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The standing order of January 20, 2021 permitting public entities, as defined in Government Code section 811.2, to use digital signatures on documents filed with the court, with the force of a manual signature only if the signature meets the five attributes of Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5); no other electronic signatures are accepted, and the filer represents that the signer's certificate is kept and available to the court on request.
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[File stamp: FILED/ENDORSED, JAN 20 2021, By K. Swift, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO STANDING ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT No. SSC-21-2 ORDER: DIGITAL SIGNATURES BY ORDER OF THE COURT AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the use of digital signatures on documents filed with the Court by a public entity, as defined in Government Code Section 811.2, is permitted and shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature, provided it complies with all of the requirements of Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5). “Digital signature” means an electronic identifier, created by computer, intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature. For purposes of this section, a digital signature is a type of “electronic signature” as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 1633.2 of the Civil Code. If a public entity elects to use a digital signature pursuant to this Standing Order, that digital signature shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature if and only if it embodies all of the following attributes: (1) It is unique to the person using it. (2) It is capable of verification. (3) It is under the sole control of the person using it. (4) It is linked to data in such a manner that if the data are changed, the digital signature is invalidated. (5) It conforms to regulations adopted by the Secretary of State. No other form of electronic signatures will be accepted. The use of a digital signature shall be at the option of the public entity. Nothing in this Standing Order shall require a public entity to use or permit the use of a digital signature. A party who files a document containing a digital signature under this Standing Order represents that the signer’s certificate or similar verification document is maintained in the party’s possession or control, and is subject to production upon request from the Court. This Standing Order shall remain in effect until such time as it may be modified or revoked. DATED: January 20, 2021 THE HONORABLE RUSSELL L. HOM Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, Count of Sacramento Standing Order of the Superior Court Number: SCC-21-2 ORDER: DIGITAL SIGNATURES [The footer prints "SCC-21-2" for SSC-21-2. The signature block prints "Count of Sacramento" for County of Sacramento.]
[File stamp: FILED/ENDORSED, JAN 20 2021, By K. Swift, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO STANDING ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT No. SSC-21-2 ORDER: DIGITAL SIGNATURES BY ORDER OF THE COURT AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the use of digital signatures on documents filed with the Court by a public entity, as defined in Government Code Section 811.2, is permitted and
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-02 (California T3 Sacramento build 2026-10-02) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-sacramento/standing-orders/SSC-21-2.pdf (157117 bytes, sha256 5ae832548cbea294d89915d22b74b3b0a5509d987e99b4f19e7361403010476b; 2 pages), a page scan whose only text is an invisible OCR layer - transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against its image; the file's OCR text layer served only as a second reader - every six-word window of the transcription looked up in it and every miss checked on the page; the clerk's file stamp in one bracketed line, handwritten fills in place with a closing bracketed note, the running footer transcribed once, pleading line numbers and fill marks omitted; a signature itself is not transcribed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.