California Rules of Court

Chapter 1. Title and Application

• 2.1Title
• 2.2Application

Chapter 2. Definitions and Scope of Rules

• 2.3Definitions
• 2.10Scope of rules

Chapter 3. Timing

• 2.20Application for an order extending time

Chapter 4. Sanctions

• 2.30Sanctions for rules violations in civil cases

Chapter 1. Papers

• 2.100Form and format of papers presented for filing in the trial courts
• 2.102One-sided paper
• 2.103Size, quality, and color of papers
• 2.104Font size; printing
• 2.105Font style
• 2.106Font color
• 2.107Margins
• 2.108Spacing and numbering of lines
• 2.109Page numbering
• 2.110Footer
• 2.111Format of first page
• 2.112Separate causes of action, counts, and defenses
• 2.113Binding
• 2.114Exhibits
• 2.115Hole punching
• 2.116Changes on face of paper
• 2.117Conformed copies of papers
• 2.118Acceptance of papers for filing
• 2.119Exceptions for forms

Chapter 2. General Rules on Forms

• 2.130Application
• 2.131Recycled paperRepealed
• 2.132True copy certified
• 2.133Hole punching
• 2.134Forms longer than one page
• 2.135Filing of handwritten or hand-printed forms
• 2.140Judicial Council forms
• 2.141Local court forms

Chapter 3. Other Forms

• 2.150Authorization for computer-generated or typewritten forms for proof of service of summons and complaint

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 2.200Service and filing of notice of change of address or other contact information
• 2.210Drop box for filing documents

Chapter 2. Filing and Service by Electronic Means

• 2.250Construction and definitions
• 2.251Electronic service
• 2.252General rules on electronic filing of documents
• 2.253Permissive electronic filing, mandatory electronic filing, and electronic filing by court order
• 2.254Responsibilities of court
• 2.255Contracts with and responsibilities of electronic filing service providers and electronic filing managers
• 2.256Responsibilities of electronic filer
• 2.257Requirements for signatures on documents
• 2.258Payment of filing fees in civil actions
• 2.259Actions by court on receipt of electronic filing
• 2.261Authorization for courts to continue modifying forms for the purpose of electronic filing and forms generation

Chapter 3. Filing and Service by Fax

• 2.300Application
• 2.301Definitions
• 2.302Compliance with the rules on the form and format of papers
• 2.303Filing through fax filing agency
• 2.304Direct filing
• 2.305Requirements for signatures on documents
• 2.306Service of papers by fax transmission

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 2.400Court records

Chapter 2. Access to Electronic Trial Court Records

Chapter 3. Sealed Records

• 2.550Sealed records
• 2.551Procedures for filing records under seal

Chapter 4. Records in False Claims Act Cases

• 2.570Filing False Claims Act records under seal
• 2.571Procedures for filing records under seal in a False Claims Act case
• 2.572Ex parte application for an extension of time
• 2.573Unsealing of records and management of False Claims Act cases

Chapter 5. Name Change Proceedings Under Address Confidentiality Program

• 2.575Confidential information in name change proceedings under address confidentiality program
• 2.576Access to name of the petitioner
• 2.577Procedures for filing confidential name change records under seal

Chapter 6. Other Sealed or Closed Records Title 2, Trial Court Rules-Division 4, Court Records-Chapter 6, Other Sealed or Closed Records; renumbered effective January 1, 2010; adopted as Chapter 5 effective January 1, 2007

• 2.580Request for delayed public disclosure
• 2.585Confidential in-camera proceedings

Chapter 1. Venue [Reserved]

• 2.700Intracounty venueReserved

Chapter 1. Court-Appointed Temporary Judges

• 2.810Temporary judges appointed by the trial courts
• 2.811Court appointment of temporary judges
• 2.812Requirements for court appointment of an attorney to serve as a temporary judge
• 2.813Contents of training programs
• 2.814Appointment of temporary judge
• 2.815Continuing education
• 2.816Stipulation to court-appointed temporary judge
• 2.817Disclosures to the parties
• 2.818Disqualifications and limitations
• 2.819Continuing duty to disclose and disqualify

Chapter 2. Temporary Judges Requested by the Parties

• 2.830Temporary judges requested by the parties
• 2.831Temporary judge-stipulation, order, oath, assignment, disclosure, and disqualification
• 2.832Compensation
• 2.833Documents and exhibits
• 2.834Open proceedings; notices of proceedings, use of court facilities, and order for hearing site
• 2.835Motions or applications to be heard by the court

Chapter 4. Language Access

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 2.900Submission of a cause in a trial court

Chapter 2. Records of Proceedings

• 2.950Sequential list of reporters
• 2.952Electronic recording as official record of proceedings
• 2.954Specifications for electronic recording equipment
• 2.956Court reporting services in civil cases
• 2.958Assessing fee for official reporter

Chapter 1. Jury Service

• 2.1000Jury serviceReserved
• 2.1002Length of juror service
• 2.1004Scheduling accommodations for jurors
• 2.1006Deferral of jury service
• 2.1008Excuses from jury service
• 2.1009Permanent medical excuse from jury service
• 2.1010Juror motion to set aside sanctions imposed by default

Chapter 2. Conduct of Trial

• 2.1030Communications from or with jury
• 2.1031Juror note-taking
• 2.1032Juror notebooks in complex civil cases
• 2.1033Juror questions
• 2.1034Statements to the jury panelRepealed
• 2.1035Preinstruction
• 2.1036Assisting the jury at impasse

Chapter 3. Testimony and Evidence

• 2.1040Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence

Chapter 4. Jury Instructions

• 2.1050Judicial Council jury instructions
• 2.1055Proposed jury instructions
• 2.1058Use of gender-neutral language in jury instructions

Chapter 1. Preliminary Rules

• 3.1Title

Chapter 2. Scope of the Civil Rules

• 3.10Application
• 3.20Preemption of local rules

Chapter 3. Attorneys

• 3.35Definition of limited scope representation; application of rules
• 3.36Notice of limited scope representation and application to be relieved as attorney
• 3.37Nondisclosure of attorney assistance in preparation of court documents

Chapter 1. Filing

• 3.100Payment of filing fees by credit or debit card

Chapter 2. Time for Service

• 3.110Time for service of complaint, cross-complaint, and response

Chapter 3. Papers to Be Served

• 3.220Case cover sheet
• 3.221Information about alternative dispute resolution
• 3.222Papers to be served on cross-defendants

Chapter 4. Miscellaneous

• 3.250Limitations on the filing of papers
• 3.252Service of papers on the clerk when a party's address is unknown
• 3.254List of parties

Chapter 3. Related Cases

• 3.300Related cases

Chapter 4. Consolidated Cases

• 3.350Consolidation of cases

Chapter 5. Complex Cases

• 3.400Definition
• 3.401Complex case designation
• 3.402Complex case counterdesignations
• 3.403Action by court
• 3.404Requesting assignment of judge when a comprehensive groundwater adjudication is filed in a court overlying the groundwater basin at issue

Chapter 6. Coordination of Noncomplex Actions

• 3.500Transfer and consolidation of noncomplex common-issue actions filed in different courts

Chapter 7. Coordination of Complex Actions

Chapter 2. Stay of Proceedings

• 3.650Duty to notify court and others of stay

Chapter 3. Hearings, Conferences, and Proceedings

• 3.670Telephone appearance
• 3.672Remote proceedings

Chapter 4. Special Proceedings on Construction-Related Accessibility Claims

• 3.680Service of Notice of Stay and Early Evaluation Conference
• 3.682Notice of Mandatory Evaluation Conferences

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 3.700Scope and purpose of the case management rules

Chapter 2. Differential Case Management

• 3.710Authority
• 3.711Local court rules
• 3.712Application and exceptions
• 3.713Delay reduction goals
• 3.714Differentiation of cases to achieve goals
• 3.715Case evaluation factors

Chapter 3. Case Management

• 3.720Application
• 3.721Case management review
• 3.722Case management conference
• 3.723Additional case management conferences
• 3.724Duty to meet and confer
• 3.725Case Management Statement
• 3.726Stipulation to alternative dispute resolution
• 3.727Subjects to be considered at the case management conference
• 3.728Case management order
• 3.729Setting the trial date
• 3.730Case management order controls
• 3.734Assignment to one judge for all or limited purposes
• 3.735Management of short cause cases

Chapter 4. Management of Collections Cases

• 3.740Collections cases
• 3.741Settlement of collections case

Chapter 5. Management of Complex Cases

• 3.750Initial case management conference
• 3.751Electronic service

Chapter 6. Management of Class Actions

• 3.760Application
• 3.761Form of complaint
• 3.762Case conference
• 3.763Conference order
• 3.764Motion to certify or decertify a class or amend or modify an order certifying a class
• 3.765Class action order
• 3.766Notice to class members
• 3.767Orders in the conduct of class actions
• 3.768Discovery from unnamed class members
• 3.769Settlement of class actions
• 3.770Dismissal of class actions
• 3.771Judgment

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 3.800Definitions

Chapter 2. Judicial Arbitration

• 3.810Application
• 3.811Cases subject to and exempt from arbitration
• 3.812Assignment to arbitration
• 3.813Arbitration program administration
• 3.814Panels of arbitrators
• 3.815Selection of the arbitrator
• 3.816Disqualification for conflict of interest
• 3.817Arbitration hearings; notice; when and where held
• 3.818Continuances
• 3.819Arbitrator's fees
• 3.820Communication with the arbitrator
• 3.821Representation by counsel; proceedings when party absent
• 3.822Discovery
• 3.823Rules of evidence at arbitration hearing
• 3.824Conduct of the hearing
• 3.825The award
• 3.826Trial after arbitration
• 3.827Entry of award as judgment
• 3.828Vacating judgment on award
• 3.829Settlement of case
• 3.830Arbitration not pursuant to rules

Chapter 3. General Rules Relating to Mediation of Civil Cases

Chapter 4. Civil Action Mediation Program Rules

• 3.890Application
• 3.891Actions subject to mediation
• 3.892Panels of mediators
• 3.893Selection of mediators
• 3.894Attendance, participant lists, and mediation statements
• 3.895Filing of Statement of Agreement or Nonagreement by mediator
• 3.896Coordination with Trial Court Delay Reduction Act
• 3.898Educational material

Chapter 1. Reference by Agreement of the Parties Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 638

• 3.900Purposes of reference
• 3.901Application for order appointing referee
• 3.902Order appointing referee
• 3.903Selection and qualifications of referee
• 3.904Certification and disclosure by referee
• 3.905Objections to the appointment
• 3.906Motion to withdraw stipulation
• 3.907Use of court facilities and court personnel

Chapter 2. Court-Ordered Reference Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 639

• 3.920Purposes and conditions for appointment of referee
• 3.921Motion for appointment of a referee
• 3.922Form and contents of order appointing referee
• 3.923Selection and qualification of referee
• 3.924Certification and disclosure by referee
• 3.925Objection to reference
• 3.926Use of court facilities

Chapter 3. Rules Applicable to References Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 or 639

• 3.930Documents and exhibits
• 3.931Open proceedings, notice of proceedings, and order for hearing site
• 3.932Motions or applications to be heard by the court

Chapter 1. Format of Discovery

• 3.1000Format of supplemental and further discovery

Chapter 2. Conduct of Discovery

• 3.1010Oral depositions by telephone, videoconference, or other remote electronic means

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 3.1100Application
• 3.1103Definitions and construction
• 3.1109Notice of determination of submitted matters

Chapter 2. Format of Motion Papers

• 3.1110General format
• 3.1112Motions-and other pleadings
• 3.1113Memorandum
• 3.1114Applications, motions, and petitions not requiring a memorandum
• 3.1115Declarations
• 3.1116Deposition testimony as an exhibit

Chapter 3. Provisional and Injunctive Relief

Chapter 4. Ex Parte Applications

• 3.1200Application
• 3.1201Required documents
• 3.1202Contents of application
• 3.1203Time of notice to other parties
• 3.1204Contents of notice and declaration regarding notice
• 3.1205Filing and presentation of the ex parte application
• 3.1206Service of papers
• 3.1207Appearance requirements

Chapter 5. Noticed Motions

• 3.1300Time for filing and service of motion papers
• 3.1302Place and manner of filing
• 3.1304Time of hearing
• 3.1306Evidence at hearing
• 3.1308Tentative rulings
• 3.1310Reporting of proceedings on motions
• 3.1312Preparation and submission of proposed order

Chapter 6. Particular Motions

Chapter 7. Civil Petitions

• 3.1365Petitions under the California Environmental Quality Act

Chapter 8. Other Civil Petitions

• 3.1370Emancipation of minors
• 3.1372Petitions for relief from financial obligations during military service

Chapter 4. Jury Trials

• 3.1540Examination of prospective jurors in civil cases

Chapter 4.5. Expedited Jury Trials

Chapter 7. Jury Instructions

• 3.1560Application

Chapter 8. Special Verdicts

• 3.1580Request for special findings by jury

Chapter 9. Statement of Decision

• 3.1590Announcement of tentative decision, statement of decision, and judgment
• 3.1591Statement of decision, judgment, and motion for new trial following bifurcated trial

Chapter 1. Trial Rules

• 3.2100Compliance with fictitious business name laws
• 3.2102Substituted service
• 3.2104Defendant's claim
• 3.2106Venue challenge
• 3.2107Request for court order
• 3.2108Form of judgment
• 3.2110Role of clerk in assisting small claims litigants

Chapter 2. Small Claims Advisors

• 3.2120Advisor assistance

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 3.2200Application
• 3.2205Form and format of administrative record lodged in a CEQA proceeding
• 3.2206Lodging and service
• 3.2207Electronic format
• 3.2208Paper format

Chapter 2. California Environmental Quality Act Proceedings Involving Streamlined CEQA Projects

Chapter 1. Pretrial Proceedings

• 4.100Arraignments
• 4.101Bail in criminal cases
• 4.102Uniform bail and penalty schedules-traffic, boating, fish and game, forestry, public utilities, parks and recreation, business licensing
• 4.103Notice to appear forms
• 4.104Procedures and eligibility criteria for attending traffic violator school
• 4.105Appearance without deposit of bail in infraction cases
• 4.106Failure to appear or failure to pay for a Notice to Appear issued for an infraction offense
• 4.107Mandatory reminder notice―infraction cases
• 4.108Installment Payment Agreements
• 4.110Time limits for criminal proceedings on information or indictment
• 4.111Pretrial motions in criminal cases
• 4.112Readiness conference
• 4.113Motions and grounds for continuance of criminal case set for trial
• 4.114Certification under Penal Code section 859a
• 4.115Criminal case assignment
• 4.116Certification to juvenile court
• 4.117Qualifications for appointed trial counsel in capital cases
• 4.119Additional requirements in pretrial proceedings in capital cases
• 4.130Mental competency proceedings
• 4.131Evaluation of defendant after initiation of mental competency proceedings
• 4.132Posttrial hearings on competence under section 1370
• 4.133Probable cause determinations under section 1368.1(a)(2)

Chapter 2. Change of Venue

• 4.150Change of venue: application and general provisions
• 4.151Motion for change of venue
• 4.152Selection of court and trial judge
• 4.153Order on change of venue
• 4.154Proceedings in the receiving court
• 4.155Guidelines for reimbursement of costs in change of venue cases-criminal cases

Chapter 1. Postconviction

• 4.510Reverse remand
• 4.530Intercounty transfer of probation and mandatory supervision cases

Chapter 2. Postrelease

• 4.540Revocation of postrelease community supervisionRepealed
• 4.541Minimum contents of supervising agency reports

Chapter 3. Habeas Corpus

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Chapter 2. Parties and Joinder of Parties

Chapter 3. Filing Fees and Fee Waivers

Chapter 4. Starting and Responding to a Family Law Case; Service of Papers

Chapter 5. Family Centered Case Resolution Plans

• 5.83Family centered case resolution

Chapter 6. Request for Court Orders

Chapter 7. Request for Emergency Orders (Ex parte Orders)

Chapter 8. Child Custody and Visitation (Parenting Time) Proceedings

Chapter 9. Child, Spousal, and Domestic Partner Support

Chapter 10. Government Child Support Cases (Title IV-D Support Cases)

• 5.350Procedures for hearings to cancel (set aside) voluntary declarations of parentage or paternity when no previous action has been filed
• 5.300Purpose, authority, and definitions
• 5.305Hearing of matters by a judge under Family Code sections 4251(a) and 4252(b)(7)
• 5.310Use of existing family law forms
• 5.311Implementation of new and revised governmental forms by local child support agencies
• 5.315Memorandum of points and authorities
• 5.320Attorney of record in support actions under title IV-D of the Social Security Act
• 5.324Telephone appearance in title IV-D hearings and conferences
• 5.325Procedures for clerk's handling of combined summons and complaint
• 5.330Procedures for child support case registry form
• 5.335Procedures for hearings on interstate income withholding orders
• 5.340Judicial education for child support commissioners
• 5.355Minimum standards of training for court clerk staff whose assignment includes title IV-D child support cases
• 5.360Appearance by local child support agency
• 5.365Procedure for consolidation of child support orders
• 5.370Party designation in interstate and intrastate cases
• 5.372Transfer of title IV-D cases between tribal court and state court
• 5.375Procedure for a support obligor to file a motion regarding mistaken identity

Chapter 11. Domestic Violence Cases

Chapter 12. Separate Trials (Bifurcation) and Interlocutory Appeals

Chapter 13. Trials and Long-Cause Hearings

• 5.393Setting trials and long-cause hearings
• 5.394Trial or hearing brief

Chapter 14. Default Proceedings and Judgments

• 5.401Default
• 5.402Request for default; forms
• 5.405Judgment checklists
• 5.407Review of default and uncontested judgments submitted on the basis of declaration under Family Code section 2336
• 5.409Default and uncontested judgment hearings on judgments submitted on the basis of declarations under Family Code section 2336
• 5.411Stipulated judgments
• 5.413Notice of entry of judgment
• 5.415Completion of notice of entry of judgment

Chapter 15. Settlement Services

• 5.420Domestic violence procedures for court-connected settlement service providers

Chapter 16. Limited Scope Representation; Attorney's Fees and Costs

Chapter 17. Family Law Facilitator

• 5.430Minimum standards for the Office of the Family Law Facilitator

Chapter 18. Court Coordination Rules

• 5.440Related cases
• 5.445Court communication protocol for domestic violence and child custody orders.

Chapter 19. Minor Marriage or Domestic Partnership

Chapter 1. Contact and Coordination

• 5.451Contact after adoption agreement
• 5.460Request for sibling contact information
• 5.475Custody and visitation orders following termination of a juvenile court proceeding or probate court guardianship proceeding

Chapter 2. Indian Child Welfare Act

• 5.480Application
• 5.481Inquiry and notice
• 5.482Proceedings after notice
• 5.483Dismissal and transfer of case
• 5.484Emergency proceedings involving an Indian child
• 5.485Placement of an Indian child
• 5.486Termination of parental rights
• 5.487Petition to invalidate orders
• 5.488Adoption record keeping

Chapter 3. Intercountry Adoptions

• 5.490Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country party to the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Convention or Hague Adoption Convention)
• 5.491Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country not party to the Hague Adoption Convention
• 5.492Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention
• 5.493Requirement to request adoption under California law of a child born in a foreign country when the adoption is finalized in the foreign country (Fam. Code, §§ 8912, 8919)

Chapter 4: Protective Orders

• 5.495Firearm relinquishment proceduresRepealed
• 5.496Service requirement for proposed restrained persons who appear remotely

Chapter 1. Preliminary Provisions-Title and Definitions

• 5.500Division title
• 5.501Preliminary provisions
• 5.502Definitions and use of terms
• 5.504Judicial Council forms
• 5.505Juvenile dependency court performance measures

Chapter 2. Commencement of Juvenile Court Proceedings

• 5.510Proper court; determination of child’s residence; exclusive jurisdiction; retention of jurisdiction after death of child or nonminor dependent
• 5.512Joint assessment procedure
• 5.514Intake; guidelines
• 5.516Factors to consider
• 5.518Court-connected child protection/dependency mediation
• 5.520Filing the petition; application for petition
• 5.522Remote filing
• 5.523Electronic service (§ 212.5)
• 5.524Form of petition; notice of hearing
• 5.526Citation to appear; warrants of arrest; subpoenas

Chapter 3. General Conduct of Juvenile Court Proceedings

• 5.530Persons present
• 5.531Appearance by telephone (§ 388; Pen. Code § 2625)
• 5.532Court reporter; transcripts
• 5.534General provisions-all proceedings
• 5.536General provisions-proceedings held before referees
• 5.538Conduct of proceedings held before a referee not acting as a temporary judge
• 5.540Orders of referees not acting as temporary judges
• 5.542Rehearing of proceedings before referees
• 5.544Prehearing motions (§ 700.1)
• 5.546Prehearing discovery
• 5.548Granting immunity to witnesses
• 5.550Continuances
• 5.551Confidentiality of a juvenile case file (§ 827)
• 5.552Procedure for requesting any juvenile delinquency case file and a living child’s juvenile dependency case file (§§ 827(a)(1), 827.12, 828)
• 5.553Procedure for requesting a deceased child’s juvenile dependency case file (§ 827(a)(2))
• 5.555Hearing to consider termination of juvenile court jurisdiction over a nonminor-dependents or wards of the juvenile court in a foster care placement and nonminor dependents (§§ 224.1(b), 303, 366.31, 391, 451, 452, 607.2, 607.3, 16501.1 (g)(16))

Chapter 4. Subsequent Petitions and Modifications

• 5.560General provisions
• 5.565Hearing on subsequent and supplemental petitions (§§ 342, 364, 386, 387)
• 5.570Request to change court order (petition for modification)
• 5.575Joinder of agencies
• 5.580Hearing on violation of probation (§ 777)

Chapter 5. Appellate Review

• 5.585Rules governing appellate review
• 5.590Advisement of right to review in section 300, 601, or 602 cases
• 5.595Stay pending appeal

Chapter 6. Emancipation

• 5.605Emancipation of minors

Chapter 7. Intercounty Transfers; Out-of-County Placements; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

• 5.610Transfer-out hearing
• 5.612Transfer-in hearing
• 5.613Transfer of nonminor dependents
• 5.614Out-of-county placements
• 5.616Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
• 5.618Placement in short-term residential therapeutic program (§§ 361.22, 727.12)
• 5.619Voluntary placement in psychiatric residential treatment facility (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 361.23, 727.13)

Chapter 8. Restraining Orders, Custody Orders, and Guardianships General Court Authority

• 5.620Orders after filing under section 300
• 5.625Orders after filing of petition under section 601 or 602
• 5.630Restraining orders
• 5.632Civil harassment, workplace violence prevention, and domestic violence prevention orders

Chapter 9. Parentage

• 5.635Parentage
• 5.637Family Finding (§§ 309(e), 628(d))

Chapter 10. Medication, Mental Health, and Education

• 5.640Psychotropic medications
• 5.642Authorization to release psychotropic medication prescription information to Medical Board of California
• 5.643Mental health or condition of child; court procedures
• 5.645Mental health or condition of child; competency evaluations
• 5.647Medi-Cal: Presumptive Transfer of Specialty Mental Health Services
• 5.649Right to make educational or developmental-services decisions
• 5.650Appointed educational rights holder
• 5.651Educational and developmental-services decisionmaking rights
• 5.652Access to pupil records for truancy purposes

Chapter 11. Advocates for Parties

• 5.655Program requirements for Court Appointed Special Advocate programs
• 5.660Attorneys for parties (§§ 317, 317.5, 317.6, 353, 366.26, 16010.6)
• 5.661Representation of the child on appeal
• 5.662Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) guardian ad litem for a child subject to a juvenile dependency petition
• 5.663Responsibilities of children's counsel in delinquency proceedings (§§ 202, 265, 633, 634, 634.3 634.6, 679, 700)
• 5.664Training requirements for children's counsel in delinquency proceedings (§ 634.3)

Chapter 12. Cases Petitioned Under Section 300

Chapter 13. Cases Petitioned Under Sections 601 and 602

Chapter 14. Nonminor Dependent

• 5.900Nonminor dependent-preliminary provisions (§§ 224.1(b), 295, 303, 366, 366.3, 388, 391, 607(a))
• 5.903Nonminor dependent status review hearing (§§ 224.1(b), 295, 366.1, 366.3, 366.31)
• 5.906Request by nonminor for the juvenile court to resume jurisdiction (§§ 224.1(b), 303, 388(e), 388.1)

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 7.1Probate Rules
• 7.2Preliminary provisions
• 7.3Definitions and use of terms
• 7.4Waiver of rules in probate proceedings
• 7.5Waivers of court fees in decedents' estates, conservatorships, and guardianships
• 7.10Ex parte communications in proceedings under the Probate Code and certain other proceedings

Chapter 2. Notices, Publication, and Service

• 7.50Description of pleading in notice of hearing
• 7.51Service of notice of hearing
• 7.52Service of notice when recipient's address unknown
• 7.53Notice of hearing of amended or supplemented pleadings
• 7.54Publication of Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
• 7.55Ex parte application for order

Chapter 3. Pleadings

• 7.101Use of Judicial Council forms
• 7.102Titles of pleadings and orders
• 7.103Signature and verification of pleadings
• 7.104Execution and verification of amended pleadings, amendments to pleadings, and supplements to pleadings; use of Judicial Council forms

Chapter 4. Appointment of Executors and Administrators

• 7.150Acknowledgment of receipt of statement of duties and liabilities of personal representative
• 7.151Reimbursement of graduated filing fee by successful subsequent petitionerRepealed

Chapter 5. Bonding of Personal Representatives, Guardians, Conservators, and Trustees

• 7.201Waiver of bond in will
• 7.202Two or more personal representatives
• 7.203Separate bonds for individuals
• 7.204Duty to apply for order increasing bond
• 7.205Independent power to sell real property
• 7.206Bond upon sale of real property
• 7.207Bonds of conservators and guardians

Chapter 6. Independent Administration of Estates

• 7.250Report of actions taken under the Independent Administration of Estates Act

Chapter 7. Spousal or Domestic Partner Property Petitions

• 7.301Spousal or domestic partner property petition filed with petition for probate

Chapter 9. Creditors' Claims

• 7.401Personal representative's action on the claim
• 7.402Court's action on the claim
• 7.403Listing all claims in the final report

Chapter 10. Sales of Real and Personal Property

• 7.451Refusal to show property to prospective buyers
• 7.452Petitioner or attorney required at hearing
• 7.453Petition for exclusive listing
• 7.454Ex parte application for order authorizing sale of securities or other personal property

Chapter 11. Inventory and Appraisal

• 7.501Inventory and Appraisal to show sufficiency of bond

Chapter 12. Accounts and Reports of Executors, Administrators, Conservators, and Guardians

• 7.550Effect of waiver of account
• 7.551Final accounts or reports in estates with nonresident beneficiariesRepealed
• 7.552Graduated filing fee adjustments for estates commenced on or after August 18, 2003, and before January 1, 2008Repealed
• 7.553Graduated filing fee statements for decedents' estates commenced on or after January 1, 2008Repealed
• 7.575Accounting of conservators and guardians
• 7.576Final account of conservator of the estate

Chapter 14. Preliminary and Final Distributions

• 7.650Decree of distribution establishing testamentary trusts
• 7.651Description of property in petition for distribution
• 7.652Allegations in petition for distribution concerning character of property

Chapter 15. Compensation of Personal Representatives and Attorneys

• 7.700Compensation paid in advance
• 7.701Allowance on account of statutory compensation
• 7.702Petition for extraordinary compensation
• 7.703Extraordinary compensation
• 7.704Apportionment of statutory compensation
• 7.705Calculation of statutory compensation
• 7.706Compensation when personal representative is an attorney
• 7.707Application of compensation provisions

Chapter 16. Compensation in All Matters Other Than Decedents' Estates

• 7.750Application of rules to guardianships and conservatorships
• 7.751Petitions for orders allowing compensation for guardians or conservators and their attorneys
• 7.752Court may order accounting before allowing compensation
• 7.753Contingency fee agreements in guardianships and conservatorships
• 7.754Use of paralegals in the performance of legal services for the guardian or conservator
• 7.755Advance payments and periodic payments to guardians, conservators, and to their attorneys on account for future services
• 7.756Compensation of conservators and guardians
• 7.776Compensation of trustees

Chapter 17. Contested Hearings and Trials

• 7.801Objections and responses
• 7.802Electronic filing and service in contested probate proceedings

Chapter 19. Trusts

• 7.901Trustee's accounts
• 7.902Beneficiaries to be listed in petitions and accounts
• 7.903Trusts funded by court order

Chapter 20. Claims of Minors and Persons With Disabilities

• 7.950Petition for approval of compromise of claim or action or disposition of proceeds of judgment for minor or person with a disability
• 7.950.5Petition for expedited approval of compromise of claim or action or disposition of proceeds of judgment for minor or person with a disability
• 7.951Disclosure of attorney's interest in petition for approval of compromise of claim
• 7.952Attendance at hearing on the petition for approval of compromise of claim
• 7.953Order for the deposit of funds of a minor or a person with a disability
• 7.954Petition for the withdrawal of funds deposited for a minor or a person with a disability
• 7.955Attorney's fees for services to a minor or a person with a disability

Chapter 21. Guardianships

• 7.1001Guardian screening form
• 7.1002Acknowledgment of receipt of Duties of Guardian
• 7.1002.5Guardianship of ward 18 to 20 years of age
• 7.1003Confidential guardianship status report form
• 7.1004Termination of guardianship
• 7.1005Service of copy of final account or report after resignation or removal of guardian
• 7.1006Service of copy of final account on termination of guardianship
• 7.1007Settlement of accounts and release by former minor
• 7.1008Visitation by former guardian after termination of guardianship
• 7.1009Standards of conduct for the guardian of the estate
• 7.1011Taking possession of an asset of the ward at an institution or opening or changing ownership of an account or safe-deposit box in a financial institution
• 7.1012The good cause exception to notice of the hearing on a petition for appointment of a temporary guardian
• 7.1013Change of ward’s residence (Prob. Code, §2352)
• 7.1014Communications between courts in different California counties concerning guardianship venue
• 7.1015Guardianship and certain conservatorship proceedings involving Indian children (Prob. Code, §§ 1449, 1459, 1459.5, 1460.2, 1511(b), (i); Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 224-224.6; 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963; 25 C.F.R. §§ 23.1-23.144)
• 7.1016Participation and testimony of wards in guardianship proceedings (Pro. Code, § 1514(b)(1); Fam Code, § 3042)
• 7.1020Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings in Guardianship Proceedings

Chapter 22. Conservatorships

• 7.1050Conservator forms
• 7.1051Acknowledgment of receipt of Duties of Conservator
• 7.1052Termination of conservatorshipRepealed
• 7.1053Service of final account of removed or resigned conservatorRepealed
• 7.1054Service of final account after termination of conservatorshipRepealed
• 7.1059Standards of conduct for the conservator of the estate
• 7.1060Investigations and reports by court investigators
• 7.1061Taking possession of an asset of the conservatee at an institution or opening or changing ownership of an account or safe-deposit box in a financial institution
• 7.1062The good cause exception to notice of the hearing on a petition for appointment of a temporary conservator
• 7.1063Change of conservatee’s residence; determination of level of care (Prob. Code, §§ 2352, 2352.5)

Chapter 23. Appointed Counsel

• 7.1101Scope, definitions, and general qualifications
• 7.1102Qualifications and annual education required for counsel appointed to represent a ward or proposed ward (Prob. Code, §§1456, 1470(a))
• 7.1103Qualifications and annual education required for counsel appointed to represent a conservatee, proposed conservatee, or person alleged to lack legal capacity (Prob. Code, §§ 1456, 1470(a), 1471)
• 7.1104Local administration
• 7.1105Certification of attorney qualifications

Chapter 2. CARE Act Rules

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Chapter 2. Civil Appeals

Chapter 3. Criminal Appeals

Chapter 4. Habeas Corpus Appeals and Writs

Chapter 5. Juvenile Appeals and Writs

Chapter 6. Conservatorship and Civil Commitment Appeals

• 8.480Appeal from order establishing conservatorship
• 8.482Appeal from judgment authorizing conservator to consent to sterilization of conservatee
• 8.483Appeal from order of civil commitment

Chapter 7. Writs of Mandate, Certiorari, and Prohibition in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal

• 8.485Application
• 8.486Petitions
• 8.487Opposition and amicus curiae briefs
• 8.488Certificate of Interested Entities or Persons
• 8.489Notice to trial court
• 8.490Filing, finality, and modification of decisions; rehearing; remittitur
• 8.491Responsive pleading under Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10
• 8.492Sanctions
• 8.493Costs

Chapter 8. [Reserved]

• 8.497Review of California Environmental Quality Act cases under Public Resources Code sections 21178-21189.3Repealed

Chapter 9. Proceedings in the Supreme Court

• 8.500Petition for review
• 8.504Form and contents of petition, answer, and reply
• 8.508Petition for review to exhaust state remedies
• 8.512Ordering review
• 8.516Issues on review
• 8.520Briefs by parties and amici curiae; judicial notice
• 8.524Oral argument and submission of the cause
• 8.528Disposition
• 8.532Filing, finality, and modification of decision
• 8.536Rehearing
• 8.540Remittitur
• 8.544Costs and sanctions
• 8.548Decision on request of a court of another jurisdiction
• 8.552Transfer for decision

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 8.601Definitions

Chapter 2. Automatic Appeals From Judgments of Death

Chapter 3. Death Penalty-Related Habeas Corpus Proceedings

• 8.652Qualifications of counsel in death penalty-related habeas corpus proceedings

Chapter 1. Review of California Environmental Quality Act Involving Streamlined CEQA Projects

• 8.700Definitions and application
• 8.701Filing and service
• 8.702Appeals
• 8.703Writ proceedings
• 8.705Court of Appeal costs in certain streamlined CEQA projects

Chapter 2. Appeals Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 1294.4 From an Order Dismissing or Denying a Petition to Compel Arbitration

• 8.710Application
• 8.711Filing and service
• 8.712Notice of appeal
• 8.713Record on appeal
• 8.714Superior court clerk duties
• 8.715Briefing
• 8.716Oral argument
• 8.717Extensions of time

Chapter 3. Miscellaneous Writs

• 8.720Review of Workers' Compensation Appeals Board cases
• 8.724Review of Public Utilities Commission cases
• 8.728Review of Agricultural Labor Relations Board and Public Employment Relations Board cases
• 8.730Filing, modification, and finality of decision; remittitur

Chapter 1. General Rules Applicable to Appellate Division Proceedings

• 8.800Application of division and scope of rules
• 8.802Construction
• 8.803Definitions
• 8.804Requirements for signatures on documents
• 8.805Amendments to rules and statutes
• 8.806Applications
• 8.808Motions
• 8.809Judicial notice
• 8.810Extending time
• 8.811Policies and factors governing extensions of time
• 8.812Relief from default
• 8.813Shortening time
• 8.814Substituting parties; substituting or withdrawing attorneys
• 8.815Form of filed documents
• 8.816Address and other contact information of record; notice of change
• 8.817Service and filing
• 8.818Waiver of fees and costs
• 8.819Sealed records

Chapter 2. Appeals and Records in Limited Civil Cases

Chapter 3. Appeals and Records in Misdemeanor Cases

Chapter 4. Briefs, Hearing, and Decision in Limited Civil and Misdemeanor Appeals

• 8.880Application
• 8.881Notice of briefing schedule
• 8.882Briefs by parties and amici curiae
• 8.883Contents and form of briefs
• 8.884Appeals in which a party is both appellant and respondent
• 8.885Oral argument
• 8.886Submission of the cause
• 8.887Decisions
• 8.888Finality and modification of decision
• 8.889Rehearing
• 8.890Remittitur
• 8.891Costs and sanctions in civil appeals

Chapter 5. Appeals in Infraction Cases

Chapter 6. Writ Proceedings

• 8.930Application
• 8.931Petitions filed by persons not represented by an attorney
• 8.932Petitions filed by an attorney for a party
• 8.933Opposition
• 8.934Notice to trial court
• 8.935Filing, finality, and modification of decisions; rehearing; remittitur
• 8.936Costs

Chapter 1. Trial of Small Claims Cases on Appeal

• 8.950Application
• 8.952Definitions
• 8.954Filing the appeal
• 8.957Record on appeal
• 8.960Continuances
• 8.963Abandonment, dismissal, and judgment for failure to bring to trial
• 8.966Examination of witnesses

Chapter 2. Writ Petitions

• 8.970Application
• 8.971Definitions
• 8.972Petitions filed by persons not represented by an attorney
• 8.973Petitions filed by an attorney for a party
• 8.974Opposition
• 8.975Notice to small claims court
• 8.976Filing, finality, and modification of decisions; remittitur
• 8.977Costs

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• 9.1Definitions
• 9.2Interim Special Regulatory Assessment for Attorney DisciplineRepealed

Chapter 2. Attorney Admissions

• 9.3Inherent power of Supreme Court
• 9.4Nomination and appointment of members to the Committee of Bar Examiners
• 9.5Authority of the Committee of Bar Examiners
• 9.6The California bar examination
• 9.7Oath required when admitted to practice law
• 9.8Roll of attorneys admitted to practice
• 9.8.5State Bar Client Trust Account Protection Program
• 9.9Online reporting by attorneys
• 9.9.5Fingerprinting of applicants and licensees

Chapter 3. Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

• 9.10Authority of the State Bar Court
• 9.11State Bar Court judges
• 9.12Standard of review for State Bar Court Review Department
• 9.13Petitions for review by licensees of State Bar Court decisions and review of other State Bar decisions
• 9.14Petitions for review by the Chief Trial Counsel of State Bar Court decisions
• 9.15Petitions for review by State Bar in moral character proceedings
• 9.16Grounds for review of State Bar Court decisions in the Supreme Court
• 9.16.1Briefs by parties following grant of review by the Supreme Court
• 9.16.2Requesting depublication of published State Bar Court opinion
• 9.17Remand with instructions
• 9.18Effective date of disciplinary orders and decisions
• 9.19Conditions attached to reprovals
• 9.20Duties of disbarred, resigned, or suspended attorneys
• 9.21Resignations of licensees of the State Bar with disciplinary charges pending
• 9.22Suspension of licensees of the State Bar for failure to comply with judgment or order for child or family support
• 9.23Enforcement as money judgment disciplinary orders directing the payment of costs and disciplinary orders requiring reimbursement of the Client Security Fund

Chapter 4. Legal Education

• 9.30Law school study in schools other than those accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners
• 9.31Minimum continuing legal education
• 9.32New Attorney Training

Chapter 1. The Judicial Council and Internal Committees

• 10.1Authority, duties, and goals of the Judicial Council
• 10.2Judicial Council membership and terms
• 10.3Nonvoting members
• 10.4Nominations and appointments to the Judicial Council
• 10.5Notice and agenda of council meetings
• 10.6Judicial Council meetings
• 10.10Judicial Council internal committees
• 10.11Executive and Planning Committee
• 10.12Legislation Committee
• 10.13Rules Committee
• 10.14Litigation Management Committee
• 10.15Judicial Branch Budget Committee
• 10.16Technology Committee
• 10.20Proposals for new or amended rules, standards, or forms; rule-making process in general
• 10.21Proposals from members of the public for changes to rules, standards, or forms
• 10.22Rule-making procedures

Chapter 2. Judicial Council Advisory Committees and Task Forces

• 10.30Judicial Council advisory bodies
• 10.31Advisory committee membership and terms
• 10.32Nominations and appointments to advisory committees
• 10.33Advisory committee meetings
• 10.34Duties and responsibilities of advisory committees
• 10.40Appellate Advisory Committee
• 10.41Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee
• 10.42Criminal Law Advisory Committee
• 10.43Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee
• 10.44Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee
• 10.46Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee
• 10.48Court Executives Advisory Committee
• 10.49Conference of Court ExecutivesRepealed
• 10.50Center for Judicial Education and Resources Advisory Committee
• 10.51Court Interpreters Advisory Panel
• 10.52Administrative Presiding Justices Advisory Committee
• 10.53Information Technology Advisory Committee
• 10.54Traffic Advisory Committee
• 10.55Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness
• 10.56Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee
• 10.58Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions
• 10.59Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions
• 10.60Tribal Court-State Court Forum
• 10.61Court Security Advisory Committee
• 10.62Court Facilities Advisory Committee
• 10.63Advisory Committee on Audits and Financial Accountability for the Judicial Branch
• 10.64Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee
• 10.65Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee
• 10.66Workload Assessment Advisory CommitteeRepealed
• 10.67Judicial Branch Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Committee
• 10.68Data Analytics Advisory Committee
• 10.70Task forces, working groups, and other advisory bodies

Chapter 3. Judicial Council Advisory Body Meetings

• 10.75Meetings of advisory bodies

Chapter 4. Judicial Council staff

• 10.80Administrative Director of the Courts (Administrative Director)
• 10.81Judicial Council staff

Chapter 1. Budget and Fiscal Management

• 10.101Role of the Judicial Council
• 10.102Acceptance of gifts
• 10.103Limitation on intrabranch contracting
• 10.104Limitation on contracting with former employees
• 10.105Allocation of new fee, fine, and forfeiture revenue
• 10.106Judicial branch travel expense reimbursement policy
• 10.107Trial Court Budget Working GroupRepealed

Chapter 2. Court Security

• 10.172Court security plans
• 10.173Court security committees
• 10.174Petition Regarding Disputes Related to Court Security Memoranda of Understanding

Chapter 3. Court Facilities

• 10.180Court facilities standards
• 10.181Court facilities policies, procedures, and standards
• 10.182Operation and maintenance of court facilities
• 10.183Decision making on transfer of responsibility for trial court facilities
• 10.184Acquisition, space programming, construction, and design of court facilities

Chapter 4. Management of Claims and Litigation

• 10.201Claim and litigation procedure
• 10.202Claims and litigation management
• 10.203Contractual indemnification

Chapter 5. Management of Human Resources

• 10.350Workers' compensation program
• 10.351Judicial branch policies on workplace conduct

Chapter 6. Court Technology, Information, and Automation

• 10.400Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS)
• 10.405Judicial branch technology and data security guidelines
• 10.430Generative artificial intelligence use policies
• 10.440Reporting civil arrests in court facilities

Chapter 7. Minimum Education Requirements, Expectations, and Recommendations

• 10.451Judicial branch education
• 10.452Minimum education requirements, expectations, and recommendations
• 10.455Ethics orientation for Judicial Council members and for judicial branch employees required to file a statement of economic interests
• 10.461Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justices
• 10.462Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officers
• 10.463Education requirements for family court judges and subordinate judicial officers
• 10.464Education requirements and expectations for judges and subordinate judicial officers on domestic violence issues
• 10.465Education requirements and recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers on fairness and access
• 10.468Content-based and hours-based education for superior court judges and subordinate judicial officers regularly assigned to hear probate proceedings
• 10.469Judicial education recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers
• 10.471Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal clerks/executive officers
• 10.472Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal managing attorneys, supervisors, and other personnel
• 10.473Minimum education requirements for trial court executive officers
• 10.474Trial court managers, supervisors, and other personnel
• 10.478Content-based and hours-based education for court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners
• 10.479Education recommendations for appellate and trial court personnel
• 10.481Approved providers; approved course criteria
• 10.491Minimum education requirements for Judicial Council employees
• 10.492Temporary extension and pro rata reduction of judicial branch education requirementsRepealed
• 10.493Instructor-led training

Chapter 1. General Rules on Trial Court Management

• 10.601Superior court management
• 10.602Selection and term of presiding judge
• 10.603Authority and duties of presiding judge
• 10.605Executive committee
• 10.608Duties of all judges
• 10.609Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct
• 10.610Duties of court executive officer
• 10.611Nondiscrimination in court appointments
• 10.612Use of gender-neutral language
• 10.613Local court rules-adopting, filing, distributing, and maintaining
• 10.614Local court forms
• 10.620Public access to administrative decisions of trial courts
• 10.625Certain demographic data relating to regular grand jurors
• 10.630Reciprocal assignment orders
• 10.635Limited situations in which a judicial officer may preside remotely from a location other than a courtroom

Chapter 2. Trial Court Management of Human Resources

Chapter 3. Subordinate Judicial Officers

• 10.700Role of subordinate judicial officers
• 10.701Qualifications and education of subordinate judicial officers
• 10.702Subordinate judicial officers: practice of law
• 10.703Subordinate judicial officers: complaints and notice requirements

Chapter 5. Temporary Judges

• 10.740Responsibilities of the trial courts for temporary judge programs
• 10.741Duties and authority of the presiding judge
• 10.742Use of attorneys as court-appointed temporary judges
• 10.743Administrator of temporary judges program
• 10.744Application procedures to serve as a court-appointed temporary judge
• 10.745Performance
• 10.746Complaints

Chapter 6. Court Interpreters

• 10.761Regional Court Interpreter Employment Relations Committees
• 10.762Cross-assignments for court interpreter employees

Chapter 7. Qualifications of Court Investigators, Probate Attorneys, and Probate Examiners

• 10.776Definitions
• 10.777Qualifications of court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners

Chapter 8. Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs

• 10.780Administration of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs
• 10.781Court-related ADR neutrals
• 10.782ADR program information
• 10.783ADR program administration

Chapter 9. Trial Court Budget and Fiscal Management

• 10.800Superior court budgeting
• 10.801Superior court budget procedures
• 10.803Information access disputes-writ petitions (Gov. Code, § 71675)
• 10.804Superior court financial policies and procedures
• 10.805Notice of change in court-county relationship
• 10.810Court operations
• 10.811Reimbursement of costs associated with homicide trials
• 10.815Fees to be set by the court
• 10.820Acceptance of credit cards by the superior courts
• 10.821Acceptance of checks and other negotiable paper
• 10.830Disposal of surplus court personal property

Chapter 10. Trial Court Records Management

• 10.850Trial court records
• 10.851Court indexes-automated maintenance
• 10.854Standards and guidelines for trial court records
• 10.855Superior court records sampling program
• 10.856Notice of superior court records destruction

Chapter 11. Trial Court Automation

• 10.870Trial court automation standards

Chapter 12. Trial Court Management of Civil Cases

• 10.900Case management and calendaring system
• 10.901Internal management procedures
• 10.910Assigned cases to be tried or dismissed-notification to presiding judge

Chapter 13. Trial Court Management of Criminal Cases

• 10.950Role of presiding judge, supervising judge, criminal division, and master calendar department in courts having more than three judges
• 10.951Duties of supervising judge of the criminal division
• 10.952Meetings concerning the criminal court system
• 10.953Procedures for disposition of cases before the preliminary hearing

Chapter 14. Management of Self-Help Centers

• 10.960Court self-help centers

Chapter 15. Elections Code Reports

• 10.970Reports of findings and orders affecting voting rights (Elec. Code, § 2211.5)

Chapter 1. Rules Relating to the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal

• 10.1000Transfer of causes
• 10.1004Court of Appeal administrative presiding justice
• 10.1008Courts of Appeal with more than one division
• 10.1012Supervising progress of appeals
• 10.1014Oversight of administrative presiding justices and presiding justices
• 10.1016Notice of failure to perform judicial duties
• 10.1017Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct
• 10.1020Reviewing court clerk/executive officer
• 10.1024Court of Appeal minutes
• 10.1028Preservation and destruction of Court of Appeal records
• 10.1030Local rules of Courts of Appeal

Chapter 2. Rules Relating to the Superior Court Appellate Division

• 10.1100Assignments to the appellate division
• 10.1104Presiding judge
• 10.1108Sessions