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Cameras and other image-capture devices: no pictures or video in court facilities or of court files and exhibits without written authorization, except portable scanners and copiers used only to image documents under the court's acknowledgement form (SDSC ADM-329). In effect for 2026.
California > Fourth Appellate District > San Diego County > Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
[File stamp: FILED, Clerk of the Superior Court, DEC 31 2025, By: G. Arce-Barraza, Deputy] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN RE PROHIBITING THE USE OF CAMERAS AND OTHER DIGITAL IMAGE-CAPTURE DEVICES IN COURTHOUSE GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-03 THIS COURT FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: This order has been developed for the protection of all persons with business in the courthouse facilities of the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego (“San Diego Superior Court,” “court,” or “courthouse”), and to ensure the safe, secure, orderly, and efficient handling of proceedings and court business. This order is consistent with California Rules of Court, rule 10.603, which vests in the Presiding Judge the responsibility of establishing policies and providing a forum for the fair and expeditious resolution of disputes. Except as permitted by California Rules of Court, rule 1.150, General Order 010125-02, and the Juvenile Court Media Policy, no one except authorized court and court security personnel may use any camera-enabled or video-enabled device, including but not limited to, cameras, camcorders, cell phones, tablets, iPads, iPods, watches, eyewear, or other AI-enabled accessories, to take pictures or videos in any courthouse facilities, courtrooms, or temporary locations that may be set up from time to time to conduct court business on courthouse grounds outside of the courthouse building, or to take pictures or videos of any court files or exhibits, absent written authorization from a judicial officer or the Executive Officer of the court. However, this order does not prohibit the use of portable image-capture devices, i.e., optical scanners and copy machines, used solely for the purpose of imaging documents. Unless the person using such a portable image-capture device is an employee of a bonded copy service company, they may not remove any documents from the file. Anyone seeking to use a portable-image capture device to image documents will be required to initial and acknowledge the rules set out for such use on Use of Portable Image-Capturing Devices Acknowledgement (San Diego Superior Court Form #ADM-329). Any court staff, security personnel, or peace officer who discovers that a person is violating this order is directed to advise such individual orally of this order, and take steps to provide the person with a copy of this order as soon as practical. Further, if the person persists in violating this order despite being informed of it, or has violated the order in a manner that appears to have a significant adverse impact upon court security or the fair and orderly resolution of court business, security personnel or a peace officer shall remove the individual(s) from the business office, courtroom, or other court area, as appropriate. This order shall become effective on January 1, 2026, and expire on December 31, 2026, unless otherwise ordered by this court. Service of this order shall be made on the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: December 31, 2025 [signature] HONORABLE MAUREEN F. HALLAHAN PRESIDING JUDGE
[File stamp: FILED, Clerk of the Superior Court, DEC 31 2025, By: G. Arce-Barraza, Deputy] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN RE PROHIBITING THE USE OF CAMERAS AND OTHER DIGITAL IMAGE-CAPTURE DEVICES IN COURTHOUSE GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-03 THIS COURT FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: This order has been developed for the protection o
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 San Diego build) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-san-diego/go/general_order_010126-03.pdf (149579 bytes, sha256 db01a2caa228df5bd0dbdbf7c0f629ba797bd910b1958911c27106e7defd58fa; 3 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan with no usable text layer: transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and section sign checked in full-resolution crops; pleading line numbers and “///” fill marks omitted; the file stamp and signature bracketed. The order cites “General Order 010125-02” (the 2025 number of the photography order). Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.