California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

CCP §770.060: (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court.

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(a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court. (b) The petitioner shall give notice of the hearing by causing notices of the time and place of hearing to be posted at the courthouse of the county where the proceeding is pending and in a conspicuous place on the real property described in the petition, at least 10 days before the hearing. (c) The special notice shall be substantially in the following form: (Title of court and cause) Notice is hereby given that ____ has filed a petition herein claiming to be the owner (or distributee) of the following described lands ____ (description) and praying that the identity of the following-named persons, in former conveyances (or judgments or decrees) to said lands or in decrees of distribution of said lands in probate be determined, to wit: ________ (names as J. Doe and John Doe); and that the time and place of hearing said petition has been set for ____ the ____ day of ____, 19__, at the hour of ____, __m. of said day at the courtroom of said court in the City of ____, County of ____, State of California. Clerk

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