Shasta County Superior Court Local Rules of Court (effective July 1, 2026) — Section 2: Administrative Matters

Summary

Section 2 (Rules 2.01 to 2.19): the judicial business of the court supervised by the Presiding Judge with the management assistance of the Executive Officer, one additional vote for the Presiding Judge when a majority vote of the judges is evenly divided and at least two judges declare a deadlock, and the administrative business conducted by the Administrative Office of the Shasta County Superior Court (2.01); the Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge to perform the duties of California Rules of Court, Rule 10.603, guided by the Standards of Judicial Administration (2.02); the Presiding Judge who is absent replaced by the Assistant Presiding Judge, with all the powers and authority of the Presiding Judge (2.03); the Executive Officer as Clerk of the court, responsible under the direction of the Presiding Judge for the nonjudicial activities of the court and the duties of California Rules of Court, Rule 10.610 (2.04); court commissioners appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of a majority of the judges, and temporary judges appointed in accordance with Rule 2.814 of the California Rules of Court to hear matters as assigned by the Presiding Judge (2.05); an official court reporter normally provided, if available, for all felony and juvenile matters in Departments 21, 22, 23, 24, 42, 44 and 54, no reporter supplied unless directed by the Court in Departments 43, 51, 52, 53, 63 and 64, requests for court reporting services in civil cases made in accordance with California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956, which may be submitted on Judicial Council form FW-020, notice of the unavailability of a court reporter that may not be given until the day of the hearing or trial, and the proceeding of a party with a fee waiver in a limited civil case electronically recorded under Government Code section 69957 (2.06); one county-wide geographical selection area for juror summons lists, all jury trials conducted in Redding absent an order to the contrary by the Presiding Judge (2.08); the case disposition time standards of the Standards of Judicial Administration, sections 2.1 and 2.2, for general civil, small claims, unlawful detainer, misdemeanor, felony preliminary examination and felony cases (2.09); no smoking in jury deliberation rooms, the jury assembly room or any enclosed public area, smoking breaks not to exceed 10 minutes each hour of deliberation, the deliberations suspended (2.10); the administrative and judicial coordination of the Superior and Municipal courts completed prior to June 3, 1998 (2.11); cellular telephones and audible pagers turned off before entering courtrooms and not used within any of the courtrooms (2.12); requests for accommodations by persons with disabilities made by completing Judicial Council Form MC-410 and sending it to the Court ADA Coordinator, 1515 Court Street, Redding, or made by telephoning (530) 245-6761 or via email, interpreters, including sign language interpreters, at (530) 245-6727, and assistive listening devices in all courtrooms without advance notice (2.13); the Clerk of the Court not to execute documents on behalf of any party unless an order of the court directing the clerk to sign them is first obtained, the request made by noticed motion with a proposed order and exact copies of the documents attached, the original lodged with the clerk, and a party who may be required to arrange its own notary if the court is unable to provide one (2.14); a day of vacation for a judge defined as an approved absence from the court for one full business day (2.15); all notices of appeal and any other pleading that requires payment of a filing fee filed in the clerk's office for the type of case to which it relates (2.16); an order granting media coverage under Rule 1.150 of the California Rules of Court required for proceedings within and outside of a courtroom, including the interior spaces of the courthouse, its entrances and exits, an order that applies only to the courtroom of the judge identified, or to the specific location identified, and only to the media agency making the request (2.17); no videotaping, photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting or streaming of any kind by individuals in any part of the courthouse, the file viewing room on the first floor next to the clerk's office, which the Court designates for the public to view and duplicate public court records, a personal device used there only to make a digital copy after first informing the clerk, and a violation that may result in the confiscation of the device, contempt or sanctions (2.18); digital signatures with the same force and effect as a manual signature if the signature complies with Government Code section 16.5(a)(1)-(5), no other form of electronic signatures accepted, the signer's certificate subject to production upon request from the Court (2.19).