Petition For Writ (Misdemeanor Infraction Or Limited Civil Case) {APP-151}

APP-151, Petition for Writ (Misdemeanor, Infraction, or Limited Civil Case), Instructions • This form is only for requesting a writ in a misdemeanor, infraction, or limited civil case, or a writ challenging a postjudgment enforcement order in a small claims case (see below*). • Do not use this form for other writs and for appeals. You can get forms to use for those at any courthouse or county law library or online at www.courts.ca.gov/forms. • Before you fill out this form, read Information on Writ Proceedings in Misdemeanor, Infraction, and Limited Civil Cases (form APP-150-INFO) to know your rights and responsibilities. You can get form APP-150-INFO. • Unless a special statute sets an earlier deadline, you should file this form no later than 30 days after the date the trial court took the action or issued the ruling you are challenging in this petition (see form APP-150-INFO, page 7, for more information about the deadline for filing a writ petition). It is your responsibility to find out if a special statute sets an earlier deadline. If your petition is filed late, the appellate division may deny it. • Fill out this form and make a copy of the completed form for your records and for the respondent (the trial court whose action or ruling you are challenging) and each of the real parties in interest (the other party or parties in the trial court case). • Serve a copy of the completed form on the respondent and on each real party in interest and keep proof of this service. Proof of Service (Appellate Division) (form APP-109) or Proof of Electronic Service (Appellate Division) (form APP-109E) can be used to make this record. You can get information about how to serve court papers and proof of service from What Is Proof of Service? (form APP-109-INFO). • Take or mail the completed form and your proof of service on the respondent and each real party in interest to the clerk’s office for the appellate division of the superior court that took the action or issued the ruling you are challenging. * Small Claims cases. If you are a party in a small claims case, this form is only to be used for requesting a writ relating to a postjudgment enforcement order of a small claims division. For writs relating to other acts of a small claims division, the form to use is the Petition for Writ (Small Claims) (form SC-300). See also Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.970–8.977. For writs relating to acts of a superior court in a small claims appeal, see Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.485– 8.493. Judicial Council of California, Revised January 1, 2017, Optional Form, California Rules of Court, rules 8.930–8.936 www.FormsWorkFlow.com