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Chapter Two (Rules 200 to 204): geographic jurisdiction (Rule 200); the two regions, “South County” and “North County”, and the line between them (Rule 201, with the map of Appendix 1); the divisions - Santa Maria, Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Barbara, Juvenile and Appellate (Rule 202); venue - filings for matters with North County venue in the Clerk's office in North County and all others in South County, cases on specific real property (CEQA, the Williamson Act, title, use or regulation) filed where the property lies, the division designated in electronic filings and transfers between divisions (Rule 203); and filing and the location of hearings (Rule 204).
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Chapter Two: Court Jurisdictions & Venue 200 Geographic Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of the Court’s geographic regions is specified by Article VI, sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the State of California ; ordinances adopted by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, and by these local rules. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective; 01-01-99) 201 North & South County Regions For the purpose of these local rules, it shall be assumed that Santa Barbara County has been divided geographically into two separate regions hereinafter referred to as "South County" and "North County." A map depicting this geographic division is contained in "Appendix 1" of these local rules. The portion of Santa Barbara County southerly and easterly of the following described line constitutes "South County": Beginning at the intersection of the west bank of Gaviota Creek and the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean; northerly to intersection with the westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 101; northerly along the westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 101 to the south bank of the Santa Ynez River; easterly along the south bank of said river to the westerly right-of-way line of Happy Canyon Road and Figueroa Mountain Road; northerly and northeasterly along said right-of-way line to the boundary line between Township 8 North and Township 7 North; and easterly along said boundary line to the Ventura County line, including the islands of Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz. The remainder of Santa Barbara County constitutes "North County." This geographic division is coterminous with the jurisdictional boundaries dividing the former Santa Barbara Municipal Court District and the former North Santa Barbara County Municipal Court District. (Amended effective 07-01-18; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09 and 01-01-99) 202 Court Divisions For the purpose of these local rules, the following are designated as the divisions of the Court: Santa Maria, Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Barbara, Juvenile and Appellate. (Adopted 07-01-09) 203 Venue a. [General Rule] When, under California law, "North County" would be a "proper county" for venue purposes, all filings for such matters shall be in the appropriate division of the Clerk's office in North County. All other filings shall be made in the Clerk's office in the appropriate division of the Court in South County. b. [Real Property Cases] Notwithstanding whether venue may be proper in a different geographic area (North County or South County) under subdivision (a) of this rule, any case which asserts a claim under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Res. Code, § 21000 et seq.), under the Williamson Act (Gov. Code, § 51200 et seq.), or which asserts a claim based upon title, use, or regulation of specific real property shall be filed initially in the geographic area where the real property that is the subject of the dispute is situated. Cases subject to this subdivision may be venued in a different division only upon a showing of good cause made to the appropriate department of the Court in the geographic area where the real property is situated. c. [Designation and Change of Venue] In electronic filings, the party making the filing shall designate the appropriate division of the Court based upon subdivisions (a) and (b) of this rule. The title of the Court required to be placed on the first page of documents pursuant to CRC 2.111 includes the name of the appropriate Court division. Any filing erroneously made in a division of the Court may be transferred to the appropriate division upon motion of any party or on the court's own motion. Upon the motion of any party or on the court's own motion, and upon good cause shown, the matter may be transferred to a different division. Nothing in this rule shall affect the power of the Presiding Judge or Assistant Presiding Judge to distribute court business as otherwise permitted by law. (Amended effective 01-01-22; adopted 07-01-99 previously amended effective 07-01-18, 07-01-09 and 01-01-99) 204 Filing & Location of Hearing The proper venue for filing documents will ordinarily, but not necessarily determine the Court location where any case will be heard. With respect to documents which are not required to be e-filed under Local Rule 1012, the Clerk shall not refuse to accept for filing a document delivered to the Clerk's Office in a division different from the appropriate filing venue, provided that the document is otherwise legally acceptable for filing. (Amended effective 07-01-18; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09 and 01-01-99)
Chapter Two: Court Jurisdictions & Venue 200 Geographic Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of the Court’s geographic regions is specified by Article VI, sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the State of California ; ordinances adopted by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, and by these local rules. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective; 01-01-99) 201
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.
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.