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Chapter Ten (Rules 1000 to 1012): case disposition time standards (Rule 1000); continuances only by order, not on stipulation alone (Rule 1001); scheduling with the Clerk's approval (Rule 1002); time estimates (Rule 1003); attendance of parties and witnesses (Rule 1004); remote appearances, including Zoom, under Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 and CRC 3.670 and 3.672, at least five minutes before the hearing (Rule 1005); court reporting services (Rule 1006); voluminous documents and administrative records - 25 megabytes a document, numbered volumes and confidential versions (Rule 1007); fax filing and the court's fax numbers, with fees by credit card (Rule 1008); ex parte applications under CRC 3.1200-3.1207, papers filed and served by 10:00 a.m. on the court day before the hearing (Rule 1009); records access (Rule 1010); at most two (2) conformed copies of a document not e-filed (Rule 1011); and mandatory e-filing and e-service in civil, small claims, family law and probate cases with its exceptions (Rule 1012).
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Chapter Ten: General Court Procedures 1000 Case Disposition Time Standards To assure timely disposition of all cases consistent with the goals of Government Code section 68607 and California Standards of Judicial Administration 2.1, the Court will actively manage all cases from filing to disposition. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-99; previously amended effective 01-01-99) 1001 Continuances Parties seeking a continuance of any matter must apply to the Court in the manner provided by law, i.e., by stipulation, by ex parte application, or by noticed motion. Except where otherwise required by law, continuances are granted or denied in the court's discretion and are not granted solely on the basis of the stipulation of the parties. The Clerk is not authorized to continue a matter without an order from the Court. (Amended 07-01-18; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-99) 1002 Scheduling Hearings & Trials Except upon specific order of a judicial officer or as may otherwise be provided by law, no case shall be scheduled in any di vision of the court without approval of the Clerk. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-99) 1003 Time Estimates To the extent permitted by law and in the discretion of the judicial officer presiding, if time estimates are exceeded, any case may be deemed submitted for decision on the evidence presented, ordered off calendar, or a mistrial declared. (Amended 07-01-18; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09) 1004 Attendance Of Parties & Witnesses Counsel in both civil and criminal cases are responsible for having their parties and witnesses present in court promptly so that no proceeding is delayed. It is also the responsibility of counsel to attempt to mitigate unnecessary attendance of witnesses at proceedings where they may not be necessary, and to attempt to schedule witnesses on an “on-call” basis whenever possible. The court will not impose sanctions in cases where there is a short continuance required for the appearance of a witness who has been placed “on- call” in a reasonable manner. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-99) 1005 Appearance By Telephone 1. Counsel or self-represented parties may appear by remote means (including Zoom) as permitted by Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75, and California Rules of Court, rules 3.670 and 3.672. 2. Those appearing by remote means must be at the appearance at least five minutes prior to the time set for the hearing. 3. Persons intending to make regular remote appearances are encouraged to provide notice of intent to appear remotely for the duration of the case as provided in California Rules of Court, rule 3.672. 4. Remote appearances are provided through a private vendor under agreement with the Court. Those wishing to appear by remote means must comply with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75, and California Rules of Court, rules 3.670 or 3.672. Contact information for the remote conference vendor is available on the Court’s website: santabarbara.courts.ca.gov. (Amended 01-1-2024; Adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09, 01-01-99 and 07-01-18) 1006 Available Court Reporting Services Subject to Government Code section 68086 and CRC 2.956, official reporting services are normally available in all Departments of the Court for trials and all other proceedings in civil cases, excepting small claims hearings and ex parte proceedings. (Adopted effective 07-01-18; former Rule 1006, adopted 07-01-98, was repealed effective 07-01-09) 1007 Lodging Voluminous Documents And Administrative Records 1. [Form of Record] A single e-filed or e-lodged document may not be larger than 25 megabytes. In all cases where exhibits or other documents are required to be e-filed or e-lodged under Local Rule 1012, including proceedings brought under Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5 or otherwise requiring the lodging or filing of an administrative record, and the exhibits or other documents to be e-filed or e-lodged would otherwise exceed 25 megabytes in a single document, the document to be e-filed or e-lodged must be separated into sequentially numbered volumes, each volume of which does not exceed 25 megabytes. If the number of volumes exceeds 10 volumes, an electronic version of all volumes may alternatively be lodged in tangible form (i.e., on a flash drive, CD, or DVD) in lieu of e-lodging the documents. In all cases where multiple volumes are e-filed or e-lodged (or otherwise filed or lodged), the parties are strongly encouraged to e-file an appendix to their papers containing excerpts from the lodged volumes of those specific pages cited in their papers (and limited other pages necessary for context) to facilitate review of the cited materials. 2. [Confidential Records] If any part of the e-lodged record is confidential, the party lodging the e-lodged record must clearly identify and separate the record into a public access version, if any part is not confidential, and a confidential version. The confidential version shall be lodged provisionally under seal. If the confidential part of the e-lodged record is confidential by law, the party lodging the e-lodged record shall include in its notice of lodging both a statement that the confidential version of the e-lodged record is confidential by law and a citation to the authority for confidentiality. Otherwise, the parties shall comply with CRC 2.550 and 2.551. (Amended effective 01-01-22; previously adopted effective 07-01-18; former Rule 1007 (07-01-98) repealed effective 07-01-09) 1008 Direct Filing By Fax 1. [Fax Filing Requirements] Except for documents subject to mandatory e-filing under Local Rule 1012, any party may file documents by fax directly to the Court. Direct filing by fax must be made in full compliance with Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.5 and CRC 2.300 – 2.306. Where feasible and optional, parties are strongly encouraged to e-file rather than fax file documents. 2. [Fax Numbers] The Court Fax numbers are as follows: South County Court Divisions: Santa Barbara – Civil (805) 882-4519 Santa Barbara – Criminal & Traffic (805) 882-4647 North County Court Divisions: Santa Maria – Civil (805) 614-6616 Santa Maria – Criminal & Traffic (805) 614-6591 Lompoc Division (805) 737-5440 Solvang Division (805) 686-7491 3. [Fax Fees; Credit Cards] All direct Fax filings shall be accompanied by payment of fees by Credit Card, pursuant to CRC 2.304(d). (Amended 07-01-18; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09, 01-01-03 and 01-01-99) 1009 Ex Parte Orders All applications for ex parte orders shall comply with CRC 3.1200-3.1207 and shall be e-filed where mandatory under Local Rule 1012. Applications which are not required to be e-filed under Local Rule 1012 shall be filed in the Clerk’s office of the appropriate court division where the case is pending. To the extent practicable, papers in support of an ex parte application should be filed and served by 10:00 a.m. on the court day before the scheduled hearing; later-filed papers may not be timely available to the court and may require a continuance of the hearing. (Amended 1-1-25; Amended 07-01-18; Adopted Effective 07-01-98; Previously Amended 07-01-09) 1010 Court Records Management & Access Access to review records in the court's public electronic and non-electronic files is available at the Clerk's Office under the supervision of court personnel as provided by law. Copies of such records are available from the Clerk upon request, subject to any established court charge. (Amended 07-01-18; adopted effective 01-20-05; previously amended 07-01-09; former rule 1010, Acceptance of Certain Hand Printed Documents and Forms, Repealed, effective 1-1-03) 1011 Limit On Number Of Copies The Clerk Will Conform For documents not e-filed, the Clerk will conform a maximum of two (2) copies of any document at the time of filing. Additional copies will be provided by photocopy and the established fee for copies will be charged. If conformed copies are to be returned by mail, a stamped, self-addressed envelope must be included. (Amended 07-01-18; adopted effective 01-01-03; previously amended 07-01-09) 1012 E-Filing And E-Service 1. Scope. 1. Mandatory E-Filing. Except as set forth in subdivision (a) 2. all documents presented for filing or lodging in all civil cases, including limited, unlimited, complex, small claims, family law, and probate, must be electronically filed (e-filed) or electronically lodged (e-lodged), respectively, with the court as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and California Rules of Court, rules 2.250 through 2.261. 2. Exceptions to Mandatory E-Filing. The following documents are not subject to mandatory e-filing under subdivision (a)(1): i. Documents presented for filing or lodging by a self-represented party. Although not required, self-represented parties are encouraged to e-file documents. ii. Documents ordered by the court as exempt from e-filing or e-lodging. A party may seek a court-ordered exemption by ex parte application for reason of undue hardship, significant prejudice, or other good cause. iii. Documents and other materials that are not feasibly converted to electronic form by scanning, imaging, or other means. iv. Documents and other materials that are so voluminous that they may be alternatively lodged in tangible form as set forth in Local Rule 1007. v. Documents with jurisdictional time limits, including notices of appeal, motions for new trial, motions for JNOV, motions to quash service for personal jurisdiction, and petitions for writs. Although not required, e-filing of these documents is encouraged. vi. Documents for which ‘originals’ are required by statute or otherwise, including, where appropriate, bench warrants, subpoenaed documents, affidavits re real property of small value, bonds, undertakings, documents supporting a court accounting submitted by a guardian or conservator, letters (probate, guardianship, conservatorship), and wills and codicils (for filing or safekeeping). vii. Trial exhibits. Trial exhibits are to be filed, lodged, or otherwise made available to the court pursuant to the respective department’s policy and orders for such exhibits. 3. Procedure for Excepted Documents. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, documents listed in subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), (iv), and (v) may be permissively e-filed or e-lodged, as applicable, with the court at the election of the filing party. Documents excepted from mandatory e-filing or e-lodging under subdivision (a)(2), and not permissibly e-filed or e-lodged, are to be filed or lodged with the court as provided by the Code of Civil Procedure and California Rules of Court for documents not e-filed or e-lodged. (Amended 01-1-2024)
Chapter Ten: General Court Procedures 1000 Case Disposition Time Standards To assure timely disposition of all cases consistent with the goals of Government Code section 68607 and California Standards of Judicial Administration 2.1, the Court will actively manage all cases from filing to disposition. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-99; previously amended effective 01-01-99) 1001 Continu
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: Rule 1006 says official reporting services are normally available in all departments for trials and other proceedings in civil cases; Administrative Order 2024-0322 (carded) ended court reporters for civil, family law and probate evidentiary hearings and trials from March 25, 2024 (a review task). Rule 1005 is headed “Appearance By Telephone” and governs remote appearances (the court proposes a revised Rule 1005, “Remote Appearances”, for January 1, 2027). The page sets Rule 1012's subdivisions as browser-drawn decimal items while the rule cites them as (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(2)(i); its first item ends “Except as set forth in subdivision (a)” and the page sets “all documents presented ...” as the next item, so the browser draws “2.” where the rule reads (a)(2). Published as printed: Rule 1002 “any di vision”.
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.