Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.585 · Chapter 6. Other Sealed or Closed Records Title 2, Trial Court Rules-Division 4, Court Records-Chapter 6, Other Sealed or Closed Records; renumbered effective January 1, 2010; adopted as Chapter 5 effective January 1, 2007
Confidential in-camera proceedings
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Minutes of proceedings
If a confidential in-camera proceeding is held in which a party is excluded from being represented, the clerk must include in the minutes the nature of the hearing and only such references to writings or witnesses as will not disclose privileged information.
(b) Disposition of examined records
Records examined by the court in confidence under (a), or copies of them, must be filed with the clerk under seal and must not be disclosed without court order.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 2.585 renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 243.4 effective January 1, 2001
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_585
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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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