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Title Eight, Chapter 1 (Rule 8.1): the Appellate Division - regular sessions on the first Friday of each calendar month at 1:30 p.m.; the original trial court file as the record; the record of oral proceedings (the official electronic recording in infraction appeals; strict compliance with Rule of Court 8.916 for a Statement on Appeal).
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Title Eight. Appellate Rules Chapter 1. General Provision Rule 8.1. Appellate Division (a) Sessions Regular sessions of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, County of Contra Costa shall be held on the first Friday of each calendar month at 1:30 p.m. Special sessions shall be held at the call of the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division. (Rule 8.1(a) revised effective 7/1/21) (b) Court record Pursuant to California Rules of Court Sections 8.830(a)(1)(B) and 8.833(a), the Court elects to use the original trial court file as the record of the written documents from the trial court proceedings instead of a clerk’s transcript. (Rule 8.1(b) revised effective 1/1/11) (c) Record of oral proceedings (1) In appeals of infraction cases, the Appellate Division permits the Appellant, pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 8.915, to submit as the record of oral proceedings the official electronic recording of the proceedings. (2) The Appellate Division prefers a transcript or recording of oral proceedings over a Statement on Appeal. If Appellant elects to use a Statement on Appeal, the Appellate Division requires strict compliance with Rule of Court 8.916. If appellant does not comply with Local Rule 8.916, the Appellate Division may dismiss the appeal for lack of adequate record. If a Statement on Appeal does not adequately apprise the Appellate Division of the content of the proceedings below, the Appellate Division may, on its own motion and with notice to the parties, augment the record pursuant to Rules of Court 8.923 and 8.841 with an official transcript or electronic recording of proceedings. (Rule 8.1(c) revised effective 1/1/14) (d) Oral argument Unless otherwise ordered, counsel for each party, upon all direct appeal matters, shall be allowed fifteen (15) minutes for oral argument. The appellant or the moving party shall have the right to open and close. (Rule 8.1(d) revised effective 7/1/08) (e) Briefs Briefs shall be prepared, served, and filed as provided by California Rules of Court, Rule 8.882. Briefs shall comply with the provisions of California Rules of Court 8.883 and 8.884. (Rule 8.1(e) revised effective 1/1/10) (f) Calendaring A hearing will be set as a matter of right in direct appeals only. All other appellate matters, for example writs, will be set at the discretion of the Appellate Department. Hearings will be set pursuant to the California Rules of Court. The Appellate Department generally hears all appeals at 1:30 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. (Rule 8.1(f) revised effective 7/1/08) (g) Motions All motions shall be heard at regular sessions unless a different time of the hearing of a particular motion is designated by the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Department. (Rule 8.1(g) revised effective 1/1/00) (h) Writs of Habeas Corpus Each judge assigned to the Appellate Division shall also be assigned, individually on a rotating basis, to hear and decide petitions for writ of habeas corpus filed in conjunction with cases that are, or may eventually be, on appeal in the Appellate Division. This assigned judge shall decide such petitions as an individual Superior Court judge, and his or her decision is not subject to review by the Appellate Division. (Rule 8.1(h) added effective 1/1/18) (Rule 8.1 revised effective 7/1/21)
Title Eight. Appellate Rules Chapter 1. General Provision Rule 8.1. Appellate Division (a) Sessions Regular sessions of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, County of Contra Costa shall be held on the first Friday of each calendar month at 1:30 p.m. Special sessions shall be held at the call of the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division. (Rule 8.1(a) revised effective 7/1/21) (b) Court
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.