Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.4 · Article 1. In General
Application of division
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
The rules in this division apply to:
(1) Appeals from the superior courts, except appeals to the appellate divisions of the superior courts;
(2) Original proceedings, motions, applications, and petitions in the Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court; and
(3) Proceedings for transferring cases within the appellate jurisdiction of the superior court to the Court of Appeal for review, unless rules 8.1000-8.1018 provide otherwise.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.4 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; repealed and adopted as rule 53 effective January 1, 2005.
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/eight/rule8_4
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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
BenchPath cards that rely on this text
- Court of Appeal, First Appellate District — Practices & Procedures
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- Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District — Practices & Procedures
- Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District — Practices & Procedures
This rule cites
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