Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
- Article 9. Filing and Service of Documents
The regulation, as printed
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 5307, 5309 and 5708, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 126, 5316, 5500, 5501 and 5813, Labor Code.
1. New section filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51). For prior history, see Register 2002, No. 51.
What panels did with this rule
Released decisions that named § 10620, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.
- ADJ13323965 · 2026-02-11 · Los Angeles District Office8 CCR § 10620
Determinative passage · p.3Pursuant to WCAB Rule 10620: "Any document that a party proposes to offer into evidence at a trial shall be filed with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board at least 20 days prior to the trial unless otherwise ordered by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board." (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10620.) While the rule is important and should be followed, the WCJ must
The rule is important and should be followed, but relief from default judgment must be considered if a party was not served with the trial setting order.
Official decision · page 3 → - ADJ number not stated · 2020-04-288 CCR § 10620
Determinative passage · p.117 WCAB Rule 10620 (entitled "Filing Proposed Exhibits") states in full: "Any document that a party
The Board suspended the 20 day filing requirement in this rule due to the COVID-19 emergency.
Rules beside this one
Article 9. Filing and Service of Documents — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.
- § 10615Filing of Documents.15 decisions
- § 10616Employer-Maintained Medical Records. [Repealed]
- § 10617Restrictions on the Rejection for Filing of Documents Subject to a Statute of Limitations or a Jurisdictional Time Limitation.10 decisions
- § 10618X-Rays. [Renumbered]1 decisions
- § 10619Subpoena of X-Rays. [Repealed]
- § 10622Failure to Comply. [Repealed]