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The court's procedure for playing a video as evidence at a trial or evidentiary hearing, in person or remote (5/9/2022): the court's preferred method - the video uploaded to a video-sharing platform as public and the link emailed to all parties and the court before the hearing, with the case number and hearing date in the subject line, to the court's address for the case type (familylawinfo@santacruzcourt.org, smallclaimsinfo@santacruzcourt.org, civilinfo@santacruzcourt.org); or screen sharing from a laptop or computer, never a smart phone or tablet, after the video is shared with all parties before the court date.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ SANTA CRUZ BRANCH 701 Ocean Street, Room 120 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 WATSONVILLE BRANCH 1 Second Street, Room 300 Watsonville, CA 95076 Video Evidence Presentation in the Courtroom If you have a video you would like to play as evidence during your trial or evidentiary hearing there are a couple options available. 1. Video-Sharing platform This is the court’s preferred method unless you are participating through Zoom from a laptop or computer that will allow you to share your screen. • The video is uploaded to a video-sharing platform (i.e. YouTube) • There are tutorials on the internet with direction on how to do this. In your web browser you can conduct a search for example search “how to upload video to YouTube” • Make sure your video is created as public and not private or no one will be able to view your video. • Once the video has been uploaded a link to the video shall be submitted as follows: o Emailed to all parties and the court prior to the hearing. Make sure to include in the subject line your case number and hearing date. Court email addresses by case type: ▪ Family Law and ALL restraining orders familylawinfo@santacruzcourt.org ▪ Small Claims smallclaimsinfo@santacruzcourt.org ▪ Civil, Unlawful Detainers, and Probate civilinfo@santacruzcourt.org 2. Screen sharing from a laptop or computer Screen sharing shall only be done using a laptop or computer, please do not share from a smart phone or tablet as the videos are jumpy and do not display well in the courtroom. • Make sure to share the video with all parties prior to the court date. • When you are ready to share your video notify the court and you will be given screen share capabilities. If you have questions regarding video evidence submission for your upcoming trial or evidentiary hearing please reach out to the appropriate department prior to your hearing. You can contact the correct department using the email addresses listed above. Superior Court of Santa Cruz County 5/9/2022
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ SANTA CRUZ BRANCH 701 Ocean Street, Room 120 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 WATSONVILLE BRANCH 1 Second Street, Room 300 Watsonville, CA 95076 Video Evidence Presentation in the Courtroom If you have a video you would like to play as evidence during your trial or evidentiary hearing there are a couple options available. 1. Video-Sharing platform This is the
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Santa Cruz build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-santa-cruz/docs/video-evidence-presentation-courtroom-002.pdf (190885 bytes, sha256 1084c971751335b9937440384e3afc55e1d7d7f365fd6021d4adb5a5838bf852; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome (a running header or footer kept once where it names or dates the document); lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (the proofs hold): 2 whitespace-only fixes read on the page (list items and headings set on their own lines as printed); the letterhead's two side-by-side branch addresses set one after the other (a same-characters reorder). Review note: Local Rule 1.4.01(d) refers to the court's posted details on video presentation. The letterhead's two branch addresses, printed side by side, are set one after the other.
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