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Rule 21 (21.1 to 21.4): mandatory electronic filing in juvenile dependency, civil, probate and family law matters (including Department of Child Support Services matters), self-represented parties exempt under Rule 2.253(b)(2), and permissive electronic filing in all other case types, including criminal (felony/misdemeanor), traffic/infractions and juvenile delinquency matters (21.1); the approved electronic filing service providers listed on the Court's website (21.2); filing dates under Code of Civil Procedure §1010.6(e)(3) (21.3); and the items that may not be electronically filed, a Labor Commissioner appeal's deposit made within five (5) Court days (21.4).
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LOCAL RULE 21 ELECTRONIC FILING (Effective Date 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 1/1/19, as amended 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/20, as amended 7/1/23) 21.1 AUTHORITY (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 1/1/19, as amended 7/1/20) A. Mandatory Electronic Filing: The Superior Court of California, County of Butte, requires the electronic filing of documents pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure §1010.6 and California Rules of Court, Rule 2.250 et seq for the following Case Types/Categories: 1. Juvenile Dependency Matters 2. All Civil Matters 3. All Probate Matters 4. All Family Law Matters (including Department of Child Support Services matters) B. Self-represented parties are exempt from mandatory electronic filing requirements pursuant to California Rule of Court, Rule 2.253(b)(2), but are encouraged to participate voluntarily in filing electronically. C. Permissive Electronic Filing: The Superior Court of California, County of Butte, permits the electronic filing of documents pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure §1010.6 and California Rules of Court, Rule 2.250 et seq for all case types not enumerated in subsection (A), including but not limited to Criminal (Felony/Misdemeanor), Traffic/Infractions, and Juvenile Delinquency matters. (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 1/1/19, as amended 7/1/20) 21.2 ELECTRONIC FILING SERVICE PROVIDERS (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 1/1/19) A. Approved Electronic Filing Service Providers (EFSPs) are listed on the Court’s website at www.butteCourt.ca.gov. (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 1/1/19) 21.3 FILING DATES AND TIMES (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 7/1/19) A. Documents may be electronically transmitted to the Court at any time of the day. Acceptance of documents for filing shall be deemed to occur on the date the document was received by the Court in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure §1010.6(e)(3). Nothing in this section shall limit the Clerk’s ability to reject deficient filings. (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 7/1/19) 21.4 LIMITATIONS ON FILINGS (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/20, as amended 7/1/23) A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this Rule, the following items may not be electronically filed: 1. Any will, codicil; 2. Bond or undertaking; 3. Subpoenaed documents; 4. Financial institution documents, care facility documents or escrow documents as defined under Probate Code §2620, submitted by conservators, guardians, or trustees of Court supervised trusts; 5. California state vital records forms; 6. Any documents with attachments/exhibits that cannot be accurately transmitted via electronic filing due to size or type; 7. Documents typically submitted during the course of a proceeding (e.g. Trial Exhibits); 8. Lodged Documents; 9. Documents for cases under seal; 10. Copy Requests; 11. Labor Commissioner deposit of cash or check. While the Labor Commissioner Appeal must be filed electronically, it will not be processed until the filing party has deposited the award with the Court. The deposit must be made in person or through mail and must be completed within five (5) Court days of submitting the Appeal for filing with the Court. (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/20, as amended 7/1/23)
LOCAL RULE 21 ELECTRONIC FILING (Effective Date 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 1/1/19, as amended 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/20, as amended 7/1/23) 21.1 AUTHORITY (Effective 7/1/17, as amended 7/1/18, as amended 1/1/19, as amended 7/1/20) A. Mandatory Electronic Filing: The Superior Court of California, County of Butte, requires the electronic filing of documents pursuant to California Code of
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 120 to 121) 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 Order re Electronic Filing in Criminal Matters (BCSC 2019-SO-03, held) expired by its own terms once this rule addressed criminal e-filing (Rule 21.1(C)); the eFiling page (carded) still cites it (a review task on that 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.