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Title Two, Chapter 1 (Rules 2.1 to 2.9): selection of prospective jurors and juror source lists (Rules 2.1 and 2.2); juror qualifications, statutory excusals and temporary deferment of service (Rules 2.3 to 2.5); employment while serving and the period of juror service (Rules 2.6 and 2.7); juror telephone standby (Rule 2.8); and the jury assembly room (Rule 2.9).
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Title Two. General and Administrative Rules Chapter 1. Jurors Rule 2.1. Selection of Prospective Jurors Jury service, unless expressly excused by law, is a responsibility of citizenship. It is the court’s obligation to employ all necessary and appropriate means to assure that citizens fulfill this vital civic function. Persons qualified to perform the public duty of jury service shall not be excused from such service except for the causes specified by Code of Civil Procedure Section 204. In accordance with Code of Civil Procedure §190, et seq., there is hereby established one county-wide geographical selection area for the purpose of producing juror summons lists for the court. The Jury Commissioner shall be fair and impartial in the selection of prospective jurors, using the methods and processes under the supervision and control of the Court, best suited for these purposes. No prospective juror shall be rejected because of political affiliation, religious faith, disability, race, ethnicity, national origin, social or economic status, occupation, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. (Rule 2.1 revised effective 1/1/24) Rule 2.2. Juror Source Lists The names of prospective trial jurors shall be taken from the last published and available registered voters list of Contra Costa County, the Franchise Tax Board, and the Department of Motor Vehicles list (see California Code of Civil Procedure §197(b)). The name of each prospective trial juror shall be taken by random selection from the merged source lists. The program for random selection may be designed and maintained by a third-party vendor, with approval of the Jury Commissioner (Code of Civ. Proc. §195(a)), to ensure the random selection of a fair cross section of the persons residing in Contra Costa County. (Rule 2.2 revised effective 1/1/24) Rule 2.3. Determining Juror Qualifications, Excluding Prospective Jurors The Jury Commissioner shall determine the statutory qualifications of each prospective juror and the existence of any illness or ailments which would impair due performance of jury duty. The Jury Commissioner shall exclude from service those who are not competent to serve by law. (Rule 2.3 revised effective 1/1/16) Rule 2.4. Statutory Excusals of Jurors The Jury Commissioner may grant an excuse from jury service prospective jurors who qualify for excusal pursuant to statute and the California Rules of Court. Before granting or refusing any excuse from jury service, the Jury Commissioner shall fairly weigh and consider all pertinent data, documents and information submitted by or on behalf of the prospective juror and may require any person to answer under oath, orally or in written form, questions necessary to determine the person’s qualifications and ability to serve as a prospective trial juror. (Rule 2.4 revised effective 1/1/16) Rule 2.5. Temporary Deferment of Service It is the intent of these rules and the policy of the court that, if a juror is excused for a reason that is temporary in nature, jury service must be deferred to future date when the excuse no longer applies. (Rule 2.5 new effective 1/1/24) Rule 2.6. Employment While Serving as Juror The Court, counsel and litigants are entitled to the full attention of jurors and therefore jurors are not permitted to engage in any employment or occupation that would affect their ability to properly serve as jurors. Jurors should attend work on days that court is not in session. The Court is unable to pay or provide a work certificate on days jurors were not ordered to be present. (Rule 2.6 revised and renumbered effective 1/1/24) Rule 2.7. Period of Juror Service Jurors and prospective jurors shall be excused from further service or further call after they have appeared for one day or served upon a jury, unless otherwise directed by the Court, until summoned again. (Rule 2.6 revised and renumbered effective 1/1/24) Rule 2.8. Juror Telephone Standby The Jury Commissioner shall utilize telephone standby for prospective jurors whenever practicable. Prospective jurors placed on telephone standby shall be given credit for service. Telephone standby jurors will not receive compensation. Jurors placed on telephone standby will not receive a work certificate unless a request is received from the juror's employer stating they would like documentation the juror was on phone standby. (Rule 2.7 revised effective 1/1/24) Rule 2.9. Jury Assembly Room A jury assembly room has been provided for prospective jurors. Attorneys, litigants or witnesses are not permitted in the jury assembly room. (Rule 2.8) revised effective 1/1/24)
Title Two. General and Administrative Rules Chapter 1. Jurors Rule 2.1. Selection of Prospective Jurors Jury service, unless expressly excused by law, is a responsibility of citizenship. It is the court’s obligation to employ all necessary and appropriate means to assure that citizens fulfill this vital civic function. Persons qualified to perform the public duty of jury service shall not be excus
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.