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Riverside County Superior Court — Department PS1 Trial Rules (Hon. Arthur C. Hester; effective July 1, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 2, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment PS1 Trial Rules (Hon. Arthur C. Hester; effective July 1, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Riverside; posted on the court's website at https://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/system/files/2026-06/PS1%20Trial%20Rules.pdf, fetched 2026-10-02.

Summary

Department PS1's trial rules, effective July 1, 2026: non-refundable jury fees of $150.00; motions in limine (filing, exchanging and meeting and conferring, and improper or unnecessary motions); joint documents due 14 days before trial; the pre-trial good faith declaration; trial briefs; trial exhibits and deposition transcripts; jury questionnaires and hardships; jury instructions and verdict forms; virtual or video trials and the pretrial technology conference; general trial procedures; Doe defendants; parties who have not appeared; the trial setting order; court reporters and daily transcripts; requests to continue trial by motion, ex parte request or stipulation; trial hours; and reaching the courtroom assistant.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Riverside County > Superior Court of California, County of Riverside > Department PS1

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TRIAL RULES Department PS1 (Effective July 1, 2026) **Department Trial Rules subject to changes and/or updates closer to trial date given the ever-changing availability of resources. All trial counsel, including self-represented litigants, shall comply with the following requirements: A. Jury Fees. Non-refundable jury fees of $150.00 are to be depo

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Riverside — court website
Source health: Pending verification · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 1, 2026
Last verified: October 2, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-riverside-2026-10-02

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-02 (California T3 Riverside build 2026-10-02) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-riverside/docs/dept/PS1_Trial_Rules.pdf (277807 bytes, sha256 2cdb7da37db44679a525edb52d2378e041da2cbb5fbf3afdd667f8c123a35ba0; 14 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): the Symbol-font bullet U+F0A8 mapped to the black diamond it prints as (U+2666). Attached to Judge Arthur C. Hester: the document names the department and its judge, and the court's Judicial Directory (updated 9/15/26) places Judge Arthur C. Hester in Department PS1.