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Court Rules

Figures as of October 20, 2026

Court Rules coverage and update cadence

Court Rules holds the rules that courts and judges publish for people who file. It includes local rules, standing orders, department and courtroom procedures, and court holiday calendars. Every rule is stored with a quote from the court's own document and a link to that document.

This page lists what is covered today, how often each source is read again, how Court Rules compares with a statute database, and what a license costs. The definitions at the end explain how each figure is counted.

477
counties with court rules
51% of U.S. residents live in one of them. 46 of the 50 largest counties are covered.
453
state trial courts
in 29 states
19
federal district courts
of 94 districts
210,000+
rules
Each has a quote from the court's own document and a link to it.
2,200+
judges with their own procedures
Court rosters list 5,500+ judges.
98%
of rule quotes match the court's document word for word
208,307 of 211,900 current rules.

What is covered

The table lists the material Court Rules covers. Statutes, regulations and constitutions are not part of Court Rules.

Kinds of material and their coverage
Federal district courtsEach district's local rules, plus its judges' standing orders and practices.19 of 94 districts. 574 judges on rosters, 516 with their own orders. 44,248 rules.Monthly
State trial courtsCourt-wide local rules, plus the procedures of individual judges, departments and courtrooms.453 courts in 29 states and 477 counties. 4,958 judges on rosters, 1,741 with their own procedures. 166,243 rules.Monthly
Statewide rulebookThe California Rules of Court as numbered rules with their official text, and the filing requirements read from each rule.California only. 1,525 rules.Monthly
Court holidaysClosure dates, each with its official source.15,349 dates for 871 courts, covering 2025 to 2027. The 2027 dates are being added.Monthly
Filing checksA brief checked against national, district and judge rules, with the rule cited for each result.Eastern District of New York.Built court by court

Rule types

Every rule has one of 14 types. The API value is what you filter on, and each type name links to its page on this site.

Rule types and how many rules each holds
Document Filing RequirementsDocumentRequirementRequired elements, certificates, and structural requirements for court documents.77,506
Filing Timing and Cure WindowsFilingTimingRuleFiling cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures.26,125
Service and Proof of Service RulesServiceRuleE-service, mail, personal service, proof of service, certificate, and timing requirements.20,559
Chambers Communication RulesCommunicationRuleRules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes.18,697
Document Format RequirementsFormatConstraintFont, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.13,373
Adjournment & Extension RequirementsAdjournmentRequirementRuleRequirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.10,907
Electronic Filing RulesElectronicFilingRuleElectronic filing requirements, permitted filing channels, EFSP portals, and exceptions.10,169
Filing Fees and WaiversFilingFeeRuleFiling fees, payment methods, fee waiver requirements, deferrals, and clerk payment rules.9,020
Pre-Motion Conference RequirementsPreMotionConferenceRulePre-motion conference and letter requirements before filing motions, including sequential steps.7,269
Courtesy Copy RequirementsCourtesyCopyRuleWhen and how to deliver courtesy copies to chambers, including triggers, timing, and formatting.6,711
Sealing & Redaction ProceduresSealingProcedureProcedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.4,378
Page & Word LimitsPageWordLimitRuleMaximum page counts and word limits for motions, briefs, and other filings by judge.3,603
Filing Bundling RequirementsBundlingRuleWhether to bundle related filings together or file them promptly as completed.1,733
Junior Lawyer Participation IncentivesJuniorLawyerIncentiveRules encouraging junior lawyer participation in oral arguments and court proceedings.441

Compared with OpenLaws

OpenLaws publishes a coverage page for statutes, regulations, constitutions and court rules. The two products hold different material, so the table lists what each one shows. The OpenLaws column was read from their coverage page on October 20, 2026 and may have changed since. Court Rules is not affiliated with OpenLaws.

Court Rules and OpenLaws compared by kind of material
StatutesNot covered.The 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, updated monthly or quarterly. Federal statutes weekly.
RegulationsNot covered.The 50 states and DC, monthly or quarterly, with four marked partial, in progress or manual. Federal regulations weekly.
ConstitutionsNot covered.The 50 states and Puerto Rico, monthly. The federal constitution monthly.
Executive ordersNot covered.Federal executive orders, weekly.
Federal court rulesLocal rules and judge orders for 19 of 94 districts. 44,248 rules.Listed as updated weekly. The page doesn't say which federal rules.
Statewide court rulesThe California Rules of Court, 1,525 rules. No other statewide rulebook.California Code of Civil Procedure, New York and Pennsylvania rules, monthly. Michigan monitored for changes. California Rules of Court, Delaware, Florida and Texas on a roadmap. New Jersey in progress.
Local rules of state trial courts453 courts in 29 states.Not listed on the coverage page.
Judge standing orders and procedures2,257 judges with their own procedures.Not listed on the coverage page.
Court holidays15,349 dates for 871 courts.Not listed on the coverage page.
Update scheduleEvery source is read again monthly.Weekly for federal law, monthly or quarterly for states.

OpenLaws organizes law by jurisdiction and by kind of law, which are statutes, rules and regulations, constitution, court rules and executive orders. Court Rules organizes rules by court and judge, and each rule has one of the 14 types listed above. Statutes and regulations are where OpenLaws is deep, and court and judge procedures are where Court Rules is deep. A filing tool can use both, because the statute says what the law is and the judge's order says how to file under it.

How fast coverage is growing

396 of the 453 state trial courts were added after October 1.

State trial courts with rules, by dateA line that starts at 3 courts on May 17, reaches 57 on Oct 1, and climbs to 453 on Oct 20.100200300400MayJunJulAugSepOct3 courts on May 1757 on Oct 1453 on Oct 20
State trial courts that have rules today, counted from the day each court's first rule was added. Figures as of October 20, 2026.
Show the chart data as a table
Courts with rules by date
DateCourts with rulesAdded that day
May 1733
May 1841
Jul 2051
Jul 3161
Aug 152721
Sep 18281
Oct 15729
Oct 36710
Oct 413972
Oct 516425
Oct 917814
Oct 1019416
Oct 1121420
Oct 1222511
Oct 13358133
Oct 143624
Oct 1541553
Oct 1643116
Oct 174343
Oct 184406
Oct 194466
Oct 204537

Federal district courts

19 of the 94 districts have rules today. The other 75 have none yet.

Federal district courts with rules
DistrictCircuitJudges on rosterJudges with own ordersRules
Central District of California9th Circuit564610,191
District of ColumbiaDC Circuit1212767
District of Delaware3rd Circuit24232,584
District of New Jersey3rd Circuit3727775
Eastern District of California9th Circuit2020518
Eastern District of New York2nd Circuit47472,435
Eastern District of Pennsylvania3rd Circuit42392,472
Eastern District of Texas5th Circuit1917525
Eastern District of Virginia4th Circuit99205
Northern District of California9th Circuit36364,726
Northern District of Illinois7th Circuit45401,846
Northern District of Texas5th Circuit6354
Southern District of California9th Circuit37302,209
Southern District of Florida11th Circuit2726498
Southern District of New York2nd Circuit65647,527
Southern District of Texas5th Circuit39313,175
Western District of New York2nd Circuit5333
Western District of Texas5th Circuit26231,325
Western District of Washington9th Circuit22202,383
19 districts57451644,248

Judges on roster are the active judges on the court's current roster. Judges with own orders have a standing order or practices page of their own that holds rules.

U.S. states

The table lists every state and the District of Columbia. A county counts as covered when at least one court in it has rules, and residents are counted from the 2020 Census. The last column is the median date on which the sources in that state were last read.

Court rules coverage by state
StateCounties coveredResidents coveredCourtsJudges with own proceduresRulesHoliday calendarsTypical last read
Alabama0 of 670%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Alaska0 of 300%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Arizona2 of 1576%2659652Oct 3
Arkansas0 of 750%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
California52 of 5897%5223439,48260Oct 3
Colorado6 of 6447%4117865Oct 4
Connecticut0 of 80%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Delaware1 of 357%1131,2962Oct 3
District of Columbia0 of 10%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Florida34 of 6785%1353130,14788Oct 3
Georgia4 of 15933%4332,3075Oct 3
Hawaii1 of 569%102521Oct 3
Idaho0 of 440%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Illinois48 of 10264%4710712,64586Oct 10
Indiana1 of 9214%114342Oct 4
Iowa0 of 990%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Kansas1 of 10520%181,3822Oct 20
Kentucky1 of 12017%181482Oct 3
Louisiana1 of 648%1164652Oct 4
Maine0 of 160%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Maryland4 of 2451%406355Oct 4
Massachusetts0 of 140%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Michigan3 of 8339%3662,9874Oct 3
Minnesota1 of 8722%10712Oct 4
Mississippi0 of 820%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Missouri2 of 11527%2241,3142Oct 3
Montana0 of 560%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Nebraska0 of 930%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Nevada1 of 1772%1552,1511Oct 3
New Hampshire0 of 100%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
New Jersey0 of 210%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
New Mexico1 of 3331%1052Oct 9
New York9 of 6269%91748,43063Oct 4
North Carolina0 of 1000%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
North Dakota0 of 530%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Ohio60 of 8884%607918,77337Oct 4
Oklahoma2 of 7737%272673Oct 4
Oregon2 of 3633%226813Oct 4
Pennsylvania60 of 6792%601521,48968Oct 15
Rhode Island1 of 560%104781Oct 4
South Carolina0 of 460%None yetNone yetNone yet2None yet
South Dakota0 of 660%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Tennessee2 of 9523%2149593Oct 3
Texas171 of 25492%17123715,171156Oct 13
Utah0 of 290%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Vermont0 of 140%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Virginia1 of 13313%102252Oct 3
Washington3 of 3952%3411,8904Oct 3
West Virginia0 of 550%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
Wisconsin2 of 7225%204083Oct 4
Wyoming0 of 230%None yetNone yetNone yet1None yet
51 jurisdictions, 29 with courts477 of 3,14351%4531,741166,243

Missing a court you need? Write to saurabh@courtrules.app. Requests decide which courts are added next.

Every covered court

Open a state to see its courts and the number of rules each one holds.

Arizona2 courts
California52 courts
Colorado4 courts
Delaware1 court
Florida13 courts
Georgia4 courts
Hawaii1 court
Illinois47 courts
Indiana1 court
Kansas1 court
Kentucky1 court
Louisiana1 court
Maryland4 courts
Michigan3 courts
Minnesota1 court
Missouri2 courts
Nevada1 court
New Mexico1 court
New York9 courts
Ohio60 courts
Oklahoma2 courts
Oregon2 courts
Pennsylvania60 courts
Rhode Island1 court
Tennessee2 courts
Texas171 courts
Virginia1 court
Washington3 courts
Wisconsin2 courts

Update cadence

Court rule pages change rarely, so every source is read again once a month. A page whose content changed is analyzed again and its rules are updated, and a page that did not change is left as it is.

How often each source is read again
Court and judge rule documentsMonthlyA page or PDF whose content changed is analyzed again and its rules are updated. An unchanged one is skipped.
Judge rostersMonthlyA judge who is missing from three checks in a row is marked inactive, so a departure can take about three months to show.
California Rules of CourtMonthlyNew and changed rules are read, checked and published.
Court holidaysMonthlyNew dates are added, each with its official source.

On October 20, 7,178 of the 8,406 source pages that hold rules (85%) had been read in the previous 30 days. The median page was last read 17 days earlier.

What a rule looks like

The two rules come from the same courthouse, the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada. Department 27 requires paper courtesy copies, and Department 32 does not accept them. Each record is shortened from what the API returns.

Department 27Judge Erika Mendoza
district_id
nv-clark-district
judge_slug
erika-mendoza
logic_type
CourtesyCopyRule
workflow_phase
MOTION_PRACTICE
summary
Moving parties must hand deliver single-sided paper courtesy copies of all briefing, affidavits, and exhibits (including other parties' filings) with tabbed exhibits to the Department 27 chambers box at least five judicial days before the hearing, or risk denial or continuance of the motion.
source_text
“Counsel for the moving party is required to submit physical, paper courtesy copies of all related briefing, affidavits, and exhibits, including those filed by other parties at least five judicial days prior to the scheduled hearing pursuant EDCR 2.20(g) and 7.26(d).”
source_url
https://www.clarkcountycourts.us/departments/judicial/civil-criminal-divison/department-xxvii/
citation_source
page 1, section “Courtesy Copies”
Department 32Judge Christy Craig
district_id
nv-clark-district
judge_slug
christy-craig
logic_type
CourtesyCopyRule
workflow_phase
MOTION_PRACTICE
summary
Paper courtesy copies are not accepted; any courtesy copy must be emailed to the Department 32 JEA and Law Clerk with the case number, name, and hearing date in the subject line.
source_text
“Department 32 does not accept paper Courtesy Copies. If a Courtesy Copy is to be provided, please email the document to the JEA and Law Clerk for Department 32 and include the case number, name, and date of hearing in the subject line.”
source_url
https://www.clarkcountycourts.us/departments/judicial/civil-criminal-divison/department-xxxii/
citation_source
page 1, section “Courtesy Copies”
GET https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1/extracted-rules?district_id=nv-clark-district&logic_type=CourtesyCopyRule
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

How to use it

REST API
https://api.courtrules.app/api/v1 with your key as a Bearer token. Endpoints cover courts, judges, rules, rule search, rulebooks, court holidays and filing checks.
MCP server
https://mcp.courtrules.app/mcp, for MCP clients such as Claude and Codex.
Documentation
docs.courtrules.app
Keys
Create a free evaluation key at console.courtrules.app.

Licensing

A license covers every court on this page and every court added during the term. Prices are in US dollars.

Evaluation

$0

For reading the data and checking the shape of the responses.

  • All courts and judges
  • 30 calls a minute, 300 calls and 3,000 rows a day
  • Not for use in a product
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Pilot

$2,500

per month for 3 months

For building against production limits.

  • 120 calls a minute, 10,000 calls and 100,000 rows a day
  • REST API and MCP server
  • Pilot fees are credited in full to a Production license signed within 30 days of the pilot's end
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Production license

$10,000

per month, billed yearly ($120,000 a year)

For products that show Court Rules data to their own users.

  • Every court on this page and every court added during the term
  • REST API and MCP server
  • Right to show rule text, summaries and source links in your product
  • Direct email support
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Data license

From $25,000

per month

For platforms that store the data, train on it or redistribute it.

  • Everything in the Production license
  • Full export as JSON files
  • Rights to store, index, train on and redistribute the data are set in the agreement
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Questions and license requests go to saurabh@courtrules.app.

What is not covered, and how we count

  • Statutes, regulations and constitutions are not included. Court Rules covers the rules that courts and judges publish for filers, and it works next to a statute database.
  • California is the only state with a statewide rulebook. Statewide rules of procedure for other states are not included.
  • 22 of the 50 states and DC have no state trial court yet, and 75 federal districts have none. Territories are not covered.
  • Filing checks run for one court, the Eastern District of New York.
  • A judge who leaves stays on a state roster until three monthly checks in a row miss them, so a roster can lag by up to three months.
  • Rules are read from court documents by software. 98% of the 211,900 current rules carry a quote that matches the stored court document word for word.
  • A court counts when it has at least one current rule. The statewide California listing and four Texas district-court listings that redirect to merged county courts are left out of every count.
  • A county counts when at least one court in it has current rules. Population is the 2020 Census resident population of the 50 states and DC (331,449,281). 169,475,342 people live in the 477 covered counties.
  • Holiday calendars count the courts that have at least one closure date on file, whether or not the court has rules yet.
  • In some state courts the roster lists departments or courtrooms instead of named judges.