YOUR NAME

YOUR ADDRESS
YOUR PHONE
Defendant: ______________
_____________________
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, ________________ DISTRICT
COUNTY OF ________________, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Complainant,
vs.
________________________,
Defendant.
Case No.: _______________________
APPLICATION TO TRANSFER ACTION TO COUNTY SEAT OF ____________________
PURSUANT TO VEHICLE CODE 40502(b);
DECLARATION OF DEFENDANT
_____________________
Citation No. : _____________
Issue Date : ___________________
Violation : 22348(b) V.C.
Location : _______________
Arraignment Date: _______________
Arraignment Time: 8:00 a.m.
Trial Date : NONE
Trial Time : NONE
Trial Div. No. : NONE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant ______________________ hereby applies to this
court for an Order, pursuant to California Vehicle Code 40502(b), to transfer this action to
the County Seat of _________________________, located at:
_________________________________, resulting from an alleged traffic violation, to wit:
California Vehicle Code 22348(b) (Exceess Speed 100 MPH).
This Application is made on the grounds that the current forum is inconvenient to Defendant
_______________________ and that the County Seat of ________________, is closer to
where Defendant ____________________ resides than the Superior Court of California in
___________________.
This Application is further based upon this Application, the Points and Authorities attached
hereto, the Declaration of Defendant ________________________, all papers, files and
records with this court, and upon all oral arguments at the time of hearing on this matter.
POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF TRANSFER

I.
DEFENDANT RESIDES CLOSER TO THE COUNTY SEAT
OF ________________________ THAN TO THE
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, __________________ DISTRICT
California Vehicle Code 40502(b) states:
"40502. Place Specified in the Notice to Appear
"The place specified in the notice to appear shall be any of the following:
...
"(b) Upon demand of the person arrested, before a magistrate court judge or other
magistrate having jurisdiction of the offense at the county seat of the county in which the
offense is alleged to have been committed. This subdivision applies only if the person
arrested resides, or the person's principal place of employment is located, closer to the
county seat than to the municipal court or other magistrate nearest or most accessible to
the place where the arrest is made."
Dated: __________________

______________________________
YOUR NAME,
Defendant
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, ____________________ DISTRICT
COUNTY OF __________________________, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Complainant,
vs.
_________________________,
Defendant.
Case No.: ___________________
DECLARATION OF __________________________
I, ____________________________, declare:
1. I am the defendant and arrestee in the above-entitled matter; the facts stated herein are
within my own personal knowledge and, if called to testify thereto, I could and would
competently do so.
2. I am applying to this court for a transfer of this action from the Superior Court of
California, ___________________ District to the County Seat of ___________________
because my residence and place of employment addresses are both located in
___________________, _________________ County, California.

3. Both my residence and place of employment are closer to the County Seat of
____________________ than they are to the Superior Court of California, _________
District which is located at ____________________________, ____________, California.
4. Therefore, and pursuant to California Vehicle Code 40502(b), I demand that the aboveentitled action be transferred to the County Seat of __________________ located at:
_____________________________, __________________, CA ____________.
I declare, under penalty of perjury of the State of California, that the foregoing is true and
correct. Executed on , at _________________________________________________,
California.

______________________________
Declarant