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Title One, Chapter 1 (Rules 1.1 to 1.6): adoption and amendment of rules (Rule 1.1); department designations (Rule 1.2); the Presiding Judge (Rule 1.3); the Executive Committee (Rule 1.4); the definition of vacation for a judge (Rule 1.5); and activities prohibited on courthouse grounds (Rule 1.6).
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Title One. General Governance of Judicial and Non-Judicial Court Operations Chapter 1. Administrative Rules Rule 1.1. Adoption and Amendment of Rules (a) Rules (1) These rules shall be known and cited as the Local Rules for the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa. (2) These rules may be amended in accordance with the California Rules of Court. (b) Good cause The Court, for good cause, may waive the application of these rules in an individual case. (Rule 1.1(b) revised effective 7/1/02) (Rule 1.1 revised effective 1/1/24) Rule 1.2. Department Designations Certain departments shall operate under the following designations: Presiding Judge, Probate, Civil Litigation, Criminal, Juvenile, and Family Law, and they shall exercise the particular functions provided herein. There may be other departments as designated by the Presiding Judge. (Rule 1.2 revised effective 1/1/24) Rule 1.3. Presiding Judge The Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge shall be selected and have the authority as provided in the California Rules of Court and shall serve for a term of two calendar years. (Rule 1.3 revised effective 1/1/15) Rule 1.4. Executive Committee (a) The Executive Committee The Executive Committee shall consist of: the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge, the Supervising Judge of the Civil, Criminal, Juvenile, Family Law, and Probate Divisions; the Supervising Judges in branch court locations, and the immediate past Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge shall preside over the proceedings of the Executive Committee, but shall not be entitled to vote except to break ties. (Rule 1.4(a) revised effective 1/1/24) (b) Duties of the Executive Committee (1) The Executive Committee shall review, in its discretion, the decisions and actions of the Presiding Judge and the Executive Officer and, where appropriate, recommend Court policy and procedures for implementation by the Presiding Judge and assist the Presiding Judge on all matters related to court administration. (2) With the assistance of the Executive Officer, the Executive Committee shall adopt an annual budget and salary schedule for submission to the Judicial Council. (3) The Executive Committee shall review and approve the organizational structure for the administration of the Court under the Court’s Executive Officer. (4) The Executive Committee shall review and recommend major personnel and administrative policies. Adoption of these policies shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the judges of the Superior Court. (Rule 1.4(b) revised effective 1/1/26) (Rule 1.4 revised effective 1/1/26) Rule 1.5. Definition of Vacation for Judge “A day of vacation” for a judge of the Contra Costa Superior Court is an approved absence of one full business day. Other absences from the court listed in California Rules of Court, Rule 10.603(c)(2) are excluded from this definition. (Rule 1.5 revised effective 1/1/15) Rule 1.6. Activities Prohibited on Courthouse Grounds (1) Commercial solicitation and distribution, posting, and displaying of commercial circulars and handbills inside any courthouse or court walkway is prohibited. (2) No non-judicial foreclosure sale may be conducted on courthouse grounds. Courthouse grounds includes a courthouse itself, the steps of a courthouse, the sidewalk leading to an entrance to a courthouse on the same block as the courthouse, and any other path of pedestrian movement to a courthouse from a roadway or parking lot adjacent to that courthouse. Violations of this rule subject the offending party to sanctions in an amount up to $1,500 per violation pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5. (Rule 1.6 new effective 7/1/20)
Title One. General Governance of Judicial and Non-Judicial Court Operations Chapter 1. Administrative Rules Rule 1.1. Adoption and Amendment of Rules (a) Rules (1) These rules shall be known and cited as the Local Rules for the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa. (2) These rules may be amended in accordance with the California Rules of Court. (b) Good cause The Court, for good ca
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/july-2026-local-rules-final_0.pdf (the court's rule book, “Local Rules of Court Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 24267831 bytes, sha256 580a7d67b663a29aea78edf6b7d0fffb19be65430ad0770cad9f8cb543be811e; 274 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over the rules (PDF pages 17 to 191): each page's running header (“Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa”) and footer (a rule of underscores, “Local Court Rules – Effective July 1, 2026” and “Page N of 201”) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; Title One's heading and its first chapter heading set on their own lines, eleven rule citations the reflow broke at a line end rejoined, and six tables printed without rules set one row a line - Rule 2.40's attorney fee schedule, two cells of Guideline Attachment 1's commission chart, Attachment 2's attorney rates, Attachment 3's time summary and Attachment 4(a)'s probate calendars (18 whitespace-only fixes); Rule 2.160's local fees and the commission chart's header cells and sixth row, which the reflow read across, set as printed (three same-character fixes); the sixth row's number, in page 180's bottom band, kept (the composer's bottom_band_numbers option); no struck character (the strike report); the rules cut at the chapter headings, which reassemble them (Title Six is “Reserved”: its heading alone); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of rule effective dates, the table of contents, the list of local court forms, the index and Appendix A (the standing orders as revised May 15, 2026, superseded by the compilation revised August 11, 2026) belong to no chapter.
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.