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Where court fees and costs were initially waived, the clerk may refuse to enter a full satisfaction of judgment until an order to pay the waived fees and costs is satisfied (Government Code section 68637(b)(1)), and may refuse to enter a dismissal in a civil case while the party owes the court a lien on a recovery of $10,000 or more, until the lien is paid or the court orders otherwise (section 68637(c)(4)); a party may ask to appear before a judicial officer. 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: 2026-13 SUBJECT: CLERK’S AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO ENTER A FULL SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT OR DISMISSAL IN A CASE WHERE COURT FEES AND COSTS WERE INITIALLY WAIVED The clerk of the court shall have the authority to refuse to enter a full satisfaction of judgment until an accompanying order requiring payment of waived fees and costs, if any, has been satisfied. (See Government Code section 68637(b)(1).) The clerk of the court shall have the authority to refuse to enter a dismissal in a civil case if the party whose court fees and costs were initially waived has a lien payable to the court because the party recovered ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more in value by way of settlement, compromise, arbitration award, mediation settlement, or other recovery. The dismissal shall not be entered until the lien has been paid or by order of the court. (See Government Code section 68637(c)(4).) Nothing in this directive is intended to prevent a party from appearing before a judicial officer on the matters listed above, upon request. 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: 2026-13 SUBJECT: CLERK’S AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO ENTER A FULL SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT OR DISMISSAL IN A CASE W
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Alameda build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-alameda/gd/2026-13-clerks-authority-refuse-enter-full-satisfaction-judgement-or-dismissal-case-where-court-fees-and-costs-were-initally-waived.pdf (223916 bytes, sha256 d2172245f69a1677cdb7fd8606f60cb438192f5b5d4c5060087b0fe9562a5e31; 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. 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.