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title: "Count the correction-demand periods from the dates supplied"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/record-the-offer-to-make-amends-window-from-the-dates-supplied/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A33-PE20261022-3-US"
practice_area: "Defamation & Media Law"
tier: "green"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Count the correction-demand periods from the dates supplied

> From the knowledge date and the service date the lawyer supplies, count 20 days after the knowledge date and three weeks after the service date. Report those two dates.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Defamation & Media Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Green: AI drafts, lawyer checks |
| How AI is used | From the knowledge date and the service date the lawyer supplies, count 20 days after the knowledge date and three weeks after the service date. Report those two dates. Do not decide whether Civil Code section 48a applies, and do not decide whether a correction was published in a substantially as conspicuous a manner. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides whether California Civil Code section 48a applies before anyone uses the dates. Where it applies, the notice and demand must be served within 20 days after knowledge of the publication or broadcast of the statements claimed to be libelous. If a correction is demanded and is not published or broadcast in substantially as conspicuous a manner in a regular issue within three weeks after service, the section states the damages consequence. The statute uses 20 days and three weeks. It does not say business days. A correction published or broadcast in the required manner before receipt of a demand has, under subsection (c), the same force as a correction within three weeks after a demand. The count does not apply subsection (c). The public.law text states the same 20-day and three-week periods. The periods are the California correction clock for libel in a daily or weekly news publication or slander by radio broadcast. They are not an offer-to-make-amends window and they are not a national rule. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Record the offer-to-make-amends window from the dates supplied](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/record-the-offer-to-make-amends-window-from-the-dates-supplied.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the knowledge date and the service date the lawyer supplies, count 20 days after the knowledge date and three weeks after the service date. Report those two dates. Do not decide whether Civil Code section 48a applies, and do not decide whether a correction was published in a substantially as conspicuous a manner.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The count uses the knowledge date and the service date the lawyer supplies. It does not decide that section 48a applies.
- The periods are 20 days and three weeks, as the section writes them. They are not business days, and they are California periods only.

## Sources

- [California Civil Code section 48a](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=48a.&lawCode=CIV) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code section 48a (public.law text)](https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_code_section_48a) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*