§ 1266 Petition Filing Deadlines

Harbors and Navigation Code·California

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If you follow the earlier rules, you can file your formal request at least 90 days after you give the board a notice of intent, but you must do it within 180 days unless the meetings keep going.

Key Takeaways

•You must first meet the rules in Sections 1260 and 1262.
•You can only file after at least 90 days from the notice of intent (or when it was read at a board meeting).
•You don’t have to file a petition right after the pre‑petition meetings are done.
•If the meetings are said to keep going, there’s no deadline to file.
•If you don’t file within 180 days and the meetings aren’t continuing, you have to start over with a new notice.

Example

Jane tells the board she wants to start a legal case and gives them a copy of her notice on Jan 1. She waits 90 days and files her petition on Apr 1.

Because Jane gave the notice and waited the required 90 days, her petition is allowed. If she had not filed by June 30 (180 days after Jan 1) and the meetings were not declared ongoing, she would have had to start over with a new notice.

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§ 1266 Petition Filing Deadlines

(a) Provided that the requirements of Sections 1260 and 1262 have been complied with by the petitioner, a petition filing is in order after 90 days of provision of service of a copy of the notice of intent to petition or the reading of the notice of intent to petition at a duly noticed meeting of the board, whichever is earlier. (b) There is no obligation on a petitioner to file a petition under this chapter after the completion of the prepetition meeting process. (c) If stakeholder participants in prepetition meetings stipulate that prepetition meetings are continuing, there is no limitation on the time to file a petition after the filing of a notice of intent to petition. (d) If no petition is filed within 180 days of the filing of the notice of intent to petition, or if no stipulation is presented to the board under subdivision (c), a petition is no longer in order and a new notice of intent to petition shall be filed prior to a subsequent petition filing pursuant to Section 1260. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 16. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

petition filing notice of intent to petition prepetition meeting process 180 days

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Harbors and Navigation Code. Section 1266.

§ 1266 Petition Filing Deadlines

Harbors and Navigation Code·California

AI SummaryVerified

§ 1266 Petition Filing Deadlines

If you follow the earlier rules, you can file your formal request at least 90 days after you give the board a notice of intent, but you must do it within 180 days unless the meetings keep going.

Key Takeaways

•You must first meet the rules in Sections 1260 and 1262.
•You can only file after at least 90 days from the notice of intent (or when it was read at a board meeting).
•You don’t have to file a petition right after the pre‑petition meetings are done.
•If the meetings are said to keep going, there’s no deadline to file.
•If you don’t file within 180 days and the meetings aren’t continuing, you have to start over with a new notice.

Example

Jane tells the board she wants to start a legal case and gives them a copy of her notice on Jan 1. She waits 90 days and files her petition on Apr 1.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 1266 Petition Filing Deadlines

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

petition filing notice of intent to petition prepetition meeting process 180 days

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Harbors and Navigation Code. Section 1266.

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