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Rule 7 (Rules 7.0 to 7.4): jury fees deposited by the party demanding the jury (Rule 7.0); confidentiality of prospective jurors' declarations (Rule 7.1); the court's Information and Instruction Cover Sheet on all juror questionnaires (Rule 7.2); an additional grand jury under Penal Code § 904.6 (Rule 7.3); and the Civil Grand Jury - qualifications under Penal Code § 893, volunteers (questionnaires returned no later than May 31st), the list of thirty (30) volunteers the Grand Jury Committee recommends and the selection of 19 jurors for a fiscal year commencing July 1st (Rule 7.4).
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7 Jury Panels 7.0 Jury Fees. Jury fees required by law must be deposited with the clerk of the Court by the party or parties demanding the jury. At no time may the members of the jury be informed which party is paying fees or other costs. 7.1 Confidentiality of Prospective Trial and Grand Juror Declarations. Declarations submitted to the Court by prospective trial and grand jurors are confidential to the extent permitted by law. 7.2 Juror Questionnaire Information and Instruction Cover Sheet. A party or attorney shall attach a Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco Information and Instruction Cover Sheet to all juror questionnaires. The cover sheet can be found on the Court’s website under local forms or obtained from the clerks’ office. 7.3 Additional Grand Jury. The Presiding Judge determines whether there is one additional Grand Jury, which must be selected pursuant to Penal Code § 904.6. 7.4 Civil Grand Jury. A. All prospective grand jurors must possess the qualifications required by Penal Code § 893 and must complete a questionnaire on their qualifications for service. The questionnaire must be in a form approved by the Court. B. The Court accepts volunteers for Civil Grand Jury service. On or before the first court day of March each year, the court executive officer must place an announcement to that effect in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and County of San Francisco, as defined by Government Code §§ 6000 and 6008. Those who apply will receive a formal questionnaire from the court executive officer, which must be returned no later than May 31st. C. Grand Jury Committee. The Presiding Judge must appoint a standing Grand Jury Committee which reviews all of the questionnaires submitted by volunteers and then interviews the volunteers deemed most qualified by the Committee. The Grand Jury Committee also serves as an advisory body to the Court on matters concerning the Grand Jury. D. Report of Grand Jury Committee. On or before May 31st, the Grand Jury Committee must recommend to the Presiding Judge a list of thirty (30) volunteers selected for the Civil Grand Jury pool. The Grand Jury Committee must endeavor to select for Civil Grand Jury Service persons representative of the community. E. Selection of Civil Grand Jury. From the Civil Grand Jury pool, the Presiding Judge in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code, must select 19 persons and they will constitute the Civil Grand Jury, which will have the sole responsibility for the civil investigative duties outlined in the Penal Code. Such jury will serve for a period of one fiscal year commencing July 1st, unless earlier discharged by the Presiding Judge. Adopted: July 1, 1998 Last Revised: July 1, 2024
7 Jury Panels 7.0 Jury Fees. Jury fees required by law must be deposited with the clerk of the Court by the party or parties demanding the jury. At no time may the members of the jury be informed which party is paying fees or other costs. 7.1 Confidentiality of Prospective Trial and Grand Juror Declarations. Declarations submitted to the Court by prospective trial and grand jurors are confidential
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Francisco build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-francisco/docs/local-rules/final-proposed-changes-lrsf-effective-july-1-2026-submitted.pdf (the court's rule book, “Uniform Local Rules of Court, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Effective: July 1, 1998, Revised: July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 2706376 bytes, sha256 82645c96954e6d459832c1ee68c5a042ff7f90ebc58fceb9a82fc7c5575631ad; 251 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over the rule body (PDF pages 3 to 235): each page's running header (“Local Rules of Court San Francisco Superior Court” and “Rule N”) and footer (“Effective: ...; Revised ...” and the printed page number) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; the one struck letter in the book (the final “s” of “means” in Rule 2.11(A)(5), read on the page image) set aside as chrome with the composer's strike_out, so the card reads the rule as amended; four rule headings set on their own lines and 23 paragraph breaks the reflow made inside sentences rejoined (whitespace-only fixes); the body's one soft hyphen (Rule 12.15's “JV-” at a line end) read as the hyphen it prints and the reflow's space after it removed; Rule 11's two tables (the timeshare percentages and their definitions) set row by row (the same characters); the body cut at the rule headings, which reassemble it; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents and the index belong to no rule.
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.