Rule 2.100. Form and format of papers presented for filing in the trial courts
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.100
Current text effective January 1, 2017.
#(a) Preemption of local rules
The Judicial Council has preempted local rules relating to the form and format of papers to be filed in the trial courts. No trial court, or any division or branch of a trial court, may enact or enforce any local rule concerning the form or format of papers.
Subd (a) adopted effective January 1, 2007.
#(b) Rules prescribe form and format
The rules in this chapter prescribe the form and format of papers to be filed in the trial courts.
(Subd (b) adopted effective January 1, 2007.)
#(c) Electronic format of papers
Papers that are submitted or filed electronically must meet the requirements in rule 2.256(b).
(Subd (c) adopted effective January 1, 2017.)
#History
Rule 2.100 amended effective January 1, 2017; adopted as rule 201 effective January 1, 1949; previously amended effective April 1, 1962, May 1, 1962, July 1, 1964, January 1, 1966, July 1, 1969, July 1, 1971, January 1, 1973, July 1, 1974, January 1, 1976, January 1, 1978, May 6, 1978, January 1, 1984, April 1, 1990, July 1, 1990, January 1, 1992, July 1, 1992, January 1, 1993, July 1, 1993, January 1, 1994, January 1, 1998, January 1, 1999, July 1, 1999, July 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, January 1, 2003, and January 1, 2006; previously amended and renumbered as rule 2.100 effective January 1, 2007.
What this rule requires
Document Format Requirements
No trial court, or any division or branch of a trial court, may enact or enforce any local rule concerning the form or format of papers.
Papers that are submitted or filed electronically must meet the requirements in rule 2.256(b).
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.