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Chapter One (Rules 100 to 102): the rules' authority (Code of Civil Procedure section 575.1, CRC 10.613 and Government Code sections 68070, et seq.) (Rule 100); amendment only by a majority vote of the judges present at a noticed meeting (Rule 101); and sanctions for non-compliance - striking pleadings, dismissal, default or lesser penalties and reasonable expenses, only after notice and an opportunity to be heard, imposed on counsel where the failure is counsel's (Rule 102).
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Chapter One: Court Rules Administration 100 Authority These local Court Rules (“local rules”) are adopted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 575.1 ; California Rules of Court (“CRC”) 10.613 and Government Code sections 68070, et seq. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09) 101 Amendments These local rules may be amended only upon a majority vote of the judges present at any noticed regular or special meeting of the judges of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County (“Court”). (Amended effective 07-01-09; fdopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-00) 102 Sanctions for Non-Compliance If any counsel, a party represented by counsel, or a self-represented litigant fails to comply with any of the requirements of these local rules, a judge, on motion of a party or on his or her motion, may (1) strike all or any part of any pleading of that party, (2) dismiss the action or proceeding or any part thereof, (3) enter a judgment by default against that party, or (4) impose other penalties of a lesser nature as otherwise provided by law, and may order that party and counsel to pay to the moving party reasonable expenses associated with the motion, including reasonable attorney fees. No penalty may be imposed under this rule without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard, by the party against whom the sanction is sought to be imposed. [CCP sections 177.5 and 575.2]. If failure to comply with these local rules is the responsibility of counsel and not the party, any penalty shall be imposed on counsel and shall not adversely affect the party's cause of action or defense thereto. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-03)
Chapter One: Court Rules Administration 100 Authority These local Court Rules (“local rules”) are adopted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 575.1 ; California Rules of Court (“CRC”) 10.613 and Government Code sections 68070, et seq. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09) 101 Amendments These local rules may be amended only upon a m
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Santa Barbara build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-santa-barbara/pages/forms-filing__local-rules.html (the court's Local Rules page, “Current Local Rules / Effective January 1, 2025”, as fetched 2026-10-07; 894893 bytes, sha256 1059f4db3448c727e841119aa4222d3065d08c4da61c2ab925230763ca01031a) with html-compose.py (the Orange composer) over the page's content sections, after build/ol_markers.py wrote into each ordered-list item the label the browser draws (the page sets the rules' subdivisions as HTML ordered lists, whose labels are not in its text: 327 labels - 192 decimal, 80 lower-alpha, 31 lower-roman and 24 upper-alpha - the counts the browser computed on the live page); the page's opening lines (its heading, effective date, note and links) and its closing Appendices list belong to no chapter; the rule body cut at the chapter headings. Proofs: the composer's (the multiset of non-space characters equals the sections' text less chrome), the labels are the only characters added, the labels match the browser's counts, and the cut reassembles the rule body. The page's “PDF version” link serves a book marked effective January 1, 2027 that carries rules still proposed for comment; it is held with its receipt and a review task, and the page is the source. Review note: Published as printed: Rule 100 “section 575.1 ;”; Rule 101's history “fdopted 07-01-98”.
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.