Sacramento Superior Court Electronic Filing Rules

Applies to

Petition for writ review or prohibition

Petitions for writs of review or prohibition arising from misdemeanor, infraction, or limited civil cases must be filed with the appellate unit clerk and heard by the Appellate Division.

Any petition for a writ of review or prohibition arising from any misdemeanor, infraction, or limited civil case shall be filed with the clerk of the appellate unit of the clerk's office and heard by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court in accordance with the rules of the Appellate Division.

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Arbitrator selection form

Arbitrator selections must be submitted using the form on the Court's website.

Selections shall be made by completing the submission form located on the Court's website.

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Stipulation for arbitration

Stipulations for arbitration must be filed according to the procedures on the Court's website.

A stipulation for arbitration shall be filed pursuant to procedures set forth on the Court’s website.

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Election to arbitrate

A plaintiff's written election to arbitrate must be filed according to the procedures on the Court's website.

A written election by the plaintiff to submit an action or proceeding to arbitration shall be filed pursuant to procedures set forth on the Court’s website.

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Objection to arbitration

Objections to arbitration in limited civil cases must be submitted per the procedures on the Court's website.

Objections to arbitration in a limited civil case shall be submitted pursuant to procedures set forth on the Court's website.

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Unlawful detainer document

Attorneys must electronically file all limited civil Unlawful Detainer documents at the Carol Miller Justice Center using an approved electronic service provider unless an exemption applies.

Litigants represented by attorneys shall electronically file all limited civil Unlawful Detainer documents at the Carol Miller Justice Center unless an exemption has been granted. The electronic filing of documents must be effected using an approved electronic service provider.

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Petition for appointment of guardian ad litem

Petitions for appointment of a guardian ad litem must be submitted by ex parte application to the Civil Division pursuant to Rule 2.02, except in family law, probate, juvenile, civil harassment, or other special proceedings.

Petitions for appointment of a guardian ad litem for a minor or incompetent person, except in family law, probate, juvenile, civil harassment or other special proceedings, shall be submitted by ex parte application to the Civil Division pursuant to Rule 2.02.

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Application for withdrawal of funds

Applications for withdrawal of funds must be filed and heard in the Probate Department.

Applications for withdrawal of funds shall be filed and heard in the Probate Department.

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Petition for disposition of minor or incompetent proceeds

When proceeds of a judgment or compromise for a minor or incompetent are to be placed in a trust or California Uniform Transfer to Minors Act account, the plaintiff must file a petition set in the Probate Department for a hearing on the proposed disposition, and the compromise must be approved before referral to the Probate Department.

If there is a request to place the proceeds of a judgment or compromise for a minor or incompetent into a trust (revocable, special needs or otherwise) or a California Uniform Transfer to Minors Act, the plaintiff shall then file a petition to be set in the Probate Department for a hearing as to the establishment, terms and conditions of the proposed disposition of funds. The Compromise must be approved before referral to the Probate Department.

Ex parte applications must be submitted to the court via drop-box or express mail with guaranteed delivery by 8:30 a.m. the day before the desired hearing date.

Submit their ex parte application to the court via drop-box or by express mail with guaranteed time of delivery by 8:30 a.m., the day before the desired ex parte hearing date.

Law and motion pleadings must be filed with the clerk in room 100, except child custody/visitation pleadings which must be filed in the Office of Family Court Services, room 104.

Law and Motion pleadings, excluding those involving child custody and visitation disputes, shall be filed with the clerk of the court in room 100. Pleadings involving child custody and visitation disputes, shall be filed with the clerk of the court in the Office of Family Court Services, room 104, and shall include a Family Law Case Demographics Information Sheet for Child Custody/Visitation (local form ME-811).

Electronic signatures are not accepted on documents filed by non-electronic means (except for local child support agency filings under Family Code § 17400); documents not filed by fax or electronically must include original signatures.

Electronic signatures on a document filed by non-electronic means will not be accepted except as provided in Family Code section 17400 (b) (1) (2) (3) and (4) (A) signed by the local child support agency. Documents that are not filed by fax or electronically must include original signatures.

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Evidence

The court does not accept evidence filed by electronic means (e.g., USB drive or CD) in law and motion proceedings.

The court does not accept the filing of evidence submitted by electronic means (e.g. USB drive or CD) for law and motion proceedings.

All motions and documents must be filed electronically or at the filing counter on the 1st floor of the Juvenile Courthouse.

Unless otherwise noted in these rules or permitted, all motions and documents shall be submitted electronically or filed directly with the filing counter located on the 1st floor of the Juvenile Courthouse located at 9605 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento CA 95827.

Documents filed on the hearing date must be filed directly in the courtroom where the matter is heard.

Documents filed on the day a matter is set for hearing shall be filed directly in the courtroom where the matter is being heard.

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Motion and documents

All juvenile court motions and documents must be filed electronically or at the Juvenile Courthouse filing counter; documents filed on the hearing date must be filed directly in the courtroom.

Unless otherwise noted in these rules or permitted by law or the court, all motions and documents shall be submitted electronically or filed directly with the filing counter located on the 1st floor of the Juvenile Courthouse located at 9605 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento CA 95827. Documents filed on the day a matter is set for hearing shall be filed directly in the courtroom where the matter is being heard.

Ex parte applications and supporting documents must be submitted to the department clerk by appointment only.

Applications and supporting documents shall be submitted to the clerk of the department in which the matter is pending, by appointment only.

A document is duly filed only when it is both electronically submitted to the court and accepted for filing by the court.

A document that is electronically submitted to the court for filing must be both electronically submitted to the court and accepted for filing by the court, as described below, in order to be considered duly filed with the court.

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Motion

Initial moving papers for pretrial motions must be filed with the criminal calendaring clerk at the main courthouse or main jail, preferably at the location where the motion will be heard.

All initial moving papers relating to pretrial motions, including those filed after obtaining an order shortening time, shall be filed with the criminal calendaring clerk in either the main courthouse or at the main jail. It is preferred that papers pertaining to motions that are to be set for hearing in the main courthouse be filed with the criminal calendaring clerk in the main courthouse, and that papers pertaining to motions that are to be set for hearing in the main jail be filed with the criminal calendaring clerk in the main jail.

All counsel must electronically report trial readiness through the Criminal Readiness Notification System on the Court's website and provide case status information; the notification does not abrogate Penal Code section 1050 compliance.

All counsel shall notify the court of their readiness to begin trial. Such notification shall be done electronically using the “Criminal Readiness Notification System” on the Court’s website. Upon accessing the website, all counsel shall provide information as to the status of the case.

Required

Always

Counsel must report Mental Health Diversion application readiness electronically through the Criminal Readiness Notification System on the Court's website and provide case status information.

All counsel shall notify the court of their readiness for their application for Mental Health Diversion. Such notification shall be done electronically using the “Criminal Readiness Notification System” on the Court’s website. Upon accessing the website, all counsel shall provide information as to the status of the case.

All Appellate Division filings must be e-filed or filed in person at the 6th floor courthouse unless the Presiding Judge directs otherwise.

All filings shall be e-filed or filed with the Appellate Division on the 6th floor of the Tani Cantil Sakauye Courthouse unless otherwise directed by the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division.

Limited Civil matters and post-disposition misdemeanor and traffic cases are reassigned to the Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse in downtown Sacramento.

Limited Civil matters ($5,000 to $25,000) and post-disposition misdemeanors and traffic cases will be reassigned to the Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse, located in downtown Sacramento at 720 Ninth Street, Room 102, Civil and Criminal Divisions.

Traffic infractions, small claims, and unlawful detainers are reassigned to the Carol Miller Justice Center in Sacramento.

The remaining case types which include traffic infractions, small claims and unlawful detainers will be reassigned to the Carol Miller Justice Center, located at 301 Bicentennial Circle, Sacramento.

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Dismissals, continuance requests, notice of dropping pending matter

Dismissals, continuance requests, and notices of dropping pending matters must be filed directly in Civil Law and Motion as soon as practicable.

Effective February 11, 2013, in any case where there is a pending law and motion matter on calendar, the following documents shall be filed directly in Civil Law and Motion located at 800 - 9th Street, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, as soon as practicable: 1. DISMISSALS 2. CONTINUANCE REQUESTS 3. NOTICE OF DROPPING ANY PENDING MATTER

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Filed documents

Public entities may file documents using digital signatures, which have the same force and effect as manual signatures if they comply with Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5).

BY ORDER OF THE COURT AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the use of digital signatures on documents filed with the Court by a public entity, as defined in Government Code Section 811.2, is permitted and shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature, provided it complies with all of the requirements of Government Code section 16.5(a)(l)-(5).

All filings must be submitted via e-Filing, at the Civil Filing Counter, or in the Gordon D. Schaber Civil Drop Box.

All filings shall be filed: (1) via e-Filing following the guidelines on the Court’s Civil Electronic Filing webpage (https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/civil/e-filing.aspx) (2) at the Civil Filing Counter located in the Gordon D. Schaber County Courthouse, 720 9th Street, Room 102, Sacramento, CA 95814, or (3) placed in a Gordon D. Schaber Civil Drop Box.

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Complaint

When e-filing an SB 549 complaint, the plaintiff must select the case type 'Unlimited Civil - Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act (SB 549)' or processing will be delayed.

plaintiff must select the option “Unlimited Civil - Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act (SB 549).” A failure to select this option will result in a delay of processing, and a party who fails to follow this procedure must immediately notify the Court at SB549@saccourt.ca.gov upon discovery of such failure.

Only compliant digital signatures are accepted; no other form of electronic signature will be accepted.

No other form of electronic signatures will be accepted.

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Paga early evaluation confidential statement

Confidential PAGA EEC materials must be submitted by email or lodged submission only to the department where the EEC is calendared; they may not be filed, and for private-neutral EECs the parties follow the neutral's procedures.

For EECs that are conducted by the court, the confidential statements and supporting evidence described in Labor Code sections 2699.3(f)(3)(B), (C), and (E) shall be submitted by email or lodged submission only to the department in which the EEC is calendared. The materials emailed or lodged shall be clearly marked "CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS RELATED TO PAGA EARLY EVALUATION CONFERENCE. NOT TO BE FILED." The confidential statements and supporting evidence may not be filed, and the court will not accept them for filing. For EECs that are conducted by a private neutral, the Parties shall follow the procedures set by the neutral for submitting the confidential materials related to the EEC.

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Stipulation and order

In Family Law or Probate matters, requests to designate an attorney as temporary judge must be made by filing Form MIC/E-001 in the Supervising Judge's Family Law department.

In a Family Law or Probate matter, a request that an attorney be designated by the Court to serve as a temporary judge pursuant to Article VI, section 21 of the California Constitution and California Rules of Court 2.830 et seq. shall be made by filing a Stipulation and Order for Designation of Temporary Judge (Form MIC/E-001) in the department of the Supervising Judge, Family Law.

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Stipulation and order

In all other matters, the Stipulation and Order for Designation of Temporary Judge must be filed in the department of the Presiding Judge.

In all other matters the Stipulation and Order for Designation of Temporary Judge shall be filed in the department of the Presiding Judge.

The court's drop box may be used to file documents, but not documents that must be filed in a specific department.

A depository is available to file documents with the court but shall not be used to file documents that must be filed in a specific department.

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Application for order of examination

Applications for orders of examination must be delivered to the Civil Clerk's office for presentation to the Order of Examination Department.

All applications for such orders shall be delivered to the Civil Clerk’s office for presentation to the department designated by the Presiding Judge to hear orders of examination (hereinafter Order of Examination Department).

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Motion to tax costs

Motions to tax costs must be filed at the court's public filing counter, except as to matters subject to the Electronic Filing Program.

Motions to tax costs shall be filed at the court’s public filing counter.

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Petition for writ of mandate

When filing an Election Writ petition through eCourt, the petitioner must select the document title 'Petition for Writ of Election' or processing will be delayed.

If the petitioner files the petition for an Election Writ via the Court’s electronic filing system, referred to as eCourt, the petitioner must select the document title “Petition for Writ of Election.” A failure to select this option will result in a delay of processing.

Plaintiff's counsel must use the Court's online submission form to submit agreed trial and settlement conference dates.

Plaintiff's counsel will utilize the on-line submission form located on the Court's website for this process.

All counsel must electronically notify the court of trial readiness before the trial date via the Civil Trial Readiness Notification link on the Court's website, except for short cause trials.

All counsel shall notify the court of their readiness to begin trial, before a trial date, except on short cause trials. Such notification shall be done electronically by accessing the "Civil Trial Readiness Notification" link on the Court's website.

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Electronic filing exemption request

Represented parties may apply for an e-filing exemption based on undue hardship or significant prejudice, but inability to pay e-filing fees does not qualify.

Represented parties may apply for exemption from mandatory electronic filing requirements if the party shows undue hardship or significant prejudice. Undue hardship or significant prejudice does not include the inability to pay fees for electronic filing.

Certain documents — including peremptory challenges, trial exhibits, conditionally sealed documents, bonds, abstracts of judgment, and bench warrants — are excluded from electronic submission.

The following documents shall be excluded from electronic submission: (1) Peremptory challenges or challenges for cause of a judicial officer pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure sections 170.1, 170.3, or 170.6; (2) Trial and evidentiary hearing exhibits; (3) Documents conditionally under seal, such as subpoenaed records; (4) Bonds/Undertaking documents; (5) Out-of-County/Foreign Abstracts of Judgement; (6) Bench Warrants and Bench Warrant Returns.

Attorneys and parties must subscribe to their case using the Public Portal on the court's website.

Attorneys and parties shall subscribe to their case using the Public Portal on the court’s website.

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Counter memorandum to set

The Counter Memorandum to Set must be filed via the drop box and served on all other parties.

Within 10 days of service of the Memorandum to Set, any party may object to the trial setting by filing a Counter Memorandum to Set (Family Law) (local form FL/E-LP-605) via the drop box and serving the same on all other parties.

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Media request to permit coverage

Media requests under CRC 1.150 may be filed in person, by mail, or by email to the Juvenile Court administration.

A California Rules of Court, rule 1.150 request may be filed in person or by mail at the 1st floor reception counter at the Juvenile Courthouse, 9605 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95827. Requests may also be submitted by email to JuvenileCourtAdmin@saccourt.ca.gov.

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Proposed order

When custody or visitation orders are sought at termination of a dependency, counsel for the parent seeking custody must electronically submit proposed JV-200, JV-205, and JV-206 to the courtroom mailbox unless the court orders otherwise.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, whenever custody or visitation orders are sought at the time a dependency is to be terminated, counsel for the parent seeking custody shall electronically submit to the courtroom mailbox, the proposed Custody Order – Juvenile – Final Judgment (Judicial Council form JV-200), including the Visitation Order – Juvenile (Judicial Council form JV-205) and Reasons for No or Supervised Visitation – Juvenile (Judicial Council form JV-206), as appropriate.

Counsel in criminal cases set for trial in Sacramento Superior Court must obtain a web-based login and password for the trial readiness system by completing the Account Registration Form on the court's website.

Counsel in all criminal cases set for trial in the Sacramento Superior Court shall obtain a web-based login and password in order to post their respective trial readiness status (Local Rules, rule 10.54). Counsel must complete an Account Registration Form available on the court’s website.

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Petition for writ of mandate

Petitioners filing Election Writ petitions via eCourt must select the document title 'Petition for Writ of Election' or processing will be delayed.

If the petitioner files the petition for an Election Writ via the Court’s electronic filing system, referred to as eCourt, the petitioner must select the document title “Petition for Writ of Election.” A failure to select this option will result in a delay of processing.

Required

Always

All filings must be made via e-Filing, at the Civil Filing Counter, or in the Gordon D. Schaber Civil Drop Box.

All filings shall be filed (1) via e-Filing following the guidelines at https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/civil/e-filing.aspx, (2) at the Civil Filing Counter located in the Gordon D. Schaber County Courthouse, 720 9th Street, Room 102, Sacramento, CA 95814, or (3) placed in a Gordon D. Schaber Civil Drop Box.

Post-trial motions/oppositions/replies, documents for trial, final pretrial readiness conference statements, and class action and PAGA dismissal requests must be filed directly in the assigned complex department.

The following documents shall be filed directly in the assigned complex department: i. Post trial motions, oppositions, and replies; ii. Documents for trial; iii. Final pretrial readiness conference statements; iv. Class action and PAGA requests for dismissal.

The court permits electronic filing for specific case types listed on the Court's website, per CCP 1010.6 and CRC 2.255 et seq.

The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento allows the electronic filing of documents in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and California Rules of Court, rules 2.255 et seq. for specific case types as listed on the Court’s website.

Electronic filing in criminal cases is allowed and being phased in, with technical details to be posted on the Court's website.

The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento allows and is phasing in the ability for electronic filing in criminal cases. Additional technical details will be made available on the Court’s website as electronic filing services are expanded.

The court may implement or expand electronic filing in additional case types, with information posted on the court's website.

The court may implement and/or expand its use of electronic filing in case types not listed here. Additional information for these case types will be posted on the Court's website.

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Civil document

Civil documents may be filed electronically, by mail, in person, or via the designated drop box; departments may impose additional filing requirements.

Civil Documents shall be electronically filed, mailed, brought in person, or placed in the designated drop box. Departments may have specific guidelines and requirements for filings in their departments. Department information and filing guidelines can be found on the department information page.

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Settlement conference statement

Parties may submit Settlement Conference Statements electronically by email to the address specified on the Court's website.

Parties may submit their settlement conference statements in electronic form to the Department of the Supervising Settlement Judge by sending an email to the address specified on the Court's website.

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Unlawful detainer document

Self-represented litigants are exempt from mandatory e-filing for limited civil Unlawful Detainer documents but are encouraged to e-file voluntarily.

Self-represented litigants are exempt from the mandatory electronic filing requirements. Although no required, self-represented litigants are encouraged to participate in electronic filing.

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Minor compromise

No guardian ad litem appointment is required when a custodial parent files a minor's compromise under Probate Code section 3500 without filing a civil action.

No "Guardian ad litem" appointment is required for the filing of a minor's compromise by a custodial parent under Probate Code section 3500 without the filing of a civil action.

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Ex parte application

Enumerated ex parte applications may be submitted through the first-floor drop box at the Williams R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse, unless an immediate order is requested.

Unless an immediate order is being requested, the following ex parte applications may be dropped off Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., in the drop box on the first floor of the Williams R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse. • Increase Bond (Probate Code section 10150) • Small Estate (Probate Code section 7660) • Withdrawal of Minor’s Funds (California Rule of Court, rule 7.954) • Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Proceedings (Welfare & Institutions Code section 5000) • Court Appointed Counsel for Conservatorship (Probate Code section 1471)

Use of digital signatures is optional for public entities; the Standing Order does not require their use.

The use of a digital signature shall be at the option of the public entity. Nothing in this Standing Order shall require a public entity to use or permit the use of a digital signature.