Document Format Requirements in the California Rules of Court

Courts may not require that any mandatory Judicial Council form be submitted on any color of paper other than white.

Except as provided in rule 3.52(6), concerning court fee waiver orders, and rule 5.504, concerning court orders in juvenile court proceedings, courts may not require the use of an altered mandatory Judicial Council form in place of the Judicial Council form.

An otherwise legally sufficient court order for which there is a mandatory Judicial Council form is not invalid or unenforceable because the order is not prepared on a Judicial Council form or the correct Judicial Council form.

However, a judicial officer may modify a Judicial Council form order as necessary or appropriate to adjudicate a particular case.

Courts may not require the use of an altered optional Judicial Council form in place of the Judicial Council form.

However, a judicial officer may modify a Judicial Council form order as necessary or appropriate to adjudicate a particular case.

Courts may not require that any optional Judicial Council form be submitted on any color of paper other than white.

A person serving and filing a Judicial Council form must use the current version of the form adopted or approved by the council, unless a rule in the California Rules of Court allows the use of a different form.

(6) The form is printed by a publisher or another court;

(9) The form is not the latest version of the form adopted or approved by the Judicial Council.

(1) The form lacks the preprinted title and address of the court;

(7) The form is imprinted with the name or symbol of the publisher, unless the name or symbol replaces or obscures any material on the printed form;

(8) The form is legibly and obviously modified to correct a code section number or to comply with the law under which the form is filed; or

(5) The form lacks any other material added by a court, unless the material is required by the Judicial Council;

(4) The form lacks the court's local form number;

(3) The preprinted title and address of another court or its clerk's name is legibly modified;

(2) The form lacks the name of the clerk;

A Judicial Council form filed must be a true copy of the original form and must be as legible as a printed form.

A party or attorney may file a duplicate of a Judicial Council form produced by a computer and a printer or similar device with a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch.

A cause of action for which no form has been approved may be prepared in the format prescribed by the rules in chapter 1 of division 2 of title 2 and attached to any approved form of complaint or cross-complaint.

Any approved cause of action form may be attached to any approved form of complaint or cross-complaint.

Each paragraph within a cause of action must be numbered consecutively beginning with one.

Each paragraph number must be preceded with one or more identifying letters derived from the title of the cause of action.

Requests for accommodations under this rule may be presented ex parte on a form approved by the Judicial Council, in another written format, or orally.

Citations in documents filed in the courts must follow either the California Style Manual or The Bluebook, applied consistently throughout each document.

Papers that are submitted or filed electronically must meet the requirements in rule 2.256(b).

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.

When papers are not filed electronically, only one side of each page may be used.

All papers filed must be 81/2 by 11 inches. All papers not filed electronically must be on opaque, unglazed paper, white or unbleached, of standard quality not less than 20-pound weight.

All papers not filed electronically must be printed or typewritten or be prepared by a photocopying or other duplication process that will produce clear and permanent copies equally as legible as printing.

Unless otherwise specified in these rules, all papers filed must be prepared using a font size not smaller than 12 points.

The font style must be essentially equivalent to Courier, Times New Roman, or Arial.

The font color must be black or blue-black.

The left margin of each page must be at least one inch from the left edge and the right margin at least 1/2 inch from the right edge.

(2) Descriptions of real property may be single-spaced.

(1) The lines on each page must be one and one-half spaced or double-spaced and numbered consecutively.

(3) Footnotes, quotations, and printed forms of corporate surety bonds and undertakings may be single-spaced and have unnumbered lines if they comply generally with the space requirements of rule 2.111.

For numbering lines on each page, line numbers must meet the stated placement, separation, alignment or spacing, sequence, and density requirements.

Each page must be numbered consecutively at the bottom unless a rule provides otherwise for a particular type of document. The page numbering must begin with the first page and use only Arabic numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3). The page number may be suppressed and need not appear on the first page.

Except for exhibits, each paper filed with the court must bear a footer in the bottom margin of each page, placed below the page number and divided from the rest of the document page by a printed line.

The title of the paper in the footer must be in at least 10-point font.

In the title of the case on each initial complaint or cross-complaint, the name of each party must commence on a separate line beginning at the left margin of the page.

On the first page of each paper, the identifying and contact information must begin one inch from the top at line 1 and appear left of the page center.

(7) Below the nature of the paper or the character of the action or proceeding, the name of the judge and department, if any, to which the case is assigned.

(8) Below the nature of the paper or the character of the action or proceeding, the word "Referee:" followed by the name of the referee, on any paper filed in a case pending before a referee appointed under Code of Civil Procedure section 638 or 639.

(2) In the first 2 inches of space between lines 1 and 7 to the right of the center of the page, a blank space for the use of the clerk.

(6) Below the number of the case, the nature of the paper and, on all complaints and petitions, the character of the action or proceeding.

(5) To the right of and opposite the title, the number of the case.

(4) Below the title of the court, in the space to the left of the center of the page, the title of the case.

(3) On line 8, at or below 3 1/3 inches from the top of the page, the title of the court.

Each paper not filed electronically must consist entirely of original pages without riders and must be firmly bound together at the top.

Exhibits submitted with papers not filed electronically may be fastened to pages of the specified size and, when prepared by a machine copying process, must be equal to computer-processed materials in legibility and permanency of image.

Exhibits submitted with papers filed electronically must meet the requirements in rule 2.256(b).

When papers are not filed electronically, each paper presented for filing must contain two prepunched normal-sized holes, centered 21/2 inches apart and 5/8 inch from the top of the paper.

Any addition, deletion, or interlineation to a paper must be initialed by the clerk or judge at the time of filing.

All copies of papers served must conform to the original papers filed, including the numbering of lines, pagination, additions, deletions, and interlineations except that, with the agreement of the other party, a party serving papers by nonelectronic means may serve that other party with papers printed on both sides of the page.

(b) Absence of fax number or e-mail address The clerk must not reject a paper for filing solely on the ground that it does not contain an attorney's or a party's fax number or e-mail address on the first page.

(1) It is handwritten or hand-printed;

(c) Filing of papers for good cause For good cause shown, the court may permit the filing of papers that do not comply with the rules in this chapter.

(2) The handwriting or hand printing on the paper is in a color other than black or blue-black; or

(3) The font size is not exactly the point size required by rules 2.104 and 2.110(c) on papers submitted electronically in portable document format (PDF). Minimal variation in font size may result from converting a document created using word processing software to PDF.

The clerk of the court must not accept for filing or file any papers that do not comply with the rules in this chapter, except the clerk must not reject a paper for filing solely on the ground that:

All forms not filed electronically must contain two prepunched normal-sized holes, centered 21/2 inches apart and 5/8 inch from the top of the form.

If a form not filed electronically is longer than one page, it must be firmly bound at the top.

If a form not filed electronically is filed on a sheet printed on two sides, the reverse side must be rotated 180 degrees (printed head to foot).

If a form not filed electronically is longer than one page, the form may be printed on sheets printed only on one side even if the original has two sides to a sheet.

(1) It is completed in handwritten or hand-printed characters;

(2) The handwriting or hand-printing is a color other than blue-black or black.

Electronic Judicial Council forms must meet the requirements in rule 2.256.

(7) The telephone number of the attorney or party must appear flush with the left margin and below the attorney's or party's address.

(4) The Judicial Council number of the Proof of Service of Summons must be typed as follows either in the left margin of the first page opposite the last line of text or at the bottom of each page: "Judicial Council form POS-010."

Notwithstanding the adoption of mandatory form Proof of Service of Summons (form POS-010), a form for proof of service of a summons and complaint prepared entirely by word processor, typewriter, or similar process may be used for proof of service in any applicable action or proceeding if the following conditions are met:

(1) The form complies with the rules in chapter 1 of this division except as otherwise provided in this rule, but numbered lines are not required.

(6) Areas marked "For Court Use" must be copied in the same general locations and occupy approximately the same amount of space as on form POS-010.

(8) The name of the court must be flush with the left margin. The address of the court is not required.

(9) Material that would have been entered onto form POS-010 must be entered with each line indented 3 inches from the left margin.

(2) The left, right, and bottom margins of the proof of service must be at least 1/2 inch. The top margin must be at least 3/4 of an inch. The typeface must be Times New Roman, Courier, Arial, or an equivalent typeface not smaller than 9 points. Text must be single-spaced and a blank line must precede each main numbered item.

Each court that permits or mandates electronic filing must publish, in both electronic and print formats, the court's electronic filing requirements.

The document must be text searchable when technologically feasible without impairment of the document's image.

A document that is filed electronically with the court must be in a format specified by the court unless it cannot be created in that format.

If a document is filed electronically under the rules in this chapter and cannot be formatted to be consistent with a formatting rule elsewhere in the California Rules of Court, the rules in this chapter prevail.

The software for creating and reading documents must be in the public domain or generally available at a reasonable cost.

The printing of documents must not result in the loss of document text, format, or appearance.

A party or other person is not required to use a digital signature on an electronically filed document.

Any fax machine used to send documents to a court under rule 2.305 must send at an initial transmission speed of no less than 4800 baud and be able to generate a transmission record.

Any exhibit that exceeds 8-1/2 by 11 inches must be reduced in size to not more than 8-1/2 by 11 inches before it is transmitted.

The court may require the filing party to file the original of an exhibit that the party has filed by fax.

The document used for transmitting a fax must comply with the rules in division 2, chapter 1 of this title regarding form or format of papers.

(1) Prepare the document so that it complies with the rules in division 2, chapter 1 of this title and any other requirements for filing with the court;

The cover sheet must be the first page transmitted, to be followed by any special handling instructions needed to ensure that the document will comply with local rules.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including Evidence Code sections 255 and 260, a signature produced by fax transmission is deemed to be an original.

If proceedings are conducted by a temporary judge or a referee outside of court facilities, the temporary judge or referee must keep all exhibits and deliver them, properly marked, to the clerk at the conclusion of the proceedings, unless the parties file, and the court approves, a written stipulation providing for a different disposition of the exhibits.

The materials to be lodged under seal must be clearly identified as "CONDITIONALLY UNDER SEAL." If the materials are transmitted in paper form, the envelope or container lodged with the court must be labeled "CONDITIONALLY UNDER SEAL."

If they are transmitted on paper, they must be placed in a sealed envelope.

If they are transmitted electronically, they must be transmitted to the court in a secure manner that preserves the confidentiality of the documents to be lodged.

Be made available in the languages spoken by significant portions of the county population.

Be written in plain language;

When multiple reporters work on a case in one day, the clerk must designate them sequentially by letter, and a returning reporter A must also be designated C.

The transcript must conform, as nearly as possible, to the requirements for a reporter's transcript as provided for in these rules.

Each reel must be distinctively marked with the date recorded, the department number of the court, if any, and, if possible, a serial number.

A time-date generator that is active and records at all times the system is recording.

Blanking of the judge's bench monitor when the system is not actually recording.

A separate visual indicator of signal level must be provided for each recording channel.

Earphones must be provided for monitoring the recorded signal.

Appropriate cables, distribution amplifiers, switches, and the like.

The signal going to the earphones must come from a separate playback head, so that the monitor will hear what has actually been recorded on the tape.

For audio-video equipment used to make the official verbatim record of oral courtroom proceedings, the system must include at least five fixed-mount color cameras meeting the stated technical specifications.

Electronic recording equipment used in making the official verbatim record of oral courtroom proceedings must conform to the specifications in this rule.

At least eight phase-coherent cardioid (directional) microphones, Crown PCC-160 or equivalent, appropriately placed.

Compares microphone active signal to ambient noise signal so that microphones are recorded only when a person is speaking, and so that only the microphone nearest a speaker is active, thus minimizing recording of ambient noise.

A sound system that serves both as a sound reinforcement system while recording is in progress, and as a playback amplification system, integrated with other components to minimize feedback.

Subdivision (c)(1)(D)(ii) of this rule describes a specification from which deviation is permissible, if the system produces adequate sound quality.

Two additional videocassette recorders that will produce tapes with the same video and audio as the main two, but may have fewer channels of sound, for the use of parties in cases recorded.

The device must have a digital counter or comparable means of logging and locating the place on a reel where specific proceedings were recorded.

The device must be capable of recording at least two hours without interruption. This requirement may be satisfied by a device that automatically switches from one recording deck to another at the completion of a reel of tape of less than two hours in duration.

An audible signal at end-of-tape or if the tape jams while the controls are set to record; and

Automatically selects for the VCRs the signal from the video camera that is associated with the active microphone; and

For audio-video equipment used to make the official verbatim record of oral courtroom proceedings, the system must include at least two recorders with the stated audio, recording-duration, rewind, remote-control, and simultaneous-recording capabilities.

The recording level control should be automatic rather than manual.

The Administrative Director is authorized to approve any electronic recording devices and equipment acquired before the adoption or amendment of this rule that has been found by the court to produce satisfactory recordings of proceedings.

A color monitor.

A chambers camera and microphone or microphones that, when in use, will override any signals originating in the courtroom, and that will be inactivated when not in use.

A sound or video and sound system that substantially conforms to these specifications is approved if the deviation does not significantly impair a major function of the system.

A signal visible to the judge, the in-court clerk, and counsel indicating that the system is recording;

The device should be equipped to prevent recording over a previously recorded segment of tape.

The device must not have an operative erase head.

A loudspeaker must be provided for courtroom playback.

The device should give a warning signal at the end of a reel of tape.

The device must be capable of simultaneously recording at least four separate channels or "tracks," each of which has a separate playback control so that any one channel separately or any combination of channels may be played back.

The appurtenant equipment must include at least four microphones, which should include one at the witness stand, one at the bench, and one at each counsel table. In the absence of unusual circumstances, all microphones must be directional (cardioid).

A computer-controlled audio-video mixer and switching system that:

All requests to be excused from jury service that are granted for undue hardship must be put in writing by the prospective juror, reduced to writing, or placed on the court's record.

A trial judge should encourage counsel in complex civil cases to include key documents, exhibits, and other appropriate materials in notebooks for use by jurors during trial to assist them in performing their duties.

Be on a separate page or pages;

Each set of proposed jury instructions filed on paper must be bound loosely.

No local court form or rule for the filing or submission of proposed jury instructions may require that the instructions be submitted in any manner other than as prescribed by this rule.

All proposed instructions must be submitted to the court in the form and format prescribed for papers in the rules in division 2 of this title.

Be prepared without any blank lines or unused bracketed portions, so that it can be read directly to the jury.

Outside the proceedings excluded by subsection (b), trial courts may not enact or enforce local rules concerning the listed fields, including the form and format of papers, and such rules are void unless permitted or required by statute or the California Rules of Court.

(C) The order is an otherwise legally sufficient court order, as provided in rule 1.31(g), concerning orders not on Judicial Council mandatory forms.

(B) Any electronically generated form is identical in both language and legally mandated elements, including all notices and advisements, to the mandatory Judicial Council form it is replacing; and

(A) The document is substantively identical to the mandatory Judicial Council form it is replacing;

Each trial court's posted notice near the filing window or counter must be 8½ by 11 inches or larger.

(1) The software for creating and reading the document must be in the public domain or generally available at a reasonable cost; and

A party is not required to use a digital signature on an electronically submitted document.

(2) The printing of documents must not result in the loss of document text, format, or appearance.

Oral testimony will not be permitted at a hearing except as the assigned judge may permit to resolve factual issues shown by the declarations, responses to discovery, or matters judicially noticed to be in dispute.

All factual matters to be heard on any petition for coordination, or on any other petition, motion, or application under the rules in this chapter, must be initially presented and heard on declarations, answers to interrogatories or requests for admissions, depositions, or matters judicially noticed.

Only parties that have submitted a petition or motion, or a written response or opposition to a petition or motion, will be permitted to appear at the hearing, except the assigned judge may permit other parties to appear, on a showing of good cause.

A party making a peremptory challenge by motion or affidavit of prejudice regarding an assigned judge must submit it in writing to the assigned judge within 20 days after service of the order assigning the judge to the coordination proceeding.

Proof of Service-Disability Access Litigation (form DAL-012) may be used to show service of the documents.

Evidence to be considered at the hearing must be presented in accordance with rule 3.1306.

A non-natural-person party must have an appropriately authorized representative attend each mediation session in person, subject to the stated governmental-entity authority provision and the exceptions in (3).

If any party is insured under a policy of insurance that provides or may provide coverage for a claim that is a subject of the action, a representative of the insurer with authority to settle or recommend settlement of the claim must attend all mediation sessions in person, unless excused or permitted to attend by telephone as provided in (3).

The mediator may excuse a party, attorney, or representative from the requirement to attend a mediation session under (1) or (2) or permit attendance by telephone.

Each party may have counsel present at all mediation sessions that concern the party.

All parties and attorneys of record must attend all mediation sessions in person unless excused or permitted to attend by telephone as provided in (3).

The referee's certification must be in writing and must contain the stated consent and compliance certification.

Any objection to the appointment of a person as a referee must be made with reasonable diligence and in writing.

must be in writing

Any objection to the appointment of a particular person as a referee must be made with reasonable diligence and in writing.

The presiding judge or his or her designee, on application of any person or on the judge's own motion, may order that a case before a referee must be heard at a site easily accessible to the public and appropriate for seating those who have made known their plan to attend hearings.

If a court staff mediator or evaluator is required to attend a hearing before a referee, unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge or his or her designee, that hearing must take place at a location requiring no more than 15 minutes' travel time from the mediator's or evaluator's work site.

All proceedings before a referee that would be open to the public if held before a judge must be open to the public, regardless of whether they are held in a court facility or in another location.

(3) Each paper exhibit must be separated by a hard 81/2 x 11 sheet with hard paper or plastic tabs extending below the bottom of the page, bearing the exhibit designation.

For motions filed on paper, all pages of each document and exhibit must be attached together at the top by a method that permits pages to be easily turned and the entire content of each page to be read.

Any paper previously filed must be referred to by date of execution and title.

Documents must be consecutively paginated. The page numbering must begin with the first page and use only Arabic numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3). The page number may be suppressed and need not appear on the first page.

(4) Electronic exhibits must meet the requirements in rule 2.256(b).

(2) Pages from a single deposition must be designated as a single exhibit.

All references to exhibits or declarations in supporting or opposing papers must reference the number or letter of the exhibit, the specific page, and, if applicable, the paragraph or line number.

The pages of a memorandum must be numbered consecutively beginning with the first page and using only Arabic numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3). The page number may be suppressed and need not appear on the first page.

If in electronic form, the authority must be electronically bookmarked as required by rule 3.1110(f)(4).

If in paper form, the authority must be tabbed or separated as required by rule 3.1110(f)(3).

If in paper form, the copy must be tabbed or separated as required by rule 3.1110(f)(3).

A case citation must include the official report volume and page number and year of decision. The court must not require any other form of citation.

If in electronic form, the copy must be electronically bookmarked as required by rule 3.1110(f)(4).

The original page number of any deposition page must be clearly visible.

The relevant portion of any testimony in the deposition must be marked in a manner that calls attention to the testimony.

Other than the title page, the exhibit must contain only the relevant pages of the transcript.

All bonds and undertakings must comply with rule 3.1130.

The OSC and TRO must be stated separately, with the OSC stated first.

The restraining language sought in an OSC and a TRO must be separately stated in the OSC and the TRO and may not be incorporated by reference.

(i) If the minor is a party to the action, the court must use the initials of the minor or other initials, at the discretion of the court. In addition, the court must use only initials to identify both parties to the action if using the other party's name would likely reveal the identity of the minor.

(ii) If the minor is not a party to the action, the court must not include any information that would likely reveal the identity of the minor, including whether the minor lives with the person making the request for confidentiality.

The application for approval to employ an attorney must be in writing and must state:

Evidence received at a law and motion hearing must be by declaration or request for judicial notice without testimony or cross-examination, unless the court orders otherwise for good cause shown.

(2) A version of the proposed order in an editable word-processing format must also be sent electronically to the court, with a copy of the e-mail and proposed order also being sent to all parties in the action.

Each court that provides for electronic filing must specify any particular requirements regarding the editable word-processing format for proposed orders.

(1) A version of the proposed order must be attached to a completed Proposed Order (Cover Sheet) (form EFS-020), and the combined document in Portable Document Format (PDF) must be filed electronically;

Specifications in a notice must be numbered consecutively.

An amendment to a pleading must not be made by alterations on the face of a pleading except by permission of the court.

All alterations must be initialed by the court or the clerk.

Any opposition to the motion and any reply to an opposition may be made orally at the time of hearing or in writing as set forth in (c).

Any opposition to the motion and any reply to an opposition may be made orally at the time of hearing or in writing as set forth in (c).

Supporting and opposing separate statements in a motion for summary adjudication must follow this format:

Supporting and opposing separate statements in a motion for summary judgment must follow this format:

The separate statement must be in the two-column format specified in (h).

If evidence in support of or in opposition to a motion exceeds 25 pages, the evidence must be separately bound and must include a table of contents.

The electronic version may be provided in any form on which the parties agree.

The Separate Statement in Opposition to Motion must be in the two-column format specified in (h).

Any opposition to the motion and any reply to an opposition may be made orally at the time of hearing or in writing as set forth in (c).

All written objections to evidence must be served and filed separately from the other papers in support of or in opposition to the motion.

Written objections to evidence must follow one of the following two formats:

The proposed order must be in one of the following two formats:

The court may require that the proposed order be provided in electronic form.

the possibility of presenting testimony in the form of affidavits or declarations.

Upon agreement of the parties and with the approval of the judicial officer, the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conference.

Whenever a party desires special findings by a jury, the party must, before argument, unless otherwise ordered, present to the judge in writing the issues or questions of fact on which the findings are requested, in proper form for submission to the jury, and serve copies on all other parties.

An electronic signature by the court is as effective as an original signature.

When a trial is completed within one day or in less than eight hours over more than one day, a request for statement of decision must be made before the matter is submitted for decision and the statement of decision may be made orally on the record in the presence of the parties.

On the trial of a question of fact by the court, the court must announce its tentative decision by an oral statement, entered in the minutes, or by a written statement filed with the clerk.

The precise language of the declaration of compliance that appears on the approved Judicial Council form may be incorporated into the Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk.

The declaration of compliance may be placed on a separate form approved by the Judicial Council;

The approved Judicial Council form may be placed on the reverse of the Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk or on the back of any Judicial Council small claims form with only one side;

(B) The parties' stipulation; or

The administrative record must be separated by tabs or marked with electronic bookmarks that identify each part of the record listed above.

(A) The Notice of Determination;

(G) Transcripts and minutes of hearings, in chronological order; and

Oversized documents included in the record must be presented in a manner that allows them to be easily unfolded and viewed.

(B) The resolutions or ordinances adopted by the lead agency approving the project;

(D) The final environmental impact report, including the draft environmental impact report or a revision of the draft, all other matters included in the final environmental impact report, and other types of environmental impact documents prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act, such as a negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, or addenda;

(F) Staff reports prepared for the administrative bodies providing subordinate approvals or recommendations to the lead agency, in chronological order;

(C) The court's own motion.

(A) A party's motion;

(C) The findings required by Public Resources Code section 21081, including any statement of overriding considerations;

(H) The remainder of the administrative record, in chronological order.

(E) The initial study;

A record in paper format must comply with rule 3.2208.

A record in electronic format must comply with rule 3.2207.

(4) Contained on a CD-ROM, DVD, or other medium in a manner that cannot be altered; and

(5) Capable of full text searching.

(1) In compliance with rule 3.2205;

The electronic version of the index required under rule 3.2205(b) may include hyperlinks to the indexed documents.

(2) Created in portable document format (PDF) or other format for which the software for creating and reading documents is in the public domain or generally available at a reasonable cost;

Unless otherwise required by law, any document that is part of the administrative record and for which it is not feasible to create an electronic version may be provided in paper format only. Not feasible means that it would be reduced in size or otherwise altered to such an extent that it would not be easily readable.

(3) Divided into a series of electronic files and include electronic bookmarks that identify each part of the record and clearly state the volume and page numbers contained in each part of the record;

(3) Each page must be numbered consecutively at the bottom.

(1) Both sides of each page must be used;

Bound volumes must contain no more than 300 pages, and binders must contain no more than 400 pages.

The paper format of the administrative record must be bound on the left margin or contained in three-ring binders.

If bound, each page must have an adequate margin to allow unimpaired readability.

(2) The paper must be opaque, unglazed, white or unbleached, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, and of standard quality no less than 20-pound weight, except that maps, charts, and other demonstrative materials may be larger; and

(1) On request of the court, the lead agency shall provide the court with the record in paper format.

(2) On request and payment of the reasonable cost of preparation, or on order of the court for good cause shown, the lead agency shall provide a party with the record in paper format.

(E) The pages must be consecutively numbered; and

(C) The pages must be consecutively numbered.

(C) The text must be reproduced as legibly as printed matter;

(F) The record must be stapled and two-hole punched at the top of the page.

(D) The contents must be arranged chronologically;

(B) All documents in the record must have a page size of 8.5 by 11 inches;

Corrections to citations previously issued on any of the listed forms must be made on Notice of Correction and Proof of Service (form TR-100).

A law enforcement agency using an electronic citation device to issue citations on form TR-135 or TR-145 must submit a printed copy that exactly matches its current citation form and complies with the most recent Judicial Council instructions.

For nonfelony Vehicle Code violations and city or county traffic-ordinance violations, a printed or electronic notice to appear must be prepared and filed with the court using one of the specified forms and must comply with the current Judicial Council instructions.

The Juror Questionnaire for Criminal Cases (form JURY-002) may be used.

Testimony and other relevant evidence may be introduced in the form of a Notice to Appear issued under Vehicle Code section 40500; a business record or receipt; a sworn declaration of the arresting officer; and, on behalf of the defendant, a sworn declaration of the defendant.

Photographs and printouts provided under this subdivision must be on 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper.

each trial court must also report, electronically or manually, the following information, in the form and manner specified by the Department of Justice:

The court must permit a defendant to make this request by written petition unless the court directs a court appearance.

The statement need not be in the language of the statute or these rules.

It must be delivered orally on the record.

The parties may stipulate to the waiver of the probation officer's investigation and report in writing or in open court and entered in the minutes, and with the consent of the court.

The report must be on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size

The report must be on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size and must follow the sequence set out in (a) to the extent possible.

Any comments provided by the receiving court must be in writing and signed by a judge and must state why transfer is or is not appropriate.

For good cause, a court may also accept for filing a petition that does not comply with (a)(1).

Except as provided in (2), the petition must be on the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (form HC-001).

(5) Rule 8.486(c)(1) governs the form of any supporting documents accompanying the petition.

(1) A petition and supporting memorandum must comply with this rule and, except as otherwise provided in this rule, with rules 2.100-2.117 relating to the form of papers.

(1) If the petition is filed in paper form, an original and one copy must be filed, along with an original and one copy of the supporting documents.

(2) A memorandum supporting a petition must comply with rule 3.1113(b), (c), (f), (h), (i), and (l).

A petition and supporting memorandum must cite supporting materials by index number or letter and page, and, if applicable, paragraph or line number.

(5) The formatting of the response, reply, and any supporting documents must comply with the applicable requirements for petitions in rule 4.571(a) and (b).

(B) Any computer-readable transcript produced by court reporters under this subdivision must conform to the requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 271.

For a return and supporting documents, formatting must comply with rule 4.571(a) and (b), and filing must comply with rule 4.571(c)(1) and (2).

For a denial and supporting documents, formatting must comply with rule 4.571(a) and (b), and filing must comply with rule 4.571(c)(1) and (2).

The forms specified by this division may be used, at the option of the party, in any proceeding involving a financial obligation growing out of the relationship of parent and child or husband and wife or domestic partners, to the extent they are appropriate to that proceeding.

Approved Uniform Interstate Family Support Act forms are adopted for use in California family law and other support actions, notwithstanding other provisions of the rules.

(1) The format of supplemental and further discovery (rule 3.1000);

(2) Oral deposition by telephone, videoconference, or other remote electronic means (rule 3.1010);

A party starting a family law case must file an appropriate petition or complaint using a form approved by the Judicial Council.

Where the Judicial Council has not approved a specific petition or complaint form, the party must submit the petition or complaint in an appropriate format under Trial Court Rules, rules 2.100 through 2.119.

(1) The forms of pleading and the rules by which the sufficiency of pleadings is to be determined are solely those prescribed in these rules.

The rules regarding the format of a request for order are the same as the rules for format of motions in civil rules 3.1100 through 3.1116, except as otherwise provided in these Family Rules.

(1) The form and format of each declaration submitted in a case filed under the Family Code must comply with the requirements set out in California Rules of Court, rule 2.100 et seq.

Any alternate proposed order by the objecting party must list the findings and orders in the same sequence as the proposed order.

Any alternate proposed order prepared by the objecting party must list the findings and orders in the same sequence as the proposed order.

A request on form FL-356 filed at the same time as any of the papers in (A), (B), or (C) must be filed separately from, and not as an attachment to, that paper.

A separate form FL-356 must be filed for each child for whom SIJ findings are requested.

Whenever possible, information delivered in video or audiovisual format should be closed-captioned.

(3) Courts may use Order Appointing Counsel for a Child (form FL-323) or may supplement form FL-323 with local forms developed under rule 10.613.

The software may let users change its default settings only if they can restore the defaults without reinstalling and the screen and any printout prominently show whether defaults are in use.

(1) The same version of the form that was used with the initial action or that was filed as an amended proposed judgment;

If the most current version of the form has been substantially changed from the filed version, then the filed version must be used for the final judgment. A substantial change is one that would change the relief granted in a final judgment from that noticed in a proposed or amended proposed judgment.

During that six-month period, the local child support agency may properly use and file the immediately prior version of the form.

(2) The most current version of the form, unless there have been amendments to the form that result in substantial changes from the filed version.

The proposed judgment must be an attachment to the Summons and Complaint or Supplemental Complaint Regarding Parental Obligations (Governmental) (form FL-600) and must not be file-endorsed separately.

Upon filing, the Declaration for Amended Proposed Judgment may be file-endorsed.

Proof of service of the Summons and Complaint or Supplemental Complaint Regarding Parental Obligations (Governmental) (form FL-600) must be on the form prescribed by rule 2.150 or any other proof of service form that meets the requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 417.10.

The amended proposed judgment must not be file-endorsed.

An amended proposed judgment submitted for filing must be attached to the Declaration for Amended Proposed Judgment (form FL-616), as required by Family Code section 17430(c), and a proof of service by mail, if appropriate.

The form must be accepted if legibly handwritten in ink or typed.

The cover sheet must be the first page transmitted, to be followed by any special handling instructions needed to ensure that the document will comply with local rules.

In proceedings governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act, the child's tribe must be allowed to appear remotely as provided in Welfare and Institutions Code section 224.2(k).

During that one-year period the court may authorize the use of a legally accurate alternative form, including any existing local form or the immediate prior version of the Judicial Council form.

The forms applicable to juvenile court may be produced entirely by computer, word-processor printer, or similar process, or may be produced by the California State Department of Social Services Child Welfare Systems Case Management System.

(B) Any electronically generated form is identical in both language and legally mandated elements, including all notices and advisements, to the mandatory Judicial Council form it is modifying;

(A) The document is substantively identical to the mandatory Judicial Council form it is modifying;

the child welfare and probation departments in that county must assess the child under a jointly developed written protocol and prepare a joint assessment report to be filed in that county.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a signature produced by fax transmission is an original signature.

Dependency petitions must be filed on a Judicial Council form.

For dependency petitions, the filing party must use form JV-100 with form JV-101(A) when appropriate, or form JV-110 as prescribed by local rule or practice.

The form must be printed and made available in both English and Spanish.

An official court reporter or other authorized reporting procedure must record all proceedings.

The mandatory form must be used by a regional collaboration when transferring a case to a court outside the collaboration or when accepting a transfer from a court outside the collaboration.

A formalized regional collaboration may modify form JV-550 for transfers among its courts only if the Judicial Council of California approves the modification.

The request for transfer must be made on Motion for Transfer Out (form JV-548), which must include all required information.

The order of transfer must be entered on Juvenile Court Transfer-Out Orders (form JV-550), which must include all required information and findings.

(B) The mandatory form must be used by a regional collaboration when transferring a case to a court outside the collaboration or when accepting a transfer from a court outside the collaboration.

A formalized regional collaboration may modify form JV-552 to process transfers among its courts if the Judicial Council approves the modification.

The social worker may provide the required written notice to the participants in (b) on Notice of Intent to Place Child Out of County (form JV-555).

(1) An objection to the proposed out-of-county placement may be made by using Objection to Out-of-County Placement and Notice of Hearing (form JV-556).

An order after hearing must be prepared on Juvenile Restraining Order After Hearing (form JV-255) or, if the restrained person is the subject of a petition under section 601 or 602, on Juvenile Restraining Order Against a Child—Order After Hearing (form JV-265).

A temporary restraining order must be prepared on Temporary Restraining Order—Juvenile (form JV-250) or, if the restrained person is the subject of a petition under section 601 or 602, on Temporary Restraining Order Against a Child (form JV-260).

Juvenile Dependency Petition (Version One) (form JV-100) and Request to Change Court Order (form JV-180) may be used.

Appropriate local forms may be used.

If it appears that the parent or guardian does not read English, the social worker must provide notice in the language believed to be spoken by the parent or guardian.

The order must be prepared on Custody Order-Juvenile-Final Judgment (form JV-200).

(2) A request may be made orally.

A pleading must be in writing and must be signed by all persons joining in it.

(3) A Judicial Council form must be used for an amended pleading, with the word "Amended" added to its caption, if the form was used for the pleading that is amended.

(2) A Judicial Council form must not be used for a supplement to a pleading.

An individual cofiduciary who is required to give a bond must provide a separate bond, except to the extent the court orders the assets held solely by the corporate cofiduciary.

(1) Allow or reject in whole or in part the claim in writing;

(A) Report receipts and disbursements in the subject-matter categories specified on the Judicial Council standard accounting forms for receipts and disbursements schedules;

(2) A court may also accept a computer-generated printout of an original verified electronic statement if the fiduciary verifies that the statement was received in electronic form and printed without alteration.

(C) Provide the information in the same general format as that of the applicable Judicial Council standard accounting form, except that instructional material and material contained or requested in the form's header and footer may be omitted.

A conservator, guardian, or trustee must file each accounting as a standard accounting unless a simplified accounting is authorized in (d)(1).

If the simplified-accounting requirements in (1) are met and Schedule A or C would exceed five pages, the fiduciary must use the applicable standard forms for that schedule but may otherwise file a simplified accounting.

A "standard accounting" reports receipts and disbursements in subject-matter categories, with each category subtotaled on a separate form.

A "simplified accounting" reports individual receipts and disbursements chronologically, by receipt or payment date, without separating them into subject-matter categories.

(6) Except for the Summary of Account, all standard accounting forms are optional.

An accounting must be filed as a standard accounting unless this rule authorizes filing a simplified accounting.

The pertinent provisions must be stated in the present tense and in the third person instead of quoting the will verbatim.

If the sealed record is in electronic form, the clerk must file the court’s order, maintain the record ordered sealed in a secure manner, and clearly identify the record as sealed by court order on a specified date.

If the court grants the motion and the sealed record is in paper format, the clerk must place on the envelope or container of the record a label prominently stating “SEALED BY ORDER OF THE COURT ON (DATE).”

Except as these rules provide otherwise, the reviewing court clerk must not file any record or other document that does not conform to these rules.

the cover of a combined respondent's brief and appellant's opening brief filed in paper form must be yellow,

Joint appendix | white

Appellant's opening brief or appendix | green

Answer to amicus curiae brief | blue

Answer to petition for review | blue

Answer to petition for rehearing | blue

Reply to answer to petition for review | white

Opening brief on the merits | white

Appellant's reply brief or appendix | tan

Petition for original writ | red

Answer (or opposition) to petition for original writ | red

Petition for transfer of appellate division case to Court of Appeal | white

Petition for rehearing | orange

Reply to answer (or opposition) to petition for original writ | red

A paper brief or petition not conforming to (1) or (2) must be accepted for filing, but in case of repeated violations by an attorney or party, the court may proceed as provided in rule 8.204(e)(2).

Respondent's brief or appendix | yellow

Answer to petition for transfer of appellate division case to Court of Appeal | blue

Answer brief on the merits | blue

Petition for review | white

and the cover of a combined reply brief and respondent's brief filed in paper form must be tan.

Amicus curiae brief | gray

Reply brief on the merits | white

Electronically filed documents must comply with the relevant provisions of rule 8.77.

When a document to be filed in paper form, such as a stipulation, requires the signatures of multiple parties, the original signature of at least one party must appear on the document filed in the reviewing court; the other signatures may be in the form of copies of the signed signature page of the document.

(4) An original and 8 copies of a petition for review to exhaust state remedies under rule 8.508, an answer, or a reply, or an amicus curiae letter under rule 8.500(g);

(3) An original and 4 copies of any other petition, an answer, opposition or other response to a petition, or a reply;

In civil appeals, for briefs other than petitions for rehearing or answers thereto, 1 electronic copy or, in case of undue hardship, proof of delivery of 4 paper copies to the Supreme Court, as provided in rule 8.212(c) is also required;

(1) An original of a petition for review, an answer, a reply, a brief on the merits, an amicus curiae brief, an answer to an amicus curiae brief, a petition for rehearing, or an answer to a petition for rehearing and either (A) 13 paper copies; or (B) 8 paper copies and one electronic copy;

(2) An original of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under rule 8.380 by a person who is not represented by an attorney and 1 set of any supporting documents;

(5) Unless the court provides otherwise by local rule or order, 1 set of any separately bound supporting documents accompanying a document filed under (3) or (4);

(6) An original and 1 copy of an application, including an application to extend time, or any other document.

(1) An original and 4 paper copies of a brief, an amicus curiae brief, or an answer to an amicus curiae brief.

(5) An original and 8 copies of a motion or an opposition or other response to a motion; and

(6) An original and 1 copy of an application, other than an application to extend time, or any other document;

(2) Unless the court orders otherwise, an original of a petition for a writ within the court's original jurisdiction, an opposition or other response to the petition, or a reply; and either: (A) 10 paper copies; or (B) 8 paper copies and one electronic copy;

(3) Unless the court orders otherwise, an original and 2 copies of any supporting document accompanying a petition for writ of habeas corpus, an opposition or other response to the petition, or a reply;

(4) Unless the court orders otherwise, an original and 1 copy of a motion or an opposition or other response to a motion;

(7) An original and 1 copy of an application to extend time. In addition, 1 copy for each separately represented and unrepresented party must be provided to the court.

Except as provided in (3) or by court order, the alphabetical and chronological indexes to a clerk's or reporter's transcript, appendix, supporting documents, or other records sent to the reviewing court that are available to the public must list each sealed or confidential record by title, not disclosing the substance of the record, and must identify it as "Sealed" or "Confidential"-May Not Be Examined Without Court Order.

Records concerning a Penal Code section 987.9 funds request or another proceeding whose occurrence must not be disclosed must be omitted from the specified sealed or confidential index and the alphabetical or chronological indexes to records sent to the reviewing court.

Sealed records, and if applicable the envelope or other container, must be marked as "Sealed by Order of the Court on (Date)."

If the records are in paper format, they must be placed in a sealed envelope or other appropriate sealed container. This requirement does not apply to a juvenile case file but does apply to any record contained within a juvenile case file that is sealed or confidential under authority other than Welfare and Institutions Code section 827 et seq.

The superior court clerk or party transmitting sealed or confidential records to the reviewing court must prepare a sealed or confidential index of these materials. If the records include a transcript of any in-camera proceeding, the index must list the date and the names of all parties present at the hearing and their counsel. This index must be transmitted and kept with the sealed or confidential records.

Confidential records, and if applicable the envelope or other container, must be marked as "Confidential (Basis)-May Not Be Examined Without Court Order." The basis must be a citation to or other brief description of the statute, rule of court, case, or other authority that establishes that the record must be closed to inspection in the court proceeding.

Unless law or court order provides otherwise, sealed or confidential records in the record on appeal or accompanying a motion, writ petition, or other filing in the reviewing court must be kept separate from other transmitted records and secured to preserve confidentiality.

The cover of the unredacted version must identify it as "May Not Be Examined Without Court Order-Contains material from conditionally sealed record."

The cover of this version, and if applicable the envelope or other container, must identify it as "May Not Be Examined Without Court Order-Contains material from conditionally sealed record." Conditionally sealed material disclosed in this version must be identified as such in the filing.

An unredacted version. If this version is in paper format, it must be placed in a sealed envelope or other appropriate sealed container.

When lodging a record not filed in the trial court, the party must transmit it securely and separately, use the format-specific cover sheet labeled “CONDITIONALLY UNDER SEAL,” and place any paper record in a sealed envelope or other appropriate sealed container; confidential records are outside this rule.

An unredacted version must be lodged. The filing must be transmitted in a secure manner that preserves the confidentiality of the filing being lodged. If this version is in paper format, it must be placed in a sealed envelope or other appropriate sealed container.

The cover of the redacted version must identify it as "Public-Redacts material from sealed record." In juvenile cases, the cover of the redacted version must identify it as "Redacted version-Redacts material from sealed record."

The cover of the unredacted version must identify it as "May Not Be Examined Without Court Order-Contains material from sealed record."

The cover of this version must identify it as "Public-Redacts material from sealed record." In juvenile cases, the cover of the redacted version must identify it as "Redacted Version-Redacts material from sealed record."

The cover of this version must identify it as "Public-Redacts material from conditionally sealed record." In juvenile cases, the cover of the redacted version must identify it as "Redacted version-Redacts material from conditionally sealed record."

The cover of the redacted version must identify it as "Public-Redacts material from conditionally sealed record." In juvenile cases, the cover of the redacted version must identify it as "Redacted version-Redacts material from conditionally sealed record."

The cover of this version, and if applicable the envelope or other container, must identify it as "May Not Be Examined Without Court Order-Contains material from sealed record." Sealed material disclosed in this version must be identified as such in the filing and accompanied by a citation to the court order sealing that material.

If this version is in paper format, it must be placed in a sealed envelope or other appropriate sealed container.

The filing must be transmitted in a secure manner that preserves the confidentiality of the filing being lodged.

(1) Take all reasonable steps to ensure that the filing does not contain computer code, including viruses, that might be harmful to the court's electronic filing system and to other users of that system;

(1) The court will publish, in both electronic form and print form, the court's electronic filing requirements.

An electronic filing may not be larger than 100 megabytes.

The electronic page counter for the electronic document must match the page number for each page of the document.

The format for an electronic clerk's transcript must comply with this rule and rule 8.144.

Lines of text must be 1.5 spaced.

The margins must be set at 1-1/2 inches on the left and right and 1 inch on the top and bottom.

The page number for the cover page may be suppressed and need not appear on the cover page.

An electronic document must not have a color cover.

Each omission page must be paginated consecutively with the rest of the publicly filed record.

Each electronic bookmark must briefly describe the item to which it is linked.

When a document is filed in both paper form and electronic form, the pagination in both versions must comply with this paragraph.

However, if an electronic filer elects to include hyperlinks in a document, the hyperlink must be active as of the date of filing, and if the hyperlink is to a legal authority, it should be formatted to standard citation format as provided in the California Rules of Court.

The format of an appendix must comply with this rule and rule 8.144 pertaining to clerks' transcripts.

The printing of an electronic document must not result in the loss of document text, formatting, or appearance.

To the extent practicable, each document or file on electronic media must comply with the format requirements of this rule.

The format for an agreed statement or a settled statement must comply with this rule and rule 8.144.

Do not use all capitals (i.e., ALL CAPS) for emphasis.

Case names must be italicized or underscored.

In addition, each file must be paginated consecutively across all files in the document, including the cover pages for each file.

Footnotes, headings, subheadings, and quotations may be single-spaced.

A heading bookmark must state the heading, and an exhibit or attachment bookmark must state its letter or number and briefly describe it.

Video files must be filed in .avi or mp4 format.

For emphasis, italics or boldface may be used or the text may be underscored.

All documents must have a page size of 8-1/2 by 11 inches.

All bookmarks must be set to retain the reader's selected zoom setting.

Each single omission page or the first omission page in a range of omission pages must be bookmarked and must be listed in any indexes included in the publicly filed record.

If a document exceeds the 100-megabyte file-size limitation, the electronic filer must submit the document in more than one file, with each file 100 megabytes or less.

An electronic appendix must have bookmarks to the indexes and to the first page of each separate exhibit or attachment.

Quotations may be block-indented.

A sans-serif face may be used for headings, subheadings, and captions.

Electronic exhibits must be submitted in files no larger than 25 megabytes, rather than as individual documents.

The font style must be a proportionally spaced serif face.

The format for an electronic reporter's transcript must comply with Code of Civil Procedure section 271 and rule 8.144.

An electronic filing may exceed 300 pages if each component meets the applicable 300-page volume requirement and the filing does not exceed 100 megabytes.

This rule prevails over other formatting rules.

Exhibits or attachments within an exhibit or attachment must be bookmarked.

The PDF counter for each omission page must match the page number of the page omitted from the publicly filed record.

Font size must be 13-points, including in footnotes.

The lines of text must be unnumbered.

Audio files must be filed in .wav or mp3 format.

Hyperlinks to legal authorities and appendixes or exhibits are encouraged but not required.

In the limited circumstances in which a document cannot practicably be converted to a text-searchable PDF, the document may be scanned or converted to non-text-searchable PDF.

The request, application, or motion and its attachments must comply with this rule.

Electronic documents must be in text-searchable portable document format (PDF) while maintaining the original document formatting.

An electronic filer is not required to use a specific vendor, technology, or software for creation of a searchable-format document, unless the electronic filer agrees to such use.

Every electronic document must bookmark each heading and subheading and the first page of each component, including the listed sections, exhibits, and attachments.

The page numbering of a document filed electronically must begin with the first page or cover page as page 1 and thereafter be paginated consecutively using only arabic numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3).

If manually filed, photographs must be filed in .jpg, .png, .tif, or .pdf format.

The software for creating and reading electronic documents must be in the public domain or generally available at a reasonable cost.

Century Schoolbook is preferred.

Paragraphs must be left-aligned, not justified.

Electronic access to records required under this article must be provided by means of a network or software that is based on industry standards or is in the public domain.

(i) If filed in paper form, they must be bound together at the end of the petition or in separate volumes not exceeding 300 pages each. The pages must be consecutively numbered;

(ii) If filed in paper form, they must be index-tabbed by number or letter, and

An appendix must not be bound or transmitted electronically as one document with a brief.

An appendix must comply with the requirements of rule 8.144 for a clerk's transcript.

After the appellant deposits the cost or the court files an order waiving it, the superior court clerk must put the file in chronological order and number its pages.

A certified transcript of all of the proceedings designated by the party. The transcript submitted by the party must not be accepted as a substitute for a deposit under (1) unless it complies with the format requirements of rule 8.144.

Subject to the court's approval in settling the statement, the appellant may present some or all of the evidence by question and answer.

(2) Appellants who are not represented by an attorney are encouraged to file their proposed statement on Proposed Statement on Appeal (Unlimited Civil Case) (form APP-014).

The court may order an appellant to use form APP-014.

Permit courts to electronically add filed/received stamps.

The paper must be white or unbleached and of at least 20-pound weight;

The pages must be consecutively numbered, except as provided in (f), beginning with volume one's cover as page 1 and continuing throughout the transcript, including the indexes, certificates, and cover pages for subsequent volumes, and using only Arabic numerals (i.e., 1, 2, 3); and

If a segment exceeds the assigned number of pages, the reporter must number the additional pages with the ending page number, a hyphen, and a new number, starting with 1 and continuing consecutively.

Be generated electronically; it must not be created from a scanned document unless ordered by the court.

Each index prepared under this paragraph must begin on a separate page.

Permit users to copy and paste, keeping the original formatting, but with headers, footers, line numbers, and page numbers excluded.

The primary reporter must then assign beginning and ending page numbers for each segment.

Clerks' and reporters' transcripts must be bound on the left margin.

The margin must be at least 11/4 inches from the left edge.

The text must be reproduced as legibly as printed matter;

and on the certificate page, the reporter must add a hyphen to the last page number used, followed by the segment's assigned ending page number.

A reporter’s transcript delivered electronically must bookmark each listed heading, proceeding, examination, index, and exhibit event, and each bookmark must retain the user’s selected zoom settings when clicked.

Nothing in this rule prohibits courts from accepting additional functionality or enhancements in reporters' transcripts delivered in electronic form.

In the reporter's transcript the lines on each page must be consecutively numbered and must be double-spaced or one-and-a-half-spaced; double-spaced means three lines to a vertical inch.

Be in full text-searchable PDF (portable document format) or other searchable format approved by the court.

All documents filed must have a page size of 81/2 by 11 inches;

Ensure that the electronic page counter in the PDF file viewer matches the transcript page numbering except as provided in (f)(2) or (3).

Agreed or settled statements must conform with this rule insofar as practicable.

in the reporter's transcript both sides may be used, but the margins must then be 11/4 inches on each edge;

Be digitally and electronically signed by the court reporter, unless the court reporter lacks the technical ability to provide a digital signature, in which case only an electronic signature is required.

The contents must be arranged chronologically;

In the clerk's transcript only one side of the paper may be used;

In a multiple reporter case, each reporter must promptly estimate the number of pages in each segment reported and inform the designated primary reporter of the estimate.

Daily or other certified transcripts may be used for all or part of the reporter's transcript, but the pages must be renumbered consecutively and the required indexes and covers must be added.

If a clerk's or reporter's transcript is being delivered in electronic form to all courts, parties, and persons entitled to the transcript, it may be produced in a single volume but must comply with the requirements of rule 8.74(a)(5).

Within 20 days after the record is filed in the reviewing court, a party that has not purchased its own copy of the record may request another party, in writing, to lend it that party's copy of the record.

The pages of the attachments must be consecutively numbered, beginning with the number one.

Headings may be in uppercase letters.

The lines of text must be unnumbered and at least one-and-a-half-spaced.

All other typewritten briefs must be filed as photocopies.

If filed in paper form, the paper must be white or unbleached and of at least 20-pound weight.

Both sides of the paper may be used if a photocopy is filed;

only one side may be used if a typewritten original and carbon copies are filed.

The page number may be suppressed and need not appear on the cover page.

Case names must be italicized or underscored.

All documents filed must have a page size of 81/2 by 11 inches.

Single-spaced means six lines to a vertical inch.

The type size, including footnotes, must not be smaller than standard pica, 10 characters per inch.

If filed in paper form, the brief must be filed unbound unless otherwise provided by local rule or court order.

The pages must be consecutively numbered.

The font may be either proportionally spaced or monospaced.

If filed in paper form, the cover must be in the color prescribed by rule 8.40(a).

Headings and footnotes may be single-spaced.

The font style must be roman; but for emphasis, italics or boldface may be used or the text may be underscored.

A brief may be reproduced by any process that produces a clear, black image of letter quality.

Any conventional font may be used.

Except as provided in (11), the font size, including footnotes, must not be smaller than 13-point, and both sides of the paper may be used.

A typewritten original and carbon copies may be filed only with the presiding justice's permission, which will ordinarily be given only to unrepresented parties proceeding in forma pauperis.

Quotations may be block-indented and single-spaced.

Unrepresented incarcerated litigants may use elite type, 12 characters per inch, if they lack access to a typewriter with larger characters.

The page numbering must begin with the cover page as page 1 and use only Arabic numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3).

The margins must be at least 11/2 inches on the left and right and 1 inch on the top and bottom.

The copy must be a single computer file in text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF), and it must exactly duplicate the appearance of the paper copy, including the order and pagination of all of the brief's components.

If the exhibits are not transmitted electronically, the superior court clerk must send two copies of the list.

If the exhibits are not transmitted electronically, the party must send two copies of the list.

The motion with attachments must comply with rule 8.74 if filed in electronic form.

(3) For documentary evidence, a party may offer an electronic copy, or if filed in paper form, the original, a certified copy, or a photocopy.

The letter may provide only a citation to the new authority and identify, by citation to a page or pages in a brief on file, the issue on appeal to which the new authority is relevant.

If the letter is served and filed after oral argument is heard, it may address only new authority that was not available in time to be addressed at oral argument.

No argument or other discussion of the authority is permitted in the letter.

The clerk's and reporter's transcripts must comply with rules 8.45-8.47, relating to sealed and confidential records, and rule 8.144.

(4) Any portion of the transcript transcribed during trial must not be retyped unless necessary to correct errors, but must be repaginated and combined with any portion of the transcript not previously transcribed.

Any additional copies needed must not be retyped but, if the transcript is in paper form, must be prepared by photocopying or an equivalent process.

the appellant must file an original and, if the statement is filed in paper form, three copies of the statement in superior court

The applicant must prepare, serve, and file in superior court an original and, if the statement is filed in paper form, three copies of the settled statement.

Except as provided in this rule, briefs in criminal appeals must comply as nearly as possible with rules 8.200 and 8.204.

Rule 8.486(c)(1) and (2) govern the form of any supporting documents accompanying the petition.

All attorney-filed habeas petitions, whether or not on form HC-001, must be typewritten or computer-produced.

Any traverse must be either typewritten or produced on a computer and must comply with Penal Code section 1484 and rules 8.40(b)-(c) and 8.204(a)-(b).

If the return is filed in the Supreme Court, the attorney must file the number of copies of the traverse required by rule 8.44(a).

Rule 8.486(c)(1) and (2) govern the form of any supporting documents accompanying the return.

If the return is filed in the Court of Appeal, the respondent must file the number of copies of the return and any supporting documents required by rule 8.44(b).

Rule 8.486(c)(1) and (2) govern the form of any supporting documents accompanying the traverse.

If the return is filed in the Supreme Court, the respondent must file the number of copies of the return and any supporting documents required by rule 8.44(a).

If the return is filed in the Court of Appeal, the attorney must file the number of copies of the traverse required by rule 8.44(b).

The return must be either typewritten or produced on a computer and must comply with Penal Code section 1480 and rules 8.40(b)-(c) and 8.204(a)-(b).

(1) The reporter's transcript must be in electronic form.

(3) Any portion of the transcript transcribed during superior court habeas corpus proceedings must not be retyped unless necessary to correct errors, but must be repaginated and combined with any portion of the transcript not previously transcribed.

The clerk is encouraged to send the clerk's transcript in electronic form if the court is able to do so.

Any additional copies needed must not be retyped but, if the transcript is in paper form, must be prepared by photocopying or an equivalent process.

(1) Except as provided in this rule, briefs in appeals governed by the rules in this article must comply as nearly as possible with rules 8.200 and 8.204.

(ii) It must be index-tabbed by number or letter.

(A) The pages must be consecutively numbered.

(i) It must be bound together at the end of the brief or in separate volumes not exceeding 300 pages each.

The clerk's and reporter's transcripts must comply with rules 8.45-8.47, relating to sealed and confidential records, and with rule 8.144.

The clerk's and reporter's transcripts must comply with rules 8.45-8.47, relating to sealed and confidential records, and, except as provided in (2) and (3), with rule 8.144.

The clerk's and reporter's transcripts must comply with rules 8.45-8.47, relating to sealed and confidential records, and, except as provided in (2), with rule 8.144.

Except as provided in rule 8.144(f) for reporters' transcripts in multiple reporter cases, the pages of the attachment must be consecutively numbered, beginning with the number one.

(3) Except as provided in rule 8.144(f) for reporters' transcripts in multiple reporter cases, the pages of the attachment must be consecutively numbered, beginning with the number one.

(2) Material under (1) must be sent to the reviewing court in a secure manner that preserves its confidentiality. If the material is in paper format, it must be sent to the reviewing court in a sealed envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL-MAY NOT BE EXAMINED WITHOUT A COURT ORDER."

(B) If submitted in paper form, they must be index-tabbed by number or letter.

(2) The clerk must file any supporting documents not complying with (1), but the court may notify the petitioner that it may strike or summarily deny the petition if the documents are not brought into compliance within a stated reasonable time of not less than 5 days.

(3) Rule 8.44(a) governs the number of copies of supporting documents to be filed in the Supreme Court. Rule 8.44(b) governs the number of supporting documents to be filed in the Court of Appeal.

(A) If submitted in paper form, they must be bound together at the end of the petition or in separate volumes not exceeding 300 pages each. The pages must be consecutively numbered.

Any supporting documents accompanying a preliminary opposition, return or opposition, or reply must comply with rule 8.486(c)-(d).

The certificate must appear after the cover and before the tables.

(1) Any person or entity wanting to support or oppose a petition for review or for an original writ must serve on all parties and send to the Supreme Court an amicus curiae letter rather than a brief.

Any matter attached to the letter or incorporated by reference must comply with rule 8.504(e).

For a petition seeking review of a summary writ denial, the required trial court order copy must be bound at the back of the original and each Supreme Court copy, or attached if the petition is not filed in paper form.

If the petition seeks review of a Court of Appeal order, a copy of the order showing the date it was entered must be bound at the back of the original petition and each copy filed in the Supreme Court or, if the petition is not filed in paper form, attached.

If the petition seeks review of a Court of Appeal opinion, a copy of the opinion showing its filing date and a copy of any order modifying the opinion or directing its publication must be bound at the back of the original petition and each copy filed in the Supreme Court or, if the petition is not filed in paper form, attached.

(2) An order granting the request must be signed by at least four justices; an order denying the request may be signed by the Chief Justice alone.

The petition and any answer must conform to the relevant provisions of rule 8.504.

The clerk's transcript and the reporter's transcript must comply with rules 8.45-8.47, relating to sealed and confidential records, and rule 8.144.

Unedited copies of all such documents and a copy of the table required by the rule, under seal and bound together if filed in paper form, must be included in the record sent to the Supreme Court.

A copy of a sealed or confidential transcript delivered in electronic form must be separated from any other transcripts and labeled as required by rule 8.45.

The reporter must prepare an original and five copies of the reporter's transcript in electronic form and two additional copies in electronic form for each codefendant against whom the death penalty is sought.

Each transcript delivered in electronic form must comply with the applicable requirements of rule 8.144 and any additional requirements prescribed by the Supreme Court, and must be further labeled to show the date it was made.

(2) The clerk must prepare an original and eight copies of the clerk's transcript and two additional copies for each codefendant sentenced to death.

The clerk is encouraged to send the clerk's transcript in electronic form if the court is able to do so.

(1) The reporter must prepare an original and five copies of the reporter's transcript in electronic form and two additional copies in electronic form for each codefendant sentenced to death.

The clerk must retain the original transcripts and any remaining copies.

(2) Any portion of the transcript transcribed during trial must not be retyped unless necessary to correct errors, but must be repaginated and combined with any portion of the transcript not previously transcribed.

Any additional copies needed must not be retyped but, if the transcript is in paper form, must be prepared by photocopying or an equivalent process.

The clerk is encouraged to send the clerk's transcript in electronic form if the court is able to do so.

(2) The reporter's transcript must be in electronic form.

(2) Each copy delivered in electronic form must comply with the applicable requirements of rule 8.144 and any additional requirements prescribed by the Supreme Court, and must be further labeled to show the date it was made.

When the record is certified as accurate, the clerk must promptly notify the reporter to prepare six copies of the reporter's transcript in electronic form and two additional copies in electronic form for each codefendant sentenced to death.

The reporter’s transcript sent to the Supreme Court must be in electronic form.

Except as provided in this rule, briefs in appeals from judgments of death must comply as nearly as possible with rules 8.200 and 8.204.

The record of the written documents from the superior court proceedings other than the administrative record must be in the form of a joint appendix or separate appellant's and respondent's appendixes under rule 8.124.

Such briefs must comply with any local requirements of the reviewing court relating to e-briefs.

The briefs must comply as nearly as possible with rule 8.204.

The record of the written documents from the superior court proceedings must be in the form of a joint appendix or separate appellant's and respondent's appendixes under rule 8.124.

If the designated reporter’s transcript was not filed at least 5 days before the brief’s due date, an initial brief may omit transcript citations, but the revised brief must include them and may make no other changes.

(1) The briefs must comply as nearly as possible with rule 8.204.

Except as otherwise provided, or required by order of the court, signatures on electronically filed documents must comply with the requirements of rule 8.77.

The pages of the copy of the matter or matters to be judicially noticed must be consecutively numbered, beginning with the number 1.

Except as these rules provide otherwise, documents filed in the appellate division may be either produced on a computer or typewritten and must comply with the relevant provisions of rule 8.883(c).

(ii) If filed in paper form, they must be index-tabbed by number or letter; and

(i) If filed in paper form, they must be bound together at the end of the petition or in separate volumes not exceeding 300 pages each. The pages must be consecutively numbered;

Within 10 days after the appellant deposits the cost or the court files an order waiving that cost, the trial court clerk must put the trial court file in chronological order, number the pages, and attach a chronological index and a list of all attorneys of record, the parties they represent, and any unrepresented parties.

If the court has a local rule for the appellate division electing to use this form of the record, the original trial court file may be used instead of a clerk's transcript. This rule and any supplemental provisions of the local rule then govern unless the trial court orders otherwise after notice to the parties.

The transcript submitted by the party must not be accepted as a substitute for a deposit under (A) unless it complies with the format requirements of rule 8.838;

(A) The appellant may not elect to use an official electronic recording or a transcript prepared from an official electronic recording.

(C) The appellant must comply with the requirements applicable to the form of the record elected.

(B) The appellant may not elect to use a reporter's transcript unless the clerk's notice under (1) indicates that proceedings were reported by a court reporter.

For good cause, the court may permit the filing of a statement that is not on form APP-104.

(2) Appellants who are not represented by an attorney must file their proposed statement on Statement on Appeal (Limited Civil Case) (form APP-104).

(1) If filed in paper form, clerks' and reporters' transcripts must be bound on the left margin, except that transcripts may be bound at the top if required by a local rule of the appellate division.

Except as otherwise provided in this rule, clerks' and reporters' transcripts must comply with the requirements of rule 8.144(a), (b)(1)-(4) and (6), (c), and (d).

The pages of the attachments must be consecutively numbered, beginning with the number 1.

(2) Any party in possession of designated exhibits returned by the trial court must put them into numerical or alphabetical order and send them to the appellate division.

(1) If the exhibits are not transmitted electronically, the trial court clerk must send two copies of the list.

(2) If the exhibits are not transmitted electronically, the party must send two copies of the list.

(1) The trial court clerk must put any designated exhibits in the clerk's possession into numerical or alphabetical order and send them to the appellate division.

Contain documents or portions of documents filed in superior court that are unnecessary for proper consideration of the issues.

An appellant's reply appendix may contain any document that could have been included in the respondent's appendix.

Contain transcripts of oral proceedings that may be designated under rule 8.834.

The reviewing court may impose monetary or other sanctions for filing an appendix that contains inaccurate copies or otherwise violates this rule.

A respondent's appendix may contain any document that could have been included in the appellant's appendix or a joint appendix.

An appendix must comply with the requirements of rule 8.838 for a clerk's transcript.

Filing an appendix constitutes a representation that the appendix consists of accurate copies of documents in the superior court file.

An appendix must not be bound with or transmitted electronically with a brief as one document.

An appendix may incorporate by reference all or part of the record on appeal in another case pending in the reviewing court or in a prior appeal in the same case.

Incorporate any document by reference except as provided in (2).

The clerk's transcript must comply with rule 8.144.

If the report is in paper form, it must placed in a sealed envelope.

If the court has a local rule for the appellate division electing to use this form of the record, the original trial court file may be used instead of a clerk's transcript. This rule and any supplemental provisions of the local rule then govern unless the trial court orders otherwise after notice to the parties.

If there is more than one appellant, the clerk must prepare an extra copy of the index for each additional appellant who is represented by separate counsel or self-represented.

Within 20 days after the filing of the notice of appeal, the trial court clerk must put the trial court file in chronological order, number the pages, and attach a chronological index and a list of all attorneys of record, the parties they represent, and any unrepresented parties.

The reporter's transcript must comply with rule 8.838.

The transcript submitted by the appellant must not be accepted as a substitute for a deposit under (i) unless it complies with the format requirements of rule 8.838;

The reporter must prepare an original and the same number of copies of the reporter's transcript as rule 8.862 requires of the clerk's transcript and must certify each as correct.

(2) Appellants who are not represented by an attorney must file their proposed statement on Proposed Statement on Appeal (Misdemeanor) (form CR-135). For good cause, the court may permit the filing of a statement that is not on form CR-135.

If the exhibits are not transmitted electronically, the trial court clerk must send two copies of the list.

Any party in possession of designated exhibits returned by the trial court must put them into numerical or alphabetical order and send them to the appellate division.

The trial court clerk must put any designated exhibits in the clerk's possession into numerical or alphabetical order and send them to the appellate division.

If the exhibits are not transmitted electronically, the party must send two copies of the list.

If the stipulation is filed in paper form, the original signature of at least one party must appear on the stipulation filed in the appellate division; the signatures of the other parties may be in the form of fax copies of the signed signature page of the stipulation.

If the stipulation is electronically filed, the signatures must comply with the requirements of rule 8.77.

The font may be either proportionally spaced or monospaced.

All documents filed must have a page size of 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

If the brief is stapled, the bound edge and staples must be covered with tape.

(5) The lines of text must be at least one-and-a-half-spaced. Headings and footnotes may be single-spaced. Quotations may be block-indented and single-spaced. Single-spaced means six lines to a vertical inch.

(B) Both sides of the paper may be used if a photocopy is filed; only one side may be used if a typewritten original and carbon copies are filed.

(C) The type size, including footnotes, must not be smaller than standard pica, 10 characters per inch. Unrepresented incarcerated litigants may use elite type, 12 characters per inch, if they lack access to a typewriter with larger characters.

Attachments must comply with the formatting requirements stated in (c)(1) through (c)(7).

(6) The margins must be at least 11/2 inches on the left and right and 1 inch on the top and bottom.

Both sides of the paper may be used if the brief is not bound at the top.

If filed in paper form, the paper must be white or unbleached and of at least 20-pound weight.

(2) Any conventional font may be used.

(1) A brief may be reproduced by any process that produces a clear, black image of letter quality.

(3) The font style must be roman; but for emphasis, italics or boldface may be used or the text may be underscored. Case names must be italicized or underscored. Headings may be in uppercase letters.

(7) The pages must be consecutively numbered.

(4) Except as provided in (11), the font size, including footnotes, must not be smaller than 13-point.

(A) A typewritten original and carbon copies may be filed only with the presiding judge's permission, which will ordinarily be given only to unrepresented parties proceeding in forma pauperis. All other typewritten briefs must be filed as photocopies.

(9) If filed in paper form, the brief must be bound on the left margin, except that briefs may be bound at the top if required by a local rule of the appellate division.

(A) Two paper copies and one electronic copy to the Reporter of Decisions in a format approved by the Reporter.

Opinions certified for publication must comply to the extent practicable with the California Style Manual.

The clerk's transcript must comply with rule 8.144.

If the court has a local rule for the appellate division electing to use this form of the record, the original trial court file may be used instead of a clerk's transcript. This rule and any supplemental provisions of the local rule then govern unless the trial court orders otherwise after notice to the parties.

When preparing the trial court file, the clerk must put it in chronological order and number its pages.

If the proceedings were reported or officially electronically recorded and the judge determines this would save time and resources, the judge may, subject to the stated local-rule conditions, order an official recording or transcript as the oral-proceedings record instead of correcting the proposed statement; the court pays for an ordered copy or transcript.

Appellants who are not represented by an attorney must file their proposed statements on Proposed Statement on Appeal (Infraction) (form CR-143). For good cause, the court may permit the filing of a statement that is not on form CR-143.

The reporter's transcript must comply with rule 8.838.

A transcript submitted as a substitute for the deposit under (C)(i) must comply with the format requirements of rule 8.838.

(1) The trial court clerk must put any designated exhibits in the clerk's possession into numerical or alphabetical order and send them to the appellate division.

(2) Any party in possession of designated exhibits returned by the trial court must put them into numerical or alphabetical order and send them to the appellate division.

All other typewritten briefs must be filed as photocopies.

Unrepresented incarcerated litigants may use elite type, 12 characters per inch, if they lack access to a typewriter with larger characters.

A typewritten original and carbon copies may be filed only with the presiding justice's permission, which will ordinarily be given only to unrepresented parties proceeding in forma pauperis.

If filed in paper form, the brief must be bound on the left margin, except that briefs may be bound at the top if required by a local rule of the appellate division.

Any conventional font may be used.

Headings and footnotes may be single-spaced.

Both sides of the paper may be used if the brief is not bound at the top.

Single-spaced means six lines to a vertical inch.

The font may be either proportionally spaced or monospaced.

All documents filed must have a page size of 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

Headings may be in uppercase letters.

A brief may be reproduced by any process that produces a clear, black image of letter quality.

Quotations may be block-indented and single-spaced.

The type size, including footnotes, must not be smaller than standard pica, 10 characters per inch.

The margins must be at least 11/2 inches on the left and right and 1 inch on the top and bottom.

Both sides of the paper may be used if a photocopy is filed; only one side may be used if a typewritten original and carbon copies are filed.

The font style must be roman; but for emphasis, italics or boldface may be used or the text may be underscored.

If the brief is stapled, the bound edge and staples must be covered with tape.

Case names must be italicized or underscored.

Except as provided in (11), the font size, including footnotes, must not be smaller than 13-point.

The lines of text must be unnumbered and at least one-and-a-half-spaced.

The pages must be consecutively numbered.

If filed in paper form, the paper must be white or unbleached and of at least 20-pound weight.

In all respects not provided for in this chapter, rule 8.883, regarding the form and content of briefs, applies.

(A) If submitted in paper form, they must be bound together at the end of the petition or in separate volumes not exceeding 300 pages each. The pages must be consecutively numbered.

(B) If submitted in paper form, they must be index-tabbed by number or letter.

A petition for an extraordinary writ filed by an attorney may, but is not required to be, filed on Petition for Writ (Misdemeanor, Infraction, or Limited Civil Case) (form APP-151).

If it is filed by an attorney, it must also comply with rule 8.932(b)(3)-(7).

(1) If the court issues an alternative writ or order to show cause, the respondent or any real party in interest, separately or jointly, may serve and file a return by demurrer, verified answer, or both.

Any preliminary opposition, return, or opposition must comply with rule 8.931(c).

A person who is not represented by an attorney and who requests a writ under this chapter must file the petition on a Petition for Writ (Small Claims) (form SC-300).

For good cause the court may permit an unrepresented party to file a petition that is not on that form, but the petition must be verified.

The pages must be consecutively numbered.

They must each be given a number or letter.

A petition for an extraordinary writ filed by an attorney may, but is not required to be, filed on Petition for Writ (Small Claims) (form SC-300).

If it is filed by an attorney, it must also comply with rule 8.932(b)(3)-(7).

Any preliminary opposition, return, or opposition must comply with rule 8.931(c).

After an alternative writ or order to show cause, a return may be made by demurrer, verified answer, or both; after notice that a peremptory writ is under consideration, an opposition may be served and filed.

Except as provided in this rule, a petition must comply with the form and contents requirements of rule 8.204(a)(1), (b), and (d).

Except as provided in this rule, any answer must comply with the form and contents requirements of rule 8.204(a)(1), (b), and (d).

If the remittitur and opinion are sent in paper format, two copies must be sent.

(2) The request must be made by a letter to the court that rendered the opinion, concisely stating the person's interest and the reason why the opinion meets a standard for publication.

(2) The request must not be made as part of a petition for review, but by a separate letter to the Supreme Court not exceeding 10 pages.

The request must not be made as part of a petition for review, but by a separate letter to the Supreme Court not exceeding 10 pages.

Each Supervising Lawyer shall provide an evaluation of the Provisionally Licensed Lawyer in the format developed by the State Bar of California.

The Provisionally Licensed Lawyer shall submit, in the format developed by the State Bar of California, a record of the hours of supervised legal practice completed under supervision of the Supervising Lawyer(s).

Except as provided in these rules, the form of the petition, answer, and reply must, insofar as practicable, conform to rule 8.504

The words "Request to Speak at Judicial Council Meeting" displayed prominently in letters at least one-quarter-inch high on the envelope containing the request;

Provides guidelines for the style and format of rules, forms, and standards and ensures that proposals are consistent with the guidelines;

The Administrative Director is responsible for ensuring that items submitted to the committee for circulation for comment and the council's agenda comply with the committee's procedures and its guidelines on format and style.

Presiding judges must use a Judicial Council-provided form for the aggregate court-compliance report.

The Chief Justice and administrative presiding justices must use a Judicial Council-provided form for the aggregate court-compliance report.

(1) A judicial branch entity that has information that constitutes an identifiable judicial administrative record not exempt from disclosure under this rule and that is in an electronic format must, on request, produce that information in the electronic format requested, provided that:

The judicial robe required by Government Code section 68110 must be black, must extend in front and back from the collar and shoulders to below the knees, and must have sleeves to the wrists.

The judicial robe must conform to the style customarily worn in courts in the United States.

Paper copies must conform, as far as is practicable, to the requirements of chapter 1 of division 2 of title 2, except that both sides of the paper may be used, lines need not be numbered and may be single spaced, and the pages must not be permanently bound across the top but may be bound at the left side. ("Permanently bound" does not include binding with staples.)

All copies must be clear and legible.

Electronic rules must be prepared in a format authorized by the Judicial Council.

The electronic copy of rules and amendments filed with the Judicial Council must use a format authorized by the Council.

Paper copies may be typewritten or printed or produced by other process of duplication at the option of the court.

The left margin on the front and the right margin on the reverse must be at least one inch.

and must contain two prepunched, normal-sized holes centered 21/2 inches apart and 5/8 inch from the top of the form.

The designator must be positioned on the form in the same manner as the designator on a Judicial Council form.

(1) Each form must be on paper measuring no more than 81/2 by 11 inches and no less than 81/2 by 5 inches.

(8) If a form is longer than one page, the form may be filed on sheets printed on only one side even if the original form has two printed sides to a sheet.

(7) All forms presented for filing must be firmly bound at the top

(4) The effective date of each form must be placed on the form in the same manner as the effective date on a Judicial Council form,

(6) Each form must be designed so that no typing is required on it within 1 inch of the top or within 1/2 inch of the bottom.

If a form is filed on a sheet printed on two sides, the reverse side must be rotated 180 degrees (printed head to foot).

(1) A complaint about the conduct of a subordinate judicial officer must be in writing and must be submitted to the presiding judge.

(2) Persons who are unable to file a written complaint because of a disability may present an oral complaint, which the presiding judge must commit to writing.

The indexes maintained under automated procedures must be accessible for public examination and use.

The clerk of each trial court may create, maintain, update, and make accessible the indexes required by law by photographic, microphotographic, photocopy, mechanical, magnetic, or electronic means.

A single alphabetic index may be maintained so long as the plaintiff-defendant distinction is retained.

The clerk must make provision for preserving the information on a medium that will ensure its permanence and protect it from loss or damage arising from electronic failure or mechanical defect.

(1) Comprehensive and significant court records under (c) filed before 1911 must be preserved in their original paper form unless the paper is not available.

The clerk must use Confidential Report of Findings and Orders Affecting Voting Rights (form MC-600) to submit each report under this rule.

Any notice, order, ruling, decision, opinion, memorandum, certificate of service, or similar document issued by an appellate court or by a judicial officer of an appellate court may be signed, subscribed, or verified using a computer or other technology in accordance with procedures, standards, and guidelines established by the Judicial Council.

Court of Appeal records may be created, maintained, and preserved in any listed or other technological form if the form satisfies the standards or guidelines established under rule 10.854.

(2) If records are preserved in a medium other than paper, the following provisions of Government Code section 68150 apply: subdivisions (c)-(l), excluding subdivision (i)(1).