Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.608 · Article 2. Record on Appeal
General provisions
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Supervising preparation of record
The clerk/executive officer of the Supreme Court, under the supervision of the Chief Justice, must take all appropriate steps to ensure that superior court clerks and reporters promptly perform their duties under the rules in this article. This provision does not affect the superior courts' responsibility for the prompt preparation of appellate records in capital cases.
(b) Extensions of time
When a rule in this article authorizes a trial court to grant an extension of a specified time period, the court must consider the relevant policies and factors stated in rule 8.63.
(c) Delivery date
The delivery date of a transcript sent by mail is the mailing date plus five days.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.608 adopted effective April 25, 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/eight/rule8_608
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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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