Del Norte Superior Court Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Notice of unavailability

A purported notice of unavailability is not fileable and will be returned if presented to the Clerk’s Office.

A purported “notice of unavailability” pursuant to Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. v. Sparks (1992) 8 Cal.App.4th 299, is not a fileable document under the California Rules of Court, and is an impermissible infringement of a trial court’s inherent power to control its calendar. (Carl v. Superior Court (2007) 157 Cal.App.4th 73, 76-77.) Any such notice presented to the Clerk’s Office for filing will be returned by the clerk to the presenting party.

WARNING

Facsimile filing is permitted for civil, probate, and family law documents, subject to applicable rules, filing-party responsibility, and possible suspension or denial by the Court.

Pursuant to rule 2.300 of the CRC, a party may file all documents in civil, probate, and family law matters by facsimile. Proper transmission of a document is the responsibility of the filing party, not the Court. Facsimile filings must comply with rule 2.100 - 2.119 of the CRC and other applicable rules and statutes. Filing documents by facsimile is permissive and may be suspended or denied by the Court.

WARNING

Documents may be filed by facsimile directly with the Clerk’s Office at the stated number or through a facsimile filing agency.

(d) The following facsimile number shall be used for direct facsimile filings to the Clerk’s Office: (707) 465-4005. A party may also use a facsimile filing agency for filing documents by facsimile.