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Chapter 6 (Rules 6.00.00 to 6.00.01): the trial by declaration process of Vehicle Code section 40902, and a person who fails to appear at trial deemed under Vehicle Code section 40903 to have elected a trial by written declaration (6.00.01).
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6.00.00 TRAFFIC AND SMALL CLAIMS PROCEEDINGS (Revised January 1, 2008) 6.00.01 TRIAL BY WRITTEN DECLARATION The court, pursuant to this rule, adopts the trial by declaration process defined in Vehicle Code section 40902. In addition, pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40903, any person who fails to appear at trial as provided by law may be deemed to have elected to have a trial by written declaration. (Effective January 1, 1994)
6.00.00 TRAFFIC AND SMALL CLAIMS PROCEEDINGS (Revised January 1, 2008) 6.00.01 TRIAL BY WRITTEN DECLARATION The court, pursuant to this rule, adopts the trial by declaration process defined in Vehicle Code section 40902. In addition, pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40903, any person who fails to appear at trial as provided by law may be deemed to have elected to have a trial by written declaratio
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 page 39) 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.