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Chapter 2 (Rules 2.00 to 2.12): the court administered under policy direction of the judges, its daily administration conducted by the duly elected Presiding Judge and the appointed Court Executive Officer, and a Finance Committee comprised of the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge and one additional judicial officer (2.01); a Presiding Judge and an Assistant Presiding Judge elected by majority vote of the judges to serve a term of two (2) years (2.02); the non-judicial management and administrative functions directed by a Court Executive Officer selected by the judges (2.03); five judges regularly sit in the Nevada City Branch and one judge in the Truckee Branch, a commissioner serves both, cases that arise from an occurrence or residence in Truckee - all areas of Eastern Nevada County, east of the intersection of Interstate 80 and State Highway 20 - filed in the Truckee Branch and all other cases in the Nevada City Branch, and citations issued in the Interstate 80 corridor filed in the Truckee Branch and those issued in the Highway 20 corridor in the Nevada City Branch (2.05); sessions at the Nevada County Courthouse, 201 Church Street, Nevada City, and the Nevada County Courthouse, 10075 Levon Avenue, Truckee, and through remote appearance to the extent allowable by law or rule of court (2.06); eight (8) departments, matters heard in one (1) of eight (8) courtrooms (2.07); judges elected to specific departments rotate assignments, with the exception of the judge assigned to the Truckee Branch (2.08); civil and probate ex parte applications - injunctive relief, extraordinary writs, provisional remedies and orders shortening time - presented to the assigned civil-probate judicial officer with notice under California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1203, a party to file the pleadings by 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing and, in the Truckee Branch, to obtain a hearing time from the Truckee Branch clerk's office before filing, criminal applications presented to the assigned criminal law judge, juvenile court and family law applications as set forth in Local Rule 5.01, Appellate Division applications to the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division, the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge or any other non-disqualified judge, in that order, when the judge is unavailable or disqualified or in cases of emergency, and notice that may include cellular phone text messaging (2.09); a day of vacation - any full-day absence or absence greater than four hours requiring calendar coverage by another judicial officer (2.10); the court will not accept notices of unavailability for filing (2.11); the Clerk of the Court, or the clerk's designee, appointed as an elisor where a party fails to execute a document necessary to carry out a court order - an application, which may be made ex parte, and proposed order that designate “The Clerk of the Court or Designee”, the order to identify the documents to be signed, with a copy attached and the signature locations highlighted, a declaration of specific facts establishing the necessity, the moving party to contact Court Administration to arrange the signing, the elisor has up to three (3) court days to sign, and any notary public at the applicant's expense (2.12).
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS RULE 2.00 (REPEALED) (Repealed July 1, 2025.) RULE 2.01 COURT ORGANIZATION The administrative policy of the court system is established by the judiciary in conjunction with the Court’s management team. The Court is administered under policy direction of the judges through lines of administrative authority. All judges participate in court policy-making by means of r
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-11 (California T4 Nevada build 2026-10-11) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-nevada/docs/local-rules/2026_nc_local-rules.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF NEVADA RULES OF COURT Effective: January 1, 1997 Updated: July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-11; 1570770 bytes, sha256 915a63e4216cda56b6e1d985033e57f948fa777fc300d12a4e0fd44fe34227a5; 139 pages; this chapter PDF pages 25 to 29, printed pages 10 to 14) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 16 to 124, printed 1 to 109) composed as one text, from “CHAPTER 1” to Rule 11.05, and cut at the eleven chapter headings, each matched once as a whole line (a chapter may begin mid-page); each page's printed page number at the bottom center removed as chrome (110 lines: the 109 page numbers and, in the same band of PDF page 124, a page reference of the index, which belongs to no card); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title as one line (“RULE 1.08 COURT REPORTERS”), each lettered or numbered subdivision and each “o” bullet starting a line, and each history note on a line of its own; the text after the “INDEX” line on PDF page 124 cut off; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-11.txt) finds no struck run; 22 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: rule headings whose title the book prints on two or more lines under the rule number, each set as one heading line - Rules 1.10, 2.02, 4.00.5, 4.02, 4.05.3, 4.07, 5.03, 5.05.4, 5.09.1, 5.13.1, 6.01.6, 6.02.11, 6.04, 6.05.7, 6.06.1, 6.07.1, 6.08.2, 6.10, 8.04, 8.06, 10.00.4 and 11.04); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-11.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents (PDF pages 2 to 15), the index (PDF pages 124 to 133) and the appendices (PDF pages 134 to 139: Appendix I, the local forms lists; Appendix II, the standing orders list) 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.
California > Third Appellate District > Nevada County > Superior Court of California, County of Nevada
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS RULE 2.00 (REPEALED) (Repealed July 1, 2025.) RULE 2.01 COURT ORGANIZATION The administrative policy of the court system is established by the judiciary in conjunction with the Court’s management team. The Court is administered under policy direction of the judges through lines of administrative authority. All judges participate in court policy-making by means of regularly scheduled meetings consisting of the entire membership of the judiciary. The daily administration of the court is conducted by the duly elected Presiding Judge and the appointed Court Executive Officer. The Finance Committee is comprised of the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge, and one additional judicial officer. The Committee practices generalized review of the court’s yearly budget and substantive personnel plan changes before consideration by the entire judiciary. The Finance Committee generally does not make any decisions alone but does provide recommendations to the entire judiciary. The Finance Committee, in coordination with the remaining judges, shall provide the consultation contemplated by California Rules of Court, Rule 10.603 (c)(6), subsections (A) and (C). (Amended July 1, 2024.) RULE 2.02 PRESIDING JUDGE; DUTIES THEREOF; ASSISTANT PRESIDING JUDGE A Presiding Judge and an Assistant Presiding Judge shall be elected by majority vote of the judges to serve a term of two (2) years, unless the majority of judges vote to change the term. The election vote shall take place at a judges’ meeting. The Assistant Presiding Judge shall assist the Presiding Judge and act as the Presiding Judge in the event of the absence of the Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge’s general responsibilities and duties are those described in California Trial Court Administration Rule 10.603. (Amended July 1, 2025.) RULE 2.03 COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER The non-judicial management and administrative functions of the courts shall be directed by a Court Executive Officer who shall be selected by and serve at the pleasure of the judges of the court. Acting under the direction of the Presiding Judge, the Court Executive Officer’s general responsibilities and duties are those described in California Trial Court Administrative Rule 10.610. (Amended January 1, 2008.) RULE 2.04 (REPEALED) (Repealed January 1, 2008.) RULE 2.05 DIVISION OF COURT FOR FILING AND ADJUDICATION A. Five judges regularly sit in the Nevada City Branch and one judge regularly sits in the Truckee Branch. Specific judicial assignments may rotate as directed by the Presiding Judge. A commissioner serves both the Nevada City Branch and the Truckee Branch. B. Except as provided by Local Rule 2.05(A), the Presiding Judge shall, subject to the advice of the other judges, assign judges to the civil-probate, criminal and family law departments on a rotational basis adhering to the California Rules of Court and Judicial Administration Standards regarding length of assignments for family and juvenile law. C. Except as provided for in Paragraph D, filing of cases shall be governed by the venue criteria of the Code of Civil Procedure and Penal Code and the remainder of this Paragraph C. Any case that would be venued in Nevada County and arises from an occurrence or residence in Truckee shall be filed in the Truckee Branch. All other cases properly venued in Nevada County shall be filed in the Nevada City Branch. “Truckee”, as used herein, includes all areas of Eastern Nevada County, east of the intersection of Interstate 80 and State Highway 20. A judge (unless disqualified) may, from time to time, transfer cases to and from the Truckee Branch to meet the business demands of the court. Such transfer shall be noticed by the clerk’s office to all parties who have previously appeared in the case pursuant to a clerk’s minute order. D. Nevada County citations issued in the Interstate 80 corridor shall be filed in the Truckee Branch and those issued in the Highway 20 corridor shall be filed in the Nevada City Branch. (Amended July 1, 2024.) RULE 2.06 LOCATION AND SCHEDULE OF COURT SESSIONS Sessions of the court shall be held in the courtrooms provided at the Nevada County Courthouse, 201 Church Street, Nevada City, California, or at the Nevada County Courthouse, 10075 Levon Avenue, Truckee, California. In addition, the court may conduct sessions at any appropriate location within the County of Nevada at the direction of the judicial officer presiding at such hearing. The court may hold sessions through remote appearance to the extent allowable by law or rule of court. (Amended July 1, 2024.) RULE 2.07 DEPARTMENTS The Superior Court of the State of California, County of Nevada consists of eight (8) departments. Matters assigned to a given judicial officer/department can be heard in one (1) of eight (8) courtrooms. Judicial officers may sit in different courtrooms at different times. (Amended July 1, 2025.) RULE 2.08 JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS For election ballot purposes, judges of court are elected to specific departments. Although each judge has been elected to a department, the judges rotate assignments, with the exception of the judge assigned to the Truckee Branch. Accordingly, during the term of an assignment, a judge may be assigned to a department other than that elected to. (Amended January 1, 2008.) RULE 2.09 APPLICATIONS FOR EX PARTE ORDERS Except as otherwise specifically provided by the rules, applications for ex parte orders shall be presented as follows: A. Civil-Probate. Civil or probate applications involving injunctive relief, extraordinary writs, provisional remedies and all other civil or probate orders including orders shortening time (other than in family law matters) shall be presented to the assigned civil-probate judicial officer. Notice shall be given pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1203. Said ex parte applications shall be presented as set out below. 1. A party seeking an application shall file the pleadings by 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing on the ex parte application. 2. In the Truckee Branch, a party seeking an application shall contact the Truckee Branch clerk’s office to obtain a hearing time before filing an application. B. Criminal. Applications involving criminal matters shall be presented to the assigned criminal law judge. New matters not involving any pending case shall also be presented to the assigned criminal law judge. If a case has not been assigned to a particular judge, the application shall be presented for consideration by an available judicial officer. C. Family Law-Juvenile Law. Applications involving juvenile court and family law matters shall be presented as set forth in Local Rule 5.01. D. Appellate Division. Applications involving matters pending before the Appellate Division shall be presented to the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division. E. Unavailability or disqualification. If the judge to whom an application should be presented under this rule is unavailable (i.e., not physically present) or is disqualified, or in cases of emergency, the application is to be presented to the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge, or any other non-disqualified judge of the court, in the foregoing order of preference. F. The manner of giving notice of the ex parte application may include notice by cellular phone text messaging. (Amended July 1, 2026.) RULE 2.10 JUDICIAL VACATIONS The Presiding Judge shall administer judicial vacations as provided in California Rules of Court, Rule 10.603(c)(2)(H). A day of vacation for judges in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Nevada is defined as any full-day absence or absence greater than four hours requiring calendar coverage by another judicial officer. This rule does not apply to absences for reasons of illness or authorized education programs, workshops, committees or community outreach programs. (Amended July 1, 2024.) RULE 2.11 NON-ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICES OF UNAVAILABILITY The Superior Court of the State of California, County of Nevada, will not accept for filing notices of unavailability. (Effective July 1, 2010.) RULE 2.12 ELISORS Where a party fails to execute a document necessary to carry out a court order, the Clerk of the Superior Court, or the clerk’s authorized representative or designee, may be appointed as an elisor to sign the document. When applying for an appointment of an elisor: A. The application and proposed order must designate “The Clerk of the Court or Designee” as the elisor and indicate for whom the elisor is being appointed and in what capacity they are to sign the document. An application for appointment of an elisor may be made ex parte. The application must not set forth a specific court employee. B. The order must expressly identify the documents to be signed and a copy of the documents must be attached to the proposed order. The original documents presented for signature by the elisor must match the copy of the documents attached to the proposed order. The order shall clearly identify the documents. A deed must state the type of deed e.g. grant deed, interspousal transfer deed, etc. Escrow documents must be listed separately (i.e., Escrow Instruction Dated, Disclosure Regarding Real Estate Agency Relationship, Hazard Report, etc.). C. The sample copies shall be highlighted in the locations where the elisor is to sign their name. Beneath the signature lines on the sample copies the moving party shall print the language being requested to identify the elisor’s signature. D. The declaration supporting the application must include specific facts establishing the necessity for the appointment of an elisor. E. If the Court grants the application for appointment of an elisor, the moving party shall contact Court Administration to arrange for a time for the actual signing of the documents. The appointed elisor has up to three (3) court days to complete the actual signing of the documents. Any exceptions to the three (3) day period shall be addressed on a case-by-case basis by the Court. If the elisor signature requires notarization, the applicant must arrange for a notary public to be present at the applicant’s expense when the elisor signs the documents. (Amended July 1, 2026.)
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.