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Chapter 80.00 (Rules 80.1 to 80.5, as numbered): the Local Rules found in Chapters 10.0 and 20.0 applied to probate, conservatorship and guardianship proceedings (80.1.1); written notice of stipulation or non-stipulation to a Commissioner at least five (5) court days before the hearing (80.1.3); calendar notes available approximately five (5) days before the hearing on the court's website, or by calling (916) 408-6119, not a tentative ruling (80.1.4); continuances - of an initial hearing through the probate clerk when requested at least fifteen (15) calendar days before it, an amended notice served at least ten (10) days before the original hearing date, and otherwise reviewed by the court, the hearing ordinarily remaining on calendar (80.1.7); financial statements lodged for accounts under Probate Code Section 2620, with a return envelope with prepaid postage (80.1.8); estates which distribute to an inter vivos trust - notice to all trustees, successor trustees and beneficiaries and an authenticated copy of the trust or a declaration identifying them (80.2.1); notice of each conservatorship account to the probate court investigator at least fifteen (15) days before the hearing (80.3.1); an ex parte application to appoint counsel for the conservatee with a petition seeking orders on major neurocognitive disorders under Probate Code Section 2356.5, or for a limited conservatorship (80.3.2, 80.3.3); and the fingerprint background check of proposed guardians on Form BCIA 8016 at a Public Applicant Live Scan Site (80.4.1).
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RULE 80.00 PROBATE [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.1 GENERAL PROBATE RULES RULE 80.1.1 SCOPE OF RULES A. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the Local Rules found in Chapters 10.0 et. seq. and 20.0 et. seq. apply to all probate, conservatorship, and guardianship proceedings. [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.1.2 SUBSECTION DELETED [Effective 3/31/22] RULE 80.1.3 NON-STIPULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER A. When a regularly scheduled probate, conservatorship, or guardianship calendar is heard by a Commissioner, the parties must file written notice indicating whether or not they stipulate to the Commissioner. Failure to file such notice of stipulation or non-stipulation at least five (5) court days prior to the hearing date for the matter will be deemed a stipulation to the Commissioner for all purposes other than trial. [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.1.4 CALENDAR NOTES A. Calendar notes will be available approximately five (5) days prior to the hearing, and may be updated prior to the hearing. The calendar notes will include the procedural status of the case, including procedural defects, will indicate whether an appearance is required, and may include additional information to assist the parties to prepare for the hearing. If no appearance is required but an interested person appears to oppose the petition, the court will ordinarily continue the hearing and allow the opponent to file and serve written opposition. The calendar notes are not a tentative ruling in the merits. The calendar notes are accessible at the court’s website, www.placer.courts.ca.gov. If internet access is not available, counsel and parties may call (916) 408-6119 to access the notes. [Effective 1/1/13] RULE 80.1.5 SUBSECTION DELETED [Effective 1/1/19] RULE 80.1.6 SUBSECTION DELETED [Effective 1/1/19] RULE 80.1.7 CONTINUANCES A. Continuance of initial hearing. The petitioner may request to continue the initial hearing on any matter by contacting the probate clerk. When the request to continue is made at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the initial hearing, the clerk may approve the continuance request. If the notice of hearing was previously served, an amended notice of hearing must be served. Except for good cause shown, the amended notice must be served at least ten (10) days before the original hearing date. When the request to continue is made fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the initial hearing, the request must be reviewed by the court. The initial hearing will ordinarily remain on calendar, and any continuance will be ordered in open court. [Effective 1/1/13] B. Continuances of subsequent hearings. All other requests to continue hearings must be reviewed by the court. The next hearing will ordinarily remain on calendar, and any further continuance will be ordered in open court. [Effective 1/1/13] C. Compliance with required notice. Nothing in this rule shall excuse any party from complying with the notice requirements of the Probate Code or the California Rules of Court. [Effective 1/1/13] RULE 80.1.8 PROBATE ACCOUNTS A. For any account filed pursuant to Probate Code Section 2620, petitioner may lodge the required financial statements with the Court. The Court will retain the lodged documents until the Court has approved the account, at which time the lodged documents will be returned to the depositing petitioner, guardian, conservator, or successor fiduciary appointed by the Court. Any documents lodged pursuant to this rule shall be accompanied by an envelope to return the documents, with sufficient prepaid postage affixed thereto. [Effective 1/1/12] RULE 80.2 DECEDENT’S ESTATES [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.2.1 ESTATES WHICH DISTRIBUTE TO INTER VIVOS TRUST A. When a Petition to Administer Estate seeks to admit to probate a will which includes a distribution to an inter vivos trust, the petitioner must give notice of the hearing to all trustees, successor trustees, and beneficiaries (as defined in Probate Code § 24 (c)-(d)). The petitioner must also file with the petition either an authenticated copy of the trust or an affidavit or declaration by a party or counsel which identifies the trustees, successor trustees, and beneficiaries (as defined in Probate Code § 24 (c)-(d)). [Effective date 1/1/13] RULE 80.2.2 SUBSECTION DELETED [Effective 1/1/13] RULE 80.3 CONSERVATORSHIPS [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.3.1 CONSERVATORSHIP ACCOUNTS A. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, notice of hearing for each conservatorship account together with a copy of the account shall be given to the probate court investigator at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing on the account. Contact information for the court investigator is available from the Civil Division. [Effective 7/1/19] RULE 80.3.2 PETITIONS SEEKING ORDERS RELATING TO MAJOR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS A. If a Petition to Appoint a Conservator of the Person seeks orders related to major neurocognitive disorder treatment or placement under Probate Code Section 2356.5, Petitioner shall file an ex parte application to appoint counsel for the conservatee, along with a proposed order which leaves the name and address of the court appointed counsel blank, at the time the Petition is filed. [Effective 7/1/07; Revised 7/1/18] RULE 80.3.3 LIMITED CONSERVATORSHIPS A. When a Petition to Appoint a Limited Conservator is filed, Petitioner shall file an ex parte application to appoint counsel for the conservatee, along with a proposed order which leaves the name and address of the court appointed counsel blank, at the time the Petition is filed. [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.4 GUARDIANSHIPS [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.4.1 PROPOSED GUARDIAN; FINGERPRINTING A. Where a Petition for Guardianship has been filed, proposed guardians shall undergo a fingerprint background check. Proposed guardians shall submit to the background check by completing Form BCIA 8016 and having fingerprints taken at a Public Applicant Live Scan Site, as certified by the State Department of Justice. Fees charged by Public Applicant Live Scan Site providers vary and are the responsibility of the proposed guardian. The results of the background check shall be sent directly to the Superior Court of Placer County and will be used by the Probate Investigator in the completion of required reports to the court. The court will provide the petitioner with the information required to ensure the results are sent to the Court. [Effective 1/1/16] RULE 80.5 TRUST MATTERS [Effective 7/1/07] [Reserved.]
RULE 80.00 PROBATE [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.1 GENERAL PROBATE RULES RULE 80.1.1 SCOPE OF RULES A. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the Local Rules found in Chapters 10.0 et. seq. and 20.0 et. seq. apply to all probate, conservatorship, and guardianship proceedings. [Effective 7/1/07] RULE 80.1.2 SUBSECTION DELETED [Effective 3/31/22] RULE 80.1.3 NON-STIPULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER A
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Placer build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-placer/docs/Local Rules of Court_Effective January 1 2026_FINAL_0.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “Superior Court of California, County of Placer Local Rules of Court Price: $20.00 Revision: January 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 1566260 bytes, sha256 17cd12d45c63fb379e965d7c730b6e1f4d6629be9cb3cf233a810f15f977f9ac; 105 pages; this chapter PDF pages 76 to 78) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: the book is a redline in place - the changes of January 1, 2026 printed in bold, the deleted words struck through - so the struck runs are taken out as chrome and each card carries the rules in force; each of the nine chapters composed from its own pages (PDF pages 9 to 81; each chapter begins at the top of a new page), from its heading (“10.00 LOCAL RULES – GENERAL” to “RULE 100.0 APPELLATE DIVISION AND APPEALS”) to its last rule's history note: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PLACER”) and its page number removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's label and title (“RULE 10.1 SCOPE OF RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) lists 43 struck runs on 12 pages - the 8 chapter pages (16, 21, 32, 33, 44, 45, 53 and 57) read by eye, crop by crop, and 4 pages of Appendix A; 12 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 10.10(B)'s “C through E.” rejoined, five rule headings rejoined with their wrapped lines and notes, Rule 10.27(F)'s and two other history notes or lines set as printed, Rule 20.13(B)'s “the form for” spaced where the strokes took the spaces, Rule 30.3's “Alameda County” rejoined, and Rule 40.6's motion caption and promissory note signature block set row by row) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py) list candidates read one by one; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the purchase notice, the table of contents, the quick reference guide, Chapter 90.0 (a judge's vacation day: judicial administration, no card), the list of effective rules, the index and Appendix A (the local forms) belong to no card; Appendix B's four standing orders, scanned page images, are transcribed by eye and carded separately. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 80.1.4's "not a tentative ruling in the merits".
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.