Plumas Superior Court Local Rules of Court (effective July 1, 2026) — Rule 1: General Rules

Summary

Rule 1 (Rules 1.1 to 1.12): the rules known as the Plumas County Superior Court Local Rules become effective July 1, 2026 and supersede all local rules previously adopted, applied in such a manner to not conflict with the California Rules of Court, a rule found to conflict with any statute, rule, or decision deemed to conform with it (1.1); if any counsel, party, person or entity fails to comply, the court on motion of a party or its own motion may strike out all or any part of a pleading, dismiss the action or proceeding, enter a judgment by default or impose other penalties, and may order the offending attorney, party, person or entity to pay reasonable costs, including attorney fees (1.2); under Government Code section 68634(d), the court delegates to the Clerk the authority to grant applications for an initial fee waiver that meet the standards of Government Code sections 68632 and 68633, some fee waiver applications referred for judicial review and determination (1.3); once an attorney has made a general appearance, that attorney shall appear in the department to which the matter has been assigned at or before the time set for any proceeding (1.4(a)); the attorney may appear at or before the start of the calendar to notify the court the attorney will be late due to an appearance in another department, and may seek approval of the court to leave (1.4(b)); an attorney shall not be late for or fail to appear at a court appearance except for good cause shown (1.4(c)); the rules of Courtroom Decorum apply in all Superior Court proceedings unless a judicial officer orders otherwise (1.5(a), 1.5(b)); each attorney who appears in court should be polite and considerate toward opposing counsel, opposing parties, witnesses, and members of the court’s staff, and make reasonable efforts to advise clients, witnesses, and others accompanying them of these rules (1.5(c)); all attorneys appearing in court or remotely by video shall be dressed in business attire, no person dressed in attire which tends to interfere with the functioning of the court, Bailiffs to remove any person who violates this rule (1.6); all computers and electronic devices, including cell phones, pagers, and personal digital assistants, turned off before entering the courtroom, a laptop computer or electronic device used only if expressly authorized by the sitting judge at the hearing, no device handled as to indicate a picture, audio or video recording is being taken, violators subject to contempt of court and/or confiscation of the computer or device (1.7); all counsel and parties are required to be present at any contested hearing unless otherwise permitted by the court, counsel and parties may appear remotely at Civil and Family Law Case Management Conferences and for other hearings as permitted, and counsel may apply for a remote appearance using the request forms on the court’s website (1.8); the court uses the Zoom application to conduct remote proceedings (1.8(a)); CourtCall at (888) 88COURT or an AT&T conference line when one of these methods is ordered by the court (1.8(b)); one Official Court Reporter, who may be contacted through the Court Clerk’s Office at (530) 283-6232 (1.9(a)); a party has the right to arrange, at the party’s own expense, for a court reporter if the services of an official court reporter are not available (1.9(b)); in civil, family law cases, or any other matter where the Official Court Reporter is not provided, the parties requesting reporting services to pay in equal proportion the appropriate fee to the Clerk of the Court prior to the confirmation of the reporter’s availability, reporting services deemed waived if the entire fee is not paid (1.9(c)); only one reporter allowed to report a court proceeding at any given time, the judicial officer to make the selection if the parties cannot agree (1.9(d)); a party may arrange for a certified shorthand reporter to serve as an official pro tempore reporter, the reporter’s fee that party’s responsibility (1.9(e)); a party with a fee waiver granted and requesting a court reporter must file Judicial Council form FW-020 with the court at least ten (10) calendar days prior to a hearing (1.9(f)); the judicial officer may order a party who arranges for the transcription of proceedings by the official reporter pro tempore to lodge a copy of the transcript, a person requesting a draft transcript to first obtain an order from the Superior Court Judge and sign a disclaimer, and parties wanting transcripts in a civil matter to contact the court reporter for an estimate and a deposit (1.9(g)); the court adopts rule 2.300 et seq. of the California Rules of Court, allowing the facsimile filing of civil, probate, and family law documents, with a 15-page limit on filings by fax (1.10(a)); a party may file by fax/email using the facsimile number(s) and email address on the court’s website, the Judicial Council Facsimile Transmission Cover Sheet (form MC-005) the first sheet transmitted, with the credit card information including the 3- or 4-digit security code notwithstanding a Fee Waiver, the Telephone Number and E-Mail Address fields deemed required (1.10(b)); documents received by the court on or before 4:00 PM PST on a court business day file stamped with the court date received, documents received after 4:00 PM PST file stamped received the following court business day, a filing received at the time the last page is received (1.10(c)); if the card issuing company rejects the charge, the court may call the filing party to seek alternate payment and/or mail a Notice of Return, a document rejected for filing re-submitted as an entire document, including the cover sheet (1.10(d)); upon approval and acceptance a receipt of payment delivered to the e-mail address on form MC-005, the return of a conformed copy requested on form MC-005 with the applicable processing and/or mailing fees, and documents not eligible for electronic filing - sealed documents, subpoenaed documents, bonds, undertakings, original wills/codicils, exhibits, copy requests, writs/abstracts and any document to be submitted in paper format as ordered by the court (1.10(e)); the court adopts rule 5.522 of the California Rules of Court, allowing the persons and agencies of rule 5.522(c) to file specified juvenile dependency documents by fax, each document accompanied by Judicial Council form JV-520 as the first page transmitted (1.11(a), 1.11(b)); documents received by the court on or before 4:00 PM PST on a court business day file stamped with the court date received, documents received after 4:00 PM PST file stamped received the following court business day (1.11(c)); and a day of vacation for judges in the Plumas Superior Court defined as any full day absence from the court (1.12).