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Chapter IV, Rules 4.1 to 4.5: the Traffic Division responsible for all infractions, traffic and non-traffic, including moving violations and parking violation appeals (4.1); a declared intention to plead not guilty before a clerk or in writing with the full bail amount, no deposit of bail for a plea at arraignment unless ordered under California Rules of Court, rule 4.105(c)(3), and arraignment and trial set on the same date no earlier than thirty (30) days or later than forty-five (45) days from the declaration (4.2); traffic law and motion under rule 4.111, motions heard ten (10) days from filing (4.3); a determination of ability to pay online through MyCitations under rule 4.335 - the fines reduced to no more than 50% of the outstanding balance on proof of listed public benefits or a net monthly income at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level, a payment plan, community service or additional time, a judicial officer's determination when a clerk rejects or denies the request, and a written petition from the traffic clerk's office (4.4); and a transcript ordered as the record of oral proceedings under rule 8.916(d)(6)(B) (4.5).
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Chapter IV. Traffic Rules Rule 4.1 Traffic Court Rules (Effective 7/1/03; rev. 1/1/20) The Traffic Division is responsible for all infractions, traffic and non-traffic, including: Moving violations, parking violation appeals, Business and Professions Code violations, Weights and Measures citations, Alarm System citations, Health Department citations, Animal Control Department citations, Municipal Code violations, County Ordinance citations, Park and Recreation citations, and Fish and Game citations. Rule 4.2 Infraction Alternate Procedures (Effective 7/1/03; rev. 1/1/20; rev. 7/1/21) Any person who has received a written notice to appear for an infraction may, prior to the appearance date, declare an intention to plead not guilty before a clerk of the court or in writing. The full bail amount as stated on the written notice to appear must be submitted at the time of the request. For those electing to enter their plea at arraignment, no deposit of bail is required unless ordered by the court consistent with California Rules of Court, rule 4.105(c)(3). The clerk shall set an arraignment and trial on the same date, no earlier than thirty (30) days or later than forty-five (45) days, from the date of receipt of the declaration, unless a time waiver is obtained. Rule 4.3 General Matters (Effective 7/1/03) All traffic matters filed for Law and Motion hearings shall comply with California Rules of Court, rule 4.111 and all applicable laws and Local Rules of Court. The hearings for motions are to be heard ten (10) days from the filing date. If a motion is to be abandoned, notice shall be given to the court as soon as reasonably possible. Rule 4.4 Online Traffic Adjudication System (MyCitations Tool) (Effective 7/1/24) (a) A defendant may request a determination of ability to pay online through www.MyCitations.courts.ca.gov pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 4.335. 1. The court clerk will determine a defendant’s ability to pay and apply a reduction on the outstanding balance using the following criteria: a) If the defendant proves that the defendant is currently receiving any of the following public benefits: 1) CalFresh (Food Stamps); 2) Medi-Cal; 3) General Assistance/County Relief; 4) Supplemental Security Income (SSI); 5) State Supplemental Payment (SSP); 6) In Home Supportive Services (IHSS); 7) California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs); 8) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); or 9) Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). The clerk will reduce the fines to an amount that is no more than 50% of the outstanding balance. b) If the defendant proves a current net monthly income that is less than or equal to 150% of the Federal Poverty Level, the clerk will reduce the fines to an amount that is no more than 50% of the outstanding balance. c) The clerk may grant a defendant’s request for a payment plan, community service, and/or additional time to pay the balance. 2. If the request is either rejected or denied by a clerk, the defendant may request a determination by a judicial officer. (d) A defendant may request a determination of ability to pay by written petition obtained from the traffic clerk’s office pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 4.335. Rule 4.5 Appeals – Transcript (Effective 1/1/18; renum. 7/1/24) The trial court judge may order a transcript of the oral proceedings be prepared as the record of oral proceedings pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.916(d)(6)(B).
Chapter IV. Traffic Rules Rule 4.1 Traffic Court Rules (Effective 7/1/03; rev. 1/1/20) The Traffic Division is responsible for all infractions, traffic and non-traffic, including: Moving violations, parking violation appeals, Business and Professions Code violations, Weights and Measures citations, Alarm System citations, Health Department citations, Animal Control Department citations, Municipal
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-14 (California T4 Kern build 2026-10-14) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-kern/docs/general/local-rules-court-effective-7126.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “LOCAL RULES OF COURT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-14; 1712899 bytes, sha256 374bf0cba1a66f90bd6bea59ca9523d5149362ef14f0d1edc454e76ac5738a83; 138 pages; this part PDF pages 61 to 62, printed pages 60 to 61) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 14 to 128) composed as one text and cut at the chapter headings (“Chapter I. General Rules” to “Chapter IX. Court Communication Protocol for Domestic Violence and Child Custody Orders”) and, in Chapters I, III, VI, VII and VIII, at rule or section headings (“Rule 1.8”, “Rule 1.12”, “Rule 3.14”, “Rule 6.10”, “Rule 7.4”, “Section Three – Proceedings”, “Section Six – Attorney Competency Standards”, “Rule 8.10”), each matched once as a whole line; every page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF KERN”, named) and printed page number (“13” to “127”) removed as chrome - 230 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each chapter heading, rule heading, Preamble, section heading and lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line; Rules 1.17 and 1.21's ruled tables (PDF pages 32 and 33, 38 and 39) set a row a line, its cells left to right (the composer's table rows); the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-14.txt) finds no struck run; 27 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: 7 line breaks the reflow left before a reference or an inline list item at the paragraph's own margin, rejoined; 19 runs of rows the reflow ran together, split - Rule 1.8.1's two fee tables and the court's mailing address, Rule 3.3.1's regional courts and their telephone numbers, Rule 3.6(a)'s scale of fees, and the side heading “Preamble” of Chapters VI and VII; 1 word the page break split at its hyphen, closed up - “20-calendar-day”); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, false-break, structural-break and row-join audits (review/book-gap-audit-2026-10-14.txt, review/book-short-lines-2026-10-14.txt and its run after the fixes, review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-14.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 13) and the index (129 to 138) belong to no card; Appendix A, a separate document, is decided in the document catalog (held for the table lane, with a review task). Review note: Rule 4.4 (effective July 1, 2024) is unchanged in this book; Standing Order STO-24-0011 (carded; December 5, 2024) limits a new ability-to-pay determination for the same fines to a change in circumstances and says Local Rule 4.4 “will be amended to reflect this change in the next local rules cycle.”