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Chapter 15 (Rule 15.1): the Court generally does not refer cases to judicial arbitration, having found that judicial arbitration has not reduced the time and expense of resolving litigation in Del Norte County (15.1).
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CHAPTER 15 – ARBITRATION RULE 15.1 GENERAL UNAVAILABILITY OF JUDICIAL ARBITRATION Except as otherwise ordered by the Court, the Court generally does not refer cases to judicial arbitration. This policy is based on the Court’s past experience with judicial arbitration in Del Norte County and the corresponding finding that judicial arbitration has not reduced the time and expense of resolving litigation in Del Norte County. (Eff. 1/1/12)
CHAPTER 15 – ARBITRATION RULE 15.1 GENERAL UNAVAILABILITY OF JUDICIAL ARBITRATION Except as otherwise ordered by the Court, the Court generally does not refer cases to judicial arbitration. This policy is based on the Court’s past experience with judicial arbitration in Del Norte County and the corresponding finding that judicial arbitration has not reduced the time and expense of resolving litiga
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Del Norte build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-del-norte/docs/del-norte-final-rules-nov-2011.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF DEL NORTE LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective: January 1, 2012”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 780574 bytes, sha256 64220b502f35de539aa38695b3449422d9f2a2fc10c75bc50a2a117569b8bdb8; 66 pages; this chapter PDF pages 52 to 52) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): each of the seventeen chapters composed from its own pages (PDF pages 6 to 55, printed 1 to 50; each chapter begins at the top of a new page), from its heading (“CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL RULES” to “CHAPTER 17 – MISCELLANEOUS”) to its last rule's history note: each page's running header (“Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte”) and its page number removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's label and title (“RULE 1.1 APPLICATION OF LOCAL RULES”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report finds one struck run on the 66 pages, a single space on page 57, a blank local form of Appendix A (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt); 1 whitespace-only fix (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 10.4's reference “subdivision (f) of this rule” rejoined where the composition set its subdivision letter on a new line) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap and short-line audits find no join, and the page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py) list candidates read one by one - headings and list items set as printed, Rule 3.3's timeline labels set with their rows and the rule labels set beside their titles - none needing a fix; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents, Appendix A (the local forms) and the index belong to no card.
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.