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Section 5 (Rules 5.01 to 5.21): the schedule of attorney fees considered by the court in actions on promissory notes and contracts providing for the payment of attorney fees - in a default action 25% of the first $2,000 awarded as damages, 20% of the next $4,000, 15% of the next $4,000, 10% of the next $10,000, 5% of the next $30,000 and 2% of amounts in excess of the first $50,000, in a contested action the same amount increased by compensation computed on an hourly or per-day basis - the clerk to include attorney fees computed pursuant to the fee schedule in a clerk's judgment, and fees claimed in excess of those allowed fixed by the court on an application supported by declarations (5.01); all unlawful detainer cases assigned a case management conference date at the time the complaint is filed, the plaintiff to serve the LF-UD-102, Notice of Case Management Conference, on each defendant at the time of service of the complaint (5.02); a proposed order that contains the findings required by Insurance Code sec. 10139.5 lodged at the time of filing a petition to approve a transfer of structured settlement payment rights (5.03); where a discovery motion requiring a separate statement under CRC 3.1345 is filed, the court permits a concise outline of the discovery request and each response in dispute in lieu of the separate statement (5.04); forms of judgment that clearly show the full names of the parties and their capacities as they appear in the pleadings, with a blank space for costs (5.05); the proposed order or judgment on a written stipulation lodged as a separate document (5.06); a Notice of Appeal from the Labor Commissioner under Labor Code §98.2 filed with a copy of the complaint and any answer, a complete copy of the order, decision, or award and a declaration of proof of service upon the Labor Commissioner, the notice treated as the first paper for the filing fee (5.07); a party seeking judgment for costs on appeal to submit a separate Judgment Re Costs/Fees on Appeal following a verified memorandum of costs under California Rules of Court, Rule 8.278 (5.08); a violation of these rules a violation of a lawful court order under Code of Civil Procedure §177.5, subject to sanctions (5.09); default prove-up applications and evidence presented in written form, except where the Clerk may enter judgment (5.12); no direct fax filings - the court will accept filings through a fax filing agency under CRC Rule 2.303, with the exception of the documents identified in CRC 2.300(b) (5.14); a party making an ex parte application to contact the judicial assistant for the bench officer in whose department the matter is to be heard to schedule the hearing, and to inform the court immediately if the party elects not to proceed (5.15); the court delegates to the clerk authority to grant applications for fee waivers that meet the standards of eligibility of Government Code Sections 68632 and 68633 (5.16); law and motion matters in general civil actions set on each Monday in the department to which the action has been assigned for all purposes, or the following court day when Monday is a court holiday (5.17); a party seeking to continue a law and motion hearing, or who does not intend to proceed, to file and serve a notice of continuance or withdrawal at least two court days before the originally scheduled hearing date, a notice of continuance that must contain a declaration by counsel that all parties have agreed, and the Court may reject a continuance notwithstanding any agreement (5.17); the Court does not follow Rule 3.1308(a) - tentative rulings available online no less than 12 hours in advance of the time set for hearing on the court's website, no notice of intent to appear required, and the ruling not final until the hearing (5.17); a proposed order submitted at the time of filing any demurrer, motion or other application for order (5.17); counsel with court appearances in two or more departments at the same time to advise the courtroom clerks and request priority handling in one department (5.18); actions under the California Environmental Quality Act filed in the civil section of the clerk's office and assigned for all purposes to a judge designated by the presiding judge, a status conference requested within fifty (50) days of the filing of the petition, the briefing schedule and hearing, and briefs with specific references to the administrative record (5.19); a notice form inviting mediation lodged within five (5) days after the deadline for respondent to file a response (5.19); the preparation of the administrative record by the public agency or by petitioners, its format in volumes of not more than three hundred (300) pages and its order, its certification and lodging within sixty (60) days, disputes about its contents on noticed motion, the hearing to certify the record, and a trial notebook filed no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing (5.19); the court exempts itself from the small claims advisory service requirements of Code of Civil Procedure § 116.940(b) (5.20); service on the other party by delivery to the clerk of the court under CCP section 1011 only on an order upon application, on Local Form LF-MSC-104 setting forth due diligence efforts (5.21).
SECTION 5 MISCELLANEOUS RULES – CIVIL RULE 5.01 ATTORNEY FEES IN CIVIL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS (A) In actions on promissory notes and contracts providing for the payment of attorney fees, whenever a prevailing party is entitled to the recovery of reasonable attorney fees, the following schedule shall be considered by the court, in its discretion, in awarding attorneys fees: (1) Default action Exclu
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 20 to 30) 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: Carried as printed: Rule 5.14's “an entity That receives documents”, Rule 5.17(C)'s “This rule does not require a judge to issue a judge to issue a tentative ruling.” and Rule 5.19(B)'s mediation notice “In accordance with Government Code §66031”.
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.
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SECTION 5 MISCELLANEOUS RULES – CIVIL RULE 5.01 ATTORNEY FEES IN CIVIL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS (A) In actions on promissory notes and contracts providing for the payment of attorney fees, whenever a prevailing party is entitled to the recovery of reasonable attorney fees, the following schedule shall be considered by the court, in its discretion, in awarding attorneys fees: (1) Default action Exclusive of costs and interest, (a) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the first two thousand dollars ($2,000) awarded as damages; (b) Twenty percent (20%) of the next four thousand dollars ($4,000); (c) Fifteen percent (15%) of the next four thousand dollars ($4,000); (d) Ten percent (10%) of the next ten thousand dollars ($10,000); (e) Five percent (5%) of the next thirty thousand dollars ($30,000); and (f) Two percent (2%) of amounts in excess of the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). (2) Contested action The same amount as computed under paragraph (A) (1), increased by such compensation computed on an hourly or per-day basis for any additional research, general preparation, trial or other services as may be allowed by the court. (B) (RESERVED) (C) Where a prevailing party is entitled to the recovery of reasonable attorney fees in an otherwise appropriate clerk's judgment; the Clerk shall include attorney fees computed pursuant to the fee schedule contained in Rule 5.01(a)(1). (D) In any case where a party claims fees in excess of those allowed by Rule 5.01(a)(1), application for attorney fees shall be made to the court, supported by declarations setting forth the factual basis for the claimed attorney fees. The fees will thereupon be fixed by the court. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2014) RULE 5.02 SERVICE OF LF-UD-102, NOTICE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE All unlawful detainer cases will be assigned a case management conference date at the time the complaint is filed. At the time that the summons is issued the court shall prepare a LF-UD-102, Notice of Case Management Conference. Plaintiff shall serve the notice on each defendant at the time of service of the complaint. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2015) RULE 5.03 PETITIONS TO APPROVE TRANSFER OF STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PAYMENT RIGHTS At the time of filing a petition to approve a transfer of structured settlement payment rights pursuant to Insurance Code secs. 10134 et seq. a proposed order that conforms to the moving papers and that contains the findings required by Insurance Code sec. 10139.5 must be lodged with the court. (Amended, effective, January 1, 2014) RULE 5.04 DISCOVERY MOTIONS – SEPARATE STATEMENT Where a discovery motion requiring a separate statement under CRC 3.1345 is filed, the court permits, without leave of court, that a concise outline of the discovery request and each response in dispute be filed in lieu of the separate statement. Where further information in necessary to make a determination on the discovery motion, the court may request either or both parties to file a separate statement. (Amended, effective January 1, 2020) RULE 5.05 FORM OF JUDGMENT In drafting forms of judgment for the trial judge to sign, counsel shall: (A) Clearly show the full names of the parties for whom, and against whom, the judgment is rendered, including their capacities as plaintiffs, defendants, cross-complainants and cross-defendants; (B) Refer to such full names as they appear in the pleadings, or obtain an order amending the pleadings in respect to such names; and (C) Unless costs have already been awarded in a specific amount, leave a blank space for insertion of any costs, as follows: "and costs in the sum of $ __________________." (Adopted, effective July 1, 1992) RULE 5.06 STIPULATED JUDGMENT FORM TO BE SEPARATE FROM STIPULATION If the parties enter into a written stipulation for an order or judgment, a copy of the proposed order or judgment may be attached as an exhibit to such stipulation. However, the proposed order or judgment to be signed and filed shall be lodged as a separate document. (Amended, effective January 1, 2014) RULE 5.07 APPEAL FROM DECISION OF LABOR COMMISSIONER UNDER LABOR CODE §98.2 (A) Any party filing a Notice of Appeal of the order, decision or award of the Labor Commissioner pursuant to Labor Code §98.2, shall file with the Clerk of the Court: (1) A copy of the complaint and any answer filed with the Labor Commissioner; (2) A complete copy of the order, decision, or award of the Labor Commissioner, which shall include a summary of the hearing and the reasons for the decision if provided by the Labor Commissioner; and (3) A declaration of proof of service of a copy of the Notice of Appeal upon the Labor Commissioner. (B) The Notice of Appeal filed pursuant to Labor Code §98.2 shall be treated as the first paper for the purpose of determining the filing fee. (Amended, effective July 1, 2019) RULE 5.08 JUDGMENT OF COSTS ON APPEAL A party seeking judgment for costs awarded on appeal shall submit a separate Judgment Re Costs/Fees on Appeal for signature, following timely filing and service of a verified memorandum of costs pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 8.278. Judgment for costs on appeal will be entered after the time has passed for a motion to strike or tax costs or for determination of that motion. (Amended from Reserved status, adopted effective January 1, 2021) RULE 5.09 SANCTIONS A violation of these Rules of Court constitutes a violation of a lawful court order, as that term is used in Code of Civil Procedure §177.5, and may subject the party and/or counsel to sanctions thereunder, or under Code of Civil Procedure §575.2, or as otherwise provided by law. (Amended, effective January 1, 2014) RULE 5.10 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective July 1, 2013) RULE 5.11 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective January 1, 2014) RULE 5.12 DEFAULT PROVE-UPS Except in cases concerning which the Clerk may enter judgment without review by a judicial officer (CCP §585(a)), it is the general policy of the court that prove-up applications and evidence in support thereof be presented in written form, unless prohibited by law (CCP §585(c)). (Amended, effective January 1, 2014) RULE 5.13 (RESERVED) (Amended, effective July 1, 2025) RULE 5.14 FACSIMILE FILING This court does not accept direct fax filings as provided by CRC Rule 2.304. This court will accept filings through a fax filing agency in accordance with CRC Rule 2.303, with the exception of those documents identified in CRC 2.300(b). “Fax filing agency” means an entity That receives documents by fax for processing and filing with the trial courts. An attorney or law office may be a “fax filing agency” for the attorney, law office or others so long as all duties and requirements under CRC Rules 2.303 and 2.305 are met. (Amended, effective July 1, 2019) RULE 5.15 SCHEDULING EX PARTE MOTIONS AND APPLICATIONS To secure a date and time for hearing ex parte motions and other ex parte applications for which personal appearances are required consistent with the California Rules of Court, the party making the application shall contact the judicial assistant for the bench officer in whose department the matter is to be heard in order to schedule the hearing. In the event the party making the application elects not to proceed with the ex parte application, said party shall immediately so inform the court. (Amended, effective July 1, 2015) RULE 5.16 PAYMENT OR WAIVER OF FEES Pursuant to Government Code §68634(d), the court delegates to the clerk authority to grant applications for fee waivers that meet the standards of eligibility established by Government Code Sections 68632 and 68633. (Amended, effective January 1, 2014; lettering deleted effective July 1, 2016) RULE 5.17 LAW AND MOTION MATTERS (A) Law and Motion Calendars. All demurrers, motions and other applications for orders (except ex parte applications), and any other matters in connection with “general civil actions” as defined in California Rules of Court, Rule 1.6(4), customarily heard and determined as law and motion matters shall be set on each Monday in the department to which the action has been assigned for all purposes. However, when Monday is a court holiday such matters shall be set for the following court day, absent other or further order of court. (B) Continuances and Withdrawals. A party seeking to continue a law and motion hearing, or who does not intend to proceed in any matter on the date set, must file with the Court and serve on all parties a notice of continuance or withdrawal of the hearing date, at least two court days before the originally scheduled hearing date. A notice of continuance must contain a declaration by counsel that all parties to the law and motion proceeding have agreed to the continuance, a continued hearing date and time must be set forth, and proof of service must be attached. A notice of withdrawal must have a proof of service attached. Notwithstanding any agreement by the parties, the Court may reject a continuance or notice of withdrawal, and/or select a new continued hearing date different from the date set forth by the parties. Failure of the moving party to comply with this rule may result in the matter being taken off calendar or deemed to have been submitted for the Court’s ruling, and/or the imposition of monetary sanctions. (C) Tentative rulings. This Court does not follow the procedures described in Rules of Court, Rule 3.1308(a). Tentative rulings are available online no less than 12 hours in advance of the time set for hearing. The rulings may be found on the court’s website (www.shasta.courts.ca.gov) and are available by clicking on the “Tentative Rulings” link. A party is not required to give notice to the Court or other parties of intent to appear to present argument. The tentative ruling, or other such ruling as the Court may render, will not become the final ruling of the court until the hearing. This rule does not require a judge to issue a judge to issue a tentative ruling. (D) Proposed orders. The moving party shall submit a proposed order at the time of filing any demurrer, motion or other application for order. (Amended, effective July 1, 2024) RULE 5.18 CONFLICTING COURT APPEARANCES When counsel has court appearances set in two or more court departments at the same time, he or she shall so advise the courtroom clerks and request priority handling in one department and that the proceeding in the other department(s) trail the first. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2005) RULE 5.19 RULES FOR ACTIONS ARISING UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT--PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21000 ET SEQ. (A) (1) Application. This rule applies to all actions brought pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et. seq. “Streamlined” CEQA actions brought pursuant to California Rules of Court 3.2220 et. seq. are excluded from the application of this rule. (2) Where filed. Actions in the nature of mandate challenging an agency decision under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §21000 et seq.) shall be filed in the civil section of the clerk’s office and the case shall be thereafter assigned for all purposes to a judge designated by the presiding judge. (3) Status conference. (a) Request for status conference. At the time that a petition is filed in accordance with these rules, the petitioner shall request the court set a status conference before the judge assigned to the case within fifty (50) days of the date of filing of the petition, and serve notice of the date of the Status Conference on the respondent. (b) Briefing schedule and hearing on the petition. The court shall set a tentative date for a hearing on the petition and set a tentative briefing schedule at the status conference. The hearing date and the briefing schedule may be advanced or continued by the Court on its own motion or on noticed motion of a party for good cause shown. The memoranda of points and authorities, including length, shall be in accordance with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1113, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The briefs shall contain specific references to the administrative record, by record page number and the document title, in support of any factual contentions asserted by a party in its brief. A reference to “the whole file” is not a specific reference. Each brief shall have a separate appendix page that lists the page number of each page of the administrative record cited in the brief. (B) Mediation. In accordance with Government Code §66031, within five (5) days after the deadline for respondent to file a response to the action, petitioners shall prepare and lodge with the civil clerk a notice form for the court’s signature inviting mediation. The clerk shall then mail the notice of invitation to the parties. (C) Preparation of the Administrative Record. (1) Preparation of the record by the public agency. Within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of the request to prepare the administrative record, the public agency responsible for the preparation shall personally serve on petitioners a preliminary notification of the estimated cost of preparation, including the agency’s normal cost per page, any other reasonable costs the agency may anticipate, and an estimate of the probable number of pages. The preliminary notification shall also state, to the extent that the information is known to the agency, the location of documents that are anticipated to be incorporated into the administrative record; the contact person or persons responsible for identifying individuals having custody of those documents, whether agency personnel or other persons; and a list of dates and times specifying when, during normal business hours, those documents will be made available to petitioners or other parties for inspection. The agency shall supplement the preliminary notification from time to time as additional documents are located or are determined to be appropriate for inclusion in the record. (2) Election by petitioners. (a) Upon receipt of the preliminary notification, petitioners may elect to prepare the record themselves provided that they notify the agency within five (5) calendar days of receipt. Within forty (40) calendar days of service of the notice of the request to prepare the administrative record, petitioners shall prepare and serve on all parties a detailed index listing the documents proposed by petitioners to constitute the record. Within seven (7) calendar days of service of petitioners’ proposed document index, the agency and any other party shall prepare and serve on petitioners a notice specifying any documents or items that the agency or party contends should be added to or deleted from the record as proposed by petitioners. The agency shall promptly notify petitioners of any required photocopying procedures or other conditions with which petitioners must comply to prepare the record. (b) If petitioners do not elect to prepare the record themselves, then within forty (40) calendar days after service of the request to prepare the administrative record, the agency shall prepare and serve on all parties a detailed index listing the documents proposed by the agency to constitute the record together with a supplemental estimated cost of preparation. Within seven (7) calendar days after service of the agency’s proposed documents index, petitioners and any other parties shall prepare and serve the agency and all parties with a notice specifying any documents or items that a party contends should be added to or deleted from the record. (3) Preparation of the record by petitioners. Within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of petitioners’ notice of election to prepare the record themselves, the public agency responsible for certification of the record shall personally serve on petitioners a preliminary notification designating the location of documents that are anticipated to be incorporated into the administrative record; the contact person or persons responsible for identifying individuals having custody of those documents, whether agency personnel or other persons; and a list of dates and times specifying when, during normal business hours, those documents will be made available to petitioners or other parties for inspection and copying. The preliminary notification from the agency shall also notify petitioners of any required photocopying procedure or other conditions with which petitioners must comply to prepare the record. The agency shall supplement the preliminary notification from time to time as additional documents are located or are determined to be appropriate for inclusion in the record. Within forty (40) calendar days after service of petitioners’ notice of election to prepare the administrative record, petitioners shall prepare and serve on all parties a detailed index listing the documents proposed by petitioners to constitute the record. Within seven (7) calendar days of service of petitioners’ proposed document index, the agency and any other party shall prepare and serve on petitioners a notice specifying any documents or items that the agency or party contends should be added to or deleted from the record as proposed by petitioners. (D) Format of Administrative Record. (1) Lodging original documents. The original of an environmental document may be lodged as part of the administrative record provided that exact copies of the original are provided to all parties in the action. (2) Volume designation. The administrative record shall be lodged in one or more volumes of loose-leaf three-ring binders, tabbed by document number and prominently titled “ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD VOL. 1”, etc. Each volume shall consist of not more than three hundred (300) pages and shall be numerically tabbed by the document number in the volume. Each volume shall have a cover-page listing each document in the volume by the number of the tab at which it appears, the full title of the document, and the page number of the record of the first page of the document. The volume number shall also be printed on the spine of each binder. (3) Organization. Prior to certification and lodging, the administrative record shall be organized with the documents in the following order: (a) The Notice of Determination; (b) The Resolution(s) or Ordinance(s) adopted by the lead agency approving the project, including any resolution(s) or ordinance(s) adopted in compliance with Public Resources Code §§21081 and 21081.6; (c) The Draft or revised Draft Environmental Impact Report and initial study; (d) The comments received on and the responses to those comments prepared for the Draft Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration, including any modifications to the environmental documents and project made after the comment period; (e) The remainder of the Final Environmental Impact Report (e.g., the Technical Appendices and other technical materials); (f) The staff reports prepared for the approving bodies of the lead agency; (g) Transcripts and/or minutes of hearings; (h) The remainder of the administrative record, in chronological order if possible. The above table of organization is not intended to dictate the content of the record but rather to describe a uniform order for those documents typically contained in an administrative record. Documents to be included in the record are specified in Public Resources Code §21167.6(e). (E) Certifying and Lodging the Record. Upon completion and preparation of the record, it must be certified by the agency before it is filed with the court. If the agency has prepared the record, it shall make the required certification and shall personally serve the record and lodge it with the court no later than sixty (60) days after the request. If the petitioners have elected to prepare the record, the petitioners must transmit it to the agency for certification. After certification, petitioners shall then personally serve the record and lodge it with the Court no later than sixty (60) days after service of the notice of election to prepare the record. An extension of the sixty (60) day period may be requested by filing a stipulation signed by all parties and obtaining court approval of the extension(s) prior to the expiration of the sixty (60) day period. Alternatively, an extension may be requested on noticed motion prior to the expiration of the sixty (60) day period. If the agency refuses to make a complete certification, it shall make a partial certification, specifying the alleged defects in the record and stating reasons for refusing to certify portions of it. (F) Disputes Regarding the Contents of the Administrative Record. Once the administrative record has been lodged with the court, any disputes about its accuracy or scope shall be resolved on noticed motion. For example, if the agency has prepared the administrative record, petitioners may contend that the record as prepared omits relevant documents or contains inappropriate documents; if petitioners have prepared the record, the agency may have similar contentions. Objections to documents contained within the record shall be specific as to document number, full title, record page number, and the portion(s) to which the objection pertains. A motion to supplement the administrative record with additional documents and/or to object to certain documents may be noticed by any party. Such motion should normally be filed as soon as possible after the record is lodged. THE PARTIES ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MEET AND CONFER IN ORDER TO RESOLVE DISPUTES REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD. The hearing to supplement the record or to object to documents shall be separate from and heard on a date prior to the hearing on the writ. Notice shall be given in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure §1005. (G) Hearing to Certify the Administrative Record. A hearing date to certify the administrative record will normally be set by the court at the initial status conference and may be advanced or continued by the court or on noticed motion of a party for good cause shown. At the hearing to certify the record, the court will confirm or revise the tentative briefing schedule and hearing date that were set at the initial status conference. (H) Trial Notebook. Petitioners shall prepare a trial notebook in a three-ring binder that shall be filed with the court no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing. The trial notebook shall contain the petition, the answer(s), the memoranda of points and authorities, any motions previously filed and set to be heard at the trial of the action, the statement(s) of issues required by Public Resources Code §21167.8, and any other document(s) agreed upon by the parties. Each document in the trial notebook shall be separately tabbed with a table of contents at the front of the notebook. The notebook shall also contain an index to evidence cited in the briefs by document title, record page number, and the volume and tab number in the administrative record. (Amended, effective July 1, 2025) RULE 5.20 SMALL CLAIMS ADVISORY SERVICES This court exempts itself from the small claims advisory service requirements set forth in Code of Civil Procedure § 116.940(b), and therefore does not administer small claims advisory services beyond the recorded telephone message and small claims information booklets set forth in Code of Civil Procedure § 116.940(c). (Amended, effective January 1, 2016) RULE 5.21 SERVICE BY DELIVERY TO CLERK OF THE COURT A party seeking to serve notice or papers on the other party, or attorney for the other party, by delivering the notice or papers to the clerk of the court pursuant to CCP section 1011, must first obtain an order upon application to the court. An Application and Order for Service on Clerk of the Court (Local Form LF-MSC-104) shall be submitted setting forth due diligence efforts to locate the residence of the other party, or the office or residence of the other party’s attorney. (Adopted, effective July 1, 2016)
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.