Procedure
Deadlines for contesting a judgment; the complete table
Last reviewed: 1 مرداد 1405
Nothing in procedure is as unforgiving as a deadline: a judgment not contested within its statutory window becomes final — even if plainly wrong. A large share of lost rights die not in the courtroom but on the calendar.
This guide collects the main windows, when they start, and their fine rules.
Why the windows are critical
A window's end means finality: no appeal, no objection, and the judgment executes. The exceptional routes (like retrial) have narrow conditions and should never be the plan.
The practical rule is simple: the day you learn of a judgment, compute your window — and act days before it closes, not on the last day.
The clock starts at service
All these windows run from the date of service, not the judgment date. Service today is mostly electronic — delivery to your account in the Sana system. Opening the document there counts as actual service; failing to check does not stop the clock, as legal service follows after the set period. Ignorance of Sana is no excuse.
For default judgments the actual-vs-legal service distinction matters most: the objection window runs from actual service, and with legal service a justified excuse can support an out-of-time objection (Article 306).
The fine rules of computation
The service day and the action day do not count, and if the last day falls on an official holiday, the window extends through the next working day (Article 445 of the Civil Procedure Code).
Month-based windows (2 months abroad, 3 months for the administrative court) follow the official calendar, and non-residents get the longer windows. Dadyar's deadlines calculator applies all of these — including the holiday jump — automatically.
Other frequent objections
Objections to prosecution-office orders (like dismissal) have a shorter window: ten days for residents and one month abroad (Articles 270-271 of the Criminal Procedure Code). In the Administrative Justice Court, challenges to bodies like disciplinary boards and tax commissions carry the three-month window.
Every judgment or order you receive states its contestability and window in its text — start from that, and verify with the calculator.
Computing your window with Dadyar
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Pick the judgment type
Civil or criminal appeal, default objection, order objection or the administrative court — in the deadlines calculator.
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Enter the service date
In the Jalali calendar; the calculator shows the last action day with the holiday rule applied.
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Hand the deadline to your matter
Register it on your Dadyar matter to get SMS reminders before it falls due.
Frequently asked questions
Does the window run from the judgment date or from service?
From service. The judgment may have issued weeks before service; what starts your window is the judgment formally reaching you.
What can I do if the window has closed?
The judgment is final. Exceptional routes like retrial or proving a justified excuse have strict, narrow conditions — review this situation with a lawyer without delay.
How does electronic service in Sana count?
Opening the document in the system is actual service and starts the window that day; not visiting the system still ripens into legal service after the set period. Check Sana regularly.
The last day of my window is a Friday — what happens?
Under Article 445 of the Civil Procedure Code, when the last day falls on a holiday the window runs through the next working day. Dadyar's calculator applies that jump automatically.
Related to this guide
This guide is general, statute-grounded legal information — not legal advice for your specific situation. For important decisions, consult a licensed lawyer inside Dadyar.