PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE 35-286›TITLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION 35-155›CHAPTER 6. General Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice 124-153›ARTICLE 4. Proceedings in Case of Absence of Judge 139-139
§ 139
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
If no judge attends on the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or on the day to which it may have been adjourned, within one hour after the time appointed, the sheriff, marshal, or clerk shall adjourn the same until the next day, at 10 o’clock a.m., and if no judge attend on that day, before noon, the sheriff, marshal, or clerk shall adjourn the same until the following day at the same hour; and so on, from day to day unless the judge, by written order, directs it to be adjourned to some day certain, fixed in said order, in which case it shall be so adjourned.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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