Cal. R. app. A
Under Government Code section 68511, the Judicial Council may "prescribe" certain forms. Use of prescribed forms is mandatory. Under rule 1.31, each mandatory Judicial Council legal form is identified as mandatory by an asterisk (*) on the list of Judicial Council legal forms published in this appendix. Mandatory forms bear the word "adopted" in the lower left corner of the first page.
Optional forms bear the word "approved" in the lower left corner of the first page. Use of an approved (optional) form is not mandatory, but the form must be accepted by all courts in appropriate cases (rule 1.35(a)) .
A local court may not reject any Judicial Council form, optional or mandatory, for any of the reasons listed in rule 1.42.
The forms are available on the California Courts Web site in both a fillable and a PDF format at www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm.
Link to PDF of Judicial Council Legal Forms List
Cal. R. Ct. App A