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Chapter 11 (Rules 11.01 and 11.02): the Court to permit attendance at a traffic school approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles as a means of resolving traffic infraction charges, the rules of eligibility and procedures made available to the public by the Clerk (11.01); and a trial by declaration under Vehicle Code §40902 afforded upon written request, the defendant required to waive time for speedy trial and to post bail in the full amount specified by the bail schedule, failure to post bail in a timely manner deemed a withdrawal of the request, a person who has posted bail to adhere to the time limits set by the Clerk for declarations, exhibits or other evidence or bail forfeiture to result, and the Court to admit all relevant evidence (11.02).
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CHAPTER 11: MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC INFRACTION RULES 11.01 Traffic School: As a means of resolving traffic infraction charges, the Court will permit attendance at a traffic school that has been approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Rules of eligibility and procedures for completing traffic school will be established by the Court from time-to-time, and will be made available to the public by the Clerk of the Court. Attention is hereby directed to Vehicle Code §§ 41501, 42005, 42007, and 42007.1. (Rule 11.01 amended effective January 1, 2015; adopted effective January 1, 2011.) 11.02 Trials by Declaration: A. Adoption of Procedure for Trial by Declaration. This court adopts the provisions of Vehicle Code §40902, except as may be limited herein. B. Eligibility. Upon written request, any defendant will be afforded a trial by declaration, as may be allowed by Vehicle Code §40902. A defendant who requests a trial by declaration will be required to waive time for speedy trial. C. Requirement for Posting of Bail. Any person who requests a trial by declaration will be informed by the Clerk of the Court of the requirement to post bail in the full amount specified by the bail schedule. Failure to post bail in a timely manner will be deemed a withdrawal of the request for trial by declaration. Thereafter, a person will not be afforded a trial by declaration in that case, absent an order of the Court on good cause shown. D. Time Limits. A person who has posted bail for a trial by declaration must adhere to the time limits set by the Clerk of the Court for submission of any required declarations, exhibits, or other evidence. Failure to submit said evidence in a timely manner will result in bail forfeiture without further proceedings. E. Evidence. Pursuant to Vehicle Code §40902(c), this Court will admit all relevant evidence, including but not limited to the complaint, citation, police reports, written declaration of the defendant or any witness, photographs, drawings, diagrams, or other probative evidence. (Rule 11.02 amended effective January 1, 2015; adopted effective January 1, 2011.)
CHAPTER 11: MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC INFRACTION RULES 11.01 Traffic School: As a means of resolving traffic infraction charges, the Court will permit attendance at a traffic school that has been approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Rules of eligibility and procedures for completing traffic school will be established by the Court from time-to-time, and will be made available to the
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Modoc build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-modoc/docs/local-rules/modocrules-07-01-2024.pdf (the court's rule book, its first page “SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MODOC LOCAL RULES OF COURT TABLE OF CONTENTS”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 1907063 bytes, sha256 a50f847b5814ce5e8bb2da3640a5e49e90c9d77c5617112ef0f5d7b35039c95e; 106 pages; this chapter PDF pages 48 to 49, printed pages 48 to 49) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 5 to 91, printed with the same numbers) composed as one text and cut at the sixteen chapter headings - “CHAPTER 1: GENERAL RULES” to “CHAPTER 16: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY RULES”, each matched once at a line start (a chapter may begin mid-page); the book's title line atop page 5 (“LOCAL RULES OF THE MODOC COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT”) set before Chapter 1 and in no card; Appendix A, the Appellate Division Local Rules (PDF pages 101 to 106), composed apart with the same settings and cut at its heading “APPENDIX “A””, the list of local forms above it on page 101 (Appendix B, a finding aid) set aside; the running header of every page (“Superior Court of the State of California” and “County of Modoc, Local Rules”, named) and the page number at its foot (“5”, named and a whole line in its band) removed as chrome - 261 chrome lines in the rules, 18 in the appendix; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number and title (“1.01 Citation of Rules:”), each lettered subdivision and numbered paragraph and each history line (“(Rule 1.01 adopted effective January 1, 2011.)”) starting a line and each chapter heading on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 106 pages; no table on the rule pages (page 101's one table is Appendix B's list); 16 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: fourteen hyphenated words the text layer sets with the hyphen as a line of its own, rejoined as printed - “post-trial”, “pre-marked”, “3.1200-3.1207”, “non-appearance” (twice), “cross-complaint”, “self-represented”, “self-employed”, “non-custodial”, “non-English-speaking”, “follow-up”, “long-term”, “Court-sponsored” and “interest-bearing”; and in Appendix A two paragraphs of section I and the cover sheet's address block of section J, which the reflow joined, split); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (Rule 3.03(B)'s heading over its first paragraph, the headings and lists the false-break audit names); the book's own text kept as printed (Rule 5.02(A)'s fee schedule, its third item broken across two lines; the cross-references the review notes name; “12:00 AM (noon)” in Rule 3.03(C)); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The table of contents (PDF pages 1 to 4), the Subject Index (92 to 95), the Local Rules Index (96 to 100) and Appendix B (the list of local forms MOD-1 to MOD-15 on page 101) 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.