<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-14-000202.txt : 20140102
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-14-000202.hdr.sgml : 20140101
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140102162230
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-14-000202
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140102

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SJW CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000766829
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER SUPPLY [4941]
		IRS NUMBER:				770066628
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 W. TAYLOR STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4082797800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 W. TAYLOR STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95110

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Van Valer Robert A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001359434

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08966
		FILM NUMBER:		14502075

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4360 WORTH STREET
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90063
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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        <issuerCik>0000766829</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SJW CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SJW</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001359434</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Van Valer Robert A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4360 WORTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90063</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-01-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>66</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>26.60</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>47858</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The securities represent deferred shares of the issuer's common stock credited to the reporting person's deferred compensation account pursuant to dividend equivalent rights. Those rights resulted initally in the addition of cash sums to the account equal to the dividends which would have been paid during the 2013 calendar year on the deferred stock credited to such account had that stock actually been issued and outstanding on each dividend payment date, and the accumulated sums were then converted into additional shares of deferred stock on January 2, 2014 based on the average of the closing selling prices of the issuer's common stock on each of the dates during the 2013 calendar year on which actual dividends on the common stock were paid. The resulting shares will be distributed as actual shares of the issuer's common stock following the reporting person's cessation of service as a member of the issuer's board of directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 45,000 shares of the issuer's common stock, 381 shares of the issuer's common stock underlying restricted stock units, and 2,477 shares of deferred stock which will be distributed as actual shares of the issuer's common stock following the reporting person's cessation of board service.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Suzy Papazian
Attorney-in-Fact for Robert A. Van Valer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-01-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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