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Chapter 1 (Rules 1.00.00 to 1.00.05): the rules apply to the Superior Court of California, in and for the County of El Dorado (1.00.00); they take effect on January 1, 2026 (1.00.01); they are known and cited as “Local Rules of the El Dorado County Superior Court” and supersede all local court rules previously adopted (1.00.02); they are construed not to conflict with the California Rules of Court, the civil rules apply to all probate and unlawful detainer matters except where time limits are otherwise prescribed by law, the rules do not apply to small claims division actions or proceedings unless the text of specific rules otherwise indicates, and the CEO of the Superior Court, as court clerk, is their official publisher (1.00.03); the definition of “court” - including any judge, commissioner, or judge pro tempore assigned to a trial court in the county - “person”, “affidavit” and “declaration”, and “judgment” (1.00.04); amendment or repeal by a majority vote of the judges (1.00.05).
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1.00.00 SCOPE OF RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT These Local Rules apply to the Superior Court of California, in and for the County of El Dorado. (Revised July 1, 2014) 1.00.01 EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES These rules shall take effect on January 1, 2026. (Revised January 1, 2026) 1.00.02 EFFECT OF RULES AND CITATION TO RULES These rules shall be known and cited as “Local Rules of the El Dorado County Superior Court.” These rules supersede all local court rules previously adopted. (Revised July 1, 2014) 1.00.03 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF RULES These rules shall be construed and applied in such a manner as to not conflict with the California Rules of Court and shall be liberally construed to serve the proper and efficient administration of justice in the Superior Court of El Dorado County. The civil rules shall apply to all probate and unlawful detainer matters, except where time limits are otherwise prescribed by law. These rules do not apply to small claims division actions or proceedings, unless the text of specific rules otherwise indicates. The CEO of the Superior Court, as court clerk, shall be the official publisher of these rules and shall maintain a set of the rules in the clerk’s office of each court for public inspection. Copies shall be made available for sale at a reasonable fee. (Revised January 1, 1999) 1.00.04 DEFINITION OF WORDS USED IN THESE RULES A. The word “court” shall mean the Superior Court in and for the County of El Dorado, as well as all branches and departments of the court. It shall further include any judge, commissioner, or judge pro tempore, who is a duly elected or appointed member of a trial court in this county, and any judge, commissioner, or judge pro tempore, including retired judges, who shall be assigned to a trial court in this county by the chairperson of the Judicial Council. B. The word “person” shall include and apply to corporations, firms, associations, and all other entities, as well as to natural persons. C. The word “affidavit” includes declarations and “declaration” includes affidavits. D. The word “judgment” includes and applies to any judgment, and to any order or decree from which an appeal may lie. E. The use of the masculine, feminine, and neutral gender terms shall include the other genders. (Revised January 1, 1999) 1.00.05 AMENDMENT, ADDITION, OR REPEAL OF RULES These rules may be amended or repealed, and new rules may be added, by a majority vote of the judges of the Superior Court. (Revised January 1, 1999)
1.00.00 SCOPE OF RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT These Local Rules apply to the Superior Court of California, in and for the County of El Dorado. (Revised July 1, 2014) 1.00.01 EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES These rules shall take effect on January 1, 2026. (Revised January 1, 2026) 1.00.02 EFFECT OF RULES AND CITATION TO RULES These rules shall be known and cited as “Local Rules of the El Dorado County Sup
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 El Dorado build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-el-dorado/docs/local-rules/local-rules.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “Local Rules Revision: January 1, 2026” and its second page “LOCAL RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF EL DORADO Effective January 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 1813135 bytes, sha256 aba154e6450f0a7487a2f0a96e9da05110a8ab495e94410b87f54b88cfd6dd7a; 186 pages; this chapter PDF pages 11 to 12) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: the rules (PDF pages 11 to 147, printed 1 to 137) composed as one text, from “1.00.00 SCOPE OF RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT” to the last history note of Chapter 12, and cut at the twelve chapter headings, each matched once as a whole line (a chapter may begin mid-page: Chapters 6 and 7 both begin on PDF page 39); each page's running header (“LOCAL RULES – SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO”) and its two footer lines (the printed page number and “Revised January 1, 2026”) removed as chrome (411 lines); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title as one line (“2.00.08 LOCATION FOR FILING AND COURT SESSIONS”) and each history note on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) finds no struck run; 8 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: four cross-references the reflow broke before a label or a rule number - Rules 2.00.07, 2.01.00, 10.09.02 and 11.00.13 - joined; Rule 7.16.00's heading and a sentence of Rule 11.00.19 that a “SECTION” line start split, joined; Rule 2.01.00's two complaint addresses set line by line as printed) and 1 same-character fix (build/book-captions.json: the header row of Rule 8.19.02's debts table set cell by cell); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-10.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the effective-date page, the table of contents, the List of Effective/Revised Dates, the Alphabetical Index of Rules and the lists of local forms (PDF pages 1 to 10 and 148 to 186) 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.