California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 2 - New Motor Vehicle Board
Article 1 - Administration
Section 551.25 - Substitution or Withdrawal of Counsel
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The party to a protest or petition may substitute counsel of record at any time. It shall be evidenced by a writing signed by the party and new counsel of record and filed with the board. The writing shall be served on all other parties named in the proceeding.
(b) Counsel of record for a party may not withdraw from a protest or petition without permission from the board. To obtain permission, counsel must file and serve a written request to withdraw or be relieved as counsel in compliance with Article 1, section 551.19 that satisfies the requirements of Rule 3.1362 of the California Rules of Court (Rev. 1/2017), which is hereby incorporated by reference, and Code of Civil Procedure section 284. Declarations of counsel may be filed under seal, but must be served on the party of the moving counsel, who then has an opportunity to be heard.
(c) Substitution or withdrawal of counsel does not alone constitute grounds for continuance of any previously scheduled dates in the proceeding.
1. New
section filed 2-24-2011; operative 3-26-2011 (Register 2011, No.
8).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) and NOTE filed 10-15-2019;
operative 1-1-2020 (Register 2019, No. 42).
3. Change without
regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (b) and amending NOTE filed
2-26-2020 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2020, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section 3050(a), Vehicle Code. Reference: Section 3050, Vehicle Code; Rule 3.1362, California Rules of Court; and Section 284, Code of Civil Procedure.
