# California Car Accident Deadline Checklist Canonical: https://sanjosecacaraccidentlawyer.com/tools/deadline-checklist/ Reviewed by Andrew Ronald Gillin; reviewed 2026-11-05. Make a short list of deadline questions to ask an attorney. This tool does not calculate your last safe filing date. ## Related resources - [Santa Clara County Civil Court After a Car Accident](https://sanjosecacaraccidentlawyer.com/san-jose-guide/civil-court/) - [How to Request a San Jose Car Accident Report](https://sanjosecacaraccidentlawyer.com/san-jose-guide/accident-reports/) - [San Jose VTA Bus and Light-Rail Injury Claims](https://sanjosecacaraccidentlawyer.com/vta-transit-crashes/) ## Legal and agency sources - [Government Code §911.2 — Presenting a government claim](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=911.2.) - [Code of Civil Procedure §335.1 — Injury lawsuit period](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=335.1.) - [Government Code §945.6 — Time to sue a public entity](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=945.6.) - [Code of Civil Procedure §352 — Certain pauses in filing periods](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=352.) - [Code of Civil Procedure §377.60 — Wrongful death](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=377.60.) General information, not legal advice. Examples are hypothetical.