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Chapter 4 (Rules 4.1 to 4.4): attorneys dressed in neat and appropriate business attire for all court appearances, attorneys, litigants, witnesses, and spectators to dress and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the traditional dignity of the superior court, no person to appear in court without a shirt, barefoot or with a bare midriff, sunglasses, hats, or any clothing that displays obscene, gang related, offensive, or inappropriate words or pictures not worn in court, allowance made for inclement weather, and the bailiff may remove any person from court who violates this rule (4.1); each and every person present in the courtroom to "maintain the respect due to the courts of justice and judicial officers" (Business and Professions Code section 6068(b)), persons in the courtroom not to talk to the clerk when court is in session, converse in a manner that distracts from the proceedings, eat, drink, chew gum, read newspapers, repeatedly or needlessly click pens, jiggle coins or keys, and no person other than involved attorneys and court personnel to communicate with a prisoner without leave of the court (4.2); the court's general policy to permit attorneys and self-represented persons wide latitude in the use of the courtroom, persons desiring to move away from the counsel table encouraged to seek prior approval of the court and to utilize the bailiff to transmit documents or objects, blanket approval for free movement in prolonged proceedings (4.3.1); no attorney, self-represented person or witness to approach or communicate with prospective or impaneled jurors, including alternates (4.3.4); and persons in the courtroom not to physically or audibly react with approval, disapproval, agreement, disagreement, pleasure, displeasure, or any other visible emotional display (4.4).
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CHAPTER 4: COURTROOM DECORUM RULE 4. COURTROOM DECORUM RULE 4.1. ATTIRE Attorneys shall be dressed in neat and appropriate business attire for all court appearances. Attorneys, litigants, witnesses, and spectators shall be required to dress and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the traditional dignity of the superior court. All persons in the courtroom shall dress in a manner that is neither offensive nor distracting to others of reasonable sensibilities. Attorneys shall so instruct parties they represent, witnesses they call, and persons accompanying them. No person shall appear in court without a shirt, barefoot or with a bare midriff. The following shall not be worn in court; sunglasses, hats, or any clothing that displays obscene, gang related, offensive, or inappropriate words or pictures. This rule applies to juveniles as well as adults. Allowance will be made for inclement weather which makes sensible the wearing of foul weather clothing. The bailiff may remove any person from court who violates this rule. Amd. eff. 1/1/2011; eff. 1/1/2007 RULE 4.2. CONDUCT IN THE COURTROOM Each and every person present in the courtroom shall “maintain the respect due to the courts of justice and judicial officers” (Business and Professions Code section 6068(b)). Persons in the courtroom shall not: 1. Talk to the clerk when court is in session, except conversation that may be directly related and necessary to the matter immediately before the court. 2. Converse with anyone in a manner that distracts from the proceedings then before the court. 3. Eat, drink, chew gum, read newspapers, repeatedly or needlessly click pens, jiggle coins or keys, or otherwise engage in disrespectful or distracting behavior. 4. No person other than involved attorneys and court personnel shall communicate with a prisoner without leave of the court. Amd. eff. 1/1/2011; eff. 1/1/2007 RULE 4.3. USE OF THE COURTROOM AND COURTHOUSE RULE 4.3.1. It is the court’s general policy to permit attorneys and self-represented persons wide latitude in the use of the courtroom, including the well area between counsel tables and the bench. However, to minimize the potential for distraction and alleviate undue concern for security, persons desiring to move away from the counsel table are encouraged to seek prior approval of the court to do so and to utilize the bailiff to transmit documents or objects to the court or the clerk. In prolonged proceedings blanket approval for free movement about the courtroom, including approach to witnesses, may be sought by counsel. Eff. 1/1/2007 RULE 4.3.2. [REPEALED 2008] The repealed rule related to firearms in the courtroom. Repealed eff. 1/1/2008; eff 1/1/2007 RULE 4.3.3. [REPEALED 2008] The repealed rule related to attorneys directing the witnesses to the clerk for administration of an oath. Repealed eff. 1/1/2008; eff 1/1/2007 RULE 4.3.4. No attorney, self-represented person or witness in a proceeding shall approach or communicate with prospective or impaneled jurors, including alternates, regarding or referencing any subject of the pending matter or their potential or actual service as jurors, nor shall they engage said jurors in any conversation. Amd. eff. 1/1/2008; eff 1/1/2007 RULE 4.4. REACTING TO PROCEEDINGS Persons in the courtroom shall not physically or audibly react with approval, disapproval, agreement, disagreement, pleasure, displeasure, or any other visible emotional display, to any testimony, statement of counsel, witnesses, court personnel or ruling of the court. Eff. 1/1/2007
CHAPTER 4: COURTROOM DECORUM RULE 4. COURTROOM DECORUM RULE 4.1. ATTIRE Attorneys shall be dressed in neat and appropriate business attire for all court appearances. Attorneys, litigants, witnesses, and spectators shall be required to dress and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the traditional dignity of the superior court. All persons in the courtroom shall dress in a manner that is
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-14 (California T4 Alpine build 2026-10-14) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-alpine/docs/local-rules/local-rules-2024.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALPINE LOCAL RULES OF COURT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024”, as fetched 2026-10-14; 937850 bytes, sha256 031af390c6d443c8fbd57f2b0b0f13150ca621bfca6b544c837f2e8e119ac3af; 41 pages; this part PDF pages 18 to 20, printed pages 13 to 15) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the general information and the rules (PDF pages 9 to 39, printed pages 4 to 34) composed as one text and cut at the part headings - “GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALPINE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT” and “CHAPTER 1: GENERAL COURT RULES” to “CHAPTER 7: TRAFFIC RULES”, each matched once as a whole line (a chapter may begin mid-page); the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California, County of Alpine” and “Effective July 1, 2024”, named) and the page number at its foot (“4” on PDF page 9, named and a whole line in its band - every printed number is the PDF page less 5) removed as chrome, with the twenty copies of four line tails the Word export drew again at the same place (the composer's overprint rule: a glyph drawn twice at one place prints once) - 82 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading (“RULE 1.1. CITATION OF RULES”, “RULE 1.7.1 CIVIL CASES ...”), each lettered or numbered subdivision and each history line starting a line; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-14.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 41 pages; 6 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: two rule references the pages wrap before “Rule”, a history wrapped before “(3)” and one before its rule reference, each rejoined; a paragraph the reflow ran across a page break, split; and the form number “RA-010”, closed up); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break and false-break audits (review/book-gap-audit-2026-10-14.txt, review/book-short-lines-2026-10-14.txt and review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-14.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed; the book's own text kept as printed (“for an any evidentiary hearing”, “eff. eff.”, “CCP sections 583.3100-0583.430”, “eff. January 12010”, “Cruz/Masolski”); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the adoption and certification page (2, a scan), the table of contents (3 to 5), the list of currently effective rules (6 and 7), the list of local forms (8) and the index (40 and 41) belong to no card.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.