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Rule 4 (4.1 to 4.12): unlawful detainer cases filed after July 1, 1997 - the policy of concluding 90% within thirty (30) days of filing and 100% within forty-five (45) days (4.1, 4.4); exception orders (4.5); an OSC re: Dismissal in 45 days unless the case is adjudicated or a Request to Set Case for Trial – Unlawful Detainer (Judicial Council of California Form UD-150) or a conditional settlement is filed (4.6); a proposed order for service by publication or posting stating the date by which service will be completed (4.7); form UD-150 filed within 45 days of the complaint (4.8); trial dates assigned under the direction of the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division (4.9); a jury demand with the request or within five (5) days after its service, and jury fees deposited at least five (5) calendar days before trial (4.10); and the duty of counsel - accurate trial time estimates, immediate notice of a settlement, and the plaintiff's dismissal, stipulated judgment or conditional settlement (4.12).
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LOCAL RULE 4 ADMINISTRATION OF UNLAWFUL DETAINERS (Effective 7/1/97, Title Amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12) 4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) A. This Rule applies to all unlawful detainer cases filed after July 1, 1997, and such other cases assigned to the Trial Court Delay Reduction Program by the presiding judge. Small claims cases are not included. (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) 4.2 DEFINITIONS (Effective 7/1/97) A. As used in Rule 4: 1. The term “counsel” includes parties representing themselves. 2. The term “plaintiff(s)” also includes cross-complainant(s). 3. The term “defendant(s)” also includes cross-defendant(s). 4. “Conditional Settlement” means a binding settlement agreement filed with the Court which will result in a dismissal on the satisfactory completion of specific terms or result in a judgment without further hearing upon the filing of a declaration establishing defendant’s default. 5. “Stipulation for Entry of Judgment” means that an agreement has been made between the parties on opposite sides of a lawsuit and that if a party fails to comply with the terms of the agreement, judgment will be entered pursuant to said stipulation. If the parties comply with the terms of the agreement, the case will be dismissed. 6. “Stipulated Judgment” means an agreement has been reached between the parties or their attorneys that a judgment be entered with the understanding that certain terms and conditions will be performed by the parties involved in the suit. (Effective 7/1/97) 4.3 TRANSFERRED CASES (Effective 7/1/97) A. All cases transferred from another jurisdiction are subject to this Rule. (Effective 7/1/97) 4.4 POLICY (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) A. It is the policy of the Court, 1. To manage all cases from the moment the complaint is filed; 2. To conclude 90% of all unlawful detainer litigation cases filed within thirty (30) days of filing of the complaint and 100% within forty-five (45) days; 3. That once any date has been set, it cannot be changed without a showing of good cause; 4. To monitor all cases on the Court’s calendar until judgment is entered or a dismissal filed; 5. That at the time of adjudication of the case, by dismissal or entry of judgment, all remaining parties, including DOES, will be dismissed by the Court. (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) 4.5 EXCEPTION ORDERS (Effective date 7/1/97) A. Nothing in this Rule shall be interpreted to prevent the Court in an individual case, on written motion of any party or the Court’s own motion, from issuing an Exception Order based on a specific finding that the interests of justice require a modification of the routine processes as prescribed by this Rule. (Effective date 7/1/97) 4.6 FILING OF COMPLAINT (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06) A. At the time of filing of the complaint the plaintiff will be notified that an OSC re: Dismissal will be issued in 45 days if the case has not been adjudicated or a Request to Set Case for Trial – Unlawful Detainer (Judicial Council of California Form UD-150) or conditional settlement has not been filed. (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06) 4.7 SERVICE OF SUMMONS (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) A. Any proposal for an order for service by publication, or posting, presented to the Court shall contain the date by which such service will be completed. (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) 4.8 REQUEST TO SET CASE FOR TRIAL (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06) A. A Request to Set Case for Trial – Unlawful Detainer (Judicial Council of California Form UD-150) shall be filed within 45 days of the filing of the complaint. B. If a Request to Set Case for Trial – Unlawful Detainer is not filed within the time specified in Butte County Superior Court Local Rules, Rule 4.8(a), an Order to Show Cause shall issue. (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06) 4.9 SETTING OF CASES FOR TRIAL (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) A. Trial dates will be assigned under the direction of the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division or designee. (Effective date 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) 4.10 DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06, as amended 7/1/12) A. A party desiring a jury trial shall, after issue is joined, make demand at the time of filing the Request to Set Case for Trial – Unlawful Detainer, or by written demand within five (5) days after service of such request by any other party. B. Jury fees must be deposited with the Clerk’s Office at least five (5) calendar days prior to the date of trial. The amount of the jury fee deposit can be found on the Court’s website at www.butteCourt.ca.gov. (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06, as amended 7/1/12) 4.11 RESERVED (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 1/1/00) 4.12 DUTY OF COUNSEL (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/07) A. In estimating the time for the trial of an action, it shall be the duty of the attorney to estimate said time as accurately as possible. B. Pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1385, whenever a case set for trial has been settled, the attorneys or parties shall immediately notify the Court thereof. Failure to do so will be deemed an interference with the proceedings of the Court and may result in defaulting counsel being ordered to show cause why counsel should not be held in contempt of Court, or other sanctions imposed. C. Plaintiff shall file a dismissal, stipulated judgment or conditional settlement with the Court pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1385. Failure to do so shall result in dismissal, unless good cause is shown. (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/07)
LOCAL RULE 4 ADMINISTRATION OF UNLAWFUL DETAINERS (Effective 7/1/97, Title Amended 7/1/02, as amended 1/1/06, as amended 1/1/07, as amended 7/1/12) 4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE (Effective 7/1/97, as amended 7/1/02) A. This Rule applies to all unlawful detainer cases filed after July 1, 1997, and such other cases assigned to the Trial Court Delay Reduction Program by the presiding judge. Small claims cases 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 33 to 35) 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.
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.