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San Mateo County, CA
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Posting equity in real property as bond to secure the release of a defendant from custody (Penal Code section 1298): the review of the required documents by the Office of the County Counsel, San Mateo County, before they are submitted; the preparation of the required documents; submitting them; court review and filing; and the release of the individual.
Reconveyance of real property posted as bail once the court orders exoneration of bail: the entry in the Court Minutes and the court's notice of the exoneration with a certified copy of the Minute Order and the local forms (Order Withdrawing Lien on Real Property Posted as Bail, CR-102, and the Deed of Full Reconveyance); and the reconveyance of the property, depending on whether the Trustee in the Deed of Trust is the Court Executive Officer.
Monday to Friday at 9:00 a.m.; an ex parte hearing in person absent the Presiding Judge's prior approval; a case sent to another department joins that department's Zoom; the rules for audio and video attendees.
Hearing calendars in person, Zoom on a hardship (the hardship, Zoom and in-person protocols); small claims notices of appeal e-filed as new case filings (SC-140 naming the existing case number).
Small claims hearings are in person; a party with a hardship who cannot appear in person may ask in writing, 30 days before the scheduled hearing, for a remote Zoom appearance (Attn: Small Claims Division-ROOM A, 400 County Center, Redwood City); a Judicial Officer decides, and a party with no notice from the Court appears in person; the notice is served on the Defendant with the Plaintiff's Claim.
Filing in Room A of the Hall of Justice; hearings in South San Francisco (Mondays 1:30 p.m., Tuesdays 8:30 a.m., Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. and Fridays 1:30 p.m.); night court in Redwood City the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
Check the courtroom location with the Small Claims clerk two days before the hearing (option 6); bring all exhibits to the hearing and exchange documents and evidence with the other parties before entering the courtroom (no exhibits mailed in or submitted electronically); the Zoom Appearance Protocol applies when either party is approved to appear by Zoom.
A party pre-approved to appear by Zoom informs the opposing party, and both follow the Exhibit Exchange Protocol: exhibits on paper or on a USB flash drive (preferred), CD or DVD, presentable in PDF, JPEG or MP4 format; exchanged with the opposing party at least five business days before the hearing; a hard copy delivered to the court five business days before (no email of exhibits to the Court), in the Drop Box at, or mailed to, the South San Francisco Courthouse, 1050 Mission Road (Attention: Department 31, Small Claims Department); Zoom audio and video with the camera on during the entire proceedings.
Appearances reserved in advance (no same-day walk-ins); no bail deposit for an arraignment or a court trial asked for at arraignment; arraignments Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m. and court trials Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Northern Branch; night court trials the first Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Courtroom 4A of the Southern Branch.
Reply briefs, oppositions and summary judgment motions e-mailed to the law and motion reply address; ex partes Tuesdays and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom H of the Central Branch (Local Rule 3.1202(a) and (f); in person except under rule 3.1207); stays of eviction; pretrials and court trials at the Central Courthouse; law and motion and jury trials before the assigned judge; the weekly schedule; settlements (rule 3.1385; CM-200 before a stipulated judgment).
Zoom is not authorized for every appearance (the Calendar Appearance Requirement Matrix); in-person appearance in all criminal matters since July 1, 2022 except Veteran’s Court and Military Diversion Court; no Zoom on the Presiding Judge's ex parte calendar absent prior approval; counsel appearing by Zoom by video; where each division's credentials are posted; recording prohibited (rule 1.150).