The court's standing order effective July 23, 2026: in traffic trials, a Defendant found guilty has the conviction transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles, where it remains unless the Defendant prevails on the trial de novo; if the Defendant prevails, the Clerk of Court transmits an amendment to the Department of Motor Vehicles to remove the conviction from the Defendant's driving record.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN IN RE: TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS Standing Order: 26CSO00006 Misc. No. In order to alleviate the administrative burden on Court staff in connection with traffic trials, if a Defendant is found guilty, the guilty conviction will be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles and will remain in place unless the Defendant prevails on their trial de novo. Should the Defendant prevail on their trial de novo, the Clerk of Court shall transmit an amendment to the Department of Motor Vehicles to remove the conviction from Defendant’s driving record. THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE ON JULY 23, 2026, AND WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNLESS RESCINDED OR MODIFIED BY THIS COURT. Dated: July 22, 2026 Christie Canales Norris, Assistant Presiding Judge Kern County Superior Court
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN IN RE: TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS Standing Order: 26CSO00006 Misc. No. In order to alleviate the administrative burden on Court staff in connection with traffic trials, if a Defendant is found guilty, the guilty conviction will be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles and will remain in place unless the Defendant prevails on their trial d
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-14 (California T4 Kern build 2026-10-14) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-kern/docs/general/re-traffic-convictions-26cso00006.pdf (285665 bytes, sha256 3ffb4593ed9a89704e68b2cc072d7ee7e25b108a07cdfdacc62795d1cfb0c263; 1 page, covered by scanned images; no text layer): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/tcv-p01.png; one page on pleading paper, filed 07/22/2026); checked against three RapidOCR readings of the images (at 200, 300 and 150 dpi), never published: of the transcription's 131 words, 15 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 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 signature, and the footer "In Re: Traffic Convictions" with the page number "-1-". The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published.
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.