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Chapter 6 (Rules 2.70 to 2.73): the form of documents filed with the court (Rule 2.70); identifying information on filed documents (Rule 2.71); retention of completed copy requests (Rule 2.72); and access to view a court file (Rule 2.73).
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Chapter 6. Information and Forms Rule 2.70. Form of Documents Filed with the Court All documents filed with the Court must comply with California Rules of Court, Rules 2.100 et seq., and 3.1110. (Rule 2.70 revised effective 1/1/15) Rule 2.71. Identifying Information on Filed Documents (a) Every pleading or paper filed by the Clerk of the Court must include the name, address and phone number of the attorney or party on the first page (see California Rules of Court, Rule 2.100). (b) No substitution of a party appearing in person in place of an attorney shall be filed unless the mailing address and phone number of such party is contained in such substitution. (Rule 2.71 revised effective 1/1/16) Rule 2.72. Retention of Completed Copy Requests All copy orders completed by the Court Records Division for Civil and/or Family law matters will be retained for sixty (60) days from the date when the customer is notified that the copy request has been completed. If the order is not claimed and any outstanding fee is not paid by the end of the 60-day period, the copied records may be destroyed. (Rule 2.72 new effective 7/1/18) Rule 2.73. Access/View a Court File The public may request and view a file by filling out the required form and providing a valid state or federally issued photo identification that the clerk will retain during the review process. Upon return of the court file to the clerk, the clerk will return the tendered identification. All files must be reviewed within the Court Clerk’s Office and/or Court Records Department. Files cannot be removed from the Court. Any person who willfully removes, destroys or alters any court record is subject to the penalties imposed by Government Code Sections 6200 and 6201. (Rule 2.73 new effective 1/1/19)
Chapter 6. Information and Forms Rule 2.70. Form of Documents Filed with the Court All documents filed with the Court must comply with California Rules of Court, Rules 2.100 et seq., and 3.1110. (Rule 2.70 revised effective 1/1/15) Rule 2.71. Identifying Information on Filed Documents (a) Every pleading or paper filed by the Clerk of the Court must include the name, address and phone number of the
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.