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The court's standing order effective April 16, 2026 on Local Rule 1.10(n)'s requirement that the original instrument be filed with an application for entry of a judgment: consistent with Kahn v. Lasorda's Dugout, Inc. (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 1118 (and Evidence Code § 1521 and rule 3.1806), the Court has discretion to accept a copy of the original instrument, and a copy of the instrument, contract, or written obligation may be filed electronically; proposed orders authorizing the use of a copy will not be signed - the clerk is authorized to accept a copy submitted with the request/application for entry of judgment.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN IN RE: ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT FILINGS IN APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT Standing Order: 26CSO00003 Misc. No. In relevant part, Local Rule of Court Rule 1.10(n) requires that "Applications for entry of a judgment that include an instrument, contract, or written obligation ... be electronically filed and the original instrument ... be filed at the Clerk’s office via conventional methods." Rule 1.10(n)’s requiring that an original instrument be filed has created a deleterious effect on the Court’s ability to efficiently process filings in civil cases. To that end, and consistent with the holding found in Kahn v. Lasorda’s Dugout, Inc. (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 1118, the Court shall have discretion to accept a copy of the original instrument. (See also California Evidence Code § 1521 and California Rules of Court, rule 3.1806.) As of the effective date of this Standing Order, a copy of the instrument, contract, or written obligation may be filed electronically. Proposed orders authorizing the use of a copy of the instrument, contract or written obligation in a civil case pending with the Court will not be signed. Instead, the clerk is authorized to accept a copy of the instrument, contract, or written obligation submitted with the request/application for entry of judgment. THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 16, 2026, AND WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNLESS RESCINDED OR MODIFIED BY THIS COURT. Dated: April 16, 2026 John Lua, Presiding Judge Kern County Superior Court
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN IN RE: ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT FILINGS IN APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT Standing Order: 26CSO00003 Misc. No. In relevant part, Local Rule of Court Rule 1.10(n) requires that "Applications for entry of a judgment that include an instrument, contract, or written obligation ... be electronically filed and the original instrument ... be filed a
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-14 (California T4 Kern build 2026-10-14) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-kern/docs/general/sto-filings-applications-entry-judgment-26cso00003-2.pdf (2883540 bytes, sha256 8d63e38cbd4a1c7ac7bf0d39d464890b6b7b8bb6f2e80b62fbb24a9d28275b82; 2 pages, each covered by scanned images; no text layer): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/oij-p01.png and oij-p02.png; two pages on pleading paper, filed 04/16/2026; the file's pages are images with no text layer); checked against three RapidOCR readings of the images (at 200, 300 and 150 dpi), never published: of the transcription's 245 words, 28 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 5 spans - 4 spans split into consecutive pieces each found (a page break, a caption box or a filing stamp the readings interleave, or the readings' line order) and 1 span read again on the page images and found as transcribed (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-14-run2.log). Not part of the text: the pleading paper's line numbers 1 to 28, the clerk's filing stamp, the caption's closing parentheses and rule, the page-fill marks "////" at the foot of page 1, the signature, and the footer "In Re: Original Instrument Filings In Applications For Entry Of Judgment" with the page numbers "-1-" and "-2-" (page 2 repeats the order number "26CSO00003" above the footer). The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published. Review note: The order reads Local Rule 1.10(n); the July 1, 2026 book's Rule 1.10(n) (carded with Chapter I) still requires the original instrument filed at the Clerk's office via conventional methods. The review task asks the court whether the order still governs.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.