Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.261 · Chapter 2. Filing and Service by Electronic Means
Authorization for courts to continue modifying forms for the purpose of electronic filing and forms generation
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Courts that participated in pilot projects for electronic filing and forms generation under former rule 981.5 are authorized to continue to modify Judicial Council forms for the purpose of accepting electronic filing or providing electronic generation of court documents provided that the modification of the forms is consistent with the rules in this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 2.261 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 2061 effective July 1, 2004.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_261
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- sha256 a0341348c89efce38c177e18c71b57789d147930507b17f2c7bff8e262d08354
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.261. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1312Preparation and submission of proposed orderPrinted as rules 2.250-2.261
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.802Electronic filing and service in contested probate proceedingsPrinted as rules 2.250–2.261 of the California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.25Service, filing, and filing feesPrinted as rules 2.250-2.261
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.104Time to appealPrinted as rules 2.250-2.261
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.108Extending the time to appealPrinted as rules 2.250-2.261
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.822Time to appealPrinted as rules 2.250-2.261
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.823Extending the time to appealPrinted as rules 2.250-2.261
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