Find court rules, judge rules, standing orders and local rules
Search a judge, a court or a rule topic, or ask a question about a judge's rules.
“One courtesy copy of all motion papers, marked as such, shall be mailed or hand-delivered to the Court by the movant at the time the reply is served. All courtesy copies should be double-sided, three-hole-punched, tabbed, and placed in binders.”
Free. No sign-up. Every rule links to the court's own document.
Popular courts
Where most searches start
- Southern District of New YorkFederal court, 2nd Circuit
- Central District of CaliforniaFederal court, 9th Circuit
- Northern District of CaliforniaFederal court, 9th Circuit
- Northern District of IllinoisFederal court, 7th Circuit
- Los Angeles Superior CourtCalifornia state court
- Circuit Court of Cook CountyIllinois state court
Tools
- Deadline calculatorCount court days and business days to a filing deadline
- Federal deadline calculatorDeadlines under the federal rules, with federal holidays
- Court days calculatorCourt days between two dates for any court
- Court holidaysClosure calendars for federal and state courts
- Enforcement actionsPrivacy fines and settlements by agency and violation
- MCP server and APIPut the same rules into your own tools and AI assistants
Judges' standing orders
Individual practices from some of the most detailed judges on the site
- Judge Arun Subramanian, Southern District of New York
- Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury, Eastern District of New York
- Judge Anne Hwang, Central District of California
- Judge Rita F. Lin, Northern District of California
- Judge Franklin U. Valderrama, Northern District of Illinois
- Judge Esther Salas, District of New Jersey
Rules by topic
The same rule compared across every court and judge
- Page & Word Limits
- Courtesy Copy Requirements
- Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
- Document Format Requirements
- Sealing & Redaction Procedures
- Electronic Filing Rules
Browse courts
Federal courts by circuit
1st Circuit
2nd Circuit
3rd Circuit
4th Circuit
5th Circuit
6th Circuit
7th Circuit
8th Circuit
9th Circuit
- Central District of California
- District of Alaska
- District of Arizona
- District of Guam
- District of Hawaii
- District of Idaho
- District of Montana
- District of Nevada
- District of Oregon
- District of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Eastern District of California
- Eastern District of Washington
- Northern District of California
- Southern District of California
- Western District of Washington
10th Circuit
11th Circuit
D.C. Circuit
State courts by state
- Alabama courts
- Alaska courts
- Arizona courts
- Arkansas courts
- California courts
- Colorado courts
- Connecticut courts
- Delaware courts
- District of Columbia courts
- Florida courts
- Georgia courts
- Hawaii courts
- Idaho courts
- Illinois courts
- Indiana courts
- Iowa courts
- Kansas courts
- Kentucky courts
- Louisiana courts
- Maine courts
- Maryland courts
- Massachusetts courts
- Michigan courts
- Minnesota courts
- Mississippi courts
- Missouri courts
- Montana courts
- Nebraska courts
- Nevada courts
- New Hampshire courts
- New Jersey courts
- New Mexico courts
- New York courts
- North Carolina courts
- North Dakota courts
- Ohio courts
- Oklahoma courts
- Oregon courts
- Pennsylvania courts
- Rhode Island courts
- South Carolina courts
- South Dakota courts
- Tennessee courts
- Texas courts
- Utah courts
- Vermont courts
- Virginia courts
- Washington courts
- West Virginia courts
- Wisconsin courts
- Wyoming courts
About Court Rules
Court Rules collects the standing orders, individual practices and local rules that federal and state judges publish, and turns them into court rules you can search: page limits, courtesy copies, pre-motion letters, sealing and more. Every rule links to the page of the document it came from, so you can check it before you file. Legal teams also use it for court holiday calendars, deadline calculations and privacy enforcement actions.
The same data is available to your own tools through the MCP server and the REST API. Notes on how the rules are built are on the Court Rules blog.
Not legal advice. Confirm with the court's source.
Frequently asked questions
Court rules
What courts are covered?
Federal district courts, judge procedure pages, state court resource pages, local trial court pages, and court holiday calendars. Each federal judge's individual rules, standing orders, and filing requirements come from source PDFs and are traced to specific pages and sections.
What rules are tracked per judge?
Page limits, word limits, formatting requirements, courtesy copy rules, e-filing procedures, motion practice procedures (pre-motion conferences, letter briefs), discovery dispute procedures, and chambers preferences. Each rule is traced to its source document, page number, and section.
What is a compliance check?
Upload a PDF filing and specify the judge. The API classifies the document type, counts pages and words, then checks every applicable rule for that judge. Returns pass/fail/action-required for each rule with the specific limit and your document's measurement.
How current are the court rules?
Standing orders are re-verified when judges update their individual practices. Court rules are checked regularly against source documents on each court's website.
Enforcement
What enforcement data is available?
Structured records of privacy enforcement actions from the FTC, HHS (HIPAA), and state attorneys general. Each event includes the entity, fine amount, violation types, laws cited, remedies, and a link to the official government source.
What jurisdictions are covered?
Federal privacy enforcement sources and state attorney general sources, including FTC, HHS OCR, California (OAG and CPPA), Texas, New York, Connecticut, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia, New Jersey, Minnesota, and other state and local enforcement authorities.
What are contract search terms?
Each enforcement event includes search terms mapped to relevant contract clauses. When Disney is fined for opt-out failures, the search terms include "do not sell," "right to opt out," and "Global Privacy Control." In-house legal teams use these to scan vendor agreements for similar gaps.
What violation types are tracked?
Violation categories across consumer privacy (notice failures, opt-out violations, dark patterns), sensitive data (health, children, biometric, financial, geolocation, student), security (data breaches, inadequate safeguards, vendor management), and other (cross-border transfers, automated decision-making, employee privacy).
How current is the enforcement data?
Events appear within 24-48 hours of the official government announcement. Sources are checked daily. Each event links to the original government press release or consent order.
Access and integration
How do I access the data programmatically?
Through the MCP server at mcp.courtrules.app or the REST API at api.courtrules.app. MCP works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Codex CLI. The MCP setup guide covers each one.
Do I need an account?
Yes. Sign in at console.courtrules.app with Google or email. AI tools open that page the first time they connect and stay signed in after that. Scripts and the REST API use the API key on your dashboard, which does not expire.
What is MCP?
Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI assistants access external data directly. Instead of copy-pasting, your AI tool queries court rules and enforcement data in real time. In Claude Code, connect with claude mcp add --transport http court-rules https://mcp.courtrules.app/mcp, then sign in when prompted. It also works with Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client.