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A 'local rule' is every rule, regulation, order, policy, form or standard of general application adopted by a court to govern practice or procedure in that court, or by a judge to govern practice or procedure in that judge's courtroom; each court must make its local rules available for inspection and copying at every location that accepts filings, publish them through an official publisher, and file them electronically with the Judicial Council 45 days before the January 1 or July 1 effective date with a certificate stating, among other things, whether the court posts its local rules on its website; proposed rules other than calendaring rules must be distributed for comment at least 45 days before adoption; courts must periodically repeal outdated or inconsistent rules; and a rule may take effect on another date only with the Judicial Council chair's authorization.
California > All trial courts (local rules)
(a) Definitions As used in this rule: (1) "Court" means a trial court; and (2) "Local rule" means every rule, regulation, order, policy, form, or standard of general application adopted by a court to govern practice or procedure in that court or by a judge of the court to govern practice or procedure in that judge's courtroom. … (b) Local inspection and copying of rules Each court must make its local rules available for inspection and copying in every location of the court that generally accepts filing of papers. The court may impose a reasonable charge for copying the rules and may impose a reasonable page limit on copying. The rules must be accompanied by a notice indicating where a full set of the rules may be purchased or otherwise obtained. … (c) Publication of rules (1) Each court executive officer must be the official publisher of the court's local rules unless the court, by a majority vote of the judges, appoints another public agency or a private company. (2) The official publisher must have the local rules reproduced and make copies available for distribution to attorneys and litigants. (3) The court must adopt rules in sufficient time to permit reproduction of the rules by the official publisher before the effective date of the changes. … (d) Filing rules with the Judicial Council (1) Forty-five days before the effective date of January 1 or July 1, each court must file with the Judicial Council an electronic copy of rules and amendments to rules adopted by the court in a format authorized by the Judicial Council. (2) The filing must be accompanied by a certificate from the presiding judge or court executive officer stating that: (A) The court has complied with the applicable provisions of this rule; (B) The court does or does not post local rules on the court's Web site; and (C) The court does or does not provide assistance to members of the public in accessing the Internet or the court has delegated to and obtained the written consent of the county law librarian to provide public assistance under (e). (3) Rules that do not comply with this rule will not be accepted for filing by the Judicial Council. … (g) Comment period for proposed rules (1) Timing Except for rules specifying the time of hearing and similar calendaring matters, the court must distribute each proposed rule for comment at least 45 days before it is adopted. … (h) Periodic review Each court must periodically review its local rules and repeal rules that have become outdated, unnecessary, or inconsistent with statewide rules or statutes. … (i) Alternative effective date A court may adopt a rule to take effect on a date other than as provided by Government Code section 68071 if: (1) The presiding judge submits to the Judicial Council the proposed rule and a statement of reasons constituting good cause for making the rule effective on the stated date; (2) The Chair of the Judicial Council authorizes the rule to take effect on the date proposed; and (3) The rule is made available for inspection as provided in (b) on or before the effective date.
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.