Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.525 · 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
Searches; unauthorized access
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Searches by case number or caption
A user authorized under this article to remotely access a party's electronic records may search for the records by case number or case caption.
(b) Access level
A court providing remote access to electronic records under this article must ensure that authorized users are able to access the electronic records only at the access levels provided in this article.
(c) Unauthorized access
If a user gains access to an electronic record that he or she is not authorized to access under this article, the user must:
(1) Report the unauthorized access to the court as directed by the court for that purpose;
(2) Destroy all copies, in any form, of the record; and
(3) Delete from his or her web browser history all information that identifies the record.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 2.525 adopted effective January 1, 2019.
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_525
- Text hash
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- 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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