Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.524 · Article 3. Remote Access by a Party, Party's Designee, Party's Attorney, Court-Appointed Person, or Authorized Person Working in a Legal Organization or Qualified Legal Services Project
Security of confidential information
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Secure access and encryption required
If any information in an electronic record that is confidential by law or sealed by court order may lawfully be provided remotely to a person or organization described in rule 2.515, any remote access to the confidential information must be provided through a secure platform and any electronic transmission of the information must be encrypted.
(b) Vendor contracts and statewide master agreements
A court may enter into a contract with a vendor to provide secure access and encryption services. Alternatively, if a statewide master agreement is available for secure access and encryption services, courts may use that master agreement.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 2.524 adopted effective January 1, 2019.
Advisory Committee Comment
This rule describes security and encryption requirements; levels of access are provided for in rules 2.517-2.522.
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_524
- Text hash
- sha256 140a43a48b55b1b2b8e43fa0622307120199210a6e629b4dd6ba11004f2bb8b7
- 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
This rule cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.515Application and scopePrinted as rule 2.515
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.517Remote access by a partyPrinted as rules 2.517-2.522
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.522Remote access by persons working in a qualified legal services project providing brief legal servicesPrinted as rules 2.517-2.522
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