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Chapter 7 (Rules 7.1 to 7.5): the traffic division of the clerk's office (7.1); the clerks' authority on infraction matters - bail waivers and court trial settings, community service through Mendo-Lake Alternative Services (MLAS), a 60-day extension, late completion of traffic violator school with $25 court costs, online tools, and automatic reductions to $25 with dismissal on proof of correction (Vehicle Code § 40303.5, § 12500 or 12951, § 4000(a), § 16028, § 40610) - and the requests clerks may not grant (7.2); traffic violator school authorized by the clerk under California Rules of Court rule 4.104 when no school was attended for an eligible violation within 18 months, after the administrative fee (7.3); trial by written declaration under Vehicle Code § 40902 on form TR-205 with the full bail (7.4); and the MyCitations ability-to-pay determinations, reviewed by a judge on local form MTR-560 (7.5).
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Chapter 7: Traffic Court Rules 7.1 Traffic Filings The traffic division of the clerk’s office is responsible for all traffic and non-traffic infractions. (Effective 1/1/99; renumbered 1/1/19) 7.2 Adjudication of Miscellaneous Infraction Matters a. Staff in the clerk’s office have the authority to take the following actions, at the request of defendants charged with traffic and non-traffic infraction violations, whether or not cases have been transferred to collections: 1. Advise defendants of their right to plead not guilty and appear for trial without posting bail and grant bail waivers to defendants who plead not guilty and schedule appearances in contested traffic court 2. Accept the posting and forfeiting of bail on infraction violations 3. Allow defendants to convert previously ordered community service to fine/bail one time only 4. Allow defendants to convert fines to community service and arrange to perform community service through Mendo-Lake Alternative Services (MLAS) 5. In limited circumstances and if the defendant lives within California but outside of Mendocino County, upon payment of an administrative fee to MLAS, authorize a defendant to perform community service that is overseen by a community service agency in the county in which the work is to be performed 6. Unless a case is delinquent or has been referred to court collections, grant request for a 60-day extension of time from the date of the request for extension to pay or to provide proof of completion of community service, traffic violator school, or correction of correctable offense(s) 7. Accept requests to stay execution of court orders pending the outcome of infraction appeals 8. For defendants who previously signed up for traffic violator school and upon payment of $25 court costs, accept late completion of traffic violator school within 60 days of the date a conviction abstract was sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) 9. For defendants who did not previously sign up for traffic violator school and upon payment of traffic violator school fee and $25 court costs, accept late completion of traffic violator school within 60 days of the date a conviction abstract was sent to the DMV grant a 60-day extension of time from the original due date on the citation or courtesy notice, whichever date is later, to provide completion of traffic school along with payment of the traffic violator school fee and $25 court costs 10. Refer defendants for arraignment, upon request of defendants or their counsel 11. Allow defendants to withdraw not guilty plea, enter a plea of guilty and vacate court trial 12. Assist defendants in accessing online tools, even after cases have been referred to collections. Defendants may request to: a. Fine reductions, based on a defendant’s ability to pay the bail, fines, fees, penalties, or other assessments. b. Payment plans to make monthly installment payments. c. Conversion of fine amount to community service. d. Extensions of time to pay the amount due. 13. For offenses designated as potentially eligible for correction or those offenses specified in Vehicle Code § 40303.5, grant an automatic reduction of the violation amount to $25 and dismiss the charge if proof of correction is provided in a form authorized by the law 14. For violations of Vehicle Code § 12500 or 12951, grant an automatic reduction of the charge amount to $25 and dismiss the charge if proof of valid driver’s license is provided 15. For violations of Vehicle Code § 4000(a), grant an automatic reduction of the charge amount to $25 and dismiss the charge if proof of current registration is provided 16. For violations of Vehicle Code § 16028, grant an automatic reduction of the charge amount to $25 and dismiss the charge if proof of current auto insurance or insurance at the time of the offense is provided 17. For violations of Vehicle Code § 40610, grant an automatic reduction of the violation amount to $25 and dismiss the charge if proof of correction of mechanical violations is provided b. The court will not authorize clerks to grant any of the following requests: 1. Reset contested court trial within 10 calendar days of the scheduled court hearing date 2. Reset second or subsequent date for court trial 3. Dismissal of charges following a period of “no further violations” 4. Remand to county jail in lieu of payment of bail or fines and fees 5. Grant subsequent extension, following an initial 60-day extension of time to pay or to provide proof of completion of community service or traffic violator school, or proof of correction of correctable offense(s) 6. Grant subsequent extension, following an extension granted by a judicial officer, of time to pay or to provide proof of completion of community service or traffic violator school or to provide proof of correction of correctable offense(s) 7. Submit an amended abstract to the DMV upon submission of a late traffic violator school certificate if submission is 61 days or greater from the date a conviction abstract was sent to the DMV 8. Grant traffic violator school or community service following a defendant’s failure to appear for a contested traffic trial, where case has been sentenced in absentia 9. Grant out of state community service (Effective 1/1/2020; amended 1/1/21; amended 1/1/23; amended 7/1/23; amended 1/1/24; amended 7/1/24; amended 1/1/25) 7.3 Traffic Violator School The court may accept a Certificate of Completion of Traffic Violator School to satisfy the requirements to submit a confidential conviction to the DMV to mask the reportable violation(s) from a traffic defendant’s public driving record. In addition to the eligibility criteria established pursuant to California Rules of Court rule 4.104, traffic violator school may be authorized by the clerk without further referral to a judicial officer if the defendant has not attended traffic violator school for an eligible violation that occurred fewer than 18 months prior to the current violation. An administrative fee must be paid to the court prior to a defendant participating in traffic violator school. (Effective 1/1/99; renumbered & amended 1/1/07; renumbered 1/1/10; amended 1/1/12; renumbered 1/1/19; amended 1/1/20; amended 7/1/23) 7.4 Trial by Written Declaration The court adopts the trial by written declaration process defined in Vehicle Code § 40902. Defendants may plead not guilty and submit a completed Judicial Council form TR-205 Request for Trial by Written Declaration and any witness statements or other evidence with the full amount of the bail as shown on the defendant’s courtesy notice at the time of filing. The court will subpoena the citing officer to submit an officer’s statement. The court will rule on the evidence provided and will notify the defendant of the ruling by mail. If the charges are dismissed or if the defendant is found not guilty, the full amount of the bail will be promptly refunded by the court. (Effective 7/1/12; renumbered 1/1/19; amended 1/1/20; amended 1/1/23) 7.5 Ability to Pay Program – Clerk Determinations Clerks are authorized to make determinations of requests for relief through the MyCitations – Ability-to-Pay program, using the fine reductions formulas included in this application. In the event a litigant is dissatisfied with the relief provided through the clerk’s determination, the litigant may submit a request for judicial review to a judge. The litigant must submit such requests on local form MTR-560 Declaration and Request for Reconsideration of Clerk Determination. (Effective 1/1/25)
Chapter 7: Traffic Court Rules 7.1 Traffic Filings The traffic division of the clerk’s office is responsible for all traffic and non-traffic infractions. (Effective 1/1/99; renumbered 1/1/19) 7.2 Adjudication of Miscellaneous Infraction Matters a. Staff in the clerk’s office have the authority to take the following actions, at the request of defendants charged with traffic and non-traffic infracti
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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.