Local Rule 66-1: Appointment of Receiver
N.D. Cal. — Civil rule
66-1. Appointment of Receiver
(a) Time for Motion. A motion for the appointment of a receiver in a case may be made after the complaint has been filed and the summons issued.
(b) Temporary Receiver. A temporary receiver may be appointed with less notice than required by Civil L.R. 7-2 or, in accordance with the requirements and limitations of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b), without notice to the party sought to be subjected to a receivership or to creditors.
(c) Permanent Receiver. Concurrent with the appointment of a temporary receiver or upon motion noticed in accordance with the requirements of Civil L.R. 7-2, the Judge may, upon a proper showing, issue an order to show cause, requiring the parties and the creditors to show cause why a permanent receiver should not be appointed.
(d) Parties to be Notified. Within 7 days of the issuance of the order to show cause, the defendant must provide to the temporary receiver or, if no temporary receiver has been appointed, to the plaintiff, a list of the defendant's creditors, and their addresses. Not less than 14 days before the hearing on the order to show cause, notice of the hearing must be mailed to the listed creditors by the temporary receiver, or, if none, by the plaintiff.
(e) Bond. The Court may require any appointed receiver to furnish a bond in such amount as the Court deems reasonable.