Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
- Article 6. Venue
The regulation, as printed
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 5307, 5309 and 5708, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 5500 and 5501.5, Labor Code.
1. Amendment exempt from OAL review pursuant to Government Code section 11351 filed 12-19-90; operative 1-1-91 (Register 91, No. 7). 2. Amendment filed 12-23-93; operative 1-1-94. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 93, No. 52). 3. Amendment filed 12-19-2002; operative 1-1-2003. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2002, No. 51). 4. New article 6 heading, repealer of former section 10480 and renumbering and amendment of former section 10409 to section 10480 filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).
What panels did with this rule
Released decisions that named § 10480, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.
- ADJ21560862 · 2025-12-05 · Pomona District Office8 CCR § 10480
Determinative passage · p.3The Appeals Board's regulation for venue is succinct: "When filing a case opening document, the filer shall designate venue and shall specify the basis for venue in accordance with Labor Code section 5501.5." (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10480.) In this case applicant resides in Los Angeles County. Pursuant to section 5501.5, applicant was permitted to file the application at any district office in Los Angeles County. Thus, the order changing venue to Marina del Rey was not proper.
Applicant resides in Los Angeles County and was permitted to file the application at any district office in that county; the order changing venue was improper.
Official decision · page 3 →
Rules beside this one
Article 6. Venue — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.
- § 10482Venue When Applicant is Employee of Division of Workers' Compensation.
- § 10484Procedural Requirement. [Repealed]
- § 10488Objection to Venue Based on an Attorney's Principal Place of Business.4 decisions
- § 10490Petition for Change of Venue for Good Cause.
- § 10492When Pleadings Deemed Amended. [Renumbered]1 decisions
- § 10496Awards and Orders Without Hearing. [Repealed]