Tuolumne Superior Court Filing Rules

An order disbursing funds from a Court trust account must state the authority for release, deposit date, warrant amount, and known current payee name and address.

Requests for representative enhancements must be supported by a detailed declaration of the time and effort expended on the case.

At filing, the clerk appends a document stating the first CMC’s date, time, and place; the CMC is set approximately 120 days after filing, and the filing party must serve notice on all other parties.

Counsel must give the plaintiff notice of the granted continuance forthwith.

For civil trials, the request must be filed no later than 10 court days before trial begins.

A required dismissal request must be served and filed within 45 days after the dismissal date specified in the settlement notice; otherwise, the court must dismiss the entire case unless good cause is shown.

Defendant must answer within 10 days after the demurrer was overruled.

Requests to continue criminal trials must comply with Penal Code section 1050.

The Court conforms copies of an original document at no charge; copies returned by mail require a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Before the discovery cutoff, a motion under the California Civil Discovery Act may not be filed or heard until the moving party files a written request for an informal discovery conference and the Court acts or is deemed to have acted on it.

An applicant seeking ex parte relief must contact the clerk’s office to schedule a hearing.

If the parties have not yet seen that TR, they are directed to contact the Court to receive and review an advance copy before the hearing to expedite and streamline oral argument.

Parties filing documents in civil actions must exclude or redact Social Security numbers and financial account numbers as provided by California Rules of Court, rule 1.201.

When practicable, multiple motions in the same case should be filed and heard together.

Supporting memoranda are limited to 15 pages and oppositions to 10 pages, excluding the listed materials.

Each party must submit two copies of proposed jury instructions, witness lists, and proposed voir dire questions to the trial judge at least one court day before trial.

Colored paper may be used as an exhibit divider, but not to print the exhibit itself, and blue, goldenrod, green, pink, and yellow paper may not be used.