How early must a Superior Court offer of judgment be served?

Commencement of trial and the strict more-than-ten-days lead time

The raw ten-day backward preset lands on the excluded boundary. An earlier qualifying service act must be established.

Responsible actor. The party defending against a claim. Establish actual trial commencement and an offer meeting Rule 68. The strict more-than-ten-days condition differs from an at-least-ten-days minimum.

1. Commencement of trial and the strict more-than-ten-days lead time
2. The raw ten-day backward preset lands on the excluded boundary. An earlier qualifying service act must be established.
3. Identify the actual competing event, court order or statutory condition described here before applying Rule 6. No single date is computed.
4. Serve the qualifying offer and preserve its terms, accrued costs and completed service before the strict boundary.

The source guide explains the actual missing comparisons or procedural conditions. No computed or paid date is supplied.

Rule 6(e) states a three-day addition to the prescribed period for party acts measured after service by mail. It does not apply to Court acts. These calculators use the disclosed nonmail-service component and do not implement the mail addition or determine legally effective service. An entry-based or filing-based event does not acquire a mail addition merely because a copy is mailed. Do not assume that the differently worded Chancery Rule 6(c) governs Superior Court computation.

These calculators cover the 2026 official Superior Court compilation together with the March 13, 2026 order effective March 20, 2026. Events before March 20 and backward periods crossing before that date receive no computed or paid date. This is publication coverage, not a finding that an actual act is late. Historical editions, emergency measures, changed orders and actual additional closures require separate review. Rules 141–146 govern CCLD cases and preserve general civil rules unless expressly displaced. Confirm the applicable amendment, discovery-motion, motion and briefing procedures before using an ordinary component.

Assume an offer is served exactly at the ten-day lead boundary while another is served earlier. Only the earlier act can satisfy the source’s strict more-than-ten-days condition.

The raw ten-day preset returns the excluded strict boundary. No computed or paid offer-service date is published.

Who may offer

The stated offer is made by a party defending against a claim and includes costs then accrued.

More than ten days

The source does not authorize service exactly ten days before trial. The engine’s ten-day anniversary is not a safe final service date.

Mail service and actual court schedule

Rule 6(e) states a three-day addition to the prescribed period for party acts measured after service by mail. It does not apply to Court acts. These calculators use the disclosed nonmail-service component and do not implement the mail addition or determine legally effective service. An entry-based or filing-based event does not acquire a mail addition merely because a copy is mailed. Do not assume that the differently worded Chancery Rule 6(c) governs Superior Court computation.

Current edition and historical scope

These calculators cover the 2026 official Superior Court compilation together with the March 13, 2026 order effective March 20, 2026. Events before March 20 and backward periods crossing before that date receive no computed or paid date. This is publication coverage, not a finding that an actual act is late. Historical editions, emergency measures, changed orders and actual additional closures require separate review. Rules 141–146 govern CCLD cases and preserve general civil rules unless expressly displaced. Confirm the applicable amendment, discovery-motion, motion and briefing procedures before using an ordinary component.

• Establish actual trial commencement and an offer meeting Rule 68. The strict more-than-ten-days condition differs from an at-least-ten-days minimum.
• The raw ten-day preset returns the excluded strict boundary. No computed or paid offer-service date is published.

• Commencement of trial and the strict more-than-ten-days lead time
• The raw ten-day backward preset lands on the excluded boundary. An earlier qualifying service act must be established.
• The stated offer is made by a party defending against a claim and includes costs then accrued.
• The source does not authorize service exactly ten days before trial. The engine’s ten-day anniversary is not a safe final service date.
• Serve the qualifying offer and preserve its terms, accrued costs and completed service before the strict boundary.
• Rule 5(d) addresses filing of papers required to be served. Under Rule 5(d)(1), requests and responses under Rules 31, 33, 34, 35 and 36 are ordinarily served without filing their contents. File the required Notice of Service identifying the discovery or response, its date and manner. Review the separate filing exceptions and any protective order. Rule 79.1 and Administrative Directive 2007-6 govern designated eFile proceedings. Directive section 6(a) treats a document successfully transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time as filed at the recorded authorized date and time. Section 6(b) requires selection of the parties and submission for electronic service; preserve the receipt identifying date, time and method. Filing alone does not establish service. Section 10 permits the Court, on satisfactory proof, to allow an attempted filing or service nunc pro tunc after a specified system or user error; relief is not automatic. Administrative Directive 2015-6 preserves 2007-6 except for its technology-fee change. Do not copy the Chancery ordinary 5 p.m. boundary. Confirm the actual case designation, required paper steps, any earlier Court deadline and current Prothonotary directions.