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Electronic filing permitted, not mandatory, in Criminal and Juvenile cases from November 27, 2023 (optional in Juvenile Dependency cases); the documents still filed in hard copy in criminal matters (initial complaints, parole and PRCS filings and warrants, Ramey and search warrants, waivers of extradition, habeas petitions, orders and judgments, challenges under §§ 170.1/170.3 and 170.6, ex parte motions) and juvenile matters; no courtesy copies unless ordered.
California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA STANDING ORDER RE: PERMISSIVE E-FILING IN CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE CASES NOVEMBER 16, 2023 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 will permit e-filing in Criminal and Juvenile cases, as set forth in this standing order pending amendment to the Local Rules, effective November 27, 2023. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS as follows: 1. Electronic filing shall be permitted in Criminal and Juvenile cases beginning on November 27, 2023. As Rule 2.252 of the California Rules of Court permits mandatory electronic filing only in Civil cases, nothing in this Order shall be interpreted as mandating electronic filing in either Criminal or Juvenile Delinquency case types. E-filing is optional in Juvenile Dependency cases. 2. The following documents may not be electronically filed and must still be filed/lodged in hard copy form unless otherwise ordered by the Presiding Judge or provided in an amended Local Rule or Standing Order: a. In Criminal matters: i. Initial Complaints/Petitions. ii. Parole Revocation Filings. iii. Parole Warrants. iv. Post-Release Community Supervision Warrants. v. Ramey Warrants. vi. Search Warrants. vii. Waivers of Extradition. viii. Criminal Habeas Corpus Petitions. ix. Orders/Judgments. x. Challenges under Code of Civil Procedure §§ 170.1/170.3 and 170.6. xi. Ex Parte Motions and Oppositions. b. In Juvenile matters: i. Initial Complaints/Petitions. ii. Reports and Recommendations. iii. Orders/Judgments. iv. Warrants. v. Challenges under Code of Civil Procedure §§ 170.1/170.3 and 170.6. vi. Ex Parte Motions and Oppositions. 3. Courtesy copies of electronically-filed documents are not required unless ordered by a judicial officer in a specific matter. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 16, 2023 HON. EDWARD G. WEIL Presiding Judge of the Superior Court Contra Costa County
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA STANDING ORDER RE: PERMISSIVE E-FILING IN CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE CASES NOVEMBER 16, 2023 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 will permit e-filing in Criminal and Juvenile cases, as set forth in this standing order pending amendment t
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/combined-standing-orders-8-11-2026.pdf (the court's “Appendix A: Standing Orders”, “Revised August 11, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 14177357 bytes, sha256 50e61603361f0c413700512b6bb1a4d78d849a061bcc1e6d3ec3dcb30fda7c49; 48 pages, scanned) - Standing Order 3.4, PDF pages 35 to 37: read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi, each doubtful mark on a crop at 400 dpi; checked against three machine readings never published (RapidOCR on each whole page, the file's own text layer where a page has one, RapidOCR on each printed line): every 6-word window of the transcription looked up and each span no reading holds read again on the page image (vision/check-log.md). The compilation's label, the clerk's filed stamps, the signatures and the pleading paper's line numbers are not part of the text; the transcription's closing note, which describes them, is not published.
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.