Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.830 · Article 2. Record in Civil Appeals
Record on appeal
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Normal record
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the record on an appeal to the appellate division in a civil case must contain the following, which constitute the normal record on appeal:
(1) A record of the written documents from the trial court proceedings in the form of one of the following:
(A) A clerk's transcript under rule 8.832;
(B) An appendix under rule 8.845;
(C) If the court has a local rule for the appellate division electing to use this form of the record, the original trial court file under rule 8.833; or
(D) An agreed statement under rule 8.836.
(2) If an appellant wants to raise any issue that requires consideration of the oral proceedings in the trial court, the record on appeal must include a record of these oral proceedings in the form of one of the following:
(A) A reporter's transcript under rule 8.834 or a transcript prepared from an official electronic recording under rule 8.835;
(B) If the court has a local rule for the appellate division permitting this form of the record, an official electronic recording of the proceedings under rule 8.835;
(C) An agreed statement under rule 8.836; or
(D) A statement on appeal under rule 8.837.
(b) Presumption from the record
The appellate division will presume that the record in an appeal includes all matters material to deciding the issues raised. If the appeal proceeds without a reporter's transcript, this presumption applies only if the claimed error appears on the face of the record.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2021.)
Rule 8.830 amended effective January 1, 2021; adopted effective January 1, 2009.
Advisory Committee Comment
Subdivision (a). The options of using the original trial court file instead of a clerk's transcript under (1)(C) or an electronic recording itself, rather than a transcript, under (2)(B) are available only if the court has local rules for the appellate division authorizing these options.
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- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_830
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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 8.832Clerk's transcriptPrinted as rule 8.832
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.833Trial court file instead of clerk's transcriptPrinted as rule 8.833
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.834Reporter's transcriptPrinted as rule 8.834
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.835Record when trial proceedings were officially electronically recordedPrinted as rule 8.835
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.836Agreed statementPrinted as rule 8.836
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.837Statement on appealPrinted as rule 8.837
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.845AppendixesPrinted as rule 8.845
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.830. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
California Rules of Court
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.831Notice designating the record on appealPrinted as rule 8.830(a)(1) | rule 8.830(a)(2)
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.834Reporter's transcriptPrinted as rule 8.830(a)(2)
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.835Record when trial proceedings were officially electronically recordedPrinted as rule 8.830(a)(2)
- Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.1007Transmitting record to Court of AppealPrinted as rules 8.830-8.843, 8.860-8.873, or 8.910-8.923
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