Section 11 (Rules 11.01 to 11.06): a defendant who has received a written notice to appear may contest the citation - appear in person at arraignment and plead not guilty, no deposit of bail required, request a date for combined arraignment and court trial by contacting the Traffic Unit, with full bail deposited under Vehicle Code section 40519, or request a Trial by Declaration, each request received before the time the defendant is required to appear (11.03); a request for continuance of court trial received at least ten (10) working days in advance of the trial date (11.05); trial by declaration under Section 40902 of the Vehicle Code and Rule 4.210 of the California Rules of Court, and a failure to appear on a traffic infraction that will result in the Court deeming that the defendant has consented to proceed in absentia, in a trial by written declaration under Vehicle Code section 40903, the conviction reported to the California Department of Motor Vehicles (11.06).
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SECTION 11 RULES RELATING TO ADULT INFRACTIONS RULE 11.01 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective August 15, 2015) RULE 11.02 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective August 15, 2015) RULE 11.03 CONTESTING A TICKET A defendant who has received a written notice to appear may contest the citation or ticket by taking one of the following actions: (A) Appear in person at arraignment and plead not guilty, at which time a future date for a court trial will be assigned. No deposit of bail (also referred to as payment of fines) is required to appear in court for arraignment or trial. (B) Request a date for combined arraignment and court trial by contacting the Traffic Unit during normal business hours. The request must be received prior to the time at which the defendant is required to appear. Pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40519, full bail must be deposited before a trial date will be assigned. Bail shall include all assessments under section 42006 of the Vehicle Code and section 1464 of the Penal Code. (C) Request a Trial by Declaration, as set forth in Rule 11.06. The request must be received prior to the time at which the defendant is required to appear. (Amended, effective July 1, 2025) RULE 11.04 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective August 15, 2015) RULE 11.05 TRIAL CONTINUANCES A request for continuance of court trial must be received at least ten (10) working days in advance of the trial date. An untimely request for continuance will not be granted unless the interest of justice shall so require. (Amended, effective August 15, 2015) RULE 11.06 TRIALS BY DECLARATION (A) A defendant may elect to have a trial by declaration as fully set forth in Section 40902 of the Vehicle Code and Rule 4.210 of the California Rules of Court. (B) Failure to appear as promised (FTA) on a traffic infraction will result in the Court deeming that the defendant has consented that the Court may proceed in absentia, in a trial by written declaration pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40903, and the case will be adjudicated solely on the merits of the citing document. The Court will notify the defendant of the disposition of the case and the amount of the imposed fines and penalties and a notice of conviction shall be reported to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. (Amended, effective October 15, 2014)
SECTION 11 RULES RELATING TO ADULT INFRACTIONS RULE 11.01 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective August 15, 2015) RULE 11.02 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective August 15, 2015) RULE 11.03 CONTESTING A TICKET A defendant who has received a written notice to appear may contest the citation or ticket by taking one of the following actions: (A) Appear in person at arraignment and plead not guilty, at which time a
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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.