Certification of Unavailability of Certified or Registered Interpreter and Availability of Provisionally Qualified Interpreter

Judicial Council of California · General

Verified current as of August 1, 2026

This form documents that a certified or registered interpreter is not available for a court proceeding and that a provisionally qualified interpreter can be used instead. Courts and legal representatives use this form to authorize the use of a less-qualified interpreter when fully qualified interpreters cannot be obtained for proceedings requiring language interpretation services.