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Chapter 2 (Rules 2.1 to 2.4 and 2.6 to 2.10, as numbered): the calendar policy determined by the Presiding Judge, cases assigned by department and judges assigned to departments by standing orders, and a daily calendar posted for each department (2.1); the Clerk's Office hours, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on court days (2.2); facsimile filing in civil, probate and family law matters under rule 2.300 of the CRC - the charge, the Facsimile Transmission Cover Sheet, the check arriving within five (5) court days, the number (707) 465-4005, and no more than thirty-five (35) pages (2.3); the Presiding Judge, elected by the judges, an Assistant Presiding Judge (each for one (1) year) and the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court (2.4); the Court Executive Officer, appointed under Government Code sections 71620 and 77001, as the Clerk of the Court (2.6); courtroom decorum - attire, electronic devices turned off before entering a courtroom, and each judge's decorum rules by standing order (2.7); court files not removed without order of the Court (2.8); "Day" meaning "Court day" (Code of Civil Procedure sections 133-136) (2.9); and a judge's vacation day (rule 10.603(c)(2)(H) of the CRC) (2.10).
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CHAPTER 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL BUSINESS RULE 2.1 CALENDAR All matters will be regularly calendared pursuant to the calendar policy determined by the Presiding Judge. The calendar policy is available for viewing at the Clerk’s Office and is also posted on the Court’s website: www.delnorte.courts.ca.gov/. Unless otherwise ordered, cases will be assigned by department. Judges are regularly assigned to particular departments pursuant to standing orders available for viewing at the Clerk’s Office and on the Court's website. A daily calendar for each department will be posted in a place for public inspection by the Court Clerk. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 2.2 CLERK’S OFFICE—HOURS OF OPERATION As of the effective date of this rule, the Clerk’s Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on court days, except as otherwise ordered by the presiding judge. The Clerk’s Office hours are determined by the judges and court administration and are subject to change with prior notice to the public. (Eff. 10/15/90) (Rev. 1/1/12) RULE 2.3 FACSIMILE FILING (a) Pursuant to rule 2.300 of the CRC, a party may file all documents in civil, probate, and family law matters by facsimile. Proper transmission of a document is the responsibility of the filing party, not the Court. Facsimile filings must comply with rule 2.100 - 2.119 of the CRC and other applicable rules and statutes. Filing documents by facsimile is permissive and may be suspended or denied by the Court. (b) A charge will be required for filing documents by facsimile. The amount of this charge is listed on a Court approved list of local Court charges and fees, which is available for viewing at the Clerk’s Office and is also posted on the court's website: www.delnorte.courts.ca.gov/. (c) Filing documents by facsimile must be done in the following manner. All faxed documents must be accompanied by a Facsimile Transmission Cover Sheet showing the name of the sender, a specific contact person, the sender's telephone and facsimile number, and sufficient instructions as to what the sender wishes to have done. The faxed documents must be an exact duplicate of the original document and must include a copy of a check for the applicable facsimile filing charge and any additional filing fees required by the Court. The check must arrive at the Clerk's Office within five (5) court days. (d) The following facsimile number shall be used for direct facsimile filings to the Clerk’s Office: (707) 465-4005. A party may also use a facsimile filing agency for filing documents by facsimile. (e) Facsimile filings may not exceed a total of thirty-five (35) pages including the cover page and all attachments, exhibits, and declarations that are part of the original document. The Court may reject faxed filings exceeding thirty-five (35) pages. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 2.4 PRESIDING JUDGE, ASSISTANT PRESIDING JUDGE, AND PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE COURT The Court shall have a Presiding Judge who shall be elected by the judges of the Court. The Presiding Judge shall have the authority and duties specified by the CRC and statute. An Assistant Presiding Judge shall also be elected by the judges of the Court. The Assistant Presiding Judge shall assume the authority and duties of the Presiding Judge in the event of the absence or incapacity of the Presiding Judge. The term of office for the Presiding and Assistant Judge shall be one (1) year, but they shall continue in office if successors have not been elected by a majority of the judges of the Court. The Presiding Judge will appoint the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court. (Eff. 10/15/90) (Rev. 1/1/12) RULE 2.6 COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER A majority of the judges of the Court may appoint a Court Executive Officer pursuant to Government Code sections 71620 and 77001. The Court Executive Officer shall act as the Clerk of the Court. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 2.7 COURTROOM DECORUM AND ETIQUETTE (a) These local rules have been adopted to promote orderly proceedings and respect for the judicial process. All persons present before the court are required to dress and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the traditional dignity of the court and the judicial process. (b) Attorneys appearing in court should be neatly dressed in professional attire that is consistent with the dress traditionally expected of attorneys appearing in court and in keeping with the seriousness, solemnity and formality of court proceedings. Immodest or distracting attire is not acceptable. (c) Cellular phones, pagers, and all other electronic communication or recording devices not specifically authorized by a judge, must be turned off prior to entering a courtroom. Any cellular phone, pager, or other electronic communication device which disrupts the proceedings shall be subject to confiscation by the bailiffs of the Court. (d) The rules set forth herein shall apply to all proceedings unless a judicial officer orders otherwise in a particular circumstance. A judicial officer, upon appropriate application in a particular case, may waive the application of any particular courtroom decorum rule or impose any additional courtroom decorum rule applicable to such case. (e) Pursuant to local rule 1.3, each judge may set additional decorum rules for his or her own courtroom by standing order. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 2.8 COURT RECORDS AND FILES No person other than Court personnel may remove court files, papers contained therein, exhibits, or other records from the Clerk‘s Office without order of the Court. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 2.9 INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM “DAY” “Court day” means a day on which judicial business may be transacted within the meaning of Code of Civil Procedure sections 133-136. “Day” means “Court day” unless otherwise specified. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 2.10 DEFINITION OF VACATION DAY FOR JUDGES A day of vacation for a judge is defined as an approved absence from the court for one full court day. Other absences from the court listed in rule 10.603(c)(2)(H) of the CRC are excluded from this definition. (Eff. 1/1/12)
CHAPTER 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL BUSINESS RULE 2.1 CALENDAR All matters will be regularly calendared pursuant to the calendar policy determined by the Presiding Judge. The calendar policy is available for viewing at the Clerk’s Office and is also posted on the Court’s website: www.delnorte.courts.ca.gov/. Unless otherwise ordered, cases will be assigned by department. Judges are regularly as
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 8 to 10) 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. Review note: Carried as printed: Chapter 2 numbers no rule 2.5 (Rules 2.1 to 2.4, then 2.6 to 2.10).
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.