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Chapter Seven: the Court Service Vendor Rate & Fee Schedule for court-appointed experts and service providers, fee exceptions by written order of the appointing judge and who pays (Rule 700); fees beyond the schedule in the court's discretion (Rule 702); court-appointed counsel for indigent defendants - an itemized statement (an original plus two copies) with an attorney fee order at the conclusion of the proceedings and the court's determination (Rule 703); financial information collected by appointed counsel (Rule 704); and the schedule of reasonable attorney fees in default cases, $1000.00 in unlawful detainer defaults, with applications for a different award under CRC 3.1800(a)(9) (Rule 707). Rules 701, 705 and 706 are reserved.
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Chapter Seven: Legal & Professional Services & Fees 700 Court Service Vendor Rate & Fee Schedule a. [Services to the Courts] The fees payable by the Court to non-employee, court-appointed, experts and specialist service providers to the Court, including but not limited to: medical, psychiatric or psychological examiners and diagnosticians, expert witnesses, legal counsel, investigators, receivers, appraisers and other economic experts, verbatim reporters, language interpreters and translators, jurors and witnesses, where not otherwise specifically prescribed by statute, the CRC, by these local rules, or by a written contract approved for such services, shall be as established by the Court Service Vendor Rate & Fee Schedule (“Schedule”) attached to these rules. b. [Court Service Vendor Rate & Fee Schedule] The CEO shall periodically survey rates and fees paid for such services in the county and by other courts in neighboring counties. With consideration for maintenance of effective services to the Court, and to minimize the costs of government services, the CEO shall recommend and prepare for approval by the judges of the Court, and shall publish and maintain for public inspection a schedule of approved rates and fees for such specialized services. Upon adoption by a majority of judges of the Court, the Schedule, and all instructions and information contained therein, shall have the full force and effect of a rule, except as may otherwise be prescribed by statute, the CRC, or otherwise by these Rules. c. [Fee Exceptions By Order] Where the fees to be charged for any expert, professional or specialized service are not provided by statute, rule, Court contract, or by the Schedule, or are inconsistent with the service rates specified by the Schedule, such fees shall be prescribed by written order or minute order of the appointing judge in each case. Such Special Fee Approval Order shall be made prior to providing of such service upon motion or application by counsel, self-represented litigant, by the prospective service provider, or upon the court's own motion. d. [Fee Payment Responsibilities] Where fees and expenses for appointed expert, professional and specialized services are prescribed by statute or local rule as charges against the Court or County of Santa Barbara, they shall be paid from the Court’s budget only when specifically prescribed by statute or local rule, where the statute or local rule requires that the Court make the appointment without discretion or motion of the parties, or where appointment has been made by the Court on its own motion. Such fees and expenses shall otherwise be paid by the prosecution or defense agency or department requesting the appointment. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-99) 701 Services Of Jurors, Interpreters & Reporters Rule number 701 is reserved for future use. (Rule 701 repealed effective 07-01-18; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09, 07-01-99 and 01-01-03) 702 Court Discretion The allowance of fees in excess of those provided in the Schedule for appointed counsel, diagnosticians or other court service providers is subject to the discretion of the court upon proper and sufficient showing by the claimant of the necessity or justification thereof, except as may otherwise be specifically provided by statute. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98) 703 Court-Appointed Counsel For Indigent Defendants Except as to those Public Defender and Conflict cases subject to written contract between the court, Santa Barbara County and contract counsel, the following appointment and counsel fee approval procedures shall apply: a. [Public Defender Conflict or Other Inability; Court Appointment] In the event the Public Defender's Office declares a legal conflict of interest or other inability to act for appointment to represent a person qualifying for the assistance of court-appointed counsel, the court shall appoint counsel as set forth in this rule and such policies as the court may adopt periodically. b. [Billing for Counsel Services and Expenses] At the conclusion of all proceedings in a case in which counsel has been appointed, counsel shall submit an original plus two copies of an itemized statement showing all services reasonably provided on behalf of the represented client and the dates that each such service was provided. Counsel shall attach an attorney fee order form for the judge’s signature to the front of the original and two copies of the declaration supporting the request signed under penalty of perjury. The amount of time billed on the itemized statement shall not exceed the actual ”billable” time the attorney would ordinarily bill to a typical client that attorney might represent in private practice. The time itemized shall not include attorney's traveling time or related expenses within the South region of Santa Barbara County in cases prosecuted in South County, or traveling time or related expenses within the North region of Santa Barbara County in cases prosecuted in North County, or research or preparation time which would not be required of an attorney reasonably experienced in the practice of criminal law. c. [Court Determination and Payment; Hearing on Denial or Reduction] Within a reasonable period of time after the date of filing counsel’s request for a fee order and itemized declaration in support thereof, the court shall determine whether or not said request and declaration conform to this rule and any corresponding court policy. If the request and declaration conform to this rule and any corresponding court policy, an order shall be made and delivered forthwith to the Auditor of the County of Santa Barbara for payment pursuant to Penal Code section 987.2 (a). In the event the court determines that the request and declaration is not or may not conform with this rule and any corresponding court policy, the court may reduce the claim as it deems appropriate or may notify counsel that the request for attorneys fees is denied, pending a hearing. Counsel shall not bill the court for any time spent to prepare for or attend the hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court shall make a final order as to the amount of attorney's fees to which counsel is entitled pursuant to this rule and to any corresponding court policy. (Amended effective 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98) 704 Qualification For Court-Appointed Counsel To assist the court in determining the qualifications of otherwise unrepresented persons for court-appointed counsel, and to permit effective compliance with legal requirements for court determination of the ability of such persons to pay for the public services provided by appointed counsel, all court-appointed counsel, including the Public Defender, contract and non-contract appointed attorneys, shall collect financial information regarding the represented client’s assets, liabilities, income and expenses for all defendants who are not in custody, and provide such information to the court at the time of the initial appointment and again on conclusion counsel shall also advise the court of the number of professional hours and the nature and amount of expenses that the defense has incurred at public expense. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98) 705 Counsel Fee Standards In Tort Actions Involving Minors, Insane Or Incompetent Persons Rule number 705 is reserved for future use. (Rule 705 repealed effective 07-01-18; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 07-01-09, 01-01-01 and 01-01-08) 706 Compromise Of Claims; Attorney’s Interest Disclosure Rule number 706 is reserved for future use. (Rule 706 repealed effective 07-01-18; adopted effective 07-01-98; amended 07-01-09) 707 Civil Default Cases; Attorney Fees a. Reasonable Attorney Fees. In default cases, when the obligation sued on provides for the recovery of reasonable attorneys' fees, the following schedule will apply to the principal amount of the judgment unless otherwise provided by law or determined by the court: $0.01 to $1,000, $250; $1,000.01 to $5,000, $250 plus 20% of the excess over $1,000; $5,000.01 to $10,000, $1,050 plus 15% of the excess over $5,000; $10,000.01 to $15,000, $1,800 plus 10% of the excess over $10,000; $15,000.01 to $50,000, $2,300 plus 5% of the excess over $15,000; $50,000.01 to $100,000, $4,050 plus 2% of the excess over $50,000; Over $100,000, $5,050 plus 1% of the excess over $100,000. When the plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorneys' fees in an unlawful detainer default judgment, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) will be awarded. 2. Attorney Fees Different From Schedule. A party may apply for award of attorney fees in excess of the applicable fee determined under subdivision (a) by appropriate request supporting the higher award as provided by CRC 3.1800(a)(9). The Court may, in exercise of its discretion and in compliance with applicable law, award attorney fees in an amount greater than or less than the applicable fee determined under subdivision (a). 3. Application of Rule. This local rule does not apply to applications for an award of attorney fees under Probate Code sections 3600-3601. This local rule shall not be construed to permit an award of attorney fees where otherwise prohibited or limited by law. (Amended 07-01-18; adopted effective 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-16 and 07-01-09)
Chapter Seven: Legal & Professional Services & Fees 700 Court Service Vendor Rate & Fee Schedule a. [Services to the Courts] The fees payable by the Court to non-employee, court-appointed, experts and specialist service providers to the Court, including but not limited to: medical, psychiatric or psychological examiners and diagnosticians, expert witnesses, legal counsel, investigators, receivers,
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: The page sets Rule 707's items in separate lists, so the browser draws them “a.”, “2.” and “3.”; the card publishes the labels as the page renders them.
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.