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Rule 13 (13.1 to 13.7): fax filing through a fax filing agency, and informational letters faxed directly to the Court at (530) 532-7042, without fee (13.1); documents complying with California Rules of Court Rules 2.100 through 2.119 and 3.1110 through 3.1116 (13.2); the Clerk conforming a maximum of two (2) copies of a document at filing (13.5); a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage for the mailed return of documents, copies without one placed in the "hold drawer" and destroyed after thirty (30) days (13.6); and the hearing date and time and the Court's address in the caption, and for papers filed after a matter is taken under submission the date submitted and the department (13.7).
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LOCAL RULE 13 DOCUMENTS PRESENTED FOR FILING (Effective 7/1/90, as amended 7/1/03, as amended 1/1/04, as amended 7/1/05, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12, as amended 1/1/15, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 1/1/19) 13.1 FAX FILING AND SERVICE (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 7/1/03, as amended 7/1/05, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12, as amended 1/1/15, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 1/1/19) A. Authority - these Rules are adopted in accordance with the provisions of California Rules of Court, Rules 2.300 through 2.306, and apply to civil, and family law proceedings filed at the Butte County Superior Court. B. A party may transmit a document by fax to a fax filing agency for filing with the Court. (California Rules of Court, Rule 2.303). C. A party may file by fax directly with the Court “informational letters” only. “Informational letters” are one page letters providing the Court with information regarding the status of the case (i.e. settlement status, trial readiness status). D. The fax filing telephone number for the Butte County Superior Court is (530) 532-7042. E. No fee will be required for faxed documents received pursuant to Butte County Superior Court Local Rules, Rule 13.1. (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 7/1/03, as amended 7/1/05, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12, as amended 1/1/15, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 1/1/19) 13.2 FORM OF DOCUMENTS, GENERALLY (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 1-1-03, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/16) A. The word "documents" as used in this Rule includes all documents including "papers," as that term is defined in California Rules of Court, Rule 2.3 which are offered for filing in any case in the Butte County Superior Court. B. All documents presented for filing must comply with California Rules of Court Rules 2.100 through 2.119 and 3.1110 through 3.1116. C. The Clerk of the Court shall not accept for filing or file any document which does not comply with this Rule; provided however, that for good cause shown, the Court may permit the filing of a document which does not comply herewith. (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 1-1-03, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/16) 13.3 RESERVED (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 1/1/00) 13.4 RESERVED (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 1/1/99) 13.5 CONFORMING COPIES (Effective date 7/1/89, as amended 7/1/96) A. Unless the Court finds good cause, the Clerk of the Court will conform a maximum of two (2) copies of any document at the time of filing. Additional copies will be provided by photocopying and the standard Clerk of the Court fee for copies will be charged. (Effective date 7/1/89, as amended 7/1/96) 13.6 PREPAID, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPES REQUIRED (Effective date 7/1/89, as amended 1/1/04) A. A self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage affixed is required for the mailed return of all documents submitted for conformance. Copies submitted for conformance without an envelope will be placed in the “hold drawer” in the office of the Clerk of the Court. Items not picked up from these boxes within thirty (30) days will be destroyed. (Effective date 7/1/89, as amended 1/1/04) 13.7 TIME AND DATE MUST BE SHOWN (Effective date 7/1/89, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/12) A. When the date of the hearing for any Law and Motion, Family Law, Criminal or Probate matter is known, all papers filed for consideration at the hearing shall contain the hearing date and time in the caption of the case below the action number. The papers shall also show the address of the Court in which the hearing will be held. Failure to comply with this Rule may result in documents not being before the Court at the time of the hearing. B. When supplemental documents are filed after hearing relating to matters taken under submission, the date the matter was submitted and the department in which the matter stands submitted shall be included in the caption of the case below the case number. (Effective date 7/1/89, as amended 1/1/99, as amended 7/1/12)
LOCAL RULE 13 DOCUMENTS PRESENTED FOR FILING (Effective 7/1/90, as amended 7/1/03, as amended 1/1/04, as amended 7/1/05, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12, as amended 1/1/15, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 1/1/19) 13.1 FAX FILING AND SERVICE (Effective 7/1/89, as amended 7/1/03, as amended 7/1/05, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12, as amended 1/1/15, as amended 7/1/16, as amended 1/1/19) A. A
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Butte build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-butte/docs/local-rules/local-rules-january-2026-final-edit_san.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “Local Court Rules Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 6485001 bytes, sha256 043b7a23248fccbde751232510b0b283759182bb05446c97c68478f2adcb12b1; 229 pages; this rule PDF pages 68 to 69) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: 19 rules - 1 to 4, 6, 9, 12 to 22, 50 and 51 - each composed from its own pages (PDF pages 14 to 126, printed “Page 1 of 216” to “Page 113 of 216”), from its heading (“LOCAL RULE 1 GENERAL RULES”, with its history note on the same row) to its last history note: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF BUTTE RULES”) and its two footer lines (the rule's name and “Page N of 216”) removed as chrome - PDF page 24, a Rule 2 page, prints Rule 1's name in its footer, removed there too; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and each subdivision's label and title (“2.1 APPLICABILITY”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) finds no struck run; 14 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: eleven complaint addresses in Rules 6, 9, 16, 17 and 51 whose street the reflow ran into the court's name, each street set on its own line as printed; Rule 2.6(B)'s transcript request address set on its four lines; Rule 2.16's empty label “D.” set apart from Rule 2.17's heading; Rule 16.27's “c)Training” set on its own line) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-10.txt) list candidates read one by one; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the list of the rules with their effective dates, the applicability statement, the table of contents, the abbreviations, the subject index, the forms indexes and the local forms printed as page images (PDF pages 127 to 229) belong to no card. Review note: The Civil Division page (held) answers “Does the court require a courtesy copy?” with “No, the court does not require a courtesy copy. The court will conform any copies provided.”; Rule 13.5 conforms a maximum of two (2) copies at filing unless the Court finds good cause (a review task).
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.