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Chapter 4 (Rules 4.00.00 to 4.00.10): papers presented for filing comply with California Rules of Court, rules 2.100-2.150 and rules 3.1110-3.1116, include the office telephone number, facsimile telephone number and e-mail address of the attorney or party in propria persona, and in a civil action exclude social security numbers and financial account numbers except the last four digits, an unredacted document filed under seal only on order of the court, the responsibility for redacting rests solely with the filing party (4.00.01); law and motion documents include no attached copies of documents already in the court's file, which are referred to by the title, date of the document and date of filing, with a duplicate copy delivered to the clerk for use by the judge (4.00.02); judgments and decrees presented for signature with a legible copy, a proposed judgment on a stipulation a separate document (4.00.03); the clerk to conform a maximum of 2 copies at the time of filing (4.00.04); a self-addressed, return envelope with sufficient postage for the return of conformed copies (4.00.05); the date, time and department of the hearing below the action number on documents in any law and motion, criminal, or probate matter (4.00.06); the attorney's “will-call” file, service on the attorney deemed complete five (5) days after the date of the minute order or other document (4.00.07); no filing by fax except criminal complaints, parole violation petitions and registration of protective orders issued by the local Tribal Court, unless by an Electronic Filing Service Provider under rule 7.08.00 (4.00.08); digital signatures under Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5), felony plea forms presented with original, wet signatures (4.00.09); filings placed in an after-hours drop box after 4:00 p.m. filed on the next court day (4.00.10).
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4.00.00 DOCUMENTS PRESENTED FOR FILING (Effective January 1, 1994) 4.00.01 GENERAL FORMAT OF DOCUMENTS A. All papers and documents presented for filing shall comply with California Rules of Court, rules 2.100–2.150 and rules 3.1110–3.1116. B. A document that is produced by photocopying a printed form shall possess the same format with respect to the face and reverse side of the form as does the printed form from which it is copied. C. All documents presented for filing should include the office telephone number, facsimile telephone number, and the electronic mail address (e-mail address) of the attorney or party in propria persona presenting the document for filing, although the clerk will not reject a paper presented for filing because it does not contain the facsimile telephone number or electronic mail address of the attorney or party in propria persona. The “office telephone number” means a telephone at a physical location where the party or the attorney can be reached; cellular telephone numbers are not “office telephone numbers.” If the party or the attorney does not have a facsimile transmission telephone number, the document shall so state. D. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN CIVIL FILINGS (1) When filing any documents with the court in a civil action, all parties shall exclude social security numbers and financial account numbers from the documents to be filed. If a party intends to file any document which would otherwise include an individual’s social security number or financial account number(s), the party shall exclude or redact all numbers except for the last four digits of the social security number or financial account number(s) prior to filing the document with the court. (2) A party wishing to file a document containing the unredacted social security or financial account number(s) may submit a motion or ex parte application to file an unredacted document under seal. Such documents may only be filed with the court upon order of the court. (3) The responsibility for redacting these personal identifiers rests solely with the filing party. E. Original financial account statements and records filed with accountings pursuant to Probate Code section 2620(c) shall be exempt from this rule. Those original confidential financial account statements are to be filed by the parties with a separate caption page and filed as a separate document from the accounting and, when filed in that manner, they will be placed in a confidential envelope. F. Unless clearly required to be confidential, court files are public records and are open to inspection to any member of the public. The clerk of the court is not authorized to redact any such confidential information. It is the responsibility of counsel or a party in propria persona to redact any such information from any document presented for filing. (Revised January 1, 2024) 4.00.02 FORMAT OF DOCUMENTS – LAW AND MOTION MATTERS The rule applies to all papers filed in connection with any law and motion matter. A. Law and motion documents filed with the court shall not include attached copies of any documents to which reference has been made that are already in the court’s file, but such documents shall be referred to by the title, date of the document, and date of filing, if known. B. A duplicate copy of the law and motion document, to which shall be attached a copy of all documents in the court’s file to which reference has been made, shall be delivered to the clerk at the time of the filing for use by the judge who will hear the matter. (Revised July 1, 2009) 4.00.03 JUDGMENTS AND DECREES A. All written judgments and decrees presented for signature and a legible copy that shall be lodged with the clerk at the time of filing will accompany filing. B. If the parties enter into a written stipulation for judgment, the form of the proposed judgment to be signed and filed shall be a separate document. A copy of the proposed judgment may be attached as an exhibit to the stipulation. (Effective January 1, 1994) 4.00.04 CONFORMING COPIES The clerk will conform a maximum of 2 copies of any document at the time of filing. Additional copies will be provided by photocopying and the standard fee for photocopying will be charged. (Effective January 1, 1994) 4.00.05 RETURN ENVELOPE REQUIRED FOR CONFORMED COPIES A self-addressed, return envelope with sufficient postage affixed is required when any party desires the return of conformed copies. Copies submitted for conformance without a return envelope will be placed in the attorney’s “will-call file” at the office of the Superior Court clerk. Conformed documents that have not been picked up within a reasonable time may be placed in the court file or destroyed. (Effective January 1, 1994) 4.00.06 TIME AND DATE OF HEARING TO BE INDICATED When the date of hearing of any law and motion, criminal, or probate matter is known, all documents filed for consideration at the hearing shall contain the date of hearing, the time, and the department, below the action number. Failure to comply with this rule may result in documents not being before the court at the time of the hearing. (Effective January 1, 1994) 4.00.07 ATTORNEY “WILL-CALL” FILE For their convenience, attorneys who wish to obtain copies of minute orders, other orders, judgments, rulings, and other documents issued by the court may maintain a “will-call” file in the “will-call” file cabinet located at the Placerville, Cameron Park, and South Lake Tahoe courthouses. By requesting a “will-call” file, the attorney consents to service of the documents issued by the Superior Court. Documents placed in an attorney’s “will-call” file located in an El Dorado County courthouse by individuals or agencies other than the Superior Court will not be considered “served” upon the attorney or his or her client. Service on the attorney shall be deemed complete five (5) days after the date of the minute order or other document. Copies of documents placed in the “will-call” file will not be mailed to the attorney. An attorney who does not consent to such service will not be permitted to maintain a “will-call” file. In the event of partnerships or associations going under a law firm name, each member of the firm must sign. This also includes submitting the signature of any new attorney joining the firm. Documents placed in the “will-call” file and not picked up within a reasonable amount of time will be placed in the court file or destroyed. (Revised January 1, 2009) 4.00.08 FILING OF DOCUMENTS BY FAX No documents, except for criminal complaints, parole violation petitions, and registration of protective orders issued by the local Tribal Court, may be filed by fax with the Clerk of the Court, unless the filing is by an Electronic Filing Service Provider as provided in rule 7.08.00. (Revised January 1, 2024) 4.00.09 DIGITAL SIGNATURES Digital signatures on documents filed with the Court are authorized and shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature. All digital signatures must comply with the requirements of Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5). A party who files a document containing a digital signature under this rule represents that the signer’s certificate or similar verification document is maintained in the party’s possession or control and may be subject to production upon request from the Court. The term “Documents,” as applied to criminal cases, includes misdemeanor plea and plea in abstentia forms, but excludes felony plea forms, which must be presented to the court with original, wet signatures. (Revised August 5, 2025) 4.00.10 AFTER-HOURS DROP BOX Filings presented to the Superior Court may be placed in any of the court’s after-hours drop boxes. Filings placed in the court’s after-hours drop boxes after 4:00 p.m. will be filed by the court on the next court day. An after-hours drop box is available at all of the court facilities. Filings not placed in the court’s after-hours drop box will not be accepted for filing. (Effective January 1, 2018)
4.00.00 DOCUMENTS PRESENTED FOR FILING (Effective January 1, 1994) 4.00.01 GENERAL FORMAT OF DOCUMENTS A. All papers and documents presented for filing shall comply with California Rules of Court, rules 2.100–2.150 and rules 3.1110–3.1116. B. A document that is produced by photocopying a printed form shall possess the same format with respect to the face and reverse side of the form as does the pr
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 27 to 30) 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.