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Chapter 4 (Rules 6.6 to 6.12): the sessions of the Northern Department each court day (Rule 6.6); the matters that may be heard there (Rule 6.7); the Northern District, all areas of San Mateo County from the northern boundary south to and including Burlingame (Rule 6.8); the basis for and the procedure for obtaining Northern District venue (Rules 6.9 and 6.10); and transfer from the Northern Department (Rule 6.11). Rule 6.12 is repealed; Rules 6.13 through 6.19 are reserved.
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CHAPTER 4. NORTHERN DEPARTMENT Rule 6.6 Sessions A session of this court, referred to in these rules as the "Northern Department," shall be held each court day, at such times as directed by the judge of that department, in the San Mateo County Northern District Court Building at 1050 Mission Road, South San Francisco, or at such other place or places in South San Francisco as the presiding judge shall order from time to time. The presiding judge shall establish by order a schedule for the Northern Department specifying the days and times that each type of proceeding will be conducted. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) Rule 6.7 Matters that May be Heard In any action or proceeding assigned to the Northern Department pursuant to these rules, all proceedings shall be conducted in the Northern Department, unless otherwise ordered. Other proceedings may be assigned to the Northern Department by the presiding judge. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) Rule 6.8 Northern District The Northern District includes all areas of San Mateo County from the northern boundary south to and including Burlingame. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) Rule 6.9 Basis for Establishing Northern District Venue Northern District venue is proper in any action or proceeding where, in the discretion of the Presiding Judge or a designated supervising judge, for the convenience of the witnesses, the efficient administration of the court or the ends of justice would be promoted by assignment to the Northern Department. Regularly set court hearings held at the Northern Branch will be posted on the Court’s calendars. Parties in other cases assigned to the Northern District will be notified of their assignment by written or verbal notice provided by the Court. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) (Amended, effective January 1, 2013) Rule 6.10 Procedure for Obtaining Northern District Venue A party to an action may obtain Northern District venue by one of the following procedures: (a) The party initiating the action may file concurrently with the initial pleading a completed Northern District Declaration on the form available from the clerk of the court. Upon the filing of such a Declaration stating facts showing Northern District venue to be proper under these rules, the clerk shall assign such action to the Northern Department for all purposes permitted under these rules. If at any time it appears that assignment to the Northern Department was not proper, the presiding judge or the judge of the Northern Department may order such action or proceeding transferred to the county seat. (b) After an action is filed, any party may make a noticed motion before the presiding judge or the judge of the Northern Department for transfer to the Northern Department. In any default or otherwise uncontested action or proceeding, such order of transfer may be made ex parte. Except in default or uncontested actions or proceedings, within five days after the order for transfer is made, the moving party shall file and serve on all other parties a notice of the transfer. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) Rule 6.11 Transfer from Northern Department The presiding judge or the judge of the Northern Department, with the approval of the presiding judge, may transfer actions or proceedings pending in the Northern Department to the county seat in any of the following circumstances: (a) When the parties stipulate to such transfer. (b) When the convenience of witnesses, the efficient administration of the court or the ends of justice would be promoted by the change. (c) When it appears that the action was improperly assigned to the Northern Department. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) Rule 6.12 Filing of Papers and Keeping Records of Northern Department (REPEALED) (Adopted, effective July 1, 1996) (REPEALED, effective July 1, 2013) RULES 6.13 THROUGH 6.19 RESERVED
CHAPTER 4. NORTHERN DEPARTMENT Rule 6.6 Sessions A session of this court, referred to in these rules as the "Northern Department," shall be held each court day, at such times as directed by the judge of that department, in the San Mateo County Northern District Court Building at 1050 Mission Road, South San Francisco, or at such other place or places in South San Francisco as the presiding judge s
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.