2013 California Rules of Court
Rule 8.44. Number of copies of filed documents
Except as these rules provide otherwise, the number of copies of every brief, petition, motion, application, or other document that must be filed in a reviewing court is as follows:
(a) Documents filed in the Supreme Court
(1)
Except as provided in (4), an original and 13 copies of a petition for review, an answer, a reply, a brief on the merits, an amicus curiae brief, an answer to an amicus curiae brief, a petition for rehearing, or an answer to a petition for rehearing;
(2)Unless the court orders otherwise, an original and 10 copies of a petition for a writ within the court's original jurisdiction, an opposition or other response to the petition, or a reply;
(3)Unless the court orders otherwise, an original and 2 copies of any supporting document accompanying a petition for writ of habeas corpus, an opposition or other response to the petition, or a reply;
(4)An original and 8 copies of a petition for review to exhaust state remedies under rule 8.508, an answer, or a reply, or an amicus curiae letter under rule 8.500(g);
(5)An original and 8 copies of a motion or an opposition or other response to a motion; and
(6)An original and 1 copy of an application, including an application to extend time, or any other document.
(b) Documents filed in a Court of Appeal
(1)An original and 4 copies of a brief, an amicus curiae brief, or an answer to an amicus curiae brief, and, in civil appeals, proof of delivery of 1 electronic copy or, in case of undue hardship, 4 paper copies to the Supreme Court, as provided in rule 8.212(c). For purposes of service on the Supreme Court, the term "brief" does not include a petition for rehearing or answers thereto;
(2)An original of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under rule 8.380 by a person who is not represented by an attorney and 1 set of any supporting documents;
(3)An original and 4 copies of any other petition, an answer, opposition or other response to a petition, or a reply;
(4)Unless the court orders otherwise, an original and 1 copy of a motion or an opposition or other response to a motion;
(5)Unless the court provides otherwise by local rule or order, 1 set of any separately bound supporting documents accompanying a document filed under (3) or (4);
(6)An original and 1 copy of an application, other than an application to extend time, or any other document; and
(7)An original and 1 copy of an application to extend time. In addition, 1 copy for each separately represented and unrepresented party must be provided to the court.
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2013; previously amended effective January 1, 2011.)
Rule 8.44 amended effective January 1, 2013; adopted effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2007, and January 1, 2011.
Advisory Committee Comment
The initial sentence of this rule acknowledges that there are exceptions to this rule's requirements concerning the number of copies; see, for example, rule 8.150, which specifies the number of copies of the record that must be filed.