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Chapter 8 (Rules 2.36 to 2.38): public access and privacy (Rule 2.36; California Rules of Court, Rule 1.201); public access to exhibits or attachments not marked as confidential or sealed (Rule 2.37; Rule 2.503); and electronic access to court records under the Court's Electronic Imaging program (Rule 2.38; Rules 2.500).
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CHAPTER 8. ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS Rule 2.36 Public Access and Privacy Please reference. California Rules of Court, Rule 1.201. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2008) (Amended, effective July 1, 2024) Rule 2.37 Public Access. Exhibits or attachments to a document that are filed or lodged with or otherwise presented to the court, that are not otherwise marked as confidential or sealed, may be subject to public viewing and access either at the courthouse or electronically on-line (California Rules of Court, Rule 2.503, et seq.). (Adopted, effective January 1, 2008) Rule 2.38 Electronic Access. Documents that are part of a court record are reasonably made available to the public electronically under the Court’s Electronic Imaging program as permitted by California Rules of Court, Rules 2.500, et seq. Documents that are not properly protected by being marked confidential or sealed by court order may be subject to public access as discussed in Rule 2.38. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2008)
CHAPTER 8. ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS Rule 2.36 Public Access and Privacy Please reference. California Rules of Court, Rule 1.201. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2008) (Amended, effective July 1, 2024) Rule 2.37 Public Access. Exhibits or attachments to a document that are filed or lodged with or otherwise presented to the court, that are not otherwise marked as confidential or sealed, may be subject
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Mateo build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-mateo/docs/local-rules/localrules.pdf (the court's rule book, “Local Court Rules As Amended Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 2288146 bytes, sha256 339b824c762c382bbe9451825137a370ed61c341ed5b7f53b448b46bb3dcca2b; 234 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over the Introduction and Divisions I to XI (PDF pages 33 to 210, each division's contents pages left out): each page's running header (“Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo”), its running label (the division's label, the page number and the page's revision date) and each division's “Return to Table of Contents” link box removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; seven rule citations the reflow broke at a line end rejoined, the Court Schedule of Attorney Fees (Rule 6.1.1; a table printed without rules) set one printed row a line, and sixteen paragraph and heading breaks the reflow ran together set back - among them Division III's headings 3.8, 3.9 and 3.13, printed without the word “Rule” (24 whitespace-only fixes); Divisions II, IV and VI cut at their chapter headings, which reassemble them (Division II's Chapter 3 is “[RESERVED]”: its heading alone, no card); no struck character (the strike report); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents, the filing instructions, the List of Currently Effective Rules, the divisions' contents pages, Attachment I (the local court forms list) and the index belong to no chapter.
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.