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The administrative order of Presiding Judge Jacqueline C. Jackson under Local Rule 3115, effective August 1, 2026, directing where civil documents are filed, courthouse by courthouse, with tables of the zip codes and the cities and communities each serves: (a) unlimited civil cases (the Riverside Historic Courthouse, the Palm Springs Courthouse, the Menifee Justice Center); (b) limited civil cases; (c) petitions for civil restraining orders under Code of Civil Procedure sections 527.6, 527.7 and 527.8; (d) name change petitions and petitions for change of gender; (e) unlawful detainers; (f) complex, class action and CEQA cases, filed in the Riverside Historic Courthouse; (g) small claims; (h) miscellaneous civil petitions heard in community courts; and (i) petitions for disposition of altered vehicles and forfeiture petitions, filed in the Corona Courthouse.
Department PS1's trial rules, effective July 1, 2026: non-refundable jury fees of $150.00; motions in limine (filing, exchanging and meeting and conferring, and improper or unnecessary motions); joint documents due 14 days before trial; the pre-trial good faith declaration; trial briefs; trial exhibits and deposition transcripts; jury questionnaires and hardships; jury instructions and verdict forms; virtual or video trials and the pretrial technology conference; general trial procedures; Doe defendants; parties who have not appeared; the trial setting order; court reporters and daily transcripts; requests to continue trial by motion, ex parte request or stipulation; trial hours; and reaching the courtroom assistant.
Department PS1's law and motion and case management rules, effective July 1, 2026: hearing times; law and motion tentative rulings; ex parte applications; counsel appearing for a limited purpose; court reporters for law and motion and continued hearings; case management conferences, trial setting conferences, status conferences and orders to show cause; video appearances for regularly noticed law and motion matters; informal discovery conferences on joint request or by court order; alternative dispute resolution (voluntary settlement conferences, the First Friday Settlement Conference Program and mandatory settlement conferences); and reaching the courtroom assistant.
Title 8 (Appeals; rules 8000–8040): application; where to file documents (Rule 8005); the record on appeal; appointment of counsel; dismissal; extension or shortening of time and relief from default; the appeal processing schedule (Rule 8035); and small claims appeals (Rule 8040).
Title 7 (Probate; rules 7000–7610), in six divisions: general provisions (application of the rules; venue under Rule 7001; appearing remotely at non-evidentiary hearings under Rule 7010; pleadings and papers; summons or citation; hearings; elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders; approved matters and appearances; continuances; lodging documents for accountings; fee waivers requested by a fiduciary; probate appointed counsel; probate referees; inventories; ex parte applications under Rule 7130; confidential filing of the terms of a trust; fraud prevention; authority to operate a business; orders; Probate Code section 850 petitions; sales of real and personal property, broker's commissions and written overbids; taxes; overhead costs; notice to an Indian tribe; and accountings); decedents' estates (death certificates, rejected wills or codicils, special administration, bond waivers, confidential forms, spousal property elections, small estates, affidavits for real property of small value, interest on funeral and interment claims and waiver of account); guardianships (rules 7301–7311); conservatorships (rules 7400–7420: the required educational program for non-professional conservators, temporary and limited conservatorships, capacity to consent to medical treatment, confidentiality, trusts, care providers, accounts, inventories, appointment of counsel and attorney fees, and notice of a conservatee's death); compromise of disputed claims and trusts for minors and conservatees (Rule 7501); and facility-based medication capacity (Riese) hearings (Rule 7610).
Title 5 (Family and Juvenile Rules; rules 5100–5296), in two divisions. The family rules: where to file documents (Rule 5101); requests for orders; surrogacy petitions and judgments; continuances; domestic violence restraining orders; case management; mandatory settlement conferences; trial rules and procedures; child custody recommending counseling; remote appearances at non-evidentiary hearings in family law cases (Rule 5161); emergency orders; setting aside a default to allow an amended petition; court-ordered child custody evaluations; supervised visitation providers; and court-appointed counsel complaint procedures. The juvenile rules: the presiding judge; where to file documents (Rule 5225); the cutoff time for filings; access to files and release of information; electronic recording devices; non-traffic infractions; ex parte orders; access to juvenile court records by application; the exchange of information between the juvenile and family courts; dissemination of Riverside Child Assessment Team (RCAT) recordings; cases in common with other departments; standards, screening, training, experience and caseloads for attorneys in dependency proceedings and complaints about court-appointed attorneys; settlement and discovery timelines; juvenile guardians ad litem; amended 300 and 600 petitions; timely reports, de facto parent forms, attachments and exhibits, CASA reports and minute orders; discovery; and psychotropic medications.
Title 10 (Administration; rules 10005–10030): the transfer of powers, duties and responsibilities from the county clerk; the Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge; the executive committee; the committee to eliminate bias and promote equal justice; delegation of judicial administrative responsibilities; countywide judges meetings; and media inquiries (Rule 10030).
Title 4 (Criminal; rules 4001–4082): where to file documents (Rule 4001); declarations in support of arrest warrants and walk-through arrest warrants; payment of investigators and experts; bail reductions or increases, the felonious source of bail, and forfeiture, reinstatement and exoneration of bail; counter and facsimile arraignment; misdemeanor and felony arraignments; appearance in misdemeanor proceedings by counsel and own recognizance release; requests to add a case to calendar; evaluation for veterans court; acceptance of pleas and imposition of sentence in the defendant's absence; criminal law and motion; motions to quash or traverse warrants, speedy trial motions and motions to dismiss under P.C. 995; extensions of minor offense violations; petitions to seal and destroy arrest records; and expungement.
Title 3 (Civil; rules 3110–3640), in six divisions: civil case management (where to file documents under Rule 3115; responses to orders to show cause; certificates of counsel; electronic filing in civil cases under Rule 3118; new case assignment and case management conferences; amendments substituting a fictitiously named defendant's true name; duties of litigants; remote appearances at non-evidentiary hearings under Rule 3132; procedures on remand after removal to federal court; complex litigation; extraordinary writs; minors' name change petitions; uninsured motorist cases; cancellation of instruments; the attorney fee schedule of Rule 3190; installment judgments; default judgment declarations; and consolidation of cases); alternative dispute resolution (rules 3200–3290: ADR policy, sanctions and administration, the duty to meet and confer about ADR before the first case management conference, ADR orders and completion dates, mandatory ADR sessions, continuances, post-ADR duties, non-appearance, costs and complaint procedures; judicial arbitration from its initiation through the award, trial after arbitration and reimbursement of arbitration fees; court-ordered mediation; and mandatory settlement conference statements); civil law and motion (reserving hearing dates, exhibits, tentative rulings under Rule 3316 and the conduct of hearings); trial rules and procedures (pre-trial rules under Rule 3401 and instructions to the jury); unlawful detainers (time standards, case designation, service of the complaint, requests for trial and for jury trial, default judgment declarations and writs of possession); and small claims (acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment).
Title 1 of the court's local rules (General; rules 1005–1095): payment of fees; applications by vexatious litigants to file complaints; custody of papers; juror lists; interpreters and translators; the court communication protocol for protective orders and child custody (Rule 1030); attorney fees in minor's compromise cases; entry of judgment, costs and fees; direct fax filing (Rule 1050); exhibits and lodged documents; commissioners as temporary judges; collection of fines; statements of financial condition; payment of court-ordered financial obligations; applications for publication of summons; and court reporting services (Rule 1095).
Department PS4's rules (Judge Michael C. Martin, Palm Springs Courthouse): hearing times; ex parte applications; law and motion; orders to show cause; trial setting conferences; remote appearances at evidentiary hearings; evidence; small claims hearings; trials other than small claims, unlawful detainer and collections cases; and the use of artificial intelligence in papers filed with the court.
Department M-302's general orders (Judge Raquel A. Márquez, Menifee Court): ex parte applications; law and motion, including informal discovery conferences before discovery motions; and trial (the joint statement of the case, joint exhibit and witness lists, jury instructions, joint verdict forms and motions in limine exchanged 14 days before trial; the trial day; and trial continuances by noticed motion).
Department M-301's general orders (Judge Stephen Gallon, Menifee Court): ex parte applications; law and motion, tentative rulings and discovery motions; trials (trial setting conferences, pre-trial filings, the trial schedule and conduct during trial); trial call on Fridays at 8:30 a.m. and mediation; witnesses (no speaking objections, exclusion of non-party, non-expert witnesses and a backup witness on standby); exhibits and transcripts; the jury; personal injury and property damage cases; experts; and post-trial disposition of exhibits.
The court's notice under California Rule of Court 2.956(b) of the reporting services in each department of the Western Region, by courthouse (the Banning Justice Center, the Corona Court, the Moreno Valley Court, the Riverside Family Law Court, the Riverside Hall of Justice, the Riverside Historic Courthouse, the Riverside Juvenile Court) and calendar assignment: where an official court reporter is provided, where electronic recording is used, and where no reporter is available.
Department 7's pre-trial and trial orders (O.G. Magno, Superior Court Judge, Riverside Historic Courthouse): ex parte applications and orders shortening time; pre-trial compliance with the local rules, requests to continue trial, trial calls on Fridays at 8:30 am and trial-related documents; long cause trials, excluded witnesses, exhibits, deposition testimony and the digital courtroom; jury trials (voir dire, jurors' questions and alternate jurors); and motions in limine.
The court's notice under California Rule of Court 2.956(b) of the reporting services in each department of the Mid-County Region, by courthouse (the Menifee Court, the Southwest Justice Center) and calendar assignment: where an official court reporter is provided, where electronic recording is used, and where no reporter is available.
The court's notice under California Rule of Court 2.956(b) of the reporting services in each department of the Desert Region, by courthouse (the Larson Justice Center, the Blythe Court, the Palm Springs Court) and calendar assignment: where an official court reporter is provided, where electronic recording or equipment is used, and where no reporter is available.
The court's local form RI-FL035 setting the trial rules and procedures in family law cases, initialed by the parties and made the order of the court: trial readiness conferences attended by persons with full authority to settle; joint statements of undisputed and disputed facts and issues, exhibits admissible without foundation and the time estimate, due 10 days before the trial setting or trial readiness conference or trial; the documents the parties exchange (current income and expense declarations, supporting documents for credits or reimbursements, documents showing property values and documents on the imputation of income); and the court's statement that it no longer provides court reporters for family law cases.
Department 5's rules (Judge Sophia Choi): civility and general decorum; ex parte applications; counsel appearing for a limited purpose; law and motion (tentative rulings and discovery motions); case management, trial setting and status conferences; orders to show cause; and trials (pre-trial filings, the trial schedule, trial call and mediation, motions in limine, visual aids in opening statement and closing argument, witnesses, experts and conduct during trial).
Department PS2's rules (Judge Manny Bustamante, Palm Springs Courthouse): hearing times; counsel appearing for a limited purpose; court reporters under Code of Civil Procedure §269(a)(1); ex parte applications and requests to shorten time; law and motion and tentative rulings under California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1308(a); case management goals and case management conferences; informal discovery conferences; orders to show cause; trial setting conferences; and trials (the joint pretrial statement, witness and exhibit lists, exhibits, motions in limine, trial briefs, stipulations and jury instructions, matters not to be mentioned before the jury, and the disposition of exhibits after trial).
The court's policy under California Rules of Court, rule 2.956, effective January 27, 2025: official court reporters are provided in felony criminal cases, juvenile, writ of habeas corpus and Lanterman-Petris-Short Act matters and other proceedings in which one is mandated by law, and are not available for infractions, small claims, limited and unlimited civil cases, civil petitions, family law or probate cases or Appellate Division hearings; a verbatim record in misdemeanor cases on request before each hearing; requests by a civil party with a fee waiver at least 10 calendar days before the trial or hearing on form FW-020; electronic recording of traffic court trials and unlawful detainer proceedings; the Court-Approved List of Official Reporters Pro Tempore and stipulated pro tempore reporters, at the parties' expense; reporting notes as official records of the court; and the supersession of General Administrative Order No. 2024-8.
The administrative order of Presiding Judge Judith C. Clark under Local Rule 7001, effective December 23, 2024, directing where probate documents are filed: petitions to establish birth, death or marriage, petitions to approve compromises for a minor or a person with a disability, and all proceedings under the Probate Code, by zip code, at the Riverside Historic Courthouse, the Southwest Justice Center or the Palm Springs Courthouse; mental health proceedings under the Welfare and Institutions Code, countywide, at the Riverside Historic Courthouse; and elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders and CARE Act proceedings at any courthouse in the county.
The administrative order of Presiding Judge Judith C. Clark under Local Rule 5101, effective July 8, 2024, directing where family law documents are filed by the zip codes and cities served: the Western Region (Riverside – Family Law, 4175 Main Street), the Mid-County Region (the Menifee Justice Center) and the Desert Region (the Larson Justice Center in Indio, and the Blythe Court); and where adoptions and petitions for freedom from parental control and custody are filed.
The court's notice designating Department 1 its principal complex litigation department: all complex cases filed in the court's three geographical divisions are assigned to Department 1 for all purposes, including trial; the cases presumed complex (construction defect, class action and JCCP coordinated cases, cases designated provisionally complex, and related insurance coverage claims); raising whether a case is complex at the first case management or status conference; PAGA and CEQA cases assigned to the complex department without automatic complex designation under rule 3.400; and the department's staff telephone numbers and contact address.
The standing orders of Department F501 (John W. Vineyard, Judge), effective February 5, 2024, for all proceedings: compliance and sanctions; continuances on a showing of good cause; personal appearance; Local Rules 5150 – 5153; joint statements; hearings on reports under FC 3027(b); check-in, second-call requests and electronic devices; orders to show cause re sanctions; court reporters under General Administrative Order 2024-8; trial readiness conferences and pretrial exchanges, including job listings, job search efforts and vocational evaluations; requests to continue trial; attendance of trial counsel and persons with authority to settle; exclusion of witnesses; the digital courtroom, three sets of exhibits, exhibit lists and the ELMO; and objections.