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Chapter 7 (Rule 2.87): mandatory electronic filing and service in Designated Cases under Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6(d) and Rules 2.252 and 2.253 of the California Rules of Court, the Designated Cases announced on the court's website; the exceptions - self-represented litigants and the motion for exemption on Judicial Council form EFS-007.
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Chapter 7. Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service Rule 2.87. Adoption of Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service; Exceptions. (a) Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service. Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6(d) and Rules 2.252 and 2.253 of the California Rules of Court, the Court adopts mandatory electronic filing and service in Designated Cases. Designated Cases will be announced on the Court’s website at www.cc-courts.org. The Court anticipates initially listing Designated Cases in approximately March 2022, to include the majority of case types excluding Criminal and Juvenile matters. Represented parties in Designated Cases must file documents and allow for service electronically. At the time the Court includes a case type among Designated Cases, this Rule shall supersede any other rules herein which may refer to filing by other-than-electronic means, except that those other rules shall apply to parties excepted from this rule as set forth below. (b) Exceptions (1) Self-Represented Litigants. This rule shall not apply to self-represented litigants, but self-represented litigants are permitted and encouraged to electronically file and serve documents if they so elect. (2) Motion for Exemption from Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service Any party may move the Court for an order exempting it from the provisions of this Rule. The motion shall be made on Judicial Council form EFS-007, Request for Exemption from Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service, on which the applicant shall state facts supporting the request under penalty of perjury, and shall by accompanied by EFS-008, Order of Exemption from Electronic Filing and Service. (c) Designated Vendors A list of approved vendors for electronic filing and service will be published to the Court’s website. (d) Electronic Service Address; Obligation to Update Each represented party – and self-represented party upon election to participate in electronic filing and service – must provide an electronic address for service on the first occasion that party files any paper electronically. A party whose electronic service address changes while their case is pending must promptly notify the Court and all parties by electronically filing a notice of change of electronic service address or Judicial Council form EFS-010, Notice to Change Electronic Service Address. (e) Format of Electronically-Filed Documents; Electronic Signatures Electronically-filed documents must comply with the format requirements of Rule 2.100 et seq. of the California Rules of Court. Signatures on electronic documents must comply with Rule 2.257 of the California Rules of Court. (f) Parties Responsible for Redaction Rule 1.201 of the California Rules of Court applies to redaction of electronically-filed documents other than documents which are filed in their entirety either confidentially or under seal. Parties and their counsel are solely responsible for redacting personally-identifiable, confidential, or privileged information from documents filed electronically where redaction is required. The Clerk will not review electronically-filed documents for compliance with redaction requirements of any kind. The Court may impose sanctions for violations of this rule. (g) Documents That Cannot Be Electronically Filed Upon announcing any Designated Cases, the Court will also list any documents that cannot be electronically filed in the respective case type(s). Such documents shall be filed as otherwise provided in these Rules. (Rule 2.87, new effective 1/1/22)
Chapter 7. Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service Rule 2.87. Adoption of Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service; Exceptions. (a) Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service. Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6(d) and Rules 2.252 and 2.253 of the California Rules of Court, the Court adopts mandatory electronic filing and service in Designated Cases. Designated Cases will be announced o
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.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.