Court-deadline calculator - appeal, response to a claim, objection
A tool that computes when a procedural deadline expires, based on the deadline type and the date of service, already shifted off a weekend or state holiday.
This tool computes when a procedural (preclusive) deadline expires - for an appeal, a response to a claim, or an objection - based on the date of service and the deadline type. Unlike a plain day count, the date the tool shows is already shifted to the next working day if the original deadline would fall on a weekend or state holiday, and the tool states out loud when that happens - a difference that, in practice, genuinely changes the date, not just the day count.
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Assumptions
- The tool does not account for disputed service under the Civil Procedure Code (e.g. constructive service, service via the court's notice board).
- The tool does not account for restitutio in integrum (restoration to the previous state).
- The tool does not account for a suspension or interruption of proceedings.
- The tool does not account for deadlines set by special statutes outside the bases listed.
FAQ
Why does the date shown differ from a plain day count?
The day of service is not counted: the first day of the deadline is the day after service (Civil Procedure Act, Article 103(2)). If the last day falls on a Sunday, a state holiday or another day the court does not work, the deadline expires at the end of the next working day (Article 103(4)); the Law on Misdemeanors (Article 137) and the Law on General Administrative Procedure (Article 80) have the same rule. That is why, when a deadline lands on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the tool shows the next working day and says so. A submission sent to the court by registered mail counts as filed on the day it is handed to the post office (Article 104).
What if service is disputed or unknown?
The tool counts from the date you enter and does not check whether or when service took place. For documents that must be served personally (a claim, a payment order, a judgment), if the recipient is not found, a notice is left to collect the document at the court within 30 days, and once that period expires service is deemed completed (Civil Procedure Act, Article 141); for service by posting on the court's notice board, service is deemed completed eight days after posting (Article 144). The exact date is on the return of service in the case file; until it is established, it is safer to count from the earliest possible date. If a deadline was missed for a justified reason, restoration to the previous state can be requested within eight days of the reason ceasing, and no later than 60 days after the missed deadline (Articles 109 and 110).
Does the tool also apply to deadlines under the Law on Misdemeanors and the Law on General Administrative Procedure?
Only for two deadlines under those laws: an appeal against a judgment in misdemeanor proceedings, eight days from service (Law on Misdemeanors, Article 258), and an appeal against a decision in administrative proceedings, 15 days from notification of the decision unless a law provides otherwise (Law on General Administrative Procedure, Article 153). Both laws count deadlines the same way as the Civil Procedure Act: the day of service is not counted, and a deadline ending on a day the court or authority does not work moves to the next working day (Law on Misdemeanors, Article 137; Law on General Administrative Procedure, Article 80). For other deadlines under those laws, and for deadlines under special statutes, the tool does not apply.
This tool is informational. It does not store or transmit anything you enter.