Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.505 · Article 2. Public Access
Contracts with vendors
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Contract must provide access consistent with rules
The court's contract with a vendor to provide public access to its electronic records must be consistent with the rules in this chapter and must require the vendor to provide public access to court records and to protect the confidentiality of court records as required by law or by court order.
(b) Contract must provide that court owns the records
Any contract between the court and a vendor to provide public access to the court's electronic records must provide that the court is the owner of these records and has the exclusive right to control their use.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as part of unlettered subd effective July 1, 2002.)
(Subd (b) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as part of unlettered subd effective July 1, 2002.)
Rule 2.505 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 2075 effective July 1, 2002.
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_505
- Text hash
- sha256 2db86e3edaa8513fb4148cd73de84d646ca5e401256e45309093da1391534f7f
- 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
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