Cal. Stds. Jud. Admin., std. 4.42 · Title 4. Standards for Criminal Cases
Traffic infraction trial scheduling
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Review of procedures
Courts should adopt and periodically review procedures governing the scheduling of traffic infraction trials that minimize appearance time and costs for defendants, witnesses, and law enforcement officers.
(b) Meetings
Courts should hold periodic meetings with representatives from local law enforcement agencies, the prosecution and defense bars, and other interested groups as appropriate in an effort to achieve this goal.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as part of unlettered subdivision effective January 1, 1987.)
(Subd (b) amended and lettered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as part of unlettered subdivision effective January 1, 1987.)
Standard 4.42 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as sec. 10.7 effective January 1, 1987.
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/standards/standard4_42
- Text hash
- sha256 f596720203325dec148389538c7c08fc38eb5e64c0042caee24223bfbad5057c
- Composed by
- 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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