Shasta Superior Court Document Format Requirements

Digital signatures on filed documents are permitted with the same legal effect as manual signatures only when they comply with Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5); other electronic signatures are not accepted.

The use of digital signatures on documents filed with the Court is allowed, and shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature, if it complies with all of the requirements of Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5). No other form of electronic signatures will be accepted.

The administrative record must be lodged in one or more loose-leaf three-ring binder volumes, tabbed by document number and titled as specified.

The administrative record shall be lodged in one or more volumes of loose-leaf three-ring binders, tabbed by document number and prominently titled “ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD VOL. 1”, etc.

Petitioners must prepare a trial notebook in a three-ring binder and file it with the court no later than 15 days before the hearing.

(H) Trial Notebook. Petitioners shall prepare a trial notebook in a three-ring binder that shall be filed with the court no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing.

Each document in the trial notebook must be separately tabbed, the notebook must begin with a table of contents, and it must include an index of evidence cited in the briefs.

Each document in the trial notebook shall be separately tabbed with a table of contents at the front of the notebook. The notebook shall also contain an index to evidence cited in the briefs by document title, record page number, and the volume and tab number in the administrative record.

Each party must submit one set of proposed jury instructions with a compliant cover sheet.

Each party shall submit one set of proposed instructions with a cover sheet in compliance with California Rules of Court, Rule 2.1055.

The applicable CALCRIM number must appear at the top of each page, and the instructions must not include a space for a given, refused, or modified disposition.

The instructions shall have the applicable CALCRIM number printed at the top of the page, but shall not include any place to indicate whether the instruction was given, refused, or modified.

Each jury instruction must occupy separate page or pages and have sequentially numbered lines along the left margin.

Each instruction shall be on a separate page or pages with sequentially numbered lines along the left margin.

Specially prepared instructions must be consecutively numbered and must not identify the requesting party.

Specially prepared instructions shall be numbered consecutively and shall not identify the party on whose behalf the instruction is requested.

An original environmental document may be lodged in the administrative record only if exact copies are provided to all parties.

The original of an environmental document may be lodged as part of the administrative record provided that exact copies of the original are provided to all parties in the action.

Each administrative-record volume must include a cover page listing every document by tab number, full title, and the record page number where the document begins.

Each volume shall have a cover- page listing each document in the volume by the number of the tab at which it appears, the full title of the document,

The administrative-record volume number must be printed on each binder’s spine.

The volume number shall also be printed on the spine of each binder.

The court prefers that individual jury-instruction pages not be numbered.

It is the court’s preference that the individual pages not be numbered.