State statute
Santa Barbara — CR-137
California foreclosure, tax-defaulted, court-ordered and probate-sale law and official procedures — verbatim and citable.
- Edition
- 2026-09-26
- Last updated
- 2026-09-27
- Jurisdiction
- Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara — CR-137¶
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Clerk stamps date here when form is filed. Abandonment of Appeal CR-137 (Misdemeanor)
Instructions
• This form is only for abandoning (giving up) an appeal in a misdemeanor case.
• Before you fill out this form, read Information on Appeal Procedures for Misdemeanors (form CR-131-INFO) to know your rights and responsibilities. You can get form CR-131-INFO at any courthouse or You fill in the name and street address of the court that issued the judgment or order you are county law library or online at www.courts.ca.gov/forms. appealing: Superior Court of California, County of • Fill out this form and make a copy of the completed form for your records.
• Take or mail the completed form to the appellate division clerk’s office. It is a good idea to take or mail an extra copy to the clerk and ask the clerk to stamp it to show that the original has been filed. You fill in the number and name of the trial court case in which you are appealing the judgment or order: Trial Court Case Number:
Trial Court Case Name:
The People of the State of California v.
You fill in the appellate division case number (if you know it):
1 Your Information Appellate Division Case Number: a. Name of appellant (the party who is filing this appeal):
Street address:
Street City State Zip
Mailing address (if different):
Street City State Zip
Phone: E-mail:
b. Appellant’s lawyer (skip this if the appellant does not have a lawyer for this appeal): Name: State Bar number: Street address: Street City State Zip Mailing address (if different): Street City State Zip Phone: E-mail: Fax:
Judicial Council of California, www.courts.ca.gov CR-137, Page 1 of 2Rev. January 1, 2017, Optional Form Abandonment of Appeal Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.855 (Misdemeanor)
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Appellate Division Appellate Division Case Number: Case Name:
2 On (fill in the date): I/my client filed a notice of appeal in the trial court case identified in the box on page 1 of this form.
3 By signing and filing this form, I abandon/my client abandons that appeal.
Date:
Type or print your name Signature of appellant or attorney
Rev. January 1, 2017 Abandonment of Appeal CR-137, Page 2 of 2 (Misdemeanor)
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