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Chapter 20 (Rules 20.1 to 20.8): electronic filing under California Rules of Court, 2.252-2.259, Code of Civil Procedure Section 1010.6 and the notices or policies posted on the court website (20.1); permissive electronic filing in civil cases, petitions for domestic violence restraining orders among them, probate cases and family law proceedings (20.2); text searchable PDF, exhibits with bookmarks, and active hyperlinks (20.3); signatures (20.4); filing through an approved Electronic Filing Service Provider, the list posted on the Court website and the provider's fees waived for governmental entities and fee waiver holders (20.5); papers received on a court day filed that day, and on a non-court day the next court day (20.6); paper (courtesy) copies within 7 court days for filings of more than 50 pages and for motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication and Anti-SLAPP motions (20.7); and the papers excluded from electronic filing, among them sealed records, peremptory challenges and original wills (20.8).
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CHAPTER 20 ELECTRONIC FILING 20.1 Purpose (new 1/1/2024) These rules provide for the process of filing papers with the court by electronic means. Except as set forth in these rules, the electronic filing of papers with the court is subject to California Rules of Court, 2.252-2.259; Code of Civil Procedure Section 1010.6; and, such notices or policies as may adopted by the court and posted on the court website. These Rules are effective at the time that an electronic filing platform is implemented and made available by the court. (new 1/1/2024) 20.2 Permissive Electronic Filing (new 1/1/2024) All papers, except those specifically excluded by this Rule may be filed electronically in the following types of cases: a) All civil cases including unlimited, limited and special proceedings of a civil nature including petitions for domestic violence restraining orders; b) All probate cases including estate administration, conservatorship and guardianship, and trust proceedings; and, c) All family law proceedings including any type of petition brought under the Family Code. (new 1/1/2024) 20.3 Format Of Papers For Electronic Filing (new 1/1/2024) All papers submitted for electronic filing shall be in a text searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) containing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and viewable by any standard PDF Viewer. Papers submitted for electronic filing must comply with all text and form requirements generally applicable to the filing of papers including exhibits to any filing. All exhibits submitted shall comply with these Rules and shall include electronic bookmarks with links to the first page of each exhibit and with bookmark titles that identify the exhibit number or letter and briefly describe the exhibit. The inclusion of hyperlinks in any filing is permitted only if the hyperlink is active and formatted to standard citation format under CRC, Rule 1.200. (new 1/1/2024) 20.4 Signatures On Electronic Documents (new 1/1/2024) An electronic filing which provides for a signature under penalty of perjury must either contain a valid electronic signature or have been physically signed by the declarant in printed form capable of production upon request by the court or other parties in compliance with CRC, 2.257. The electronic filing of any paper by a filer represents to the court that the filer or person identified as signing the paper has signed the electronically filed paper. (new 1/1/2024) 20.5 Process For Electronic Filing (new 1/1/2024) Electronic filing with the court shall be indirect and through the use by the filer of an certified Electronic Filing Service Provider. Papers are electronically submitted to one of the Electronic Filing Service Providers approved by the Court for certified delivery to the Court. A list and information on the approved Electronic Filing Service Providers shall be posted on the Court website. There may be fees charged directly by the Electronic Filing Service Provider. These fees shall be waived for governmental entities and any electronic filer who has received a fee waiver. (new 1/1/2024) 20.6 Date And Time Of Filing (new 1/1/2024) A paper received electronically by the court at any time on any court day shall be filed as of that court day unless rejected by the clerk and notice of rejection transmitted. Any document that is received by the court at any time on a non-court day shall be filed on the next court day unless notice of rejection is transmitted by the clerk. A paper filed electronically must still comply with all other filing deadlines and statutes. (new 1/1/2024) 20.7 Paper Copies Of Electronic Filing (new 1/1/2024) A paper (courtesy) copy of an electronic filing is required to be delivered to the court, within 7 court days of the electronic filing, as follows: In the case of any petition, motion or special proceeding where the total number of pages, including all papers submitted in the form of notice, memorandum, declarations, exhibits, requests for judicial notice, separate statements, and briefs exceeds 50 pages; and, In the case of any motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication, or Anti-SLAPP motion. (new 1/1/2024) 20.8 Exclusions and Exceptions (new 1/1/2024) The following types of papers and filings are not eligible for electronic filing and will be subject to rejection by the clerk unless otherwise ordered by the court; a) Records deemed sealed by Rule or Statute b) Papers requested or intended to be sealed by the court c) Papers submitted conditionally under seal d) A peremptory challenge under CCP, 170.6 e) A motion to disqualify a judge under CCP, 170.3 f) Requests for copies g) Public record requests under California Rule of Court 10.500 h) Subpoenaed documents i) Bonds and Undertakings j) Civil Bench Warrants or a Body Attachment k) Order of Examination l) Original will or codicil m) Family Law Request for Entry of Default n) Family Law Notice of Entry of judgment o) Exhibits to be lodged for a hearing or trial p) Child Support Case Registry Form q) Child Custody Evaluation Reports r) Any required filing of an original writing or record (new 1/1/2024)
CHAPTER 20 ELECTRONIC FILING 20.1 Purpose (new 1/1/2024) These rules provide for the process of filing papers with the court by electronic means. Except as set forth in these rules, the electronic filing of papers with the court is subject to California Rules of Court, 2.252-2.259; Code of Civil Procedure Section 1010.6; and, such notices or policies as may adopted by the court and posted on the c
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Lake build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-lake/docs/local-rules/local-rules-january-2026_v2.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LAKE LOCAL RULES Effective 1/1/2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 852364 bytes, sha256 060a39793172b99fb99a1f839efb8fee0755a6d5c8c03d52d407d1d536399e9d; 69 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rule body (PDF pages 9 to 68; the chapters run on without page breaks) composed once and cut at the twenty chapter headings (“CHAPTER 1 ADOPTION AND APPLICABILITY OF RULES” to “CHAPTER 20 ELECTRONIC FILING”), the chapters reassembling the body exactly: each page's running header (“Superior Court, County of Lake”) and footer (the page number) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; Rule 5.8's ruled table (Case Plan Disposition Time Standards and Court Events, pages 29 and 30) read cell by cell by the table finder; no struck run on any of the 69 pages (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt); 22 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 5.8's table cells' lettered items and paragraphs set on their own lines (10); Rule 8.6's plans and its item 3 (3); Rule 3.13's history note (1); Rule 11.5's default fee schedule set row by row (1); the subheadings of Rules 3.5 (at a page break) and 4.10(c) set on their own lines (2); Rule 5.9's form number FL-105 and the word “denial” its Rule 5.9(E) prints across three lines set whole (2); and the sentences of Rules 9.4, 10.3 and 5.4(B) rejoined where the composition broke them before an inline item, a dash and a capitalized word (3)) and 1 same-character fix (build/book-captions.json: Rule 16.3(B)'s list of remote proceeding calendars, printed in two columns, set group by group); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, row and false-break audits find no other; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents, the three local forms the book prints (LK-108, LKSC-420 and LK-117) and the index 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.