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Unlock free →Department T's courtroom information (Alhambra Courthouse), an independent calendar court: calendaring (ex parte applications Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; law and motion Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Fridays at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; trials Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., none on Fridays); case management conferences (Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications; discovery disputes; law and motion; orders to show cause; trial continuances; minor's compromises; trial preparation and the final status conference (Fridays, 8:30 a.m.: joint exhibit and witness lists, jury instructions, a concise joint statement, a mini opening statement, a verdict form, expert designations, motions in limine and expert depositions); trials; witness scheduling; exhibits; and remote testimony.
Courtroom Information, Alhambra Courthouse, Department V, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ALH/courtrooms/V/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department V's courtroom information and guidelines (Alhambra Courthouse): law and motion Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; jury trials Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (dark for trials on Fridays); case management conferences (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.); discovery (meet and confer first; informal discovery conferences on written request); law and motion; the trial preparation order and final status conference (Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.: joint exhibit and witness lists, jury instructions, a concise joint statement, a mini opening statement, a verdict form, and motions in limine served five court days before the conference); bench trials; and compliance.
Courtroom Information, Alhambra Courthouse, Department X, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ALH/courtrooms/X/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department X's courtroom information (Alhambra Courthouse), an independent calendar court: civility; telephonic and video appearances; case management conferences (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); discovery; law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m.); tentative rulings; court reporters; less experienced attorneys; discovery in lemon law actions; and the trial preparation order - court and jury trials, the final status conference (Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.), the trial binder's tabs, the joint documents with sample formats, and motions in limine (ruled on the first day of trial).
Amended Standing Order of the Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division in re Filing of Court Reporter Transcripts in Felony Criminal Plea, Probation, and Sentencing Matters (2025-SJ-002-00, March 7, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Criminal) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-391-2025-SJ-002-00InREFilingofCourtReporterTranscriptsinFelonyCriminalPleaProbationandSentencingMatters.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Court reporters deliver transcripts in criminal matters electronically (Code of Civil Procedure section 271); the number of copies for each kind of felony hearing (preliminary hearings, pleas, probation and other sentences, sentences of death and indeterminate terms, Division of Juvenile Justice commitments, probable cause determinations); plea, probation and sentencing transcripts are filed within 55 days or before sentencing, whichever is first. Supersedes 2024-SJ-007-00.
Amended Standing Order Re Mental Health Department's Court-Appointed Counsel (2024-SJ-001-01, August 13, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Mental Health) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSMentalHealth-20-StandingOrderReMentalHealthDivision'sCourt-AppointedCounsel.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appointment and compensation of court-appointed counsel in the Mental Health Department (Lanterman-Petris-Short Act matters, from the Court-Appointed Counsel Panel under Local Rule 4.124): a $250 hourly cap for clients able to pay; the PACE rate (currently $165) for those who are not; the Clerk may approve PACE claims for up to 15 hours of reappointment services a year in LPS conservatorship cases; notice at $200,000 in a fiscal year; requests for additional compensation (LASC PRO 025); and fee status at every hearing. Supersedes 2024-SJ-001-00.
Courtroom Information, Beverly Hills Courthouse, Department 205, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/BH/courtrooms/205/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 205's courtroom information (Beverly Hills Courthouse): civility and professionalism; filings (the General Order on mandatory electronic filing, with courtesy copies where required); case management conferences; final status conferences (typically Fridays, ten days before a Monday trial date); appearances in person or remotely; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers); court reporters; discovery motions; the trial preparation order; and electronically lodged documents that require the court's action - with the department's trial preparation orders for bench and jury trials: meeting and conferring, optional trial briefs, joint witness and exhibit lists, a joint chart of deposition and former-testimony designations, motions in limine, exhibit binders and the trial binder, and for jury trials a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint proposed jury instructions and verdict forms.
Courtroom Information, Beverly Hills Courthouse, Department 207, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/BH/courtrooms/207/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 207's courtroom information (Beverly Hills Courthouse): civility and professionalism; filings; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; service of summonses, complaints and cross-complaints; case management conferences; status conferences on discovery, alternative dispute resolution and motion practice; appearances in person or remotely; settlement; jury fees; motions (set Monday through Thursday, tentative rulings usually posted the afternoon before), continuing and withdrawing hearings, filing, and courtesy copies (lodged no later than three court days before the hearing for the motions the sheet lists; an earlier courtesy-copy paragraph is struck through on the sheet); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers); final status conferences (typically Fridays, ten days before a Monday trial date); and court reporters - with the department's trial preparation orders for bench and jury trials.
Courtroom Information, Burbank Courthouse, Department A, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/BUR/courtrooms/A/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A's courtroom information (Burbank Courthouse, North Central District), an independent calendar court: courtroom hours; law and motion on Fridays at 9:00; trial proceedings Monday through Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (deliberations include Fridays); check-in; in-person final status conferences, settlement conferences and trials; case management conferences (Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m.); continuances; court reporters (none provided); courtesy copies; discovery and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); filings; remote appearances; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Fridays at 9:00 a.m., argument only when the tentative ruling asks for it); and trial and final status conference dates (trials usually Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; final status conferences the Thursday before, at 10:00 a.m.).
Courtroom Information, Burbank Courthouse, Department B, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/BUR/courtrooms/B/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department B's courtroom information (Burbank Courthouse, North Central District): courtroom hours; law and motion on Fridays at 8:30 a.m.; trial proceedings Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; check-in at 8:30 a.m., in person or on camera; discovery and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.); motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System); case management conferences (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.); and trial and final status conference dates (trials usually Mondays at 10:00 a.m., final status conferences about two weeks before) - with the department's Final Status Conference Order: the conference, court reporters, meeting and conferring, the trial documents to be filed (mandatory trial briefs, joint witness and exhibit lists, a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint proposed jury instructions, jury instructions and a joint chart of deposition designations), motions in limine, exhibit binders, the trial binder, making and arguing objections, and remote testimony.
Courtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F43, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CHA/courtrooms/F43/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department F43's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): trial hours (10:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; civility and decorum; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings by represented and self-represented litigants; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before) and the motions that require courtesy copies; demurrers; discovery motions (meet and confer in person or by phone); LACourtConnect appearances (not for trials, prove-ups or settlement conferences); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (final status conferences about ten days before; motions in limine heard on the first day of trial); exhibits; and continuances - with the department's Final Status Conference Order and Song-Beverly Litigation Discovery Order (each dated January 7, 2026) and its motions in limine best practices.
Courtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F44, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CHA/courtrooms/F44/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department F44's rules and orders (Chatsworth Courthouse), the unlawful detainer and small claims department: civility and decorum; unlawful detainer hearings (ex parte applications at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before; law and motion Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before); unlawful detainer court and jury trials (8:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and the documents due for them; small claims trials (8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday); and miscellaneous matters - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (court and jury trials, the requirements for each trial document, exhibits, discovery, jury selection and witnesses), dated August 6th, 2025.
Courtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F46, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CHA/courtrooms/F46/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department F46's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Chatsworth Courthouse, North Valley): courtroom hours and staff; check-in (8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.); professionalism, civility and decorum; telephonic and video appearances through LACourtConnect; law and motion (hearings scheduled on the Court Reservation System), filings, demurrers, discovery motions, courtesy copies (for papers filed less than 5 days before the hearing and voluminous exhibits) and notices of related cases; ex parte applications (every day at 8:30 a.m. if time permits, otherwise after the morning calendar); continuances; case management conferences; settlement; tentative rulings; court reporters and electronic recording; language assistance; final status conferences and trials; and jury fees (posted by the initial case management conference) - with the department's Trial Management Order: final status conference orders, and for trial the schedule (generally 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday), the trial conference, jury selection, witnesses, exhibits, foundation, trial conduct and attorney conduct.
Courtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F47, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CHA/courtrooms/F47/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department F47's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): remote appearances (not for settlement conferences, trials or other evidentiary hearings; through LACourtConnect for all other hearings); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings by represented and self-represented litigants; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; no courtesy copies); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., no reservation, filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (set on Mondays, final status conferences on Fridays ten calendar days before; motions in limine heard on the first day of trial); continuances; and trial exhibits (in tabbed binders with the exhibit list).
Courtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F49, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CHA/courtrooms/F49/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department F49's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): trial hours (10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before); courtesy copies; discovery motions (meet and confer in person or by phone); remote appearances through LACourtConnect (not for final status conferences, trials, prove-ups or settlement conferences); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (set on Mondays, final status conferences on Fridays 10 calendar days before); exhibits; and continuances - with the department's Final Status Conference Order: court and jury trials, the requirements for each trial document, exhibits, discovery, jury selection and witnesses.
Courtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F51, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CHA/courtrooms/F51/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department F51's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): trial hours (10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; civility and decorum; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings by represented and self-represented litigants; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before); demurrers; courtesy copies; discovery motions (meet and confer in person or by phone); LACourtConnect appearances (not for trials, prove-ups, final status conferences or settlement conferences); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (set on Mondays, final status conferences on Fridays 10 calendar days before); mandatory settlement conferences (in person; briefs filed in the courtroom at least 5 days before); and continuances - with the department's Final Status Conference (FSC) Order (general decorum, court and jury trials, the requirements for each trial document, exhibits, discovery, jury selection, witnesses and closing arguments) and a motions in limine best practices addendum.
Courtroom Information, Compton Courthouse, Department A, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/COM/courtrooms/A/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A's courtroom information (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): civility and professionalism; remote appearances; accessibility and accommodation; self-represented litigants; settlement; motions (motions for summary judgment or adjudication heard on Fridays, all others on Tuesdays and Thursdays; written tentative rulings posted by the morning of the hearing); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; less experienced attorneys; and final status conferences (Fridays at 9:00 a.m., lead trial counsel in person) - with the department's trial preparation requirements (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; electronic media as exhibits; the trial binder; visual aids during opening statement; witnesses; and jury selection) and the court's mediation programs (the Civil Mediation Vendor Resource List, the Mediation Volunteer Panel and the Mediation Center of Los Angeles referral program).
Courtroom Information, Compton Courthouse, Department E, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/COM/courtrooms/E/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department E's courtroom information and procedures (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): courtroom hours (check-in at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.), court staff and the local rules; the department's rules on professionalism, civility and decorum, remote appearances, filings, court reporters, trials (set at the case management conference; motions in limine heard at the final status conference), continuances, law and motion (weekdays at 8:30 a.m.: scheduling on the Court Reservation System, shortening time, discovery motions), settlement, ex parte applications (daily at 8:30 a.m. if time permits; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before), self-represented litigants and language assistance; the court's ADR programs for unlimited civil cases (Appendix 1); and the department's trial preparation requirements (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; electronic media as exhibits; the trial binder; visual aids during opening statement; witnesses; and jury selection).
Courtroom Information, Compton Courthouse, Department P, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/COM/courtrooms/P/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department P's courtroom information and procedures (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): general information; professionalism, civility and decorum; telephone and video appearances and difficulties signing in for them; mandatory e-filing; courtesy copies; court reporters; interpreters; self-represented litigants; accessibility and accommodations; settlement; pretrial proceedings - case management conferences (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.), ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), law and motion (generally Tuesday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System) and discovery motions; and trials (set for Mondays at 10:00 a.m., then 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.; final status conferences on the Friday ten days before): meeting and conferring, the trial documents due before the conference, motions in limine, exhibit and trial binders, electronic media as exhibits, visual aids during opening statement, witnesses, jury selection, court reporters and settled statements - and the court's mediation programs.
Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Hub Courts (2022-SJ-008-03, effective October 10, 2022), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Unlimited Personal Injury) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-109-StandingOrderForProceduresInThePersonalInjuryHubCourts.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The Civil Division's standing order for personal injury cases in the Personal Injury Hub Courts at the Spring Street Courthouse, signed by Supervising Judge David J. Cowan: authority and superseded orders; assignment of cases; final status conference, trial and order to show cause dates; transfers; filing and service; stipulations to continue trial; no case management conferences; law and motion (reservations, courtesy copies, informal discovery conferences); ex parte applications; jury fees; the final status conference and trial binders; mandatory settlement conferences through ResolveLawLA; trials; and sanctions. The General Order of May 17, 2024 (2024-GEN-003-00, carded) supersedes its paragraphs 2 and 3.
First Amended General Order Re Pathway Case Management for Personal Injury Cases Involving Motor Vehicles (2025-GEN-019-00, June 3, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Unlimited Civil; Civil / Unlimited Personal Injury) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-221-2025-GEN-019-00_FirstAmendedGeneralOrderrePathwayCaseManagementPIInvolvingMotorVehicles_06032025.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Pathway case management for unlimited motor vehicle personal injury, property damage and wrongful death cases, piloted in the East District and Northwest District: notice and scheduling, sanctions for late proofs of service and case management statements, the case management conference, mediation, the joint post-mediation report and mandatory settlement conference, and deadlines that fall on a weekend or court holiday. Supersedes General Order 2024-GEN-013-00 (October 28, 2024).
Fourth Amended General Order Re: Limited Jurisdiction Unlawful Detainer Cases — Hub Filing Locations (2017-GEN-020, October 10, 2017), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBWEBRESOURCE-481-4thAmendedGeneralOrderReUDHub.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective October 10, 2017, all limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer cases must be filed in one of the eleven regional hub courthouses the order lists, by the ZIP code rules of Local Rule 2.3(a)(2); inconsistent local rules remain suspended. The table the order says is attached is not in the court's file.
Fourth Amended Standing Order — Limited Jurisdiction Cases Calendared in Departments 25 and 26 (Non-Collection and Non-UD Cases) (2026-SJ-007-00, May 21, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Limited Civil (Non-Collections)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-405-FourthAmendedLimitedStandingOrderInReCivilLimitedJurisdictionCasesCalendaredInDepartment25and26%28Non-CollectionandNon-UDCases%29.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The standing order for limited civil cases (other than collection and unlawful detainer cases) in Departments 25 and 26 of the Spring Street Courthouse, superseding the Third Amended Standing Order of February 24, 2020: plaintiffs' service of the case-initiation documents; service of the summons and complaint within 60 days and sanctions; default; conferences; economic litigation rules; law and motion (remote appearances, tentative rulings); ex parte applications; jury fees; trial continuances; and trial and trial preparation.
General Order — Appointment of Temporary Judges in Family Law (2025-GEN-011-00, January 17, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-58-2025-GEN-011-00AppointmentOfTemporaryJudgesInFamilyLaw.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Parties seeking the appointment of a temporary judge in a Family Law case submit the stipulation and proposed order to the Supervising Judge of the Family Law Division (rather than the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division under Local Rule 2.24(f)).
General Order — Child Custody Recommending Counseling Pilot Program (2026-GEN-011-00, August 19, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCCommunications-130-2026-GEN-011-00GeneralOrderreChildCustodyRecommendingCounselingPilotProgram081926.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective August 25, 2026, a Child Custody Recommending Counseling pilot for dissolution cases filed at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse with contested custody or visitation and no prior orders: court-connected mediation under Local Rule 5.19 and, if no full agreement, a recommending counseling session with a different Family Court Services specialist, whose report and recommendation (Family Code section 3183) is disclosed at least ten days before the hearing; written objections at least five days before the hearing; subpoenas of the specialist (a $275.00 deposit); ex parte communications; challenges and complaints; and the judicial officer's authority.
General Order — Court Security (2025-GEN-002-00, January 2, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-365-2025-GEN-002-00_CourtSecurity_010225.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Restrictions on weapons (weapons screening for all persons entering a courthouse; the persons who may enter with a firearm or dangerous weapon, the Presiding Judge's written permission, and the lock box required of those permitted), restrictions on the items on the court's attached Prohibited Items list (LASC OPS 006, reproduced), compliance with law enforcement directions, posting and service, and penalties of up to $1,500 per violation (Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5). Supersedes 2024-GEN-002-00.
General Order — Court Security Videos (2025-GEN-005-00, January 2, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-368-2025-GEN-005-00_CourtSecurityVideos_010225.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Recordings from the Sheriff's courthouse video monitoring systems are in the Sheriff's custody and are not an official record of proceedings; no public disclosure is made except by order of a Supervising Judge responsible for the courthouse, in consultation with the courtroom judge, on a noticed motion served on the known litigants and counsel (and, in criminal matters, the District Attorney and the Offices of the Public Defender and Alternate Public Defender) that describes the video as narrowly as possible and the reasons for disclosure. Supersedes 2023-GEN-006-00.
General Order — Expressive Activity (2025-GEN-004-00, January 2, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-367-2025-GEN-004-00_ExpressiveActivity_010225.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
A content-neutral order regulating demonstrations, distributions, solicitation and other expressive activity in and around court facilities: no prohibited activity within a courthouse or its curtilage, or within 25 feet of a courthouse doorway or of where a walkway meets the public sidewalk; no obstructing or harassing people entering or leaving; no approaching within 8 feet of people waiting in line; limits on amplification; exclusions; severability; delegation to the Supervising Judge; compliance with law enforcement; posting and service; and penalties. Supersedes 2023-GEN-005-00.
General Order — Judicial Council Coordination Proceedings (2017-GEN-017, June 8, 2017), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Civil Complex) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBWEBRESOURCE-332-2017-GEN-017JCCPDelegationOrder060817.pdf%23search%3Dcomplex.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The Presiding Judge delegates the assignment of judicial officers in all Judicial Council coordination proceedings to the Assistant Supervising Judge of the Civil Complex Litigation courts.
General Order — Marijuana Possession in Courthouse (2025-GEN-006-00, January 2, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-369-2025-GEN-006-00_MarijuanaPossession_010225.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Marijuana is not allowed in a courthouse under any circumstances without a court order; the order, superseding 2023-GEN-007-00, sets out the state and federal law it rests on (Penal Code section 4573, the Controlled Substances Act, the Health and Safety Code's limits on use in public places, and Government Code section 7597's ban on smoking in and near public buildings).
General Order — Providing the Court Cellular Telephone Numbers for Text Reminders in Limited Jurisdiction Unlawful Detainer Cases (2025-GEN-022-00, November 25, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-392-2025-GEN-022-00GeneralOrderreProvidingtheCourtCellularNos.forTextRemindersinLtdJurisUDcases112525.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective January 2, 2026, plaintiffs filing a limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer complaint must file Form LASC CIV 312 (Unlawful Detainer Cellular Telephone Information) with all known cellular numbers for the defendants and certify that they have done so; a plaintiff who wants the court's text reminders may give its own number.
General Order — Use of Cameras in the Courthouse (2025-GEN-003-00, January 2, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-366-2025-GEN-003-00UseofCameras010225.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
No one but authorized court and court security personnel may photograph, record or broadcast, or activate a camera, microphone, recorder or broadcasting device, in any courtroom or courthouse (including entrances, hallways and court parking areas) except as Local Rule 2.17, California Rules of Court, rule 1.150 or a judicial officer's order permits; definitions of cameras, wearable devices and personal electronic devices; only media representatives may bring a camera or wearable camera into a courthouse; devices are silenced before entering a courtroom; law enforcement body cameras for passive recording; and sanctions, contempt or arrest for violations. Supersedes 2023-GEN-003-00.
General Order Granting Permission to Affix Signature Stamp of the Supervising Judge, or Designee, of the Probate Division on Specific Documents (2022-GEN-013-00, May 24, 2022), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Probate) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSProbate-34-StandingOrderGrantingPermissionToAffixCourtsFacsimileSignatureOfAJudgeOnDocuments.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Probate Division and Probate Investigations Office clerical staff may affix the signature stamp of the Supervising Judge of the Probate and Mental Health Division, or designee, to nine listed orders (among them orders for appearance and examination, final discharge, appointment of counsel and probate referees, case reassignment, access to medical records, orders prescribing notice, and the first continuance of a probate petition hearing). The General Orders page links this file as “Standing Order Re Granting Permission to Affix Court's Facsimile Signature of a Supervising Judge, Site Judge or Designee of the Central Probate Division on Specific Documents (October 1, 2018)”.
General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Complex Civil (2021-GEN-031-00, September 15, 2021), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Civil Complex) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-45-GenOrderReComplexEfiling.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective September 20, 2021, documents filed by represented parties in Complex Civil matters must be filed electronically: fees are collected at filing; Judicial Council coordination proceeding (JCCP) filings must show the JCCP number and an underlying case number; rules for add-on petitions, motions and pro hac vice applications affecting multiple cases (with a list of cases, Template A); approved bulletin-board providers; and a bulk party list for cases with 25 or more parties (Template B). Replaces 2019-GEN-004-00.
General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing of Search Warrant Applications and Search Warrant Returns (2025-GEN-018-00, April 21, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-370-2025-GEN-018-00_MandatoryEFilingOfSearchWarrantApplicationsAndReturns_042125.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective May 1, 2025, search warrant applications and search warrant returns must be submitted electronically through the court's eSW Portal, and judges and court personnel no longer accept them at any courthouse: magistrates review submissions at all hours; peace officers flag exigent circumstances in the portal; sealing is requested at submission; electronic signatures comply with California Rules of Court, rule 2.257; and in a technical failure officers may seek in-person review.
General Order Re Assignment and Transfer of Personal Injury Cases (2024-GEN-003-00, May 17, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Unlimited Civil; Civil / Unlimited Personal Injury) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-119-GeneralOrderReAssignmentandTransferofPersonalInjuryCases(EffectiveMay17,2024).pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Personal injury cases are filed in the district where the incident arose; since January 8, 2024, Central District personal injury cases are assigned for all purposes to independent calendar departments at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse; PI Hub Departments 30 and 31 closed (May 13 and June 24, 2024), with their older cases reassigned to Department T (Alhambra Courthouse) and Department B (Van Nuys Courthouse). The order supersedes paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Eighth Amended Standing Order for the Personal Injury Hub Courts.
General Order Re Limited Jurisdiction Civil Procedures: Notice of Web Portal Availability for Interpreter Requests (June 29, 2016), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Limited Civil (Non-Collections)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBWEBRESOURCE-477-GENOrderLJAvailabilityForInsterpreterRequest.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective July 11, 2016, each limited jurisdiction civil plaintiff must serve every named defendant with the Notice of the Availability of Web Portal for Interpreter Requests with the complaint, and show that service on line 2(f) of the Proof of Service of Summons (POS-010).
General Order Re Listing of All Parties in Caption on Amended Complaints and Cross-Complaints (2025-GEN-021-00, September 19, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Unlimited Civil) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-387-2025-GEN-021-00GeneralOrderreSpecificationofAllPartiesOnAmendedComplaintsandCross-Complaint.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective September 19, 2025, the caption of any amended complaint or amended cross-complaint, proposed or otherwise, must name each party.
General Order re Operation of Electronic Recording Equipment for Specified Proceedings Involving Fundamental Liberty Interests in the Absence of an Available Court Reporter (2024-GEN-011-00, September 5, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-388-2024-GEN-011-00GeneralOrderreOperationofElectronicRecordingEquipment090524.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner's order, with findings on the shortage of court reporters and Government Code section 69957, directing the Clerk to have deputy clerks operate electronic recording equipment in family law, probate and civil departments when the presiding judicial officer finds that the proceeding implicates fundamental rights or liberty interests, a party wishes to be able to obtain a verbatim transcript, no court reporter is reasonably available and the party could not secure a private one, the proceeding involves significant issues, and it should not be further delayed; the court may impose reasonable fees.
General Order Re Small Claims Procedures: Notice of Web Portal Availability for Interpreter Requests (April 13, 2016), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Small Claims) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSSmallClaims-23-GEN-16-SmallClaimsPortal3-PJ.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Each small claims plaintiff must serve the Notice of Availability of Small Claims Web Portal for Interpreter Requests with the claim and show that service on line 3(d) of the proof of service (Form SC-104); the order supersedes any previous order on that notice. Filed April 13, 2016; its date line reads “April 13, 2026”, as printed.
General Order Re: Distribution of Court Business — Limited Civil Cases — New Locations (February 28, 2013), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Limited Civil (Collections)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBWEBRESOURCE-468-GeneralOrderREDistributionofCourtBusinessLimitedCivilCases-NewLocationsFeb282013.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective March 18, 2013, limited civil collections cases (California Rules of Court, rule 3.740) must be filed in the Chatsworth or Norwalk Courthouse by the ZIP code assignment of Local Rule 2.3(a)(2), and limited civil non-collections cases at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse (Room 102); pending limited civil cases were to be transferred. Dated 2/28/13 by Presiding Judge David S. Wesley; the attached table the order names is not in the court's file.
General Order Regarding Child Custody Evaluation Reports Previously Admitted as Exhibits (2018-SJ-019-00, October 11, 2018), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-67-2018-SJ-019-00ChildCustodyEvaluationReportsPreviouslyAdmittedAsExhibits.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Child custody evaluation reports previously admitted as exhibits that would otherwise be eligible for destruction are removed from the evidence locker and retained as confidential documents in the court record (Family Code section 3111), in any Family Law courthouse; retention may be electronic.
General Order Regarding Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.6 Challenges (2026-GEN-010-00, July 28, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under General Orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCCommunications-125-2026-GEN-010-00GeneralOrderreCCPSection170.6Challenges092826.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The Presiding Judge's general order of July 28, 2026 setting the procedure for promptly determining whether a Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 challenge is a bad faith blanket challenge under J.O. v. Superior Court (2026) 19 Cal.5th 753: definitions; a verified written declaration or an oral attestation under penalty of perjury required with a challenge, and its contents (the party's and the attorney's challenges to the same judge in the previous year); an exemption for any party or attorney who has filed two or fewer challenges against the challenged judge in the preceding year; the time to make the declaration or attestation; service; and the time to object.
General Order Regarding Filing of Limited Unlawful Detainer Actions (2026-GEN-014-00, September 18, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-407-2026-GEN-014-00-GeneralOrderReFilingOfLimitedUnlawfulDetainerActions091826.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Under Code of Civil Procedure section 392(b) and Local Rule 2.3(a)(2)(A), Exhibit 1 (reproduced, one row per line; headed “effective 9-22-26”) updates Appendix 2.D with the proper filing courthouse for limited unlawful detainer actions in the ZIP codes and communities it lists; the order supersedes Appendix 2.D only as to those locations.
Courtroom Information, Glendale Courthouse, Department E, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/GLN/courtrooms/E/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department E's courtroom information (Glendale Courthouse): civility; general information - court appearances through LACourtConnect, courtesy copies, court reporters and interpreters; pretrial matters - case management conferences (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.), law and motion (Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System), discovery motions and informal discovery conferences, and ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed and noticed by 10 a.m. the court day before); final status conferences and the trial binder's tabs; and trials (set for Mondays at 9:00 a.m.; court reporters, jury fees, voir dire, opening statements, demonstrative evidence, witnesses, deposition transcripts and discovery responses, objections, exhibits, multiple counsel, closing arguments and jury instructions) - with the department's Trial Preparation Order and its lemon law notices to all counsel (customary rulings re document requests in Song-Beverly litigation, and a standing order re discovery), each dated 01/02/2025.
Courtroom Information, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Department S13, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LB/courtrooms/S13/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S13's courtroom rules and orders (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach), the unlawful detainer and jury trial department: unlawful detainer hearings (ex parte applications at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, filed in the clerk's office, Room 1401, by 8:30 a.m. - a hard deadline, or by attorneys electronically the day before by 10 a.m.; law and motion at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday); unlawful detainer trials (court trials daily at 8:30 a.m.; no final status conference; trials under the local rules and the Unlawful Detainer Fourth Amended Standing Order); jury trials (trial documents e-filed before the jury trial date; the department's trial guidelines); filing, receiving and processing unlawful detainer documents; and miscellaneous matters (check-in, argument, continuances and the local rules).
Courtroom Information, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Department S25, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LB/courtrooms/S25/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S25's general information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): courtroom hours (trial proceedings generally 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.); hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before), name changes and case management conferences (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.), final status conferences (usually the Friday no more than ten days before trial, at 8:30 a.m.) and jury and bench trials (Mondays at 9:30 a.m.); filings; and miscellaneous matters, including joint daily summaries of testimony where there is no court reporter or electronic recording - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Orders (joint witness and exhibit lists, proposed joint and contested jury instructions, and trial policies).
Courtroom Information, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Department S26, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LB/courtrooms/S26/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S26's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach; buddy court Department S27): public hours; hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.), case management conferences and name changes (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.) and trials (Mondays at 8:30 a.m.); miscellaneous matters; and the trial documents the department requires - the exhibit list, exhibit presentation and court copies of exhibits, the witness list, jury instructions and their list and special verdicts (jury trials), trial briefs (bench trials) - and final status conference preparation.
Courtroom Information, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Department S27, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LB/courtrooms/S27/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S27's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): public hours; hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, no reservation), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), case management conferences (daily at 8:30 a.m.), name changes (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), final status conferences (the 2nd Friday before trial, 8:30 a.m.) and court and jury trials (Mondays at 9:30 a.m.); documents; miscellaneous matters (trial attorneys in person for final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before); a sample motion in limine summation sheet; the joint trial documents (the statement of the case, motions in limine, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions and special verdict form, and a separate trial brief of no more than 5 pages); and the trial (a go date at 9:30 a.m., not trailed; plaintiff's counsel confirms by 3:00 p.m. the court day before).
Courtroom Information, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Department S28, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LB/courtrooms/S28/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S28's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach), an unlimited civil trial court: public hours; post-trial motions (dates reserved with the judicial assistant); and filing (e-filed, with a printed copy delivered to the department, under the local rules).
Courtroom Information, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Department S29, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LB/courtrooms/S29/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S29's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): courtroom hours; procedures for setting matters - post-trial motions (meet and confer first; dates reserved with the courtroom clerk), ex parte papers (filed by 3:00 p.m. the day before), LACourtConnect and tentative rulings; and 32 trial procedures and rules - voir dire and challenges, alternate jurors, initial jury instructions, time limits, visual aids and the projector, objections (no speaking objections), juror questions, exhibits and medical records, medical bills, use of depositions, jury instructions and the verdict form, trial times (Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.), breaks, witness scheduling, jurors, preparing the judgment, decorum, and unlawful detainer jury trials.
Courtroom Information, Inglewood Courthouse, Department 5, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ING/courtrooms/5/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 5's courtroom information (Inglewood Courthouse, Southwest District), an unlimited civil independent calendar court: civility and professionalism; settlement; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.; final status conference and trial dates given there); law and motion (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes, motions and informal discovery conferences; the trial preparation order; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; and less experienced attorneys.
Courtroom Information, Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Department A09, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ATP/courtrooms/A09/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A09's courtroom information (Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster), the unlawful detainer department: unlawful detainer proceedings (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and jury trials (daily at 1:30 p.m.); court staff; informal discovery and settlement conferences (Code of Civil Procedure §2017.010 et seq.: the court mediates agreed resolutions of discovery disputes and otherwise uses informal, streamlined proceedings on joint statements); and mandatory settlement conferences (principals on site with full authority to settle).
Courtroom Information, Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Department A14, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ATP/courtrooms/A14/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A14's courtroom information (Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster): general matters; case management conferences (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (Tuesdays from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); and trial procedures (trials set for Fridays at 8:30 a.m.; final status conferences on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., trial counsel in person; pretrial filings, trial binders, motions in limine, exhibits and non-compliance) - with the department's addendum to its case management conference order for Song-Beverly litigation (discovery, including the vehicle inspection).
Courtroom Information, Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Department A15, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ATP/courtrooms/A15/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A15's courtroom information (Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster): general matters (contacting court staff); case management conferences (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); informal discovery conferences (encouraged before any motion to compel); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); and trial procedures (trials set for Fridays at 8:30 a.m.; final status conferences on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., trial counsel and self-represented litigants in person; pretrial filings, trial binders, motions in limine heard on the first day of trial, exhibits and non-compliance).
Courtroom Information, Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Department A22, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ATP/courtrooms/A22/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A-22's courtroom information (Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster), the unlawful detainer and small claims department: unlawful detainer proceedings (Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; jury trials daily at 1:30 p.m. in any available courtroom); small claims proceedings (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.); court staff; informal discovery conferences (Code Civ. Proc., § 2016.080); and mandatory settlement conferences (principals on site with full authority to settle).
Courtroom Information, Norwalk Courthouse, Department C, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SE/courtrooms/C/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department C's courtroom information (Norwalk Courthouse): courtroom hours; general information - remote appearances through LACourtConnect, help for self-represented litigants, interpreters, court reporters (Form FW-020 for fee-waiver requests) and accommodations (Form MC-410); ex parte applications (check in at 8:30 a.m.; reviewed in chambers); case management conferences (9:00 a.m. daily; the parties meet and confer no later than 30 calendar days before); law and motion (9:30 a.m. daily; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System and the motion filed within three business days); informal discovery conferences (strongly encouraged in lieu of discovery motions); the court's settlement programs; and trial preparation (a court reporter or a joint daily summary; final status conferences under Local Rule 3.25(f), lead trial counsel attending).
Courtroom Information, Norwalk Courthouse, Department D, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SE/courtrooms/D/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department D's courtroom information (Norwalk Courthouse): hours; general information, including interpreters; case management conferences; law and motion (moderate to complex motions Monday through Thursday, routine motions on Fridays; dates reserved on the Court Reservation System; submitting on the tentative by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing); informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (heard at the end of the morning calendar; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; settlement conferences and programs; and trial procedures, including the documents due before the final status conference.
Courtroom Information, Norwalk Courthouse, Department L, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SE/courtrooms/L/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department L's courtroom information (Norwalk Courthouse): hours; general information - guidelines for civility in litigation, remote appearances (not for final status conferences or trials), court reporters, interpreters and accommodation; case management conferences; law and motion (submitting on the tentative by email by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing); ex parte applications (heard at the end of the morning calendar; filed by 10:00 am the court day before); notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; settlement conferences and programs; and trial procedures (court reporters and settled statements; final status conferences generally seven to ten days before trial, lead trial counsel in person).
Courtroom Information, Norwalk Courthouse, Department P, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SE/courtrooms/P/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department P's courtroom information (Norwalk Courthouse): hours; general information - guidelines for civility in litigation, remote appearances (not for final status conferences or trials), court reporters, interpreters and accommodation; case management conferences; law and motion (submitting on the tentative by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing); ex parte applications (heard at the end of the morning calendar; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; settlement conferences and programs; and trial procedures (court reporters and settled statements; final status conferences generally seven to ten days before trial, lead trial counsel in person) - with the department's addendum to its case management conference order for Song-Beverly litigation (discovery: general orders, production of documents within 30 days, and the vehicle inspection).
Courtroom Information, Norwalk Courthouse, Department R, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SE/courtrooms/R/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department R's courtroom information (Norwalk Courthouse): public and trial hours; the daily schedule (case management conferences every day at 9:00 AM; law and motion on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 AM; final status conferences and miscellaneous matters on Fridays at 9:30 AM; check-in from 8:30 AM; ex parte applications decided at the end of the morning calendar, usually in chambers); trials (usually beginning Mondays at 9:30 AM); civility, remote appearances, interpreters, accommodation and self-represented litigants; case management; law and motion (hearing dates on the Court Reservation System, filing, multiple motions, changes and tentative rulings); court reporters; discovery motions; ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); settlement conferences and ADR programs; notices of settlement; and trial procedures (final status conferences generally on a Friday at least 10 days before trial; trial briefs; motions in limine and bifurcation motions; the joint statement of the case; joint exhibit and witness lists and the trial schedule).
Order Rescinding General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Adoptions, Abandonment, and Emancipation (2026-GEN-001-00, March 20, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Juvenile) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSJuvenile-78-2026-GEN-001-00_GeneralOrderReRecissionofAdoptionMandatoryEfilingOrder032026.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the General Order for Mandatory Electronic Filing for Adoption, Abandonment, and Emancipation (2022-GEN-015-00, issued August 11, 2022); the requirements for electronic filing are in Local Rule 6.1.
Order Rescinding General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Appellate Division (2026-GEN-002-00, March 20, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Appellate) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSAppellate-10-2026-GEN-002-00_GeneralOrderReRecissionofAppellateDivisionMandatoryEfilingOrder032026.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the General Order for Mandatory Electronic Filing for Appellate Division (2024-GEN-014-00, issued November 13, 2024); the requirements for electronic filing are in Local Rule 9.2.
Order Rescinding General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil (2026-GEN-004-00, March 20, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-403-2026-GEN-004-00_GeneralOrderReRecissionofCivilMandatoryEfilingOrder032026.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the First Amended General Order for Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil (2019-GEN-014-00, issued May 3, 2019); the requirements for electronic filing are in Local Rule 3.4.
Order Rescinding General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Act Proceedings (2026-GEN-003-00, March 20, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Mental Health) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSMentalHealth-24-2026-GEN-003-00_GeneralOrderReRecissionofCARECourtEfilingOrder032026.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the General Order for Mandatory Electronic Filing for CARE Act proceedings (2023-GEN-022-00, issued October 9, 2023); the requirements for electronic filing are in Local Rule 4.138.
Order Rescinding General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Family Law (2026-GEN-005-00, March 20, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-79-2026-GEN-005-00_GeneralOrderReRecissionofFamilyMandatoryEfilingOrder032026.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the General Order for Mandatory Electronic Filing for Family Law (2022-GEN-009-00, issued April 13, 2022); the requirements for electronic filing are in Local Rule 5.6.
Order Rescinding General Order in re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Probate Records (2026-GEN-006-00, March 20, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Probate) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSProbate-38-2026-GEN-006-00_GeneralOrderReRecissionofProbateEfilingOrder032026.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the General Order Mandatory Electronic Filing for Probate Records (2017-GEN-014, issued March 27, 2017); the requirements for electronic filing are in Local Rules 3.4 and 4.7.
Order Rescinding Standing Order Re Online Dispute Resolution in Unlawful Detainer (Eviction) Cases (2025-SJ-010-00, December 22, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD); Civil / Small Claims) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBWEBRESOURCE-591-2025-SJ-010-00-OrderRescindingStandingOrderReOnlineDisputeResolution-122225.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Rescinds the Standing Order Re Online Dispute Resolution (LASC-ODR for unlawful detainers, 2021-SJ-010-00, August 17, 2021): the court no longer requires or encourages LASC-ODR in unlawful detainer cases, access to the platform for those matters is suspended, and mediation through the ODR process is no longer available.
Courtroom Information, Pasadena Courthouse, Department P, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/PAS/courtrooms/P/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department P's courtroom information (Pasadena Courthouse, Northeast District), an individual calendar civil courtroom: general matters; electronic filing; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.) and the department's standing Song-Beverly Act Discovery Order; law and motion (Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates on the Court Reservation System; tentative rulings online); informal discovery conferences (encouraged before a motion to compel); the final status conference order; the trial procedures and protocol order (trials generally on Tuesdays at 9:00 AM); courtroom operations; and mandatory settlement conferences (1:30 PM, in person) - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (appearances, exhibit exchange and meeting and conferring, trial readiness documents, exhibit binders, voir dire, non-compliance and court trials), its standing Song-Beverly (Lemon Law) discovery order (dated April 3, 2024), its Trial Procedures and Protocol Order (December 2023: scheduling, jury selection, opening statements, exhibits, the digital evidence presentation system, witnesses, experts, jury instructions and verdict forms, closing arguments, conduct of counsel, court reporters and settled statements, interpreters) and the court's mediation programs.
Courtroom Information, Pasadena Courthouse, Department R, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/PAS/courtrooms/R/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department R's courtroom procedures (Pasadena Courthouse), the department that hears the unlawful detainer (eviction) cases of the Northeast and North Central districts under the Sixth Amended Standing Order Re. Unlawful Detainer District Hubs (March 3, 2026): case management or status conferences; check-in; court trials (8:30 AM, Monday through Friday); ex parte applications (1:30 PM, Monday through Friday; a motion date reserved first; filed by 10:00 AM the court day before); interpreters; jury trials and the joint documents due for them (tabs A to I); law and motion (1:30 PM, Monday through Friday; dates on the Court Reservation System); mediation (a court mediator at no charge on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings); the record of the proceedings; remote appearances; settlement; stipulations and stipulations for judgment; and trial continuances.
Courtroom Information, Pomona Courthouse South, Department A, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/EA/courtrooms/A/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A's courtroom information (Pomona Courthouse South): courtroom hours; general information - civility, mandatory eFiling, courtesy copies, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodations; pretrial proceedings - case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.), ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.; for exigent circumstances), law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m.; tentative rulings), discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences) and trial continuances; and trials (jury trials set for Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., bench trials for Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; final status conferences normally on Fridays at 10:30 a.m., three weeks before trial; the trial binder, motions in limine and exhibits; failure to comply).
Courtroom Information, Pomona Courthouse South, Department G, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/EA/courtrooms/G/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department G's final status conference order and trial procedures (Pomona Courthouse South, East District): the lawyers who will try the case appear in person at the final status conference (no remote appearances); meeting and conferring beforehand; requests for a trial continuance (disfavored); motions in limine (Local Rules 3.25(f)(2) and 3.57); the documents due five court days before the conference in jury trials (CACI jury instructions, a special verdict, a joint exhibit list, with exhibits exchanged ten days before, and a joint witness list) and mandatory trial briefs; and the department's 17 trial procedures (civility, readiness, the final status conference, the 24-Pack jury selection, voir dire, objections without speaking, sidebars, witnesses, jury instructions read before closing arguments, time estimates, cell phones and the daily schedule).
Courtroom Information, Pomona Courthouse South, Department H, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/EA/courtrooms/H/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department H's courtroom procedures and trial order (Pomona Courthouse South, East District), an independent calendar court: general information - civility, mandatory eFiling, courtesy copies, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodations; pretrial proceedings - case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), law and motion (generally Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.; tentative rulings), discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences; and trials (jury trials set for Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m., bench trials for Fridays at 10:00 a.m.; the final status conference, motions in limine, the trial binder and exhibits; failure to comply).
Courtroom Information, Pomona Courthouse South, Department O, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/EA/courtrooms/O/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department O's courtroom information (Pomona Courthouse South): court reporters; ex parte applications (attorneys: Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m., e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before; self-represented litigants may file in person by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.); the final status conference; guidelines for trial and the joint trial binder (tabs A to J: trial briefs, motions in limine, the joint statement, witness list, jury instructions, verdict forms, exhibit list, deposition designations and operative pleadings); and discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences - with the department's addendum to its case management conference order for Song-Beverly litigation (discovery, including the vehicle inspection).
Courtroom Information, San Fernando Courthouse, Department L, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAS/courtrooms/L/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department L's court information for litigants and the public (San Fernando Courthouse), the department for limited civil collection matters (California Rules of Court, rule 3.740): purpose; case assignment; remote appearances; self-represented litigants; calendar management (check-in with the courtroom clerk from 8:30 a.m.); special or limited appearance counsel; settlements; court filings and motions (titles of filings, proper service, Bates stamping and citation to the record); motions for summary judgment; trial procedures; default judgments; accessibility and accommodations; and current contact information.
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department I, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/I/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department I's guidelines for final status conferences and trials (Santa Monica Courthouse, West District): trial preference where the parties stipulate; the final status conference and the documents needed for all trials, for jury trials only and for bench trials only; and the department's trial procedures (electronic exhibits on a thumb drive, courtroom seating, trial time and time estimates, settlement talks, sidebars, civility, a settled statement where there is no court reporter, no speaking objections, civil examinations, punctuality and voir dire).
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department J, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/J/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department J's courtroom information (Santa Monica Courthouse): courtroom hours; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m., Friday at 9:00 a.m.); remote appearances through LACourtConnect (sign in by 8:15 a.m.); motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System; heard Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at 9:00 a.m.); courtesy copies (a courtesy copy courtroom); and trials - the trial documents, starting with the operative pleadings, and other trial guidelines (jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, witnesses, reading discovery responses and deposition transcripts, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits) - with the department's standing order re motions to compel further responses: an informal discovery conference before any motion to compel further responses is heard (three agreed dates, a Tuesday or Thursday at 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.; meeting and conferring; a joint brief of less than five pages two court days before).
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department M, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/M/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department M's courtroom information and trial preparation order (Santa Monica Courthouse): ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m., Friday at 9:00 a.m.); remote appearances through LACourtConnect; motions (hearing dates reserved through E-Court; heard Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at 9:00 a.m.); and trials - the trial documents (operative pleadings first), motions in limine and trial motions, stipulations, conduct of counsel and parties, court reporters, jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, witnesses, reading discovery responses and deposition transcripts, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits, highly prejudicial evidence and jury instructions - with the department's standing order re motions to compel further responses (printed twice in the file): an informal discovery conference before any motion to compel further responses is heard (three agreed dates, a Tuesday or Thursday at 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.; meeting and conferring; a joint brief of less than five pages two court days before).
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department N, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/N/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department N's courtroom information and trial preparation order (Santa Monica Courthouse): filings (the General Order re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil dated November 5, 2018; courtesy copies); ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m., Friday at 9:00 a.m.); telephonic appearances through LACourtConnect (check in by 8:15 a.m.); motions (Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at 9:00 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); and trials - the trial documents (operative pleadings first), motions in limine and trial motions, stipulations, conduct of counsel and parties, court reporters, jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, witnesses, reading discovery responses and deposition transcripts, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits, highly prejudicial evidence and jury instructions - and the department's order on motions to compel further responses: an informal discovery conference before any such motion is heard (three agreed dates, a Wednesday or Thursday; meeting and conferring; a joint brief of less than five pages two court days before).
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department O, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/O/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department O's online courtroom information (Santa Monica Courthouse): civility (the Guidelines for Civility in Litigation); case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); trial setting conferences; filings; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday); discovery motions; less experienced attorneys; interpreters; court reporters; remote appearances; law and motion and tentative rulings - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring before the conference; the documents for jury trials, court trials and all trials; trials usually set Mondays at 9:30 a.m.; impeachment exhibits; court reporters and settled statements; interpreters; conduct of counsel and parties, jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, stipulations, witnesses, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits, highly prejudicial evidence and jury instructions) and its standing order re motions to compel further discovery: an informal discovery conference first (three agreed dates, a Friday at 10:00 a.m.; a joint brief of no more than five pages).
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department P, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/P/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department P's courtroom information (Santa Monica Courthouse): filings (the First Amended General Order re Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil dated May 3, 2019); ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m., Friday at 9:00 a.m.); case management conferences; continuances; remote appearances through LACourtConnect; motions; discovery motions; service of papers; final status conferences (typically Fridays, ten days before a Monday trial date); trial; and sanctions - with the department's final status conference and trial documents (operative pleadings first; motions in limine and trial motions; court reporters; conduct of counsel and parties, jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, stipulations, witnesses, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits, highly prejudicial evidence and jury instructions) and its standing order re motions to compel further responses: an informal discovery conference first (three agreed dates, a Monday or Friday at 10:00 a.m.; a joint brief of no more than five pages).
Courtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department S, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SM/courtrooms/S/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department S's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Santa Monica Courthouse, West District): courtroom hours (check-in at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.), court staff and the local rules; and the department's rules on telephone and video appearances, trials (a mandatory settlement conference ordered in every case set for jury trial), continuances, self-represented litigants, motions, ex parte applications, court reporters and language assistance.
Silicosis Cases General Orders No. 1–36 (JCCP No. 5378, Hon. Elihu M. Berle; December 31, 2025 and January 26, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Civil Complex) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCCommunications-108-SilicosisCasesGeneralOrders.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The general orders governing all silicosis cases in the Silicosis Cases coordination proceeding (JCCP No. 5378), each signed by Judge Elihu M. Berle as Coordination Judge — Nos. 1 to 25 dated December 31, 2025 and Nos. 26 to 36 dated January 26, 2026: No. 1 (scope and amendment), 2 (caption page), 3 (add-on cases), 4 (designated electronic service provider), 5 (electronic service), 6 (court reporting), 7 (remote appearances), 8 (timing of service of the summons and complaint; notice of appearance), 9 (cross-complaints), 10 (regular update of cases), 11 (law and motion and ex parte applications), 12 (joint motions and joinders), 13 (summary judgment and adjudication), 14 (standard discovery), 15 (medical records), 16 (plaintiff and percipient witness depositions), 17 (trial video direct examination depositions), 18 and 19 (depositions of the person most knowledgeable), 20 (document production), 21 (expert discovery), 22 (informal discovery conferences), 23 (motions to compel discovery), 24 (out-of-state commissions), 25 (preferential trial setting), 26 (retention of evidence), 27 (protective order), 28 (final status conference), 29–33 (the joint statement of the case, witness list, exhibit list, jury instructions and verdict form), 34 (designations of deposition and former testimony), 35 (motions in limine) and 36 (financial information for a punitive damages phase).
Sixth Amended Standing Order — Limited Jurisdiction Unlawful Detainer (Eviction) Cases Assigned to All Courthouses (2026-SJ-002-00, effective March 3, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-400-6thAmendedSO-LimitedJurisdictionUDEvictionCasesAssignedtoAllCourthouses.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The Civil Division's standing order for limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer cases in every courthouse, superseding the Fourth Amended (2022-SJ-011-00) and Fifth Amended (2021-SJ-007-01) standing orders: service of the order; an early meeting of the parties within 10 days of service; addresses and telephone numbers (Form LASC CIV 312 with defendants' cellular numbers); law and motion; ex parte applications; jury trial demands and fees; stipulations to continue trial; interpreters and court reporters; and jury and court trials.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 1, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/1/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 1's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a complex civil litigation department: class action and Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) settlements; complex case management (the initial status conference); general law and motion (hearing dates set through the court staff, not the Court Reservation System; written tentative rulings posted online); discovery disputes and discovery motions; ex parte applications; trial procedures (final status conferences generally at 9:00 AM, two weeks before trial); and building access and parking.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 11, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/11/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 11's information for counsel (Spring Street Courthouse), a complex civil department: the judge's philosophy; status conferences; e-service providers; appearances and etiquette; informal discovery conferences; informal resolution of demurrers and other challenges to the pleadings, and of motions to tax costs; motions; filing and lodging documents under seal; PAGA and class action settlements and dismissals; taking hearings off calendar promptly; motions for summary judgment or adjudication; class actions and PAGA claims; final status and trial readiness conferences (including trial briefs); mandatory settlement conferences; and voir dire and jury selection (trial generally Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 14, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/14/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 14's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), the Complex Civil Litigation Program department that handles the asbestos personal injury cases coordinated into In re LAOSD Asbestos Cases: general information (law and motion Tuesday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.; ex parte applications each day at 8:30 a.m.); taking matters off calendar; requests for continuances; discovery motions; tentative decisions; trials; and building access and parking.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 16, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/16/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 16's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse): the room, the courthouse address, the judicial assistant and the telephone number.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 2, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/2/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 2's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), an individual calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom: the change to its informal discovery conference policy (an IDC strongly encouraged before a motion to compel further responses, no longer required); general information (remote appearances, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodation); law and motion; discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (heard at the end of the morning calendar; filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; and the department's trial preparation order (amended effective 27 February 2025): meeting and conferring, optional trial briefs, joint witness and exhibit lists, a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint and contested jury instructions, verdict forms, a joint chart of deposition designations, motions in limine, exhibit and trial binders, and court reporters and settled statements.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 25, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/25/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 25's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a limited civil department: courtroom and telephone hours; trials (the limited civil hub conducts no jury trials; parties must be ready to be sent to a trial department, with a trial binder and five exhibit binders, trial documents e-filed at least ten days before the trial date; Department 1 assigns the trial court); scheduling law and motion hearings; discovery disputes; demurrers and motions to strike; tentative rulings; interpreters; electronic recording; and ex parte applications.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 26, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/26/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 26's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a limited civil department: location, telephone and courtroom hours, and remote appearances through LACourtConnect (parties register with it).
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 27, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/27/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 27's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a personal injury hub court: general information; the Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Hub Courts (effective October 10, 2022), which governs its cases, including final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings (submitting by email to the department); interpreters; ex parte applications (generally no oral argument; filing by self-represented and exempt parties; California Rules of Court, rule 3.1203); and the clerk's office and court support services.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 28, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/28/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 28's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a personal injury hub court: the room, the judicial assistants, courtroom hours, telephone and e-mail, and a reference to the Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Courts.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 29, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/29/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 29's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a personal injury hub court: the room, the judicial assistants, courtroom hours, telephone and e-mail, and a reference to the Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Courts.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 5, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/5/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 5's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a civil trial courtroom whose trials Department 1 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) assigns: courtroom and trial hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays); the pretrial conference order and tentative rulings on motions in limine sent by e-mail before the first day of trial; post-trial motion scheduling (by e-mail to the department, not the Court Reservation System or telephone); and ex parte applications on post-trial motions.
Courtroom Information, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 7, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SS/courtrooms/7/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 7's information for counsel (Spring Street Courthouse), a complex civil department (no courtesy copies): general matters and informal conferences on short notice (including deposition impasses); status conferences; e-service providers; appearances and remote appearance etiquette; informal discovery conferences; informal resolution of demurrers and other challenges to the pleadings; filing and lodging documents under seal; PAGA and class action settlements and dismissals; taking hearings off calendar promptly; class actions and PAGA claims; final status and trial readiness conferences; and motions in limine.
Standing Order — Court Ordered Supervised Visitation (2021-SJ-020-00, December 30, 2021), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-65-2021-SJ-020-00CourtOrderedSupervisedVisitation.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Implements Standard 5.20 of the Standards of Judicial Administration for providers of supervised visitation and states that it supersedes Local Rule 5.25: the requirements for nonprofessional providers (declaration FL-324(NP)) and professional providers (age, background, Live Scan, TrustLine registration, Standard 5.20 training, declaration FL-324(P) with each report).
Standing Order — Delegation of Authority: the Court's Permission to Affix Its Facsimile Signature to Family Law Specific Documents (2023-SJ-003-00, March 16, 2023), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-59-2023-SJ-003-00CourtsPermissionToAffixItsFacsimileSignatureToFamilyLawDocuments.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Designated staff of the Family Law Division, Family Court Services and the AB 1058 Child Support Commissioner Program may affix the facsimile signature of the Supervising Judge of Family Law (or her designee for the AB 1058 program) to twelve listed documents, among them mediation appointment orders, orders to show cause setting cases, final judgments on summary dissolutions and requests for judgment, fee waiver orders, and requests to continue a request-for-order hearing (the clerk may continue a hearing once). Supersedes 2022-SJ-035-00.
Standing Order — Probate and Mental Health Divisions' Delegation of Authority: the Court's Permission to Affix Its Facsimile Signature to Specific Documents (2023-SJ-008-00, November 3, 2023), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Mental Health) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSMentalHealth-22-StandingOrderReCourtsPermissionToAffixItsFacsimileSignatureToSpecificDocuments.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Designated staff of the Probate and Mental Health Divisions may affix the facsimile signature of the Supervising Judge or designee to nine listed documents, among them orders appointing probate referees, ex parte petitions for final discharge, patient medication capacity appeals, orders for release of patient records, orders for CARE Act reports and notices appointing the Public Defender.
Standing Order — Training Program for Family Law Temporary Judges (2023-SJ-002-00, March 9, 2023), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-62-2023-SJ-002-00TrainingProgramForFamilyLawTemporaryJudges.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The mandatory training for new temporary judges in family law (bench conduct and demeanor, ethics, and three hours of substantive family law training), approval by the Supervising Judge for attorneys without ten years of family law experience or certification, and the three-year recertification (continuing training every year and at least four court sessions each year).
Standing Order Granting Permission to Set Order to Show Cause re Status of Conservatorship and to Terminate Conservatorship of the Person (2023-SJ-004-00, May 19, 2023), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Probate) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSProbate-8-GeneralOrderOrderGrantingPermissionToSetOrderToShowCauseReStatusOfConservatorshipAndToTerminateConservatorshipOfThePerson.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Probate staff may terminate a conservatorship of the person (with no conservatorship of the estate) on the conservator's Notice of Conservatee's Death (Form GC-399), and set an order to show cause hearing when staff learn of a death otherwise, when a reciprocal conservatorship review report cannot be obtained within four months, or when the conservatee cannot be located. Supersedes 2020-SJ-001-00.
Standing Order in re Notice Regarding Mediation Services: Unlawful Detainer Diversion Pilot at Compton Courthouse (2026-SJ-005-00, April 14, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-404-StandingOrderReNoticeofUnlawfulDetainerDiversionPilot.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective April 20, 2026, a pilot at the Compton Courthouse in limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer cases, with free mediation by the County's Department of Consumer and Business Affairs for qualified parties: plaintiffs must serve the Notice: Unlawful Detainer Diversion Pilot at Compton Courthouse (SCLAC CIV 317) on all defendants with the complaint and summons. The General Orders page lists the order as of April 16, 2026; the order is dated and filed April 14, 2026.
Standing Order in re Notice Regarding Services: Unlawful Detainer Settlement Pilot at Stanley Mosk Courthouse (2026-SJ-004-00, March 17, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Eviction - Unlawful Detainer (UD)) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSCivil-401-StandingOrderinreNoticeRegardingServicesUnlawfulDetainerSettlementPilotatStanleyMoskCourthouse.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Effective March 16, 2026, a pilot at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer cases, with free services from the We are Los Angeles Program (sponsored by the Mayor's Fund for LA): plaintiffs must serve the Notice: Unlawful Detainer Settlement Services at Stanley Mosk Courthouse (SCLAC CIV 313) on all defendants with the complaint and summons.
Standing Order of the Probate Supervising Judge in re Waiver of Transfer Fee When the Court Initiating the Transfer Waived Filing Fees (2018-SJ-011-00, May 3, 2018), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Probate) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSProbate-33-StandingOrderReWaiverOfTransferFee.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The filing fee for the initial petition and any transfer fee payable to the Probate Division are waived for a matter transferred from another California county whose court ordered the initial filing fee waived.
Standing Order Re Court-Appointed Experts in the Mental Health Division (2019-SJ-009-00, June 10, 2019), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Mental Health) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSMentalHealth-23-StandingOrderReCourtAppointedExpertsInTheMentalHealthDivision.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Experts appointed under Evidence Code section 730 in the Mental Health Department come from the Criminal Division's Panel of Psychiatrists and Psychologists unless otherwise ordered; the People pay for experts they request; PACE-paid experts are compensated at up to $150 an hour, with caps for grave disability reports ($1,000), competency reports ($500), other criminal-case reports ($1,000) and document review ($500); requests for more; and notice at $150,000 in a fiscal year.
Standing Order Re Probate Division's Court-Appointed Counsel (Probate Code Sections 1470 and 1471) (2025-SJ-006-00, July 24, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Probate) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSProbate-37-StandingOrderReProbateDivisionsCourtAppointedCounselPanelProbateCodeSections1470-1471.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
The Probate Division's policies for Court-Appointed Counsel Panel appointments: hourly rates ($165 when the client cannot pay; up to $380 when the client can); hour limits for guardianship and conservatorship appointments and reappointments; PACE compensation; notice at $150,000 (or $200,000 combined with minor's counsel) in a fiscal year; requests for additional compensation (LASC PRO-025); and fee status at every hearing. Effective July 1, 2025; supersedes 2024-SJ-004-00.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 224, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/224/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 224's courtroom information, policies and procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): introduction; civility and professionalism; self-represented litigants; remote appearances; interpreters; court reporters; accessibility and accommodation; case management conferences; law and motion (submitting on the tentative by email); discovery (general matters, initial disclosures, informal discovery conferences, Song-Beverly warranty litigation); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 am, reviewed in chambers; notice by 10:00 a.m. and filing by 10:00 am the court day before); settlement (the court's settlement programs; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal); stipulations, proposed orders and judgments; trial continuances; final status conferences and trial preparation; trial binder and exhibit binder requirements; select trial procedures; clerk's office and self-help services; failure to comply; and less-experienced attorneys.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 300, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/300/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 300's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); discovery; law and motion (from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved through the Court's Reservation System); summary judgment and adjudication; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30am; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); settlement conferences (the civil mediation vendor list, judicial mandatory and voluntary settlement conferences); trial preparation (final status conferences at 10:00 a.m.; the joint trial documents, experts, the statement of the case, bench trials and compliance); trial logistics (trial hours, time limits, sidebars, trial technology, remote witnesses, jury selection and etiquette); and the clerk's office and court support services (interpreters, court reporters).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 306, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/306/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 306's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in; civility and professionalism; court reporters; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); discovery disputes; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; oppositions filed by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); settlement; and the trial preparation order.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 307, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/307/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 307's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; filings; courtesy copies; ex parte applications (every day at 8:30 a.m.); motions (every day, Monday through Friday, at 9:15 a.m.); remote appearances; tentative rulings (written for contested motions other than discovery motions); discovery motions; informal discovery conferences (1:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays); case management conferences; final status conferences (set at the case management conference, ten days before trial) and witness lists; exhibit binders; jury trials; technology; trial continuances; and settlements.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 309, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/309/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 309's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): general information - courtesy copies, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodation; pretrial matters - case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), law and motion (Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.; tentative rulings usually posted 1-4 days before), entry of default and default judgment, informal discovery conferences, ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed and noticed by 10 a.m. the court day before), mediation and mandatory settlement conferences, and trial continuances; and guidelines for final status conferences (Thursdays at 10 a.m., 11 days before trial; joint trial notebooks and trial briefs) and trials (set Mondays at 10:00 a.m.; court reporter, jury fees, voir dire, opening statements, demonstrative evidence, witnesses, the podium, objections, exhibits, interpreters, multiple counsel, closing arguments and jury instructions).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 310, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/310/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 310's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): filing of documents; courtesy copies; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30; eFiled by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); motions; tentative rulings on motions and on requests for default judgment; case management conferences; telephonic appearances; demurrers; court reporters; discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences; non-appearance dates; sealed documents; interpreters; stipulations, proposed orders and judgments; settlement, mediation and mandatory settlement conferences; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; trial continuances; and trials and final status conferences.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 311, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/311/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 311's courtroom information, policies and procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): introduction; civility and professionalism; self-represented litigants; remote appearances; interpreters; court reporters; accessibility and accommodation; mandatory eFiling; calendar calls and priority requests; case management conferences; law and motion (tentative rulings; protective orders); ex parte applications (each day at 8:30 am; notice by 10:00 a.m. and filing by 10:00 am the court day before); settlement (the court's settlement programs, notices of settlement and requests for dismissal, disposition of lodged binders and exhibits); stipulations, proposed orders and judgments; trial continuances; final status conferences and trial preparation; trial binder and exhibit binder requirements; select trial procedures; clerk's office and court support services; and failure to comply - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring, the trial binder, the trial documents, exhibit binders) and its exhibits (binder labels, the trial binder index, and forms of the joint witness list, joint and disputed jury instructions, joint exhibit list, deposition designations and the court's voir dire questions).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 316, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/316/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 316's online courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility (the Guidelines for Civility in Litigation); case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); trial setting conferences; filings; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday); discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences at 11:00 a.m., Monday through Friday); less experienced attorneys; interpreters; court reporters; remote appearances; law and motion and tentative rulings - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring before the conference; the documents for jury trials, court trials and all trials; trials usually set Mondays at 9:30 a.m.).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 318, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/318/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 318's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in (from 8:30 a.m.; one business card per attorney or self-represented party); court reporters; filings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, or by self-represented litigants by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); continuances; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System); informal discovery conferences (required before any discovery motion); trials (set at the case management or trial setting conference); motions in limine (in lemon law cases, a list of unnecessary motions the court discourages); and exhibits - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (motions in limine, mandatory trial briefs, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, verdict forms, and procedures for making and arguing objections at trial).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 400, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/400/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 400's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): pre-trial information - ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), motions (hearing dates reserved through the court reservation system), discovery motions (an informal discovery conference strongly encouraged; motions to compel further responses heard on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays); and trial procedures - trials usually set for Mondays at 8:30 a.m., final status conferences usually the Friday ten days before at 8:30 a.m., jury selection, witnesses and the trial day's schedule, exhibits, jury instructions and courtroom decorum - with the court's questions for all prospective jurors and a sample exhibit list.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 406, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/406/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 406's information for counsel (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): ex parte applications; discovery (meet and confer first); tentative rulings (at the hearing and on the court's website); trials (court and jury trials generally set to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays); and the meeting and conferring and the documents required before the final status conference for jury trials (including motions in limine served and submitted five court days before) and for court trials.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 407, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/407/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 407's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an individual calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom: general matters; electronic filing; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.); law and motion (Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.); informal discovery conferences (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.); final status conferences (Mondays at 9:00 a.m.); trials (generally Mondays at 10:00 a.m.); jury instructions; courtroom operations; and the court's settlement programs - with the department's Trial Procedures and Protocol Order (March 2025: scheduling, jury selection, opening statements, exhibits, the digital evidence presentation system, witnesses, experts, jury instructions and verdict forms, closing arguments, conduct of counsel, court reporters and settled statements, interpreters), its Song-Beverly discovery order (general orders and the vehicle inspection), its CACI Jury Instruction Order and its Final Status Conference Order (March 2025).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 408, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/408/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 408's case management conference and trial standing order (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): general information (mandatory e-filing and courtesy copies; court reporters; interpreters, accessibility and accommodations); pretrial proceedings - case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.), ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.) and discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences; Song-Beverly warranty litigation); trials (jury trials set for Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m., bench trials for Fridays at 10:00 a.m.; the documents for all trials; the trial day's hours); and failure to comply.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 410, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/410/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 410's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse; formerly Department 36): civility in litigation; mandatory eFiling (with printed courtesy copies of law and motion papers appreciated); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., after the morning calendar; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); hearings in general; case management conferences; law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.); discovery disputes; trial procedures (trials normally begin on Fridays at 8:30 a.m.; final status conferences on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., 10 days before trial; trial binders; motions in limine, including those deemed filed and granted; exhibits); the court's settlement programs; and non-compliance.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 412, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/412/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 412's courtroom information sheet (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): pre-trial information - filings, ex parte applications (Monday through Friday; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before; oppositions by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing), continuances, case management conferences (and how to download the case management order), mediation and ADR, mandatory settlement conferences, law and motion (Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), tentative rulings and discovery; and trial procedures - jury trials (set Mondays at 9:30 a.m.), court trials (Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.), trial continuances, jury selection, jury fees, final status conferences (generally Fridays, 10 days before trial, at 9:30 am; trial briefs), voir dire, opening statements, demonstrative evidence, witness availability, deposition transcripts and discovery responses, the podium, objections, exhibits, interpreters, multiple counsel, closing arguments and jury instructions - with the department's case management order form (revised August 2024).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 413, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/413/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 413's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an independent calendar court: general information (remote appearances encouraged; electronic filing, no courtesy copies of motion papers; court reporters; interpreters); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; meeting and conferring at least 30 days before); discovery (informal discovery conferences generally at 11:00 a.m., Mondays through Fridays; a joint brief of no more than six pages three court days before); law and motion (8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings); ex parte applications (at the end of the morning calendar; for exigent circumstances); trial procedures (trials usually set for Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. until the week of April 5, 2027; final status conferences usually one week before trial at 9:00 a.m.); and the department's preparation for trial and the final status conference (the documents due five court days before: joint exhibit and witness lists, joint jury instructions, a joint short statement, a joint verdict form, motions in limine, trial briefs and a joint trial notebook; for court trials joint exhibit and witness lists and a trial brief of no more than 15 pages), court reporters and settled statements, and compliance.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 414, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/414/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 414's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an individual direct calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom: public and trial hours; general information; law and motion (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 a.m.; submitting on the tentative by email by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing); discovery motions; ex parte applications (heard at the end of the morning calendar; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); case management conferences; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; settlement conferences and programs; and trial procedures (final status conferences generally on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 AM, one week before trial, and the documents to be provided before them).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 415, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/415/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 415's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): general matters (contacting court staff); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.); informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); trial procedures (trials set for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.; final status conferences on Friday at 9:00 a.m., trial counsel in person; pretrial filings, trial binders, motions in limine, exhibits and non-compliance); and the court's settlement programs.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 506, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/506/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 506's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an individual calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom, with its revised guidelines effective June 1, 2026 (trials and hearings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays): public and trial hours (no trials on Wednesdays); general information; law and motion (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 A.M.; tentative rulings online); ex parte applications (at the beginning of the morning calendar at 8:30 A.M.); case management; trial procedures (final status conferences generally on Mondays at 9:00 A.M., two weeks before trial); settlement programs; conduct of counsel; and parking and building access - with Exhibit A (the joint statement for discovery disputes), Exhibit B (the department's Trial Preparation Order: meeting and conferring, general courtroom trial rules, the trial documents, the motions in limine binder, exhibit binders and the trial binder) and Exhibit C (the department's discovery order).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 507, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/507/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 507's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in (8:30 mornings, 1:30 afternoons); civility and professionalism; settlement; discovery and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.); scheduling law and motion hearings (Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m.); filings and e-mailed courtesy copies (no paper courtesy copies); case management conferences; continuances; tentative rulings (online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before, where possible); jury fees; joint daily summaries for trials without a reporter; notices of related cases; information for self-represented litigants; less-experienced attorneys; trials and final status conferences (trials normally set for Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m., final status conferences roughly 15 days before); and lemon law cases - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Order.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 508, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/508/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 508's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): ex parte applications (notice and the papers); the initial case management conference; discovery issues; pleading and pretrial motions (heard Monday through Friday, dates reserved on the online Court Reservation System; evidence; motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication; all motions); the final status conference and the trial documents for it (trial briefs, a joint list of stipulated facts, relief requested, a joint statement of the case, a joint witness list and time estimate, jury instructions and objections, a proposed verdict form, a joint exhibit list, discovery to be offered as testimony, a jury questionnaire, and joint exhibit binders); and trials (jury trials typically beginning at 10 a.m., court trials at 1:30 p.m.).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 509, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/509/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 509's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): hearings - law and motion (Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before; submitting by email by 8:30 a.m.) and check-in; the judge's recommended articles on discovery, separate statements, motions to seal and the case management statement - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring, trial briefs, motions in limine, the jury statement, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, the verdict form and exhibits), its addendum to the case management conference order for Song-Beverly litigation (discovery, including the vehicle inspection), its Song-Beverly case management order(s) for cases under the laws effective January 1, 2025 (CCP § 871.20 et seq.), and its orders on motions to compel further responses to discovery (no informal discovery conference required; the orders the court may issue).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 510, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/510/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 510's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes; the trial preparation order; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act cases; and filings shortly before a hearing - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; optional trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder) and its form of stipulation to a settlement conference with the trial judge.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 511, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/511/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 511's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); discovery; law and motion (from 9:00 a.m.; hearing dates reserved through the Court's Reservation System; tentative rulings by 4:30 p.m. the court day before; submitting by email by 8:00 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30am; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); orders to show cause (cause shown by written declaration); settlement conferences (the court's programs, and settlement conferences the judge will conduct); and the department's trial preparation order (final status conferences at 9:30 a.m.; joint exhibit and witness lists, a concise joint statement, a joint proposed verdict form, motions in limine, experts, joint jury instructions and bench trials).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 512, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/512/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Courtroom information posted for Department 512 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse); the sheet itself is headed “Department 54”: general information (remote appearances except for trials); law and motion (tentative rulings posted online the afternoon before); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (each day at 8:30 am; filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; and trial procedures (final status conferences generally on a Friday at least 10 days before trial, and the documents to be provided before them).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 513, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/513/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 513's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse; formerly Department 53): civility and professionalism; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; Local Rule 3.4(l)); court reporters; discovery disputes; the trial preparation order; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; and less experienced attorneys - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 515, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/515/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 515's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; civility; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); scheduling motion hearings (reserved on the Court Reservation System); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers); discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences at 11:00 a.m., Monday through Friday); the trial preparation order; less experienced attorneys; interpreters; and court reporters.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 516, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/516/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 516's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; mandatory e-filing; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, after the morning calendar; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); hearings in general; case management conferences; law and motion (reserving the hearing date; text-searchable, bookmarked papers; withdrawing motions; motions to compel further responses; motions for summary judgment or adjudication); settlement and the court's settlement programs; non-compliance; tentative rulings (usually online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before); court reporters; final status conferences (frequently Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m., six days before a Monday trial); trial procedures (trials usually set on Mondays at 9:00 a.m.; meeting and conferring; trial briefs, motions in limine, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, the verdict form, exhibits and digital devices); and trial (jury selection, jury fees, court reporters) - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 517, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/517/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 517's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; general information on hearings; law and motion in five categories with their own days and limits (motions for summary judgment or adjudication one per day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.; anti-SLAPP and injunction motions; demurrers, motions to strike and discovery motions; motions to quash, to continue trial and for attorney's fees and petitions for structured settlements; motions to be relieved as counsel and for pro hac vice admission); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; setting trials and status conferences (seven trials a week, Song-Beverly trials on Tuesdays; final status conferences typically at 9:00 a.m.); trial procedure; trial readiness documents; motions in limine; the first day of trial and ordering a jury panel; and publishing exhibits at trial.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 529, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/529/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 529's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): pre-trial information - ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), telephonic and remote appearances through LACourtConnect, motions (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings the afternoon before), informal discovery conferences (not required before a discovery motion); trial procedures (trials set for Mondays at 9:30 a.m.; final status conferences usually the Friday ten days before; a joint summary of testimony where no court reporter is provided); the final status conference; trial witnesses and the joint witness list; exhibits and the joint exhibit list; jury instructions; courtroom decorum; and alternative dispute resolution (the court's mediation programs).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 531, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/531/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 531's final trial preparation requirements (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), under S.C.L.A.C. Rule 3.25(f)-(h): general decorum; the statement of the case; jury selection (hardship and comfort questions prohibited; selecting fourteen jurors on stipulation; jury questionnaires); the exhibit list; motions in limine (with examples of impermissible ones); jury instructions; the witness list; direct and cross examination; closing argument; the verdict form; and post-verdict issues.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 532, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/532/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Courtroom information posted for Department 532 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 5th Floor, Room 532); the sheet itself is headed “Department 89”: courtroom hours; pre-trial information - filings (mandatory electronic filing since January 2, 2019), ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), continuances, case management, mediation and ADR, telephonic and video appearances, law and motion (hearing dates through the judicial assistant), tentative rulings (not posted online) and discovery; trial procedures (the jury typically at 9:00 a.m., counsel at 8:30 a.m.; a long cause trial package - time estimates, motions in limine, the joint witness list, joint exhibits list and exhibit books, jury instructions and verdict forms); and jury fees.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 534, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/534/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 534's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), the Supervising Judge of Civil Courts' master calendar department: the master calendar and trial court assignments; cases assigned to the judge for all purposes; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday); master calendar motions (every Thursday at 8:30 a.m.) and the motions that may be scheduled there; notices of related cases; reassignment of cases; temporary judge and judicial reference stipulations; vexatious litigants; submitting trial-ready cases for assignment to a trial court; voter confidentiality petitions; Safe at Home name change applications; inspection warrants; complex cases; and complaints about judicial officers.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 617, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/617/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 617's order for trials (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer trial order under Local Rules 3.37 through 3.193 that directs compliance with the Fifth Amended Standing Order (effective as of June 1, 2021), paragraphs 14 to 17: the civil trial rules; exhibits (pre-numbered and exchanged, binders for each party, the clerk, the judge and the witness stand; plaintiffs from Exhibit 1, defendants from Exhibit 101); jury instructions and the verdict form; jury size; motions in limine (in writing, with a Local Rule 3.57 declaration); witnesses and objections; admission of exhibits; trial briefs; presentation by counsel; and civility.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 621, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/621/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 621's online courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): electronic filing and courtesy copies (with tabbed exhibits); meeting and conferring before any motion; stipulations to continue hearings; the court's discretion to move hearing dates; and firm trial dates - with the department's Case Management Conference Order (final status conference orders: the pretrial report, the jury statement, voir dire, witness and exhibit lists, depositions and discovery responses, jury instructions and the verdict form; pretrial motions including motions in limine; litigation conduct; and sanctions).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 632, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/632/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 632's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer department: telephone and courtroom hours; scheduling law and motion hearings (regularly noticed motions heard on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 A.M.); interpreters; court reporters; ex parte applications (noticed for 1:30 p.m.; self-represented parties may file by 11:00 A.M. the same day; notice by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); settlement discussions; the clerk's office and court support services; and cell phone usage.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 633, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/633/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 633's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer department: courtroom and telephone hours; interpreters; access for persons with disabilities; court reporters and recorded proceedings; filings; law and motion hearings (regularly noticed motions on Mondays at 1:30 p.m.); ex parte applications (under the Fifth Amended Standing Order (effective June 1, 2021): noticed for 1:30 p.m.; self-represented parties may file by 11 a.m. the same day); proposed orders; settlement and mediation services; and the clerk's office and court support services.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 635, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/635/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 635's order for trials (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer trial order under Local Rules 3.37 through 3.193 that directs compliance with the Fifth Amended Standing Order (effective as of June 1, 2021), paragraphs 14 to 17: the civil trial rules; exhibits (pre-numbered and exchanged, binders for each party, the clerk, the judge and the witness stand; plaintiffs from Exhibit 1, defendants from Exhibit 101); jury instructions and the verdict form; jury size; motions in limine (in writing, with a Local Rule 3.57 declaration); witnesses and objections; admission of exhibits; trial briefs; presentation by counsel; and civility.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 636, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/636/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 636's notice of procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse; updated as of August 2024): courtesy copies (required, in addition to those the rules require); transferred cases; and general provisions - hearing times (ex parte matters at 8:30 a.m., case management conferences at 9:00 a.m., noticed motions at 9:30 a.m., Monday through Friday; summary judgment and adjudication motions at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday and Friday), motions, arbitration, summary judgment motions, filings, orders, proof of service, continuances, appearances, court reporters, case management, discovery, settlement conferences, the final status conference, motions in limine, jury instructions, trial procedures, phone conferences, exhibits and verdict forms.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 729, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/729/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 729's information regarding its procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): department information; filing of documents; service of summons and complaint; case management conferences; alternative dispute resolution options (the court's mediation and settlement programs); law and motion (reserving the hearing date; withdrawal of motions; motions to compel further responses); ex parte applications; matters taken under submission; jury fees; the final status conference (personal appearance by trial counsel; the trial documents to be filed; trial binders, motions in limine binders and evidentiary exhibits presented there; failure to comply); mandatory settlement conferences; trials (conduct of counsel and parties, court reporters, jury selection and fees, objections, stipulations, witnesses, discovery responses and deposition transcripts, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, jury instructions); and sanctions.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 730, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/730/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Courtroom information posted for Department 730 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 7th Floor, Room 730); the sheet itself is headed “Department 78”: civility in litigation; court reporters; filing of documents; service of summons and complaint; case management conferences; law and motion (reserving the hearing date; text-searchable, bookmarked papers; courtesy copies; withdrawal of motions; motions to compel further responses; tentative rulings); ex parte applications; jury fees; mandatory settlement conferences; and trial procedures (trial binders; motions in limine, including those deemed filed and granted; evidentiary exhibits; witnesses; discovery responses and deposition transcripts; reference to evidence; opening statements; final jury instructions and verdict forms; closing arguments).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 731, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/731/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 731's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): public hours; telephonic and video appearances (scheduled at least 30 minutes before the hearing); hearings - ex parte applications (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, no reservation), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), case management conferences (daily at 8:30 a.m.), name changes (Friday only), final status conferences (the Friday before trial at 8:30 a.m.), court trials (Friday at 8:30 a.m.) and jury trials (Monday at 8:30 a.m.); documents; miscellaneous matters (in-person appearance for final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before); the joint trial documents (the statement of the case, motions in limine, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions and special verdict form, and a separate trial brief of no more than 5 pages); and the trial (a go date at 8:30 a.m., not trailed; plaintiff's counsel confirms by 3:00 p.m. the court day before).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 732, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/732/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 732's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; case management conferences (9:00 a.m.); ex parte applications (typically Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.); telephonic and remote appearances; motions (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.); discovery, discovery motions and discovery disputes; court reporters (a joint summary of testimony where the parties provide none); interpreters; settlement conferences and mediation; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; trial preparation and procedures (final status conferences generally at 9:30 a.m., ten days before trial; the trial documents; jury trials beginning at 10:30 a.m. on the first day, bench trials daily at 10:00 a.m.; courtroom decorum); and an addendum on Song-Beverly Act discovery.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 733, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/733/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 733's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes; the trial preparation order; and electronically lodged documents that require the court's action - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder; witnesses).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 734, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/734/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 734's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in (remote appearances through LA Court Connect strongly encouraged); filings (mandatory electronic filing for represented litigants); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; for exigent circumstances); trial continuances (by ex parte application or noticed motion); motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, other than motions in limine); informal discovery conferences (encouraged, not required; requested by stipulation with a joint statement of no more than ten pages); and trials (set on Mondays, with the final status conference before; lead trial counsel attends; motions in limine heard at the final status conference).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 735, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/735/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 735's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions to seal; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences; the trial preparation orders; and electronically lodged documents that require the court's action - with the department's Bench Trial Preparation Order and Jury Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; for jury trials a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint and contested jury instructions and verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 833, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/833/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 833's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), a Writs and Receivers department: case assignments (Local Rules 2.8, 2.9, 3.231 and 3.232); continuances; tentative rulings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); motion hearings (the regular calendar on Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m.; dates reserved by calling the courtroom, not the CRS online reservation system); documents due within three days of a hearing; court reporters; petitions and complaints; mandamus trials (set by the court), their trial binders, the administrative record and the joint appendix; evidence in traditional mandamus; and proposed judgments and writs of mandate.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 834, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/834/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 834's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), a Writs and Receivers department: public hours; LACourtConnect; case assignments (Local Rules 2.8, 2.9, 3.231 and 3.232); continuances; tentative rulings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; cut-off 8:45 a.m.); law and motion hearings (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.; dates reserved with the department, not the CRS online reservations system); mandamus trials; and the joint appendix.
Courtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 836, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/836/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 836's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), a Writs and Receivers department: public hours; Court Connect; case assignments (Local Rules 2.8, 2.9, 3.231 and 3.232); continuances; tentative rulings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); motion hearings (the regular calendar on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.; dates reserved before filing); court reporters; mandamus trials (set by the court); the administrative record; the joint appendix; evidence in traditional mandamus; and proposed judgments and writs of mandate.
The Family Law Supervising Judge's Standing Order Re: Appointment of Minor's Counsel (Family Code Section 3153(b)) (2022-SJ-007-00, March 18, 2022), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Family Law) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSFamily-63-2022-SJ-007-00MinorsCounselAppointmentsFamilyCodeSection3153b.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
When the County pays for minor's counsel: an hourly cap of $150.00; initial ceiling levels One to Six ($3,000 to $7,500, Level Six set by the court); compensation through the Professional Appointee Court Expense (PACE) program; notice to the Supervising Judge at $125,000 (or $150,000 with probate appointments) in a fiscal year; written requests for additional compensation; and the status of fees at every hearing. Supersedes the order of June 5, 2019.
Third Amended Standing Order Re: Small Claims Protocol for Exchange and Submission of Evidence (2026-SJ-003-00, filed April 14, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; posted on the court's General Orders page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/pages/cp/general-orders; listed under Civil / Small Claims) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBOPSSmallClaims-24-2026-SJ-003-00-ThirdAmendedStandingOrderReSmallClaimsProtocolForExchangeAndSubmissionOfEvidence.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
A small claims party who wishes to submit evidence must upload it to the court's Digital Evidence System at least ten days before the hearing and share it with the other parties, or send physical copies to the court and the other parties so they arrive ten days ahead, with Form SCLAC SMCL 278 and the mailing label SCLAC SMCL 279; physical evidence is destroyed after the ruling unless return postage is provided, and digital evidence is purged 60 days after the ruling; plaintiffs serve the order with the claim. Dated March 18, 2026.
Courtroom Information, Torrance Courthouse, Department E, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SBA/courtrooms/E/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department E's courtroom information (Torrance Courthouse, Southwest District), an independent calendar court: general information (courtroom hours; ex parte applications only for irreparable harm, immediate danger or another statutory basis); case management conferences; alternative dispute resolution (the department's voluntary settlement conferences on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., mandatory settlement conferences, court referral); law and motion (reserved for Monday through Thursday at 9:30 a.m.); discovery (informal discovery conferences); final status conferences (generally Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.); and trials (jury trials initially set for Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.) - with the department's standing order, the Final Status Conference - Trial Preparation Order (the purpose of the conference, meeting and conferring, trial documents, required trial and trial exhibit binders, failure to comply).
Courtroom Information, Torrance Courthouse, Department P, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/SBA/courtrooms/P/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department P's courtroom information (Torrance Courthouse): the daily calendar call; ex parte applications; case management and trial setting conferences; orders to show cause; law and motion (the motions that require physical courtesy copies); discovery (an informal discovery conference strongly recommended); settlement and contested issue conferences; and trial - with the department's trial orders (meeting and conferring before the final status conference; optional trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint short statement of the case; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department A, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/A/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department A's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East), a civil independent calendar court: the court website and local rules; courtroom hours; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); and final status conferences and trials under the department's orders - with its trial setting conference / case management order form (trial setting conference, trial date, final status conference, dispositive motions, alternate dispute resolution, law and motion - ex parte motions at 9:00 a.m., Mondays through Thursdays, none on Fridays - discovery, expert witnesses, fictitious parties, designation of trial counsel) and its Final Status Conference Order (motions in limine, mandatory trial briefs, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, verdict forms, procedures for objections at trial, and time estimates).
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department B, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/B/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department B's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): ADA requests; alternative dispute resolution (the Mediation Volunteer Panel, the Mediation Center of Los Angeles referral program, Resolve Law LA virtual mandatory settlement conferences); case management conferences; continuances; court reporters; courtesy and civility; CourtConnect; courtesy copies (accepted, not required); discovery disputes (an informal discovery conference before any discovery motion); ex parte applications and requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); interpreters; jury fees (posted no later than 30 days before trial); lodging depositions; mandatory settlement conferences; mini-opening statements; motions (daily at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions to withdraw as counsel; notices of related cases; opening statements and exhibits; objections at trial; proposed orders; remote appearances; self-represented litigants; settlements; tentative rulings; trial and final status conference scheduling (trials typically Monday at 9:00 a.m., final status conferences on Fridays, 10 days before); and the final status conference orders (the documents e-filed five court days before, and binders).
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department I, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/I/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department I's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): general information; ex parte applications (Monday-Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); remote appearances; the morning calendar and court hearings; courtesy and civility; filings; tentative rulings; courtesy copies; complaints and answers as attachments; notices of related cases; continuances; self-represented litigants; ADA requests; court reporters; emails; trial and final status conference scheduling (trials typically set Mondays at 9:30 a.m., final status conferences 10 days before at 9:30 a.m.; usually dark for trials on Fridays); hearings - case management conferences, motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System), motions for summary judgment or adjudication, motions to withdraw as counsel, informal discovery conferences, post-mediation status conferences and trial setting conferences; final status conference orders (lead trial counsel in person with the trial binders); and the department's trial orders and exhibit notebooks.
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department T, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/T/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department T's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East), a civil independent calendar court: general information (courtroom hours); alternative dispute resolution (the court's settlement programs); ex parte applications and requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions; hearings (all hearings, including trial, final status conferences, law and motion and ex partes, at 8:30 a.m.); the morning calendar; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, other than motions in limine); informal discovery conferences; interpreters; jury fees; trial and final status conferences (trials typically set Monday - Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; final status conferences 7-10 days before); and the final status conference orders (the documents filed and lodged, motions in limine, and compliance).
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department U, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/U/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department U's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Van Nuys Courthouse East, Northwest District): court information and hours; check-in (8:20 AM and 1:30 PM); remote appearances through LACourtConnect; law and motion; case management conferences; final status conferences and trials (trials set for Mondays at 10:00 AM); daily summaries where there is no court reporter; and additional information about civil cases - with the department's Trial Management Order (final status conference orders; the trial schedule, generally 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; the trial conference; jury selection; witnesses; exhibits; foundation; trial and attorney conduct).
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse East, Department W, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/NW/courtrooms/W/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department W's courtroom information (Van Nuys Courthouse East): check-in (8:15 AM, in person or on camera); ex parte applications (Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, or by self-represented litigants by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); motions and motions for summary judgment or adjudication (reserved on the Court Reservation System); and trials (set at the case management conference) - with the department's Case Management Conference Order (status conference, final status conference and trial dates; the meet and confer requirements; mandatory trial briefs; jury instructions; pre-trial motions including motions in limine; procedures for making and arguing objections; and sanctions).
Courtroom Information, Van Nuys Courthouse West, Department 107, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAV/courtrooms/107/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 107's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Van Nuys Courthouse West, Northwest District): courtroom hours (trial proceedings generally 9:30 to 4:15 p.m.); check-in (8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.); court staff; the local rules; and the department's rules (continuances, daily settled statements where no court reporter is used, stipulations to the five-year expiration, and the other rules it lists) - with its notice of trial, final status conference and case management conference dates (final status conferences at 9:00 a.m., trials at 9:30 a.m.), jury fees, motions in limine, final status conference orders and trial policies (court reporters and fee waivers, ADA requests).
Courtroom Information, West Covina Courthouse, Department 1, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CIT/courtrooms/1/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 1's courtroom information, general information, final status conference order and trial procedures (West Covina Courthouse): conduct of counsel and parties (LASC Rule 3.120 et seq.); filings; ex parte applications (Monday-Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (meeting and conferring before any motion); court reporters; tentative rulings; informal discovery conferences and motions to compel further responses; requests for a trial continuance; interpreters; accessibility and accommodations; and Song-Beverly Act litigation - with the department's Final Status Conference Order and Trial Procedures (a court reporter for trial, or daily agreed or proposed settled statements).
Courtroom Information, West Covina Courthouse, Department 6, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/CIT/courtrooms/6/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.
Department 6's courtroom information, general information, final status conference order and trial procedures (West Covina Courthouse): filings; ex parte applications (Monday-Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (meeting and conferring before any motion); tentative rulings; informal discovery conferences and motions to compel further responses; conduct of counsel and parties (LASC Rule 3.120 et seq.); interpreters; accessibility and accommodations - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (trial counsel in person) and Trial Procedures (a court reporter for trial, or daily agreed or proposed settled statements).
Appendix 2.B: ZIP Code Table for Small Claims, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 2.B to the local rules (referenced by Local Rule 2.3; “eff. 5/17/2013, Revised July 1, 2018”): the ZIP code table for small claims cases — for each ZIP code and city or community (some split by a street boundary), the courthouse where the case is filed.
Appendix 2.C: ZIP Code Table for Limited Collections, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 2.C (referenced by Local Rule 2.3; effective May 17, 2013): the ZIP code table for limited civil collections cases — for each ZIP code and city or community, the courthouse where the case is filed (the Chatsworth Courthouse or the Norwalk Courthouse).
Appendix 2.D: ZIP Code Table for Limited Unlawful Detainer, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 2.D (referenced by Local Rule 2.3; “eff. 5/17/2013, Revised July 1, 2018”): the ZIP code table for limited unlawful detainer cases — for each ZIP code and city or community, the courthouse where the case is filed. The court's General Order of September 18, 2026 (carded) updates the table for the ZIP codes in its Exhibit 1 (headed “effective 9-22-26”) and supersedes this appendix only as to those locations.
Appendix 3.A: Guidelines for Civility in Litigation, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 3.A (referenced by Local Rule 3.26): the Guidelines for Civility in Litigation — continuances and extensions of time; service of papers; written submissions to a court; communications with adversaries; depositions; document demands; interrogatories; motion practice; dealing with non-party witnesses; ex parte communications with the court; settlement and alternative dispute resolution; and trials and hearings.
Appendix 5.A: Family Law Mediation Non-Custody Panel Requirements, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 5.A to the Family Law rules: the court's Family Law non-custody mediation panels — how the Random Select Panel and the Party Select Panel are used, the qualifications for each (State Bar membership and family law experience, at least 40 hours of mediation training with core and practical parts, completed mediations, and eight hours of continuing legal education a year), the Party Select Panel's rate ($150.00 per hour, with a minimum three-hour session), and the requirements for all panel members.
Appendix 8.A: Capital Case Checklist and Guidelines for Counsel, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 8.A to the Criminal Division rules: the capital case checklist and guidelines for counsel, retained in the case file — pretrial (appearance logs, with Penal Code section 987.9 appearances logged separately; lists of motions and orders; exhibits; juror questionnaires), trial (daily transcripts and their correction; juror questionnaires), post-sentence (the record certification hearing, appointed counsel's duties, and the final lists of appearances, motions, jury instructions and exhibits), and counsel's receipt for the guidelines.
Appendix 8.D: Record Certification Guidelines for Appellate Counsel, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; in the Appendices file posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cpw/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-356-LascCourtRules_Appendices.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Appendix 8.D to the Criminal Division rules: record certification guidelines for appellate counsel for a defendant sentenced to death (California Rules of Court, rules 8.600 and 8.625) — reviewing the entire record for completeness and accuracy, and filing timely requests for corrections and augmentation of the record.
Chapter Eight: Criminal Division Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH8.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Eight (Criminal Division Rules; rules 8.1–8.64, many reserved): the preamble and the duties of the Criminal Division's supervising judge; assignment of cases and bail; pre-trial practice and procedure (among them preliminary hearing transcripts and ex parte applications); trial and sentencing; post-conviction relief; domestic violence and child custody orders; capital cases; pro per issues; mental health matters; and traffic matters, including infraction trials by declaration and determinations of ability to pay.
Chapter Five: Family Division Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH5.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Five (Family Division Rules; rules 5.1–5.28): applicability and sanctions; the cover sheet; session hours and calendaring; related family law cases and their transfer; electronic filing; financial declarations; temporary spousal support; family-centered case resolution; trial setting, trial readiness, settlement conferences and pretrial orders; trial and judgment procedure, including default or uncontested judgment by affidavit; alternative dispute resolution; Family Court Services; private child custody evaluations; complaints about minor's counsel; minors' contracts; the family law facilitator; Title IV-D child support matters; the declaration of a provider of supervised visitation; the collaborative law process; parentage under a gestational surrogacy agreement; and privately compensated temporary judges.
Chapter Four: Probate Division Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH4.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Four (Probate Division Rules; rules 4.1–4.139): general provisions (among them probate notes, the probate case cover sheet and electronic filing); hearings, ex parte procedures and trials; consolidating and relating cases; pleadings; provisions common to various case types; decedents' estate proceedings; guardianships; conservatorships; rules common to conservatorships, guardianships and trusts created or funded by court order; trust proceedings; minors' compromises and compromises by persons with a disability; the Probate Division court-appointed counsel panel; and mental health matters.
Chapter Nine: Appellate Division Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH9.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Nine (Appellate Division Rules; rules 9.1–9.12): general provision; electronic filing; appeals; stay orders in pending appeals; appointed counsel in misdemeanor appeals; the record on appeal; briefs (including Wende briefs); oral argument; judgment; applications and motions; extensions and relief from default; and writs.
Chapter One: Definitions and Governance, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH1.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter One of the court's local rules (Definitions and Governance; rules 1.1–1.14): definitions and the use of terms (Rule 1.1); the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge and the Acting Presiding Judge, and the election of the Presiding and Assistant Presiding Judges; the Executive Officer/Clerk of Court; the Executive Committee; standing committees; court commissioners; meetings of judges; benefits; seniority; elimination of bias; and the amendment or repeal of the local rules.
Chapter Seven: Juvenile Division Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH7.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Seven (Juvenile Division Rules; rules 7.1–7.34): jurisdiction, confidentiality and access to juvenile case files; public and media courtroom access; medical and psychiatric treatment (the medical consent program, life-sustaining medical treatment, HIV/AIDS testing, psychotropic medications, and mental health treatment and voluntary commitment of dependent and delinquent children); special departments; dependency procedure and practice; appointment of counsel and court-appointed special advocates; time limitations and pre-hearing issues; resolution without hearing (mediation and mandatory settlement conferences); pre-trial procedure; trial and release before disposition; and miscellaneous provisions (financial responsibility under Welfare and Institutions Code section 903, the dependency court tort policy, client complaints, juvenile court blanket orders, and electronic filing in juvenile dependency actions).
Chapter Six: Adoption Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH6.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Six (Adoption Rules; rules 6.1–6.17): electronic filing in adoption actions; agency, independent, stepparent, adult and married minor, and intercountry adoptions; petitions to determine the parent and child relationship, to terminate parental rights in an adoption or a guardianship, and for freedom from parental custody and control; mandatory consolidation of guardianship and adoption cases; related adoption cases; disclosure of adoption information; setting aside an adoption; emancipation of minors; special immigrant juvenile status; and excuse from compliance.
Chapter Three: Civil Division Rules, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH3.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Three (Civil Division Rules; rules 3.1–3.334, many reserved): general provisions (among them assignment of cases, assignment for all purposes, electronic filing (Rule 3.4), time for hearings, evidence at hearings, judicial notice, judicial reference and sanctions); case management and disposition; civil trial procedure (general courtroom decorum, pretrial preparation and rulings, jury selection, trial decorum and opening statements, witnesses, conduct of counsel and parties, exhibits, jury instructions, final argument and jury deliberation); default judgment (among them the form of judgment and attorneys' fees); enforcement of judgment; special proceedings; eminent domain; and alternative dispute resolution (mediation, neutral evaluation, judicial arbitration, quality assurance rules, and voluntary settlement conferences).
Chapter Two: Distribution of Court Business and General Provisions, Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (effective July 1, 2026); posted on the court's Local Court Rules page (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/court-rules/rules) at https://lascpubstorage.blob.core.windows.net/cts-webgrouppublic/LIBSVCJES/CourtRules/Master/LascCourtRules_CH2.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.
Chapter Two (Distribution of Court Business and General Provisions; rules 2.1–2.30): the principal divisions of the court; districts and court session locations; filing and transfer of actions (Rule 2.3, with the district maps and ZIP code tables of Appendices 2.A–2.D); master calendar departments; section 170.6 challenges; the assignment of matters to the Appellate Division, the Central District's Civil Division (with the writs and receivers departments of Rule 2.9) and Criminal Division, and the Family Law, Juvenile, and Probate and Mental Health divisions; emergency closure of a courthouse; holidays; hours of court and appearances of counsel; photographing, recording or broadcasting in court (Rule 2.17); fee waivers; selection of trial jurors and juror interference; availability of court reporters; facsimile filing in small claims and the AB 1058 child support program; reconsideration when the original judge is unavailable; trials before temporary judges and references; the civil grand jury; advertising, inappropriate conduct and dress in court; security screening and weapons; and the communication protocol for domestic violence and child custody orders.