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California Rules of Court

Rule 2.850. Language Access Representative

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.850

Current text effective January 1, 2018.

#(a) Designation of Language Access Representative

The court in each county will designate a Language Access Representative. That function can be assigned to a specific job classification or office within the court.

#(b) Duties

The Language Access Representative will serve as the court's language access resource for all court users, as well as court staff and judicial officers, and should be familiar with all the language access services the court provides; access and disseminate all of the court's multilingual written information as requested; and help limited English proficient (LEP) court users and court staff locate language access resources.

#History

Rule 2.850 adopted effective January 1, 2018.

#Advisory Committee Comment

Subdivision (a). See Recommendation No. 25 of the Strategic Plan for Language Access in the California Courts, adopted by the Judicial Council on January 22, 2015.

Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.