In processing a Notice on Hearing About Court Fees (Judicial Council form FW-007), the clerk may issue a notice granting the hearing, a notice denying it if the request was not filed within ten days after notice of the fee waiver denial (Government Code section 68634(g)), or a notice denying it if no request to waive fees has been denied. Issued January 1, 2026; expires December 31, 2026.
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[Seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda] CHAMBERS OF MICHAEL M. MARKMAN Presiding Judge Department 1 René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL DIRECTIVE BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE DIRECTIVE NO: 2026-12 SUBJECT: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO CLERK TO PROCESS NOTICE ON HEARING ABOUT COURT FEES (JUDICIAL COUNCIL FORM FW-007) Delegation of authority. The clerk of the court is delegated authority to perform the following ministerial acts on behalf of the presiding judge, or his or her designee, when processing a Notice on Hearing About Court Fees (Judicial Council form FW-007): 1. Issue a notice of hearing granting the request for a hearing; 2. Issue a notice of hearing denying the request for hearing if it was not filed within ten days after notice of the denial of the request for a fee waiver (Government Code section 68634(g)); or, 3. Issue a notice of hearing denying the request for hearing if no request to waive fees has been denied by the Court. This directive shall expire on December 31, 2026. Issued: January 1, 2026 [signature] Michael M. Markman, Presiding Judge Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
[Seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda] CHAMBERS OF MICHAEL M. MARKMAN Presiding Judge Department 1 René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL DIRECTIVE BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE DIRECTIVE NO: 2026-12 SUBJECT: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO CLERK TO PROCESS NOTICE ON HEARING ABOUT COURT FEES (JUDICIAL COUN
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Alameda build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-alameda/gd/2026-12-delegation-authority-clerk-process-notice-hearing-about-court-fees-judicial-council-fw-007.pdf (187475 bytes, sha256 16ceb62aa568910895d95ca91d180b1d79d9e08612965da8277fc409b0b9a25c; 1 page) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan with no text layer: transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and bracket checked in full-resolution crops; the court seal and the signature are bracketed. The directive's bold (“Delegation of authority.”, “granting”, “denying”) and italic (the form title) emphasis is not reproduced. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.