected date proves completion or breach.” | Compare the public provisions’ separate performance and dismissal predicates. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B16 — Unconditional/default settlement notice | The default track is subject to the rule’s stated exceptions and separate settlement/receipt triggers. C042–C049; S007 | Whether the default rather than conditional/special track applies | “All settlements require the same dismissal event on the same clock.” | Read the default provision with (c), (d), and (e), preserving each trigger. Partial. |
| B17 — Conditional settlement notice | Rule (c)(1) requires the full satisfactory-completion and beyond-45-day predicate. C050–C054; S007 | Nature and timing of specified terms | “Any condition or any installment arrangement automatically qualifies.” | Verify the entire conditional definition and its relationship to statutory dismissal with retention. Partial. |
| B18 — Recipient, signature and content | Rule identifies duty bearers, recipients and conditional-date content; full signature/form requirements remain unverified. C043–C045, C051, C065; S007, S017 | Complete official form and indispensable signature rules | “Settlement-signature authority automatically determines the proper notice signer.” | Read both pages of the current official blank CM-200 and necessary generic signature/form rules, without completing anything. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B19 — Completion/stated dismissal date unknown | The conditional notice specifies a dismissal-filing date; that is not proof of actual completion. C050–C052; S007 | Stated date, completion conditions and performance | “The notice’s date necessarily equals final payment or satisfaction.” | Examine the rule’s exact date terminology and any official generic explanation of it. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B20 — Trigger and counting unit unknown | Settlement, court receipt, stated dismissal date and expiration of the request period are distinct triggers; (e) expressly uses court days. C045–C049, C052, C060, C072; S007 | Counting rules, service effects, holidays and actual event facts | “Every interval begins at settlement and uses the same unit.” | A separately bounded generic review could establish applicable counting provisions; no actual calendar follows here. Held for computation. |
| B21 — Scheduled proceeding/trial relationship | Oral notice, neutral compensation, vacatur and later settings have separate conditions and exceptions. C045–C047, C053–C055; S007, S013 | Scheduled event, recipient, notice and court action | “A conditional notice proves every appearance has already been vacated.” | Compare the specified court duties and express exceptions without examining a calendar. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B22 — Good cause | Good cause qualifies dismissal provisions and supports the additional-time process; (e) requires the specified notice/declaration. C049, C052, C059–C061; S007 | Adequate showing and court determination | “Claiming difficulty automatically extends time.” | Read official generic explanations of the particular good-cause provision; disputed sufficiency remains held. Unresolved. |
| B23 — Disputed terms or breach | Judgment must follow settlement terms; later nonperformance filings are permitted; no merits finding is supplied. C011, C027–C028, C071; S001 | Agreement formation, ascertainable terms, performance and evidentiary rules | “A motion, notice, or allegation establishes breach or authorizes new terms.” | Identify what the text expressly authorizes; keep judicial merits and evidence questions unresolved. Unresolved/Held. |
| B24 — Judgment entry versus payment/satisfaction | The selected mechanisms do not identify judgment entry or dismissal notice as payment or satisfaction. C068; S001, S007, S016 | Any actual judgment, payment, performance or satisfaction | “Entry or dismissal proves the obligation has been paid or released.” | Maintain the public-law distinction; satisfaction and release law remain a separate held component. Held. |
| B25 — Statewide versus local procedure | Broad civil-rule application and qualified local-rule preemption do not establish every local requirement. C037–C039, C066–C067; S010–S012 | Applicable category and unexamined local practice | “All local rules are irrelevant,” or “a local practice can override every statewide provision.” | Verify the statewide preemption boundary only; no local rule or court record is examined. Partial/Held. |
| B26 — Another forum or remedy | The section’s affirmative mechanism does not decide all other routes. C036, C070; S001 | Separate statutory/common-law route and forum authority | “Failure under § 664.6 proves no lawful enforcement is possible.” | State the generic alternative-remedy question for a separate authorized public-law review. Held. |
| B27 — Omitted approvals/protections | References to minors, disability, good faith or liens preserve distinct questions; they do not answer consumer, secured-obligation or co-obligor effects. C056, C058, C071; S001, S007, S014 | Applicable approval/protection framework | “The settlement mechanism displaces all special protections.” | Identify whether an express selected-text cross-reference makes a further public provision indispensable; otherwise retain the hold. Held. |
| B28 — Insurer defense, indemnity and excess liability | All positive conditions and the above-policy-limits exception in (b)(3) matter. C016–C017; S001 | Defense, indemnity, written authorization and liability predicates | “Any insurer-connected agent may sign every settlement.” | Read the current complete insurer-agent paragraph and preserve the factual fields blank. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B29 — Court action without stipulation | Subdivision (e) permits the specified OSC process after the specified conditional notice, subject to (e)(2). C021–C025; S001, S005–S006 | Qualifying notice, category and judicial action | “No stipulation means no court process is possible,” or “notice causes automatic retention.” | Distinguish permission to set an OSC from the eventual disposition and its exclusions. Partial. |
| B30 — Required all-party writing not fully signed | Subdivision (f)(2) states a notice-triggered exercise of retained jurisdiction, not a predetermined merits result. C026, C028; S001 | Requirement of all-party signatures and notice predicate | “An unsigned required agreement must be enforced,” or “the paragraph itself supplies missing assent.” | Read the exact paragraph and identify the unresolved question of appropriate relief without searching cases. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B31 — Later filing and narrow fee treatment | Subdivision (f) permits specified filings, protects against a second first-appearance fee under its predicate, and requires acceptance of properly filed documents. C026–C030; S001 | Prior fee payment, proper filing and qualifying prior disposition | “All later filings are fee-free or must be granted.” | Verify the narrow statutory predicates; complete fee and motion practice remain held. Partial/Held. |
| B32 — Local-public-entity program exception | All conditions in reported (h)(1)–(3) are cumulative within the special route. C032–C035; S001–S004 | Official amendment, legal entity category, tort-claim/action status and program eligibility | “Every public-agency agreement or prelitigation settlement qualifies.” | Authenticate the current (h) text and § 970(c), without investigating any program or entity. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B33 — Notice of entry of dismissal | The requesting party’s notice-of-entry duty is distinct from settlement notice and the dismissal request. C064, C068; S016 | Entered dismissal and notice/service predicates | “A settlement notice satisfies every later notice duty.” | Read current rule 3.1390 and only indispensable statewide implementing text. Partial. |
| B34 — Case-disposition-time cross-reference | Rule (c)(4) concerns case-disposition-time computation; its standard citation needs reconciliation. C057; S007, S015 | Accessible current standard and relettering instrument | “The reference automatically tolls every deadline or proves jurisdiction is lost.” | Read the current standard and official relettering amendment; preserve the limited administrative subject. Unresolved. |
This is an analytical worksheet only. Every authority-entry, evidence, analysis, and result cell below is intentionally empty. It contains no operative language, factual example, signature, date, court identification, or proposed filing.
| Field | Authority entry | Evidence entry | Analysis | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source issuer and title | ||||
| Complete public source URL | ||||
| Exact section/subdivision/clause | ||||
| Printed page | ||||
| Zero-based PDF index | ||||
| Version/publication label | ||||
| Legal status | ||||
| Enactment/amendment date | ||||
| Effective/operative trigger | ||||
| Actual access/check date | ||||
| Original/alternate access status | ||||
| Whole/selected read bounds | ||||
| Jurisdiction and legal category | ||||
| Pending-litigation predicate | ||||
| Agreement/stipulation form | ||||
| Whole/part settlement scope | ||||
| Signer category | ||||
| Consent/authorization | ||||
| Actual authority | ||||
| Assent/authenticity/capacity | ||||
| Court/location/record condition | ||||
| Terms identified | ||||
| Performance condition | ||||
| Relief requested | ||||
| Retention actor | ||||
| Retention request/stipulation form | ||||
| Retention duration | ||||
| Court discretion or duty | ||||
| Notice category | ||||
| Notice content | ||||
| Notice recipient | ||||
| Notice signature requirement | ||||
| Completion condition | ||||
| Stated dismissal event | ||||
| Triggering event | ||||
| Timing unit | ||||
| Counting-rule authority | ||||
| Exception/good cause | ||||
| Judicial question unresolved | ||||
| Local-rule boundary | ||||
| Approval/protection boundary | ||||
| Judgment/dismissal distinction | ||||
| Performance/satisfaction distinction | ||||
| Missing public authority | ||||
| Missing predicate | ||||
| Adverse inference to avoid | ||||
| Next permissible public-law inquiry |
This table addresses each numbered question and its material subquestions. The branch table above supplies additional branch-by-branch coverage rather than collapsing absent facts into a generic conclusion.
| Requested question/material subquestion | Coverage finding | Claim/source/branch crosswalk | Missing evidence or authority | Exact next permissible inquiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 — Complete current § 664.6 original, organization and version | Partial. Complete reproduced (a)–(h) read; current official original not verified. | C001–C004; S001–S003; B02–B03 | Accessible official code and chaptered amendment; later history | Reopen official § 664.6 and AB 1908’s chaptered §§ 1–2; verify intervening/later published amendments. |
| 1 — Pending litigation and settlement/stipulation predicate | Partial textual answer; actual application unresolved. | C007–C011; S001–S002; B01, B04 | Meaning in disputed settings; no factual posture | Identify any indispensable public definition; keep judicial application held. |
| 1 — Writing versus oral; location/record conditions | Partial. Exact alternatives preserved; no extra venue or record equivalence assumed. | C008–C009, C012; S001; B06–B07 | Controlling interpretation of “before the court”; signature/authenticity facts | Read official generic interpretation if available; do not substitute an actual transcript or agreement. |
| 1 — Whole/part settlement and judgment pursuant to terms | Answered as reproduced text; operative-currentness partial. | C010–C011; S001, S007; B08, B23 | Agreement scope and terms; judicial determination | Compare exact statutory whole/part language with the rule’s entire-case trigger. |
| 1 — Retention actor, duration and permitted court action | Partial. Stipulated and court-initiated routes distinguished. | C012–C013, C021–C031; S001; B12–B15, B29–B31 | Actual order; timing beyond express mechanism | Check the official amended text and generic implementation explanation. |
| 1 — Newly necessary prefiling/withdrawn-action exception | Partial. Reproduced (h) fully analyzed with incorporated definition. | C032–C036; S001–S004; B05, B32 | Official 2026 amendment and all actual predicates | Authenticate (h) and Government Code § 970(c), without querying a public entity or program. |
| 2 — Complete signer categories and associated conditions | Answered as reproduced text; current original partial. | C014–C018; S001; B09, B28 | Actual signer category and authorization | Verify current official (b)–(c), including insurer conditions and excess-liability exception. |
| 2 — Express authorization, discipline, good cause and civil-remedy qualification | Partial textual answer; merits held. | C019–C020; S001; B10 | Actual authorization, good cause, applicable disciplinary/civil process | Read official (d); retain broader professional-discipline and agency analysis outside this pass. |
| 2 — Express special proceedings/exclusions | Partial. Signer exclusion separated from subdivision-(e) exclusion. | C018, C023–C025; S001, S005–S006; B11 | Exact action classification; current complete incorporated chapter/part status | Authenticate the literal references and define only what is indispensable to their scope. |
| 3 — Complete current rule 3.1385 | Partial. Complete reproduction and comments read; original unavailable. | C005–C006, C042–C063; S007–S008; B02–B03 | Accessible current official rule and final amendment instrument | Read official body and adopted comments, distinguishing rule text from explanatory material. |
| 3 — Applicability and necessary definitions | Partial. Complete reproduced rules 1.5, 1.6, 3.10 read. | C037–C041; S009–S011; B25 | Current official originals; category-specific contrary rule | Verify scope without treating “general civil” as synonymous with every civil case. |
| 3 — Notice actor, recipient, signature and content | Partial. Actor/recipients/content answered from rule; complete official form/signature requirements unresolved. | C042–C045, C051, C065; S007, S010, S017; B18 | Complete current official blank CM-200 and necessary signature/form authority | Read full blank form and indispensable generic rules; do not complete or transmit it. |
| 3 — Default/unconditional track | Answered as reproduced text; currentness and actual application partial. | C048–C049; S007; B16 | Settlement date, notice receipt, exceptions and good cause | Verify both separate triggering events in current rule (b). |
| 3 — Conditional definition, date and dismissal condition | Answered as reproduced text; currentness and actual application partial. | C050–C054; S007; B17, B19 | Actual specified terms/date/performance | Verify full (c)(1)–(3), retaining the difference between intended dismissal and actual completion. |
| 3 — Scheduled events, compensation and vacatur exceptions | Partial. All selected-rule conditions read; no monetary/calendar outcome. | C045–C047, C053–C056; S007, S013–S014; B21 | Actual schedule, notice, entitlement and court action | Authenticate the exact rule and incorporated compensation/good-faith references only. |
| 3 — Good cause, additional time, minor/disability qualification | Answered as reproduced text; merits unresolved. | C058–C061; S007; B22, B27 | Appropriate papers, good cause and court determination | Read the complete specific exception; retain approval and evidentiary merits held. |
| 3 — Case-disposition-time cross-reference | Unresolved reconciliation. | C057; S007, S015; B34 | Accessible current standard and relettering amendment | Reconcile rule 3.1385(c)(4)’s citation with official standard 2.2 and its amendment history. |
| 3 — Separate dismissal-entry notice | Answered as reproduced text; currentness partial. | C064, C068; S016; B33 | Actual dismissal and applicable general service procedure | Authenticate rule 3.1390; do not invent an interval absent from its text. |
| 4 — Actor/predicate/document/consequence/discretion/timing comparison | Answered within reproduced-text limits. | Comparison table; C007–C071; B01–B34 | All factual predicates and official-currentness gaps remain | Resolve identified original-source gaps before treating the comparison as current authenticated law. |
| 4 — Official commentary and amendment/effectiveness material | Partial. Official adoption record read; final PDF and original chapter unavailable. | C002–C006, C062–C063; S002–S003, S008 | Final instruments and complete later history | Read official chapter and final rule amendment; do not promote a proposal or filename into operative law. |
| 4 — Dismissal jurisdiction, timing, disputed terms, severability, breach, alternative route | Unresolved/Held. No judicial-authority consensus asserted. | C069–C071; B14, B23, B26 | Controlling judicial analysis and all facts | State each generic legal question separately; seek no case records or opinion identifiers in this pass. |
| 5 — Ordinary civil versus distinct categories | Partial. Express statutory and rule boundaries identified. | C018, C023–C025, C037–C040; S001, S005–S006, S010–S011 | Particular category and contrary special rule | Examine only an indispensable public cross-reference; retain special-proceeding merits held. |
| 5 — Statewide versus local practice | Partial boundary analysis; local practice held. | C066–C067; S012; B25 | Any local rule and its legal application | Limit any next inquiry to statewide preemption scope unless a separate local-rule task is authorized. |
| 5 — Notice versus relief; conditional performance versus dismissal; entry versus enforcement | Answered as a bounded distinction. | C011–C013, C027, C042–C064, C068; comparison; B15–B24 | Actual events and separate enforcement law | Preserve distinct legal functions; do not infer a filing strategy or enforcement outcome. |
| 5 — Other listed approval, protective, fee, motion, appeal and collection issues | Excluded except exact indispensable text already identified. | C029, C046–C047, C055–C058, C071; B27, B31 | Full separate substantive/procedural frameworks | Maintain the parent holds; no isolated cross-reference becomes a complete guide. |
| 6 — At least 24 substantive qualitative branches | Delivered: B01–B34. Each contains rule/claim/source, gap, adverse inference and public-law next inquiry. | Entire branch table | Actual application remains unresolved by design | Follow only the stated generic public-law inquiry; do not populate branches with actual or fictional records. |
| 7 — Provision-specific comparison and question-to-claim crosswalk | Delivered, subject to explicit source limitations. | Comparison and this coverage table | No additional factual evidence supplied | Resolve original-access gaps rather than treating structural completeness as legal acceptance. |
| 7 — Wholly blank worksheet | Delivered. Authority, evidence, analysis and result cells all blank. | Worksheet section | All entries intentionally absent | No entry or factual collection authorized by this pass. |
| 7 — Optional symbolic/numerical relationship | Omitted with reason. Literal triggers and units are reported; complete counting rules were not established. | C072; B20 | General counting, service and holiday rules; no actual calendar | No calculation follows. A separate bounded public-law counting inquiry would be necessary if later authorized. |
Repeated attempts at the same instrument are grouped. Successful alternate access does not erase failed original access.
| Log item | Source/read attempt | Actual result and treatment |
|---|---|---|
| L01 — Main statutory original | S001 original; alternate official locator https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=664.6&lawCode=CCP; chapter locator https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&division=&title=8.&part=2.&chapter=8.&article=; host variant https://www.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=664.6. | Retrieval reported 403 or unavailable. No official statutory body read. Public.Law reproduction then read in full; final original recheck still failed. |
| L02 — 2026 amendment originals | S002 official text; navigation https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1908; PDF locator https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1908&version=20250AB190894CHP; legacy-publication locator https://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/25-26/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1908_bill_20260930_chaptered.pdf | 403 or unavailable. No PDF read. Successful complete chapter reproduction at S002 is retained as T, not authenticated original law. |
| L03 — Alternate 2026 amendment access | Failed alternate locators https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1908/id/3461555 and https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1908/id/3461555/California-2025-AB1908-Chaptered.html; metadata https://opencalaccess.org/leginfo/bill_info/20250AB190894CHP; linked body https://opencalaccess.org/leginfo/bill_text/20250AB190894CHP | First two unavailable; metadata body read as a discovery record only; linked body returned 500. Its update/action labels are not accepted as official legal-status proof. The separate S002 session URL successfully supplied the full reproduction. |
| L04 — Historical amendment | S003 official and alternate | Official 403; reproduced heading and complete §§ 12–13 read. Unrelated omnibus provisions and complete historical chain not adopted. |
| L05 — Statutory cross-references | S004–S006, S013–S014 official locators and alternates | Official retrievals failed; stated complete alternate section bodies read. Only the bounded incorporation/coverage uses shown in the claim table are adopted provisionally. |
| L06 — Chapter-5 discovery | S005 index and bodies; failed trial locators https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_proc_code_part_2_title_3_chapter_5 and https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_proc_code_part_2_title_3_chap_5 | Trial locators unavailable. Justia index and seven Public.Law section bodies read. An index is not treated as a complete current statutory body. |
| L07 — Main rule originals and aliases | S007 official page; https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=three&linkid=rule3_1385; https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1385; https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=three&linkid=rule3_1385; print locator https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1385?print=1 | 403 or unavailable; no original body opened. Complete alternate legal body and comments read at S007. Search-returned official text was discovery material, not substituted for successful original access. |
| L08 — Official Civil Rules PDF alternatives | https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/title_3.pdf; https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=file%2Froc-title-3_0.pdf; https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/roc-title-3_0.pdf; https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=rules-court%2Froc-title-3_1.pdf | 403 or unavailable. No PDF text or pixels read; no printed-page/PDF-index claim. Indexed excerpts and filenames were not accepted as operative-version proof. |
| L09 — Rulemaking records | S008 official HTML, attachment and final-rule PDF; committee binder https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/rules-20240806-materials.pdf | Official HTML record successfully read. Attachment 410; final PDF and binder 403. Proposal/recommendation search leads were not treated as independently operative rules. A 410 response does not establish withdrawal of the underlying legal action. |
| L10 — Scope/definition rules and dismissal-entry rule | S009–S012 and S016 official pages and alternates | Official pages 403; complete specified alternate rule bodies and history notes read. No local rule, judicial order or court-specific practice accessed. |
| L11 — Standard 2.2 | S015; unsuccessful alternate locators https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/standard-2.2, https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-standards-of-judicial-administration/2.2, and https://law.justia.com/rules/california/standard-2-2-trial-court-case-disposition-time-goals/ | Official 403; alternates unavailable. Indexed lettering discrepancy recorded solely as an unresolved lead. No current standard body or amendment instrument authenticated. |
| L12 — Official forms/navigation | S017 form and landing page; rules navigation https://courts.ca.gov/forms-rules/rules-court | 403. No form completion, full-form read, signature validation, submission, or legal conclusion from the first-page indexed excerpt. |
| L13 — Other official navigation/currentness checks | S018–S019 | Secretary of State and Department of Finance HTML bodies were accessible within the stated bounds. Chapter-list PDF failed because of unsupported content type. These pages did not cure the missing current statutory original. |
| L14 — Search results outside the authorized evidence set | Generic searches incidentally returned opinion, local-rule, and other unrelated results | Those were not opened or used as substantive evidence. No actual lawsuit, party, docket, agreement, provider, or identifying-entry query was conducted. No case or opinion identifier is adopted in this report. |
The pass does not establish an authenticated current official § 664.6 body as of the check date. The complete readable reproduction and reproduced 2026 chapter support the conditional textual analysis, but they do not satisfy the requested original-source verification by themselves. C001–C002; S001–S002.
The selected 2023 transition provisions and reproduced 2026 urgency clause were read. The complete official session-law chain, possible intervening or later amendments, and future-effective legislation were not exhaustively established. No conclusion that no such material exists is made. C002–C006.
The complete reproduced rule and comments were read, and the official administrative adoption record was read. The current official rule body and final amendment PDF remained inaccessible. The body’s older amendment notation, later comments, publisher check labels, and current-site headings are kept separate. S007–S008.
Rule 3.1385(c)(4)’s reference to standard 2.2(n)(1)(A) requires reconciliation with the differently lettered indexed lead. No conclusion about all deadline tolling, jurisdiction, stays, or actual case-disposition reporting is drawn. C057; S015.
The selected rule establishes its stated actors, recipients, content and timing. The complete current official blank CM-200 and any indispensable general signature/form requirements were not successfully verified. This report therefore does not announce a universal notice-signature rule or claim to have read the whole form. C065; S017.
The following remain precisely unresolved:
No judicial consensus is inferred, and no opinion or actual case investigation was used to resolve these questions. C069–C071.
No source establishes an actual pending action, party, signer, authorization, agreement, conditional term, notice, receipt, scheduled proceeding, request, order, payment, performance, breach, dismissal, judgment or satisfaction. None was queried, invented, examined or entered.
No complete local-practice, special-approval, protective-order, family, bankruptcy, secured-obligation, consumer-protection, fee, service, motion, hearing, appeal, reinstatement, default, interest, costs, satisfaction, lien-release, collection, guarantee, tax or credit analysis is supplied. The narrow provisions actually read do not silently import those frameworks. C071–C072.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Independent research boundary | Earlier reports and their conclusions were not used as premises. Necessary sources were sought afresh. |
| Main statutory read extent | Complete reproduced § 664.6(a)–(h) read; current official original not verified. |
| Main rule read extent | Complete reproduced rule 3.1385(a)–(e), nested subparagraphs, history notes and advisory comments read; current official original not verified. |
| Version distinctions | Historical 2023 transition, reported 2026 urgency amendment, rule-body history, later advisory-comment adoption record, publication labels and actual access date separated. |
| Scope distinctions | Ordinary judgment entry, stipulated retention, court-initiated process, special reported (h) route, settlement notice, dismissal request, entry notice, performance and satisfaction kept separate. |
| Signer and authority distinctions | Statutory signer category, actual authority, express authorization, assent, authenticity and capacity not collapsed. |
| Exceptions | Signer exclusions, subdivision-(e) exclusions, insurer qualification, rule (c)/(d)/(e) qualifications, neutral-compensation conditions and hearing exceptions preserved. |
| Timing | Distinct triggers and literal units reported; no actual calendar, service extension or numerical/symbolic deadline model calculated. |
| Qualitative coverage | Thirty-four substantive branches supplied, each with authority mapping, missing predicate, adverse inference and next generic public-law inquiry. |
| Worksheet | All authority-entry, evidence, analysis and result cells left blank. |
| Source integrity | Original failures remain visible; mirrors, indexed excerpts, filenames and administrative metadata are not represented as successful current-original reads. |
| PDF integrity | No PDF pixels, printed pages or zero-based indexes claimed as inspected. |
| Prohibited activity | No actual case or agreement opened; no operative document drafted; no filing, contact, account access, records request, transaction, subagent or identifying-party investigation performed. Incidental search hits were excluded. |
| Model/UI provenance | No unseen model selection, GPT-6 Pro verification, or UI provenance is claimed. |
| Review status | This is the researcher’s own check, not independent review. |
| Acceptance | No component, parent, operational or publication acceptance is asserted. This source-limited pass does not complete A050 or establish any recommended litigation action. |
END R050 PASS-01
Captured cells with original header handling and explicitly labeled bounded correction overlays. Downloaded JSON retains original cells. Tables may contain source limitations, historical examples and identified corrections; the complete reading supplies context.
Read the evidence with its boundaries. These are saved research components, including revisions. A scoped coordinator review checks selected evidence; it does not certify every claim, a complete jurisdiction, current law or individual applicability. Dates and access limits remain attached to the records.
Source ID · Issuer, instrument, exact locator · Complete literal HTTPS URLs · 19 data rows
| Source ID | Issuer, instrument, exact locator | Complete literal HTTPS URLs | Version, legal status, and effective trigger | Actual access/read bounds and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-S001 | California Legislature/Legislative Counsel, CCP § 664.6, reproduced by Public.Law; subdivisions (a)–(h) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=664.6. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_664.6 | T/U. Reproduction contains the reported 2026 subdivision (h). Publisher reports original-source access October 5, 2026; that is not this pass’s official verification. Operative-current-original status unresolved. | 2026-10-27, CA: original repeatedly reported 403. Complete reproduced legal body (a)–(h) read, including all paragraphs and exceptions; HTML body lines 0–77. No original amendment annotation was successfully read. |
| R050-P1-S002 | California Legislature, AB 1908, chapter 907, Statutes of 2026, chapter heading, digest, §§ 1–2, reproduced by LegiScan | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1908 Alternate: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1908/2025 | T/U. Reproduced chapter reports approved/filed September 30, 2026. Section 2 declares immediate effect as an urgency statute. Official chapter authentication and exhaustive later history unresolved. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced chapter text read: heading/digest and both enacted sections, HTML lines 44–107. Section 1 repeats the section in S001; that repetition is not independent authority. LegiScan |
| R050-P1-S003 | California Legislature, AB 1756, chapter 478, Statutes of 2023, selected §§ 12–13 | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1756 Alternate: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1756/2023 | T; historical transition text. Reproduction reports approval/filing October 8, 2023. Section 12(e) repeals that version January 1, 2025; § 13(i) makes its replacement operative January 1, 2025. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Chapter heading and complete §§ 12–13 read, including § 12(a)–(e) and § 13(a)–(i), principally HTML lines 781–827. Not the whole omnibus law. No complete earlier/later amendment audit. LegiScan |
| R050-P1-S004 | California Legislature, Government Code § 970(a)–(c); use limited to incorporated definition (c) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=970. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_970 | T/U. Alternate identifies a May 12, 2025 original-source access; operative version not independently established. | 2026-10-27, CA: original unavailable through retrieval. Complete reproduced (a)–(c) read, HTML lines 0–13. Only the “local public entity” definition is imported by reproduced § 664.6(h)(3); other definitions are not generalized to § 664.6. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S005 | California Legislature, CCP part 2, title 3, chapter 5, referenced by § 664.6(e)(2); chapter index and selected operative-section reproductions | Original chapter: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&division=&title=3.&part=2.&chapter=5.&article= Alternate index: https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-ccp/part-2/title-3/chapter-5/ Bodies: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_378; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_379; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_379.5; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_382; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_382.4; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_384; https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_384.5 | T/U. Index is labeled 2025; not proof of the complete current chapter. | 2026-10-27, CA: original chapter 403. Complete reproduced bodies of all seven listed sections read, including their nested provisions. Used only to identify the express chapter reference and avoid equating the chapter solely with class actions. Broader joinder, class approval, distributions, and incorporated special procedures are held. law.justia.com +7 |
| R050-P1-S006 | California Legislature, Labor Code § 2698, naming the part referenced in § 664.6(e)(2) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=2698. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/labor_code_section_2698 | T/U. Reproduced naming provision; current original not verified. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Entire one-sentence reproduced section read. Not the whole Labor Code part 13 and not a PAGA eligibility, approval, or remedies investigation. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S007 | Judicial Council, rule 3.1385(a)–(e), history notes and advisory comments; reproduced by Court Rules | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1385 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.1385 | T/U. Body history says amended effective July 1, 2013. Alternate publisher’s October 19, 2026 check label is not an effective date or this pass’s original verification. Later comment adoption addressed separately in S008. | 2026-10-27, CA: official body repeatedly 403. Complete reproduced rule, every subparagraph, subdivision/history notes, and both advisory comments read, HTML lines 13–73. Publisher-created practical summaries below the legal text are not adopted. |
| R050-P1-S008 | Judicial Council, 2024 rule/form adoption item concerning dismissal with retained jurisdiction, and associated amendment/report publications | Accessible official record: https://jcc.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=66740103-FCBD-422A-9FBE-B7BE24F5D8A0&ID=6821079&Options=&Search= Attachment: https://jcc.legistar.com/View.ashx?GUID=C9B3FB99-AE11-46E9-86FC-F7462A4EE6AB&ID=13262020&M=F Final-rule publication lead: https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/2024-11/2024-09-20-rules-effective-01-01-2025.pdf | P for administrative record; U for unavailable PDFs. Record says “Passed,” final action September 20, 2024, and states a recommendation effective January 1, 2025. | 2026-10-27, CA: complete relevant HTML details and recommendation read, lines 39–55. Attachment returned 410; final-rule PDF returned 403. No report pages or final-PDF pages inspected. The accessible status record does not establish every word of an inaccessible final instrument. File #: 24-168 |
| R050-P1-S009 | Judicial Council, rule 1.5(a)–(d), construction and terminology | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_5 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/1.5 | T/U. Reproduced history: adopted effective January 1, 2007. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced (a)–(d) and history read, lines 13–49. Used for rule terminology and standards’ stated status, not to rewrite statutory wording. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S010 | Judicial Council, rule 1.6, introductory qualification and definitions (1)–(22) | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_6 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/1.6 | T/U. Reproduced history: amended effective January 1, 2014. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Entire reproduced introductory qualification, all 22 definitions, and history read, lines 12–56. Rule definitions are not silently substituted for § 664.6’s provision-specific language. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S011 | Judicial Council, rule 3.10, application of Civil Rules | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_10 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.10 | T/U. Reproduced adoption effective January 1, 2007. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced rule and history read, lines 13–22. Exception for contrary statutes or California Rules of Court preserved. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S012 | Judicial Council, rule 3.20(a), (b)(1)–(4), local-rule preemption and exceptions | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_20 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.20 | T/U. Reproduced amendment effective January 1, 2015. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced rule and history read, lines 14–41. No local rule examined; no conclusion about validity of a particular local practice. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S013 | California Legislature, CCP § 1141.18, especially (b) incorporated by rule 3.1385(a)(2) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=1141.18. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_1141.18 | T/U. Current original/version unresolved; publisher reports earlier original access. | 2026-10-27, CA: original unavailable through retrieval. Complete reproduced (a)–(d) read, lines 0–12. Use limited to compensation reference in (b); no arbitration assignment/disqualification procedure or monetary calculation adopted. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S014 | California Legislature, CCP § 877.6(a)–(e); bounded use for rule 3.1385(c)(3)(B) | Original: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=877.6. Alternate: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_877.6 | T/U. Current original/version unresolved. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced (a)–(e), including (a)(1)–(2) and (e)(1)–(3), read, lines 0–30. Used to identify the referenced good-faith-settlement proceeding, not to supply its full service, merits, contribution, writ, or timing framework. california.public.law |
| R050-P1-S015 | Judicial Council, standard 2.2, particularly the conditional-settlement case-disposition-time reference | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/standards/standard2_2 | U. Official indexed text suggests current lettering differs from rule 3.1385’s reference. That discovery result is not adopted as authenticated operative text. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. No complete accessible document body authenticated. Rule 3.1385(c)(4)’s reference to (n)(1)(A) was read in S007; indexed standard text places the subject at (m)(1)(A). Reconciliation remains open. |
| R050-P1-S016 | Judicial Council, rule 3.1390, notice of entry of dismissal | Original: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1390 Alternate: https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/3.1390 | T/U. Reproduced amended/renumbered effective January 1, 2007. | 2026-10-27, CA: original 403. Complete reproduced one-sentence rule and history read, lines 12–22. No numerical interval appears in that sentence. Court Rules |
| R050-P1-S017 | Judicial Council, blank form CM-200, Notice of Settlement of Entire Case; access attempt only | Form: https://courts.ca.gov/documents/cm200.pdf Official landing page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/CM-200 | U; not used to establish an operative form requirement. Indexed excerpt labels a January 1, 2007 revision, but full official form/version was not verified. | 2026-10-27, CA: both direct accesses returned 403. Indexed material labeled page 1 of 2 was only a lead. No whole-form read, PDF-index determination, pixel inspection, filling, or filing. |
| R050-P1-S018 | California Secretary of State, Bill Chapters generic publication and 2026 Assembly chapter-list link | Page: https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/bill-chapters Linked list: https://admin.cdn.sos.ca.gov/bill-chapters/2026/assembly-bills.pdf | P for generic explanatory page; U for chapter list. A chapter-list update label is not a read of an individual chapter. | 2026-10-27, CA: explanatory body and 2026 link group read, principally lines 8–59. PDF retrieval reported unsupported application/octet-stream; no list entry or page inspected. Not used to authenticate AB 1908’s chapter text. sos.ca.gov |
| R050-P1-S019 | California Department of Finance, California Law discovery/link page | https://dof.ca.gov/budget/california-law/ | P as a generic navigation publication only. Not statutory authority for § 664.6. | 2026-10-27, CA: substantive navigation/explanation read, lines 5–23. It did not yield an accessible current statutory original. No currentness inference drawn from its description of the database. California Department of Finance |
Claim ID · Atomic proposition and consequential qualification · Exact source and scope · 31 data rows
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C001 | Current official § 664.6 and rule 3.1385 originals were not successfully retrieved on the check date; failure is not evidence that the law is absent, repealed, or unchanged. | S001, S007; repeated original-access results. | U |
| R050-P1-C002 | The reproduced AB 1908 chapter reports approval/filing September 30, 2026, replaces § 664.6 with text ending at (h), and declares immediate urgency effectiveness. The official chapter and exhaustive later history remain unverified. | S002, chapter heading, § 1, § 2. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C003 | The reproduced 2023 § 12 version expressly remains effective only until January 1, 2025 and is repealed on that date; its retention wording therefore cannot be treated as the complete later text. | S003, § 12(a), (e). | T |
| R050-P1-C004 | The reproduced replacement in 2023 § 13 becomes operative January 1, 2025; its implementation clause directed Judicial Council forms/rules work by that date. | S003, § 13(h), (i). | T |
| R050-P1-C005 | The reproduced rule 3.1385 body reports an amendment effective July 1, 2013. That body-history notation does not date every subsequently published advisory comment. | S007, rule history; S008 separately. | T |
| R050-P1-C006 | The accessible official Judicial Council record labels the rule/form item “Passed,” records final action September 20, 2024, and describes recommended comments and a form revision effective January 1, 2025. The associated final PDF was not read. | S008, official record details and recommendation. | P, bounded |
| R050-P1-C007 | The ordinary first-sentence route starts with parties to pending litigation. Whether any litigation is pending is not established. | S001 § 664.6(a), first sentence; S002 § 1. | T |
| R050-P1-C008 | The writing alternative specifies a writing signed by the parties outside the court’s presence, subject to the section’s signer provisions. No writing, signature, or authenticity is established. | S001 § 664.6(a), (b)–(d). | T |
| R050-P1-C009 | The alternative is an oral stipulation before the court. The selected statutory text does not itself define every setting or record that satisfies that phrase. | S001 § 664.6(a), first sentence. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C010 | The statutory settlement may concern the case or part of it. That does not satisfy an entire-case notice predicate by itself. | S001 § 664.6(a); compare S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C011 | Upon motion, the court may enter judgment pursuant to settlement terms when the stated predicate is met. The text does not make the agreement or notice itself a judgment or establish breach. | S001 § 664.6(a), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C012 | The stipulated-retention sentence identifies the settlement parties or their counsel, and a stipulation in writing or orally before the court. It is not simply a statement that any unilateral request establishes retention. | S001 § 664.6(a), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C013 | Under that sentence, the court may dismiss as to the settling parties without prejudice and retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement until performance in full of its terms. Actual court action and performance remain unknown. | S001 § 664.6(a), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C014 | For this section’s signed-writing rule, a writing signed by the party falls within the first signer category. Capacity, authenticity, and assent remain separate. | S001 § 664.6(b)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C015 | An attorney who represents the party is a listed signer, subject to subdivision (c) and the authorization provision in (d). | S001 § 664.6(b)(2), (c), (d). | T |
| R050-P1-C016 | The agent category requires an insurer defending and indemnifying a party and an agent authorized in writing by the insurer to sign on that party’s behalf. | S001 § 664.6(b)(3), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C017 | The insurer-agent paragraph does not apply if the defended party would be liable under the settlement for any amount above policy limits. No coverage, limits, or liability facts are supplied. | S001 § 664.6(b)(3), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C018 | Subdivision (b)(2) and (3) do not apply in a civil harassment action, an action under the Family Code, an action under the Probate Code, or a matter adjudicated in juvenile or dependency court. The exclusion expressly targets those signer paragraphs. | S001 § 664.6(c). | T |
| R050-P1-C019 | An attorney signing under (b) without the party’s express authorization is, absent good cause, subject to professional discipline, in addition to available civil remedies. No actual discipline or civil remedy is established. | S001 § 664.6(d). | T |
| R050-P1-C020 | A listed signer category does not itself prove actual authorization, assent, authenticity, capacity, or a binding agreement. This is a limited inference from the separate signer and express-authorization provisions. | S001 § 664.6(b)–(d); no outside agency or contract doctrine adopted. | T, inference |
| R050-P1-C021 | A filed conditional-settlement notice by a plaintiff, cross-complainant, or other party seeking affirmative relief permits the court, on its own motion and without a stipulation, to set the specified order to show cause. | S001 § 664.6(e)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C022 | The order-to-show-cause subject is why the court should not dismiss the entire action without prejudice and retain jurisdiction to enforce settlement. Filing the notice is not described as automatic dismissal or automatic retention. | S001 § 664.6(e)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C023 | Subdivision (e)(2) excludes actions by express reference to CCP part 2, title 3, chapter 5, commencing with § 378, and Labor Code division 2, part 13, commencing with § 2698. Its stated exclusion is from subdivision (e). | S001 § 664.6(e)(2). Exact classification and disputed reach held. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C024 | The read chapter-5 materials encompass permissive joinder provisions and representative/class provisions. The chapter reference must not be replaced with an unsupported “class actions only” shorthand. | S005, index; §§ 378, 379, 379.5, 382, 382.4, 384, 384.5. | T, bounded |
| R050-P1-C025 | Section 2698 names its part the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004. That naming provision does not establish whether any action falls under it. | S006, complete § 2698. | T |
| R050-P1-C026 | Subdivision (f)’s stated trigger is the court entering judgment or dismissing without prejudice pursuant to this section. It is not written as a universal rule for every judgment or dismissal. | S001 § 664.6(f), introductory clause. | T |
| R050-P1-C027 | After that trigger, a party may file settlement-related motions or documents, including the listed good-faith, lien, minor/disability-compromise, and nonperformance matters; responses and related documents may also be filed. Permission to file does not decide the request. | S001 § 664.6(f)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C028 | The court shall exercise retained jurisdiction if a party files notice that a written settlement agreement required of all parties was not signed by all parties. The paragraph does not specify that the unsigned agreement must therefore be enforced or that a particular corrective order follows. | S001 § 664.6(f)(2). | T |
| R050-P1-C029 | A party that paid a first-appearance fee is not assessed that fee again for a settlement-related motion, notice, or other document filed after the specified judgment or dismissal. This is not a general waiver of all fees or costs. | S001 § 664.6(f)(3). | T |
| R050-P1-C030 | The clerk shall accept settlement-related motions, notices, or other documents properly filed after the specified judgment or dismissal. Acceptance is not adjudication of their merits. | S001 § 664.6(f)(4). | T |
| R050-P1-C031 | The section does not preclude a party from requesting dismissal with prejudice after dismissal without prejudice under the section. It does not establish that the later request was made or granted. | S001 § 664.6(g). | T |
Claim ID · Atomic proposition and consequential qualification · Exact source and scope · 5 data rows
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C032 | The reproduced (h)(1) concerns a settlement resolving a tort claim against a local public entity where both conditions hold: the civil action has not been filed or was voluntarily withdrawn by the plaintiff; and the claim is eligible for payment from the entity-established victims’ compensation fund or other victim-related financial-assistance program. | S001 § 664.6(h)(1)(A)–(B); S002 § 1. | T/U currentness |
| R050-P1-C033 | The agreement described in (h)(1) must be in writing signed by the claimant and the local public entity or its authorized representatives for the stated subsequent-action route. Actual authority and signatures remain absent. | S001 § 664.6(h)(2)(A). | T |
| R050-P1-C034 | The agreement must also expressly state that it is enforceable pursuant to § 664.6; with the stated predicates, the text permits enforcement in a subsequent action under the section. It does not make execution of the agreement itself a judgment. | S001 § 664.6(h)(2), (B). | T |
| R050-P1-C035 | The incorporated local-public-entity definition includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and other state political subdivision or public corporation; it excludes the Regents of the University of California and the state and listed state offices/bodies whose claims are paid by Controller warrants. Only this defined term is incorporated. | S001 § 664.6(h)(3); S004 Government Code § 970(c). | T |
| R050-P1-C036 | A generic prelitigation agreement does not establish the ordinary pending-litigation predicate. Conversely, the read (h) exception prevents a blanket claim that § 664.6 can never concern an agreement made before filing. Another remedy’s availability is not resolved. | S001 § 664.6(a), (h); S002. | T, inference |
Claim ID · Atomic proposition and consequential qualification · Exact source and scope · 29 data rows
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C037 | The reproduced Civil Rules application provision reaches all superior-court civil cases, including general civil, family, juvenile, and probate cases, unless a statute or California Rule of Court otherwise provides. | S011 rule 3.10; reproduced adoption history effective January 1, 2007. | T |
| R050-P1-C038 | In the rules, subject to context or subject matter, “action” includes special proceeding; “case” includes action or proceeding; civil cases concern the stated protection/enforcement/redress functions and exclude criminal cases and habeas petitions. | S010 rule 1.6 introductory clause, (1)–(3). | T |
| R050-P1-C039 | “General civil case” is narrower than “civil case”: the definition excludes the listed probate/guardianship/conservatorship, juvenile, family, small-claims, unlawful-detainer, and other-civil-petition categories. That narrower label must not silently replace rule 3.10’s language. | S010 rule 1.6(4)–(5); S011. | T |
| R050-P1-C040 | For the rules, subject to the introductory qualification, “party” includes self-represented and attorney-represented persons, and the listed party designations include the attorney of record. This is not a general statutory authorization to settle. | S010 rule 1.6(15); reproduced history effective January 1, 2014. | T |
| R050-P1-C041 | The reproduced rule-construction provision makes “must” mandatory, “may” permissive, “may not” prohibitory, “will” a future contingency rather than a mandatory duty, and “should” a preference/nonbinding recommendation; standards are described as recommended guidelines or goals. | S009 rule 1.5(b)–(c), read with (a), (d); adopted-history date January 1, 2007. | T |
| R050-P1-C042 | The initial settlement-notice trigger is that the entire case is settled or otherwise disposed of. Partial settlement alone does not establish that trigger. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C043 | The rule assigns the notice duty to each plaintiff or other party seeking affirmative relief. It does not identify every participant indiscriminately as the duty bearer. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C044 | Upon the stated trigger, written notice must immediately be filed with the court and served on all parties and any arbitrator or other court-connected ADR neutral involved in the case. “Immediately” is not replaced here with an invented hourly allowance. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C045 | Immediate oral notice to all those recipients is additionally required if a hearing, conference, or trial is scheduled to occur within 10 days. No actual scheduled event or calendar is supplied. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(1), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C046 | Failure to notify an involved arbitrator or court-connected ADR neutral of settlement at least 2 days before its scheduled hearing/session permits the court to order compensation for the scheduled hearing time. It does not make compensation automatic. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(2), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C047 | Compensation is bounded by the referenced maximum entitlement of the arbitrator under § 1141.18(b), or the neutral’s entitlement for the scheduled session. Section 1141.18(b) supplies compensation-floor units, permits higher superior-court compensation and waiver, and restricts payment before award filing or settlement. It is not a universally fixed compensation ceiling. No monetary amount is calculated here. | S007 rule 3.1385(a)(2), second sentence; S013 § 1141.18(b). | T |
| R050-P1-C048 | Except as provided in (c) or (d), each plaintiff/affirmative-relief party must serve and file a request to dismiss the entire case within 45 days after the settlement date. | S007 rule 3.1385(b), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C049 | If that request is not made as required, the court must dismiss the entire case 45 days after receiving notice of settlement, unless good cause is shown against dismissal. This is a different trigger from C048. | S007 rule 3.1385(b), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C050 | The conditional route requires dismissal to depend on satisfactory completion of specified terms not to be performed within 45 days of settlement; installment payments are an included example, not an exception to that full predicate. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C051 | The served/filed conditional notice must specify the date by which dismissal is to be filed. The text does not establish an actual completion date or make that date proof of performance. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(1). | T |
| R050-P1-C052 | If the required request is not served/filed within 45 days after the dismissal date specified in the notice, the court must dismiss unless good cause is shown against dismissal. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(2). | T |
| R050-P1-C053 | Subject to (c)(3)(B), filing a conditional notice requires the court to vacate hearings and other proceedings requiring a party’s appearance. This report establishes no actual vacatur. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(3)(A). | T |
| R050-P1-C054 | The court may not set such an appearance proceeding earlier than 45 days after the notice’s stated dismissal date, unless a party requests it. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(3)(A). | T |
| R050-P1-C055 | The court need not vacate an order-to-show-cause hearing or other sanctions proceeding, or a party-requested § 877.6 good-faith-settlement determination. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(3)(B). | T |
| R050-P1-C056 | The referenced § 877.6 proceeding concerns the stated good-faith issue where an action alleges joint tortfeasors or co-obligors and a claimant settles with one or more of them. This reference does not supply a finding of good faith or decide contribution/indemnity consequences here. | S014 § 877.6(a)(1); bounded use for C055. | T |
| R050-P1-C057 | Rule 3.1385(c)(4) addresses exclusion from case-disposition-time computation and cites standard 2.2(n)(1)(A). The unavailable current standard and indexed different lettering remain a reconciliation gap; no general tolling, stay, or jurisdictional conclusion follows. | S007 rule 3.1385(c)(4); S015 access/discovery limitation. | T/U |
| R050-P1-C058 | For compromise of a minor’s or disabled person’s claim, the court must not hold the order-to-show-cause hearing under (b) before an approval hearing provided appropriate approval papers have been filed. This does not itself approve the settlement or eliminate every other requirement. | S007 rule 3.1385(d). | T |
| R050-P1-C059 | A party that served/filed a settlement notice under (a), and determines dismissal cannot occur within the prescribed 45 days, must serve/file notice and a supporting declaration describing inability, showing good cause, and proposing an alternative dismissal date. | S007 rule 3.1385(e), first sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C060 | That notice and declaration must be served/filed at least 5 court days before the time for requesting dismissal has elapsed. “Court days” is the rule’s express unit. No calendar computation is made. | S007 rule 3.1385(e), second sentence. | T |
| R050-P1-C061 | If good cause is shown, the court must continue the matter to permit additional completion time; it may take other appropriate case-management/disposition action. A filing alone is not an established good-cause finding. | S007 rule 3.1385(e), final sentences. | T |
| R050-P1-C062 | The reproduced advisory comment says subdivisions (a) and (b) remain applicable when parties settle and agree to dismissal under § 664.6. | S007 advisory comment to (a), (b); S008 adoption record. | T; P record only |
| R050-P1-C063 | The reproduced comment describes (c) as an alternative process for conditional settlements where dismissal under § 664.6 is not sought; it does not describe § 664.6 dismissal as mandatory. | S007 advisory comment to (c); S008. | T; P record only |
| R050-P1-C064 | A party requesting dismissal must serve all parties and file notice of entry of dismissal. The reproduced rule states no separate numerical period and does not make this notice the dismissal request itself. | S016 rule 3.1390; reproduced amended/renumbered date January 1, 2007. | T |
| R050-P1-C065 | Rule 3.1385 identifies duty bearers and required notice content but does not itself set out a separate universal signature formula for every filing. Complete official CM-200 and applicable signature/form requirements were not verified. Section 664.6’s settlement-signature rules cannot fill that gap automatically. | S007 whole rule; S001(b)–(d); S017 failure. | T/U |
Claim ID · Atomic proposition and consequential qualification · Exact source and scope · 7 data rows
| Claim ID | Atomic proposition and consequential qualification | Exact source and scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R050-P1-C066 | Rule 3.20(a) describes preemption in pleadings, demurrers, ex parte applications, motions, discovery, provisional remedies, and paper form/format, while preserving what a statute or statewide rule permits or requires. | S012 rule 3.20(a); history reports amendment effective January 1, 2015. | T |
| R050-P1-C067 | Its application exceptions include trial/posttrial proceedings; proceedings under the listed CCP protective provisions and named codes/criminal proceedings; eminent domain; and local rules under the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act. No blanket conclusion about all local practice follows. | S012 rule 3.20(b)(1)–(4), including its cited rule 3.1112(f) reference; no further local-practice analysis. | T |
| R050-P1-C068 | Settlement, notice of settlement, a motion for judgment, retained-jurisdiction action, dismissal, notice of entry of dismissal, performance, and judgment satisfaction are not established as interchangeable events by the selected texts. | S001(a), (e)–(g); S007(a)–(e); S016. Limited textual comparison. | T, inference |
| R050-P1-C069 | The selected text expressly permits retained jurisdiction with its specified dismissal mechanism but does not resolve every timing or jurisdictional effect of a different dismissal, a late request, disputed consent, or a particular order. | S001(a), (e)–(g); S003 transition; judicial authority and facts not examined. | U |
| R050-P1-C070 | Failure to establish a predicate for this mechanism does not itself prove that every other enforcement route is unavailable—or that another route is available. | S001’s limited affirmative mechanisms; no alternative-remedy authorities adopted. | U/H |
| R050-P1-C071 | References to approval, liens, good faith, incomplete signatures, or nonperformance do not supply a complete approval, evidentiary, breach, agency, remedial, or postjudgment-enforcement analysis. | S001(f); S007(c)(3)(B), (d); S014. | H |
| R050-P1-C072 | Only literal event triggers and stated units are reported. General deadline computation, service extensions, holidays, actual calendars, and a symbolic or numerical deadline model were not established or used. | S007 stated periods; scope of this pass. | H/no calculation |
Mechanism · Actor and cumulative predicate · Required document or record described · 12 data rows
| Mechanism | Actor and cumulative predicate | Required document or record described | Stated consequence and discretion | Timing and exceptions | Missing evidence; claim/source links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary settlement judgment entry | Parties to pending litigation; settlement of whole or part; qualifying writing or oral stipulation | Signed writing outside court’s presence, or oral stipulation before court; motion | Court may enter judgment pursuant to settlement terms | No numerical motion period stated in selected sentence; signer qualifications apply | Pending litigation, agreement, authority, motion, terms and judicial action unknown. C007–C020; S001–S002 |
| Stipulated dismissal with retention | Settlement parties or counsel stipulate in specified form | Written stipulation or oral stipulation before court | Court may dismiss as to settling parties without prejudice and retain enforcement jurisdiction | Express duration: performance in full of terms; other dismissal/timing effects unresolved | Stipulation, authorized actors, court action, scope and performance unknown. C012–C013, C069; S001 |
| Court-initiated conditional-settlement process | Qualifying affirmative-relief party filed conditional notice; court acts on its own motion | Conditional notice; contemplated order to show cause | Court may set process concerning entire-action dismissal without prejudice and retention | Subdivision (e)(2)’s express category exclusion; no numerical interval specified there | Filed notice, statutory category and court action unknown. C021–C025; S001, S005–S006 |
| Specified later settlement filings | Judgment or dismissal without prejudice pursuant to § 664.6 | Settlement-related motion/notice/document; responsive filings | Filing permission; specified mandatory jurisdiction exercise, clerk acceptance, and narrow fee treatment | All predicates in (f), including properly filed documents and prior first-appearance-fee payment | Prior order, proper filing, fee history and missing-signature predicate unknown. C026–C030; S001 |
| Reported local-public-entity special route | All tort-claim, entity, action-status, program-eligibility, writing, signature, and express-enforceability conditions | Written agreement meeting (h)(2); subsequent action contemplated | Agreement may be enforced in a subsequent action under the section | Narrow incorporated entity definition; official 2026 amendment verification unresolved | All factual predicates absent; subsequent-action mechanics held. C032–C036; S001–S004 |
| Entire-case settlement notice | Entire case settled or otherwise disposed of; each plaintiff/affirmative-relief party bears duty | Written notice filed and served; additional oral notice when specified | Administrative notification; no judgment, performance, or dismissal established by the notice alone | Immediately; added oral duty for scheduled event within 10 days; separate neutral-compensation provision | Whole-case disposition, recipients, schedule, notice and signature requirements unknown. C042–C047, C065; S007, S013, S017 |
| Default dismissal administration | Rule’s default track, subject to (c) and (d) | Served/filed request for entire-case dismissal | Party duty; conditional mandatory court dismissal if request absent, unless good cause | Party: 45 days after settlement; court: 45 days after receipt of notice | Settlement date, receipt, request, exception and good cause unknown. C048–C049; S007 |
| Conditional-settlement administration | Dismissal conditioned on satisfactory completion of specified terms not to be performed within 45 days | Notice specifying date by which dismissal is to be filed | Later dismissal framework; hearing-vacatur and scheduling provisions | Separate 45-day references tied to notice’s stated dismissal date; exceptions and party-request qualification | Terms, stated date, performance, notice and court action unknown. C050–C057; S007 |
| Minor/disability hearing qualification | Compromise of specified claim; appropriate approval papers filed | Approval papers and approval hearing contemplated | Restricts when the (b) order-to-show-cause hearing may occur | Approval hearing precedes that hearing under stated condition; not blanket approval or exemption | Legal category and approval predicate unknown. C058; S007 |
| Additional time | Party previously served/filed notice; determines dismissal cannot occur in prescribed period | Notice plus supporting declaration, good cause and alternative date | Court must continue if good cause shown; may take other management action | At least 5 court days before dismissal-request time elapses | Filing, service, timing and good cause unknown. C059–C061; S007 |
| Notice of entry of dismissal | Party requests dismissal | Notice of entry, served on all parties and filed | Distinct notification duty | No numerical period stated in rule 3.1390 itself | Requested and entered dismissal and notice unknown. C064, C068; S016 |
| Payment, satisfaction, releases and later enforcement | No actual predicate supplied | No actual payment record, satisfaction, release or enforcement document examined | No outcome determined in this pass | Entire broader framework held | No selected source proves performance, satisfaction, lien release or collection entitlement. C068–C071 |
Branch · Supported conditional rule and exact links · Missing authority or predicate · 34 data rows
| Branch | Supported conditional rule and exact links | Missing authority or predicate | Adverse inference to avoid | Next permissible generic public-law inquiry; status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B01 — Jurisdiction unknown | Section (a) presupposes pending litigation and identifies permitted court action; particular jurisdiction is not established. C007, C011, C069; S001 | Jurisdictional basis, procedural posture, and any judicial determination | “The statute’s existence proves jurisdiction in a particular matter.” | Does an accessible official generic interpretation identify jurisdictional prerequisites beyond the section’s words? Unresolved. |
| B02 — Current original inaccessible | Failed retrieval proves an access gap, not absence or content of law. C001; S001, S007 | Accessible current official bodies | “The inaccessible original must match a mirror.” | Reopen the official code and rule publications through ordinary public access, without bypassing controls. Unresolved. |
| B03 — Amendment/effective chain incomplete | Reproduced 2023 transition and 2026 urgency amendment differ materially. C002–C006; S002–S003, S008 | Authenticated chapter text, final rule instrument, exhaustive later amendments | “A current crawl date or page-year label completes the legal-status audit.” | Read the official chaptered amendment and final rule instrument and check later published amendments. Partial. |
| B04 — Pending-litigation predicate unknown | Ordinary (a) begins with parties to pending litigation. C007–C011; S001 | Meaning/application of pending litigation and absent factual posture | “Negotiations, a demand, or an agreement alone establish pending litigation.” | Does a necessary public statutory definition clarify the predicate without case-specific investigation? Unresolved. |
| B05 — Private prelitigation agreement | Ordinary (a) requires its predicate; reproduced (h) supplies a narrow different route. C032–C036; S001–S004 | Applicability of all (h) conditions; alternative-remedy authority | “Every private agreement qualifies,” or “none can ever be enforced.” | Verify the official (h) text and its incorporated definition; leave unrelated remedies held. Partial. |
| B06 — Writing alternative | The specified signed-writing alternative is subject to (b)–(d). C008, C014–C020; S001 | Writing, signature, authenticity and assent are wholly absent | “Any draft, email, or unsigned memorial is necessarily sufficient.” | Identify only express public-law requirements for the statutory writing; electronic/authentication disputes remain held. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B07 — Oral alternative | The text requires an oral stipulation before the court. C009, C012; S001 | Qualifying setting, participation and record; interpretive authority | “Any oral discussion before any neutral is equivalent.” | Is there official generic guidance addressing the statutory phrase without deciding a particular record? Unresolved. |
| B08 — Full versus partial settlement | Section (a) includes part of a case; rule (a)(1) uses entire-case disposition. C010, C013, C042; S001, S007 | Settlement scope and remaining affirmative claims | “A partial settlement triggers every entire-case dismissal duty.” | Compare the exact whole/part wording with any indispensable statewide scope rule. Partial. |
| B09 — Signer category | Party, representing attorney, and qualified insurer-authorized agent are separately specified. C014–C018; S001 | Legal signer category and proceeding classification | “Every representative has identical signing authority.” | Verify each current statutory category and its exclusions, without investigating a signer. Partial. |
| B10 — Actual authorization and assent missing | Express authorization is separately addressed; signer status does not establish agreement formation. C019–C020, C033; S001 | Authority, authorization, assent, authenticity and capacity | “Attorney status, a signature label, or insurer involvement proves consent.” | Does the selected public text expressly supply the missing authorization rule? Broader agency merits remain held. Unresolved. |
| B11 — Expressly excluded category | Subdivision (c) limits signer alternatives; (e)(2) limits the court-initiated subdivision. C018, C023–C025; S001, S005–S006 | Exact statutory category and disputed exclusion reach | “A signer exception excludes every settlement remedy in that proceeding.” | Verify the exclusion’s grammatical scope and the exact referenced statutory category. Partial. |
| B12 — Request for retained jurisdiction | The stipulated route identifies settlement parties or counsel and specified stipulation forms. C012–C013; S001 | Stipulation, qualifying actor and court action | “A private retention sentence or unilateral request automatically binds the court.” | Read current official retention language and any necessary generic implementation explanation. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B13 — Court discretion | Judgment entry, stipulated dismissal/retention, and setting an OSC use permissive language. C011–C013, C021–C022; S001 | Exercise of discretion and legally sufficient predicates | “Meeting a document label guarantees the requested order.” | Distinguish each permissive grant from each mandatory duty in the current texts. Partial. |
| B14 — Timing relative to dismissal | The section expressly addresses its own dismissal/retention mechanism, not every other dismissal sequence. C069; S001, S003 | Controlling interpretation of timing and effects of other dismissals | “Retention can always be added later,” or “every dismissal necessarily ends all jurisdiction.” | Check official generic amendment explanations for express timing treatment; retain unresolved judicial questions. Unresolved. |
| B15 — Performance incomplete | Retention’s stated duration and later nonperformance filings are distinct from conditional-dismissal administration. C013, C027, C050–C052, C059–C061; S001, S007 | Terms, required performance and completion | “A notice or expected date proves completion or breach.” | Compare the public provisions’ separate performance and dismissal predicates. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B16 — Unconditional/default settlement notice | The default track is subject to the rule’s stated exceptions and separate settlement/receipt triggers. C042–C049; S007 | Whether the default rather than conditional/special track applies | “All settlements require the same dismissal event on the same clock.” | Read the default provision with (c), (d), and (e), preserving each trigger. Partial. |
| B17 — Conditional settlement notice | Rule (c)(1) requires the full satisfactory-completion and beyond-45-day predicate. C050–C054; S007 | Nature and timing of specified terms | “Any condition or any installment arrangement automatically qualifies.” | Verify the entire conditional definition and its relationship to statutory dismissal with retention. Partial. |
| B18 — Recipient, signature and content | Rule identifies duty bearers, recipients and conditional-date content; full signature/form requirements remain unverified. C043–C045, C051, C065; S007, S017 | Complete official form and indispensable signature rules | “Settlement-signature authority automatically determines the proper notice signer.” | Read both pages of the current official blank CM-200 and necessary generic signature/form rules, without completing anything. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B19 — Completion/stated dismissal date unknown | The conditional notice specifies a dismissal-filing date; that is not proof of actual completion. C050–C052; S007 | Stated date, completion conditions and performance | “The notice’s date necessarily equals final payment or satisfaction.” | Examine the rule’s exact date terminology and any official generic explanation of it. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B20 — Trigger and counting unit unknown | Settlement, court receipt, stated dismissal date and expiration of the request period are distinct triggers; (e) expressly uses court days. C045–C049, C052, C060, C072; S007 | Counting rules, service effects, holidays and actual event facts | “Every interval begins at settlement and uses the same unit.” | A separately bounded generic review could establish applicable counting provisions; no actual calendar follows here. Held for computation. |
| B21 — Scheduled proceeding/trial relationship | Oral notice, neutral compensation, vacatur and later settings have separate conditions and exceptions. C045–C047, C053–C055; S007, S013 | Scheduled event, recipient, notice and court action | “A conditional notice proves every appearance has already been vacated.” | Compare the specified court duties and express exceptions without examining a calendar. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B22 — Good cause | Good cause qualifies dismissal provisions and supports the additional-time process; (e) requires the specified notice/declaration. C049, C052, C059–C061; S007 | Adequate showing and court determination | “Claiming difficulty automatically extends time.” | Read official generic explanations of the particular good-cause provision; disputed sufficiency remains held. Unresolved. |
| B23 — Disputed terms or breach | Judgment must follow settlement terms; later nonperformance filings are permitted; no merits finding is supplied. C011, C027–C028, C071; S001 | Agreement formation, ascertainable terms, performance and evidentiary rules | “A motion, notice, or allegation establishes breach or authorizes new terms.” | Identify what the text expressly authorizes; keep judicial merits and evidence questions unresolved. Unresolved/Held. |
| B24 — Judgment entry versus payment/satisfaction | The selected mechanisms do not identify judgment entry or dismissal notice as payment or satisfaction. C068; S001, S007, S016 | Any actual judgment, payment, performance or satisfaction | “Entry or dismissal proves the obligation has been paid or released.” | Maintain the public-law distinction; satisfaction and release law remain a separate held component. Held. |
| B25 — Statewide versus local procedure | Broad civil-rule application and qualified local-rule preemption do not establish every local requirement. C037–C039, C066–C067; S010–S012 | Applicable category and unexamined local practice | “All local rules are irrelevant,” or “a local practice can override every statewide provision.” | Verify the statewide preemption boundary only; no local rule or court record is examined. Partial/Held. |
| B26 — Another forum or remedy | The section’s affirmative mechanism does not decide all other routes. C036, C070; S001 | Separate statutory/common-law route and forum authority | “Failure under § 664.6 proves no lawful enforcement is possible.” | State the generic alternative-remedy question for a separate authorized public-law review. Held. |
| B27 — Omitted approvals/protections | References to minors, disability, good faith or liens preserve distinct questions; they do not answer consumer, secured-obligation or co-obligor effects. C056, C058, C071; S001, S007, S014 | Applicable approval/protection framework | “The settlement mechanism displaces all special protections.” | Identify whether an express selected-text cross-reference makes a further public provision indispensable; otherwise retain the hold. Held. |
| B28 — Insurer defense, indemnity and excess liability | All positive conditions and the above-policy-limits exception in (b)(3) matter. C016–C017; S001 | Defense, indemnity, written authorization and liability predicates | “Any insurer-connected agent may sign every settlement.” | Read the current complete insurer-agent paragraph and preserve the factual fields blank. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B29 — Court action without stipulation | Subdivision (e) permits the specified OSC process after the specified conditional notice, subject to (e)(2). C021–C025; S001, S005–S006 | Qualifying notice, category and judicial action | “No stipulation means no court process is possible,” or “notice causes automatic retention.” | Distinguish permission to set an OSC from the eventual disposition and its exclusions. Partial. |
| B30 — Required all-party writing not fully signed | Subdivision (f)(2) states a notice-triggered exercise of retained jurisdiction, not a predetermined merits result. C026, C028; S001 | Requirement of all-party signatures and notice predicate | “An unsigned required agreement must be enforced,” or “the paragraph itself supplies missing assent.” | Read the exact paragraph and identify the unresolved question of appropriate relief without searching cases. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B31 — Later filing and narrow fee treatment | Subdivision (f) permits specified filings, protects against a second first-appearance fee under its predicate, and requires acceptance of properly filed documents. C026–C030; S001 | Prior fee payment, proper filing and qualifying prior disposition | “All later filings are fee-free or must be granted.” | Verify the narrow statutory predicates; complete fee and motion practice remain held. Partial/Held. |
| B32 — Local-public-entity program exception | All conditions in reported (h)(1)–(3) are cumulative within the special route. C032–C035; S001–S004 | Official amendment, legal entity category, tort-claim/action status and program eligibility | “Every public-agency agreement or prelitigation settlement qualifies.” | Authenticate the current (h) text and § 970(c), without investigating any program or entity. Partial/Unresolved. |
| B33 — Notice of entry of dismissal | The requesting party’s notice-of-entry duty is distinct from settlement notice and the dismissal request. C064, C068; S016 | Entered dismissal and notice/service predicates | “A settlement notice satisfies every later notice duty.” | Read current rule 3.1390 and only indispensable statewide implementing text. Partial. |
| B34 — Case-disposition-time cross-reference | Rule (c)(4) concerns case-disposition-time computation; its standard citation needs reconciliation. C057; S007, S015 | Accessible current standard and relettering instrument | “The reference automatically tolls every deadline or proves jurisdiction is lost.” | Read the current standard and official relettering amendment; preserve the limited administrative subject. Unresolved. |
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Requested question/material subquestion · Coverage finding · Claim/source/branch crosswalk · 29 data rows
| Requested question/material subquestion | Coverage finding | Claim/source/branch crosswalk | Missing evidence or authority | Exact next permissible inquiry |
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| 1 — Complete current § 664.6 original, organization and version | Partial. Complete reproduced (a)–(h) read; current official original not verified. | C001–C004; S001–S003; B02–B03 | Accessible official code and chaptered amendment; later history | Reopen official § 664.6 and AB 1908’s chaptered §§ 1–2; verify intervening/later published amendments. |
| 1 — Pending litigation and settlement/stipulation predicate | Partial textual answer; actual application unresolved. | C007–C011; S001–S002; B01, B04 | Meaning in disputed settings; no factual posture | Identify any indispensable public definition; keep judicial application held. |
| 1 — Writing versus oral; location/record conditions | Partial. Exact alternatives preserved; no extra venue or record equivalence assumed. | C008–C009, C012; S001; B06–B07 | Controlling interpretation of “before the court”; signature/authenticity facts | Read official generic interpretation if available; do not substitute an actual transcript or agreement. |
| 1 — Whole/part settlement and judgment pursuant to terms | Answered as reproduced text; operative-currentness partial. | C010–C011; S001, S007; B08, B23 | Agreement scope and terms; judicial determination | Compare exact statutory whole/part language with the rule’s entire-case trigger. |
| 1 — Retention actor, duration and permitted court action | Partial. Stipulated and court-initiated routes distinguished. | C012–C013, C021–C031; S001; B12–B15, B29–B31 | Actual order; timing beyond express mechanism | Check the official amended text and generic implementation explanation. |
| 1 — Newly necessary prefiling/withdrawn-action exception | Partial. Reproduced (h) fully analyzed with incorporated definition. | C032–C036; S001–S004; B05, B32 | Official 2026 amendment and all actual predicates | Authenticate (h) and Government Code § 970(c), without querying a public entity or program. |
| 2 — Complete signer categories and associated conditions | Answered as reproduced text; current original partial. | C014–C018; S001; B09, B28 | Actual signer category and authorization | Verify current official (b)–(c), including insurer conditions and excess-liability exception. |
| 2 — Express authorization, discipline, good cause and civil-remedy qualification | Partial textual answer; merits held. | C019–C020; S001; B10 | Actual authorization, good cause, applicable disciplinary/civil process | Read official (d); retain broader professional-discipline and agency analysis outside this pass. |
| 2 — Express special proceedings/exclusions | Partial. Signer exclusion separated from subdivision-(e) exclusion. | C018, C023–C025; S001, S005–S006; B11 | Exact action classification; current complete incorporated chapter/part status | Authenticate the literal references and define only what is indispensable to their scope. |
| 3 — Complete current rule 3.1385 | Partial. Complete reproduction and comments read; original unavailable. | C005–C006, C042–C063; S007–S008; B02–B03 | Accessible current official rule and final amendment instrument | Read official body and adopted comments, distinguishing rule text from explanatory material. |
| 3 — Applicability and necessary definitions | Partial. Complete reproduced rules 1.5, 1.6, 3.10 read. | C037–C041; S009–S011; B25 | Current official originals; category-specific contrary rule | Verify scope without treating “general civil” as synonymous with every civil case. |
| 3 — Notice actor, recipient, signature and content | Partial. Actor/recipients/content answered from rule; complete official form/signature requirements unresolved. | C042–C045, C051, C065; S007, S010, S017; B18 | Complete current official blank CM-200 and necessary signature/form authority | Read full blank form and indispensable generic rules; do not complete or transmit it. |
| 3 — Default/unconditional track | Answered as reproduced text; currentness and actual application partial. | C048–C049; S007; B16 | Settlement date, notice receipt, exceptions and good cause | Verify both separate triggering events in current rule (b). |
| 3 — Conditional definition, date and dismissal condition | Answered as reproduced text; currentness and actual application partial. | C050–C054; S007; B17, B19 | Actual specified terms/date/performance | Verify full (c)(1)–(3), retaining the difference between intended dismissal and actual completion. |
| 3 — Scheduled events, compensation and vacatur exceptions | Partial. All selected-rule conditions read; no monetary/calendar outcome. | C045–C047, C053–C056; S007, S013–S014; B21 | Actual schedule, notice, entitlement and court action | Authenticate the exact rule and incorporated compensation/good-faith references only. |
| 3 — Good cause, additional time, minor/disability qualification | Answered as reproduced text; merits unresolved. | C058–C061; S007; B22, B27 | Appropriate papers, good cause and court determination | Read the complete specific exception; retain approval and evidentiary merits held. |
| 3 — Case-disposition-time cross-reference | Unresolved reconciliation. | C057; S007, S015; B34 | Accessible current standard and relettering amendment | Reconcile rule 3.1385(c)(4)’s citation with official standard 2.2 and its amendment history. |
| 3 — Separate dismissal-entry notice | Answered as reproduced text; currentness partial. | C064, C068; S016; B33 | Actual dismissal and applicable general service procedure | Authenticate rule 3.1390; do not invent an interval absent from its text. |
| 4 — Actor/predicate/document/consequence/discretion/timing comparison | Answered within reproduced-text limits. | Comparison table; C007–C071; B01–B34 | All factual predicates and official-currentness gaps remain | Resolve identified original-source gaps before treating the comparison as current authenticated law. |
| 4 — Official commentary and amendment/effectiveness material | Partial. Official adoption record read; final PDF and original chapter unavailable. | C002–C006, C062–C063; S002–S003, S008 | Final instruments and complete later history | Read official chapter and final rule amendment; do not promote a proposal or filename into operative law. |
| 4 — Dismissal jurisdiction, timing, disputed terms, severability, breach, alternative route | Unresolved/Held. No judicial-authority consensus asserted. | C069–C071; B14, B23, B26 | Controlling judicial analysis and all facts | State each generic legal question separately; seek no case records or opinion identifiers in this pass. |
| 5 — Ordinary civil versus distinct categories | Partial. Express statutory and rule boundaries identified. | C018, C023–C025, C037–C040; S001, S005–S006, S010–S011 | Particular category and contrary special rule | Examine only an indispensable public cross-reference; retain special-proceeding merits held. |
| 5 — Statewide versus local practice | Partial boundary analysis; local practice held. | C066–C067; S012; B25 | Any local rule and its legal application | Limit any next inquiry to statewide preemption scope unless a separate local-rule task is authorized. |
| 5 — Notice versus relief; conditional performance versus dismissal; entry versus enforcement | Answered as a bounded distinction. | C011–C013, C027, C042–C064, C068; comparison; B15–B24 | Actual events and separate enforcement law | Preserve distinct legal functions; do not infer a filing strategy or enforcement outcome. |
| 5 — Other listed approval, protective, fee, motion, appeal and collection issues | Excluded except exact indispensable text already identified. | C029, C046–C047, C055–C058, C071; B27, B31 | Full separate substantive/procedural frameworks | Maintain the parent holds; no isolated cross-reference becomes a complete guide. |
| 6 — At least 24 substantive qualitative branches | Delivered: B01–B34. Each contains rule/claim/source, gap, adverse inference and public-law next inquiry. | Entire branch table | Actual application remains unresolved by design | Follow only the stated generic public-law inquiry; do not populate branches with actual or fictional records. |
| 7 — Provision-specific comparison and question-to-claim crosswalk | Delivered, subject to explicit source limitations. | Comparison and this coverage table | No additional factual evidence supplied | Resolve original-access gaps rather than treating structural completeness as legal acceptance. |
| 7 — Wholly blank worksheet | Delivered. Authority, evidence, analysis and result cells all blank. | Worksheet section | All entries intentionally absent | No entry or factual collection authorized by this pass. |
| 7 — Optional symbolic/numerical relationship | Omitted with reason. Literal triggers and units are reported; complete counting rules were not established. | C072; B20 | General counting, service and holiday rules; no actual calendar | No calculation follows. A separate bounded public-law counting inquiry would be necessary if later authorized. |
Log item · Source/read attempt · Actual result and treatment · 14 data rows
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| L01 — Main statutory original | S001 original; alternate official locator https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=664.6&lawCode=CCP; chapter locator https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CCP&division=&title=8.&part=2.&chapter=8.&article=; host variant https://www.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=664.6. | Retrieval reported 403 or unavailable. No official statutory body read. Public.Law reproduction then read in full; final original recheck still failed. |
| L02 — 2026 amendment originals | S002 official text; navigation https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1908; PDF locator https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1908&version=20250AB190894CHP; legacy-publication locator https://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/25-26/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1908_bill_20260930_chaptered.pdf | 403 or unavailable. No PDF read. Successful complete chapter reproduction at S002 is retained as T, not authenticated original law. |
| L03 — Alternate 2026 amendment access | Failed alternate locators https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1908/id/3461555 and https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1908/id/3461555/California-2025-AB1908-Chaptered.html; metadata https://opencalaccess.org/leginfo/bill_info/20250AB190894CHP; linked body https://opencalaccess.org/leginfo/bill_text/20250AB190894CHP | First two unavailable; metadata body read as a discovery record only; linked body returned 500. Its update/action labels are not accepted as official legal-status proof. The separate S002 session URL successfully supplied the full reproduction. |
| L04 — Historical amendment | S003 official and alternate | Official 403; reproduced heading and complete §§ 12–13 read. Unrelated omnibus provisions and complete historical chain not adopted. |
| L05 — Statutory cross-references | S004–S006, S013–S014 official locators and alternates | Official retrievals failed; stated complete alternate section bodies read. Only the bounded incorporation/coverage uses shown in the claim table are adopted provisionally. |
| L06 — Chapter-5 discovery | S005 index and bodies; failed trial locators https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_proc_code_part_2_title_3_chapter_5 and https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_proc_code_part_2_title_3_chap_5 | Trial locators unavailable. Justia index and seven Public.Law section bodies read. An index is not treated as a complete current statutory body. |
| L07 — Main rule originals and aliases | S007 official page; https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=three&linkid=rule3_1385; https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1385; https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=three&linkid=rule3_1385; print locator https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1385?print=1 | 403 or unavailable; no original body opened. Complete alternate legal body and comments read at S007. Search-returned official text was discovery material, not substituted for successful original access. |
| L08 — Official Civil Rules PDF alternatives | https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/title_3.pdf; https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=file%2Froc-title-3_0.pdf; https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/roc-title-3_0.pdf; https://courts.ca.gov/system/files?file=rules-court%2Froc-title-3_1.pdf | 403 or unavailable. No PDF text or pixels read; no printed-page/PDF-index claim. Indexed excerpts and filenames were not accepted as operative-version proof. |
| L09 — Rulemaking records | S008 official HTML, attachment and final-rule PDF; committee binder https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/rules-20240806-materials.pdf | Official HTML record successfully read. Attachment 410; final PDF and binder 403. Proposal/recommendation search leads were not treated as independently operative rules. A 410 response does not establish withdrawal of the underlying legal action. |
| L10 — Scope/definition rules and dismissal-entry rule | S009–S012 and S016 official pages and alternates | Official pages 403; complete specified alternate rule bodies and history notes read. No local rule, judicial order or court-specific practice accessed. |
| L11 — Standard 2.2 | S015; unsuccessful alternate locators https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-rules-of-court/standard-2.2, https://www.courtrules.app/rules/california-standards-of-judicial-administration/2.2, and https://law.justia.com/rules/california/standard-2-2-trial-court-case-disposition-time-goals/ | Official 403; alternates unavailable. Indexed lettering discrepancy recorded solely as an unresolved lead. No current standard body or amendment instrument authenticated. |
| L12 — Official forms/navigation | S017 form and landing page; rules navigation https://courts.ca.gov/forms-rules/rules-court | 403. No form completion, full-form read, signature validation, submission, or legal conclusion from the first-page indexed excerpt. |
| L13 — Other official navigation/currentness checks | S018–S019 | Secretary of State and Department of Finance HTML bodies were accessible within the stated bounds. Chapter-list PDF failed because of unsupported content type. These pages did not cure the missing current statutory original. |
| L14 — Search results outside the authorized evidence set | Generic searches incidentally returned opinion, local-rule, and other unrelated results | Those were not opened or used as substantive evidence. No actual lawsuit, party, docket, agreement, provider, or identifying-entry query was conducted. No case or opinion identifier is adopted in this report. |
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| Independent research boundary | Earlier reports and their conclusions were not used as premises. Necessary sources were sought afresh. |
| Main statutory read extent | Complete reproduced § 664.6(a)–(h) read; current official original not verified. |
| Main rule read extent | Complete reproduced rule 3.1385(a)–(e), nested subparagraphs, history notes and advisory comments read; current official original not verified. |
| Version distinctions | Historical 2023 transition, reported 2026 urgency amendment, rule-body history, later advisory-comment adoption record, publication labels and actual access date separated. |
| Scope distinctions | Ordinary judgment entry, stipulated retention, court-initiated process, special reported (h) route, settlement notice, dismissal request, entry notice, performance and satisfaction kept separate. |
| Signer and authority distinctions | Statutory signer category, actual authority, express authorization, assent, authenticity and capacity not collapsed. |
| Exceptions | Signer exclusions, subdivision-(e) exclusions, insurer qualification, rule (c)/(d)/(e) qualifications, neutral-compensation conditions and hearing exceptions preserved. |
| Timing | Distinct triggers and literal units reported; no actual calendar, service extension or numerical/symbolic deadline model calculated. |
| Qualitative coverage | Thirty-four substantive branches supplied, each with authority mapping, missing predicate, adverse inference and next generic public-law inquiry. |
| Worksheet | All authority-entry, evidence, analysis and result cells left blank. |
| Source integrity | Original failures remain visible; mirrors, indexed excerpts, filenames and administrative metadata are not represented as successful current-original reads. |
| PDF integrity | No PDF pixels, printed pages or zero-based indexes claimed as inspected. |
| Prohibited activity | No actual case or agreement opened; no operative document drafted; no filing, contact, account access, records request, transaction, subagent or identifying-party investigation performed. Incidental search hits were excluded. |
| Model/UI provenance | No unseen model selection, GPT-6 Pro verification, or UI provenance is claimed. |
| Review status | This is the researcher’s own check, not independent review. |
| Acceptance | No component, parent, operational or publication acceptance is asserted. This source-limited pass does not complete A050 or establish any recommended litigation action. |
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Keep the source version, actual read extent and jurisdiction with the proposition. A link or researcher access claim is not a substitute for an operative primary passage.
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The saved component-level coverage record keeps answered, partial, blank and unresolved branches distinct. A coverage label is not acceptance of a whole subject or jurisdiction.
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Read the evidence with its boundaries. These are saved research components, including revisions. A scoped coordinator review checks selected evidence; it does not certify every claim, a complete jurisdiction, current law or individual applicability. Dates and access limits remain attached to the records.
No currently queued material correction is mapped to this component. This does not remove its currentness, access, jurisdiction or application limits.
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