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Chapter 17 (Rules 17.1 to 17.5): what meeting and conferring requires - good faith and diligent efforts, not demand letters, perfunctory e-mails, unreasonably short deadlines or a single unreturned telephone call (17.1); avoiding conflicting court appearances - checking in with the clerk when the delay will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes, otherwise a consultation with the judge, generally at least one (1) court day before the hearing (17.2); inherently dangerous exhibits examined, secured and approved by the Court bailiff before they are brought into the courtroom, firearms secured by a nylon tie or trigger guard and examined to be inoperable, and evidence retained for the minimum time required by law (17.3); electronic recordings offered in evidence under rule 2.1040 of the CRC, with a typewritten transcript tendered to the Court and any opposing party (17.4); and text messages and e-mails offered as printouts, the relevant portions highlighted in yellow (17.5).
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CHAPTER 17 – MISCELLANEOUS RULE 17.1 MEET AND CONFER REQUIREMENT Whenever counsel are required to "meet and confer," the Court expects counsel to exercise good faith and diligent efforts to engage in civil conversation about the matter. Assertive demand letters; perfunctory e-mails; arbitrarily setting unreasonably short deadlines for response to a communication; or placing a single, unreturned telephone call do not satisfy this requirement. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 17.2 AVOIDANCE OF CONFLICTING COURT APPEARANCES Counsel must make reasonable efforts to avoid scheduling conflicting court appearances. Counsel shall advise the Court when scheduling trials or hearings of any conflicting, previously-set Court appearances are likely to proceed. If counsel has conflicting appearances scheduled, he or she shall advise the Court as provided by this rule. In cases where counsel does not expect to be delayed more than fifteen (15) minutes, he or she may check in with the clerk of the department where he or she will be delayed and so advise the clerk. In other cases, counsel shall contact opposing counsel and arrange a consultation with the judge of the department where counsel expects to be delayed. Such consultations will generally be held at least one (1) court day prior to the hearing, or as soon thereafter as practical if not possible within that time. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 17.3 INHERENTLY DANGEROUS EXHIBITS (a) Proposed exhibits that are inherently dangerous must be examined, secured and approved by the Court bailiff prior to being brought into the courtroom. Any party wishing to bring any type of inherently dangerous item into the courtroom must make prior arrangements with the Court bailiff so that the Court bailiff may examine, secure and approve or reject the item for admittance into the courtroom. For purposes of this local rule, "inherently dangerous" exhibits include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Firearms; 2. Any type of explosive powder; 3. Explosive chemicals, toluene, or ethane; 4. Explosive devices, such as grenades or pipe bombs; 5. Flammable liquids such as gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, paint thinner, or ethyl-ether; 6. Canisters containing tear gas or mace; 7. Rags which have been soaked with flammable liquids; 8. Liquid drugs such as phencyclidine (PCP), methamphetamine, corrosive liquids, pyrrolidine, morpholine, or piperidine; 9. Samples of any bodily fluids, liquid or dried; 10. Controlled or toxic substances; 11. Corrosive or radioactive substances. (b) All firearms shall be secured by a nylon tie or trigger guard, and shall only be allowed into the courtroom after being examined by the Court bailiff to determine that they are inoperable. Any firearm that has been previously inspected, secured and approved by the Court bailiff to come into the courtroom must be re-examined by the Court bailiff prior to coming back into the courtroom. (c) Evidence received in any case may be limited to those items required by the case and, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, will generally be retained by the Court for the minimum time required by law. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 17.4 ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS OFFERED IN EVIDENCE Electronic recordings offered into evidence are governed by rule 2.1040 of the CRC. This local rule is intended to remind and encourage parties to follow rule 2.1040 of the CRC. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a party offering into evidence an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must tender to the Court and to any opposing party a typewritten transcript of the electronic recording. This rule includes, but is not limited to, cell phone recordings, answering machine recordings, and any other audio recording that is offered in evidence. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the court reporter does not need to take down or transcribe any electronic or audio recording that is admitted into evidence for which a transcript has been submitted. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 17.5 TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAILS OFFERED IN EVIDENCE The Court generally does not read text messages or electronic mail transmissions in open court and instead requires parties to print out such communications and offer them as written evidence. Any party offering into evidence printouts of text messages or electronic mail transmissions may highlight with a yellow highlight marker the relevant portion(s) of the printout(s) for the Court's consideration. (Eff. 1/1/12)
CHAPTER 17 – MISCELLANEOUS RULE 17.1 MEET AND CONFER REQUIREMENT Whenever counsel are required to "meet and confer," the Court expects counsel to exercise good faith and diligent efforts to engage in civil conversation about the matter. Assertive demand letters; perfunctory e-mails; arbitrarily setting unreasonably short deadlines for response to a communication; or placing a single, unreturned te
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 54 to 55) 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.