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Section 1 (Rules 1.01 to 1.08): the rules known and cited as the “Local Rules of Court” for the Shasta County Superior Court (1.01); the rules take effect on July 1, 1992 (1.02); on their effective date they supersede all local court rules previously adopted (1.03); the rules construed and applied so as not to conflict with the California Rules of Court and not to apply to Small Claims Division actions or proceedings unless the text of a specific rule otherwise indicates, a reference to a law or rule of court deemed to refer to it as currently written or as hereafter amended, and the Executive Officer, as Clerk of the court, their official publisher (1.04); the definitions of California Rules of Court, Rule 1.6, and the words “person”, “affidavit” and “declaration”, “court” - any judge, commissioner or temporary judge appointed or elected to the court and any judge duly assigned to the court - and “judgment” (1.05); amendment or repeal and new rules by a majority vote of the judges (1.06); an attorney who has made a general appearance to appear in the assigned department at or before the time set and not to leave it until the matter has been called and concluded, counsel who cannot be present to notify the judicial assistant of the bench officer of the reason and an estimated time of arrival, conflicting court appearances with that notice deemed good cause, and a violation subject to sanctions under Rules 5.09 and 13.01 (1.07); an attorney who will not oppose a motion, or who decides to request that a calendared matter be dropped, to notify opposing counsel and the judicial assistant of the bench officer promptly (1.08).
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SECTION 1 GENERAL RULES RULE 1.01 CITATION OF RULES These Rules shall be known and cited as the "Local Rules of Court" for the Shasta County Superior Court. (Amended, effective January 1, 1999) RULE 1.02 EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES These Rules shall take effect on July 1, 1992. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1992) RULE 1.03 EFFECT OF RULES These Rules shall, on their effective date, supersede all local court rules previously adopted. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1992) RULE 1.04 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF RULES These Rules shall be construed and applied in such a manner as not to conflict with the California Rules of Court and shall be liberally construed to facilitate and promote the business and administration of justice of the Superior Court. These Rules do not apply to Small Claims Division actions or proceedings unless the text of a specific rule otherwise indicates. Unless otherwise specifically provided, any reference in these rules to a law or laws, or rule of court, shall be deemed to refer to the law or laws, or rule of court as currently written or as hereafter may be amended. The Executive Officer, as Clerk of the court, shall be the official publisher of these rules and shall maintain a set of the rules in the clerk’s offices for public inspection and shall make available copies for sale at a reasonable fee. (Amended, effective July 1, 2002) RULE 1.05 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS USED IN THESE RULES (A) The definitions set forth in the California Rules of Court, Rule 1.6, shall apply to these Rules with equal force and for all purposes, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires. (B) The word "person" shall include and apply to corporations, firms, associations, and all other entities, as well as natural persons. (C) The word "affidavit" includes declaration and "declaration" includes affidavit. (D) The use of the masculine, feminine, or neuter genders shall include the others. (E) The word "court" shall mean the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Shasta. It shall include any judge, commissioner or temporary judge appointed or elected to the court and any judge duly assigned to the court. (F) The word "judgment" includes and applies to any judgment, order or decree from which an appeal lies. (Amended, effective July 1, 2002) RULE 1.06 AMENDMENT, ADDITION, OR REPEAL OF RULES These Rules may be amended or repealed, and new Rules may be added by a majority vote of the judges of the court. (Amended, effective January 1, 1999) RULE 1.07 TIMELY APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND REQUIRED NOTIFICATION (A) Except as set forth herein, once an attorney has made a general appearance in any matter, civil or criminal, that attorney shall appear in the department to which the matter has been assigned at or before the time set for any proceeding in that matter. (B) Except as set forth herein, once the attorney appears on a matter, the attorney shall not leave the department to which the matter has been assigned until the matter has been called and all proceedings scheduled for that matter have concluded. (C) However, the attorney may appear at or before the start of any calendar to which his or her matter is assigned to notify the court the attorney will be late due to an appearance in another department. Counsel may also seek approval of the court to leave the court prior to the conclusion of the matter assigned to one department in order to appear in matters set in other departments. (D) An attorney shall not be late for a court appearance or fail to appear at a court appearance except for good cause shown. (E) If counsel cannot be present at or before the time the matter is set, counsel shall notify the judicial assistant of the bench officer who normally sits in the assigned department prior to the time the matter is set. Counsel shall also inform the judicial assistant of the reason for his or her late appearance and an estimated time of arrival. The judicial assistant shall notify the bench officer or the clerk of the department to which the matter is assigned. It shall be deemed good cause if counsel has conflicting court appearances and complies with the notice requirements of this rule. (F) Violation of this rule may subject the attorney to sanctions pursuant to Rules 5.09 and 13.01 of these Local Rules. (Amended, effective January 1, 2018) RULE 1.08 REQUIRED ATTORNEY NOTIFICATION FOR UNOPPOSED AND DROPPED MATTERS (A) If an attorney will not oppose a motion filed by opposing counsel, that attorney shall promptly so notify opposing counsel and the judicial assistant of the bench officer before whom the matter is set. (B) If an attorney has calendared a proceeding and decides to request the matter be dropped from calendar, the attorney shall promptly notify opposing counsel and the judicial assistant of the bench officer before whom the matter is set. (C) Violation of this rule may subject the attorney to sanctions pursuant to Rules 5.09 and 13.01 of these Local Rules. (Amended, effective January 1, 2015)
SECTION 1 GENERAL RULES RULE 1.01 CITATION OF RULES These Rules shall be known and cited as the "Local Rules of Court" for the Shasta County Superior Court. (Amended, effective January 1, 1999) RULE 1.02 EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES These Rules shall take effect on July 1, 1992. (Adopted, effective July 1, 1992) RULE 1.03 EFFECT OF RULES These Rules shall, on their effective date, supersede all local c
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-11 (California T4 Shasta build 2026-10-11) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-shasta/docs/roc/roc_jan26.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover letter of May 18, 2026 “The attachment represents a new edition of the Local Rules of Court for the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta, effective July 1, 2026.” and its title page “RULES ADOPTED: May 18, 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-11; 1041160 bytes, sha256 e2a8127b7fc6ca48e78283c7ab9a2d4d387d18726a2f343fb5baae7837d44755; 85 pages; this section PDF pages 10 to 12) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: the rules (PDF pages 10 to 73, printed 1 to 64) composed as one text, from “SECTION 1” to the last rule of Section 18, and cut at the eighteen section headings, each matched once as a whole line (a section may begin mid-page: Sections 8 and 9 both begin on PDF page 36, Sections 10 and 11 on page 40; Sections 4 and 12 print only “(RESERVED)” and are no card); each page's running header (“Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta”) and its printed page number removed as chrome (129 lines); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title as one line (“RULE 2.06 COURT REPORTERS”) and each history note on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-11.txt) finds one struck run, a single space on PDF page 14 that a short stroke crosses in Rule 2.06(B), and no struck text; 7 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: the headings of Rules 3.03, 5.19 and 15.20 and Section 7's title, each printed on two or three lines, set as one line; two sentences of Rules 5.16 and 14.06(A) broken before a line, joined; Rule 14.12's web address joined across its line wrap without a space); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-11.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover letter, the title page, the table of contents, the index and the appendices listing the local forms (PDF pages 1 to 9 and 74 to 85) belong to no card. Review note: Rule 1.02 prints the rules' first effective date (“These Rules shall take effect on July 1, 1992.”); this edition is effective July 1, 2026 (its title page and its cover letter of May 18, 2026, which asks that the earlier rules be discarded).
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.