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Scope and policy (20.1); and civil cases (20.2) - electronic filing and service, requests for exemption or significant prejudice, electronic filing service providers (EFSP), the effective date and time of electronic filing, redaction of confidential information, courtesy copies, electronic signatures, documents intended for multiple cases, documents exempt from e-filing, and electronic service of documents in complex litigation.
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Rule 20 – Electronic Filing, Service, and Evidence 20.1 SCOPE AND POLICY This rule governs permissive and mandatory electronic filing and service of documents in the Superior Court of California, County of Solano as authorized by California Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and California Rules of Court, rule 2.250 et seq. and 5.552. Unless this rule provides otherwise, parties filing and serving documents electronically shall comply with all requirements for electronic filing and service as set forth in the applicable statutes and rules. (Rule 20.1 adopted effective January 1, 2025.) 20.2 CIVIL CASES a. ELECTRONIC FILING AND SERVICE Electronic filing and service is mandatory for attorneys in civil, family, and probate cases. Self-represented parties, non-parties, and government entities are exempt from the mandatory electronic filing and service requirements but are encouraged to participate. All documents shall be filed and served electronically, except when personal service is required by statue or rule and excluding ex parte applications. (Subd (a) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) b. REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION OR SIGNIFICANT PREJUDICE Any attorney representing a party may request to be excused from the mandatory electronic filing and service requirement by showing undue hardship or significant prejudice. An attorney requesting to be excused shall file with the Clerk of the Court and service on all parties a Request for Exemption from Mandatory Electronic Filing and Service (Judicial Council Form EFS-007) with a Proposed Order (Judicial Council Form EFS-008). An attorney who requests an exemption shall be served with documents in paper form until the Court rules on the request. Undue hardship or significant prejudice does not include the inability to pay fees for electronic filing. Self-represented parties, non-parties, and attorneys excused from electronic filing must be served as required by statute or rule of court. (Subd (b) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) c. ELECTRONIC FILING SERVICE PROVIDER (EFSP) All documents electronically filed, whether mandatory, permissive, by court order, or by stipulation of parties, must be electronically filed using the court’s electronic service provider(s) and must comply with the court’s electronic filing requirements. All requirements, FAQs, and a list of service providers is available on the court’s website. (Subd (c) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) d. FEES Electronic filing service providers (EFSP) may charge reasonable fees in addition to any filing fees required by the court. A party who has received a fee waiver is not required to pay filing fees, but may be subject to EFSP processing fees for electronic filing and service. (Subd (d) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) e. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME OF ELECTRONIC FILING Documents received by the court for electronic filing at or prior to 11:59 p.m. on any court day, which otherwise satisfy all requirements for filing, will be deemed filed on that court day as provided in California Rules of Court 2.253(b)(6) and 2.259. The court will issue a confirmation that the document has been received and filed in accordance with California Rule of Court 2.259. The confirmation shall serve as proof that the document(s) has been filed. (Subd (e) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) f. REDACTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Per California Rules of Court, rule 1.201, the responsibility for redacting personal identifiers and privileged or confidential information rests solely with counsel and the parties. The clerk will not review pleadings of other documents for compliance with the law. The court may impose sanctions for violation of these requirements. (Subd (f) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) g. COURTESY COPIES The court may order the delivery of paper courtesy copies of electronically filed documents. (Subd (g) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) h. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES California Rules of Court, rule 2.257, should be followed regarding signatures on electronically filed documents. (Subd (h) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) i. FILING DOCUMENTS INTENDED FOR MULTIPLE CASES Any party seeking to file a single document into multiple cases must e-file that document separately into each case. The clerk’s office will not place a document from one case into another on behalf of the party. (Subd (i) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) j. DOCUMENTS EXEMPT FROM E-FILING Absent any statute or California Rule of Court to the contrary, the following documents are exempt from e-filing: • Any order with an original judicial officer’s signature; • Civil Harassment Restraining Orders; • Workplace Violence Restraining Orders; • Notice of Deposit of Jury Fees (CCP Section 631(b); • Family Law Request for Entry of Default; • Family Law Judgment and Notice of Entry of Judgment; • Original Will and Codicil; • Copy Requests; • Exhibits to be lodged for Hearings or Trials; • Subpoenaed Documents; • Sealed Records; • Request for Administrative Records; • Any paper document ordered by the court to be filed in the clerk’s office. (Subd (j) amended effective July 1, 2025; adopted effective January 1, 2025.) k. ELECTRONIC SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS IN COMPLEX LITIGATION See Rule 4.15. (Subd (k) adopted effective January 1, 2025.) (Rule 20.2 amended effective July 1, 2025; adopted effective January 1, 2025.)
Rule 20 – Electronic Filing, Service, and Evidence 20.1 SCOPE AND POLICY This rule governs permissive and mandatory electronic filing and service of documents in the Superior Court of California, County of Solano as authorized by California Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 and California Rules of Court, rule 2.250 et seq. and 5.552. Unless this rule provides otherwise, parties filing and ser
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-09 (California T4 Solano build 2026-10-09) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-solano/docs/general/complete_set_of_local_rules_july_2026.pdf (the court's rule book, “Local Court Rules”, revised July 1, 2026, as fetched 2026-10-09; 7347859 bytes, sha256 f235df4f2c4c47b9c4e290445ffa2be1b5ad4302da615570c85a49e5138357e7; 350 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over Rules 1 to 20 (their pages between PDF pages 15 and 323), each rule composed alone from its first page to its last, in segments that start where a part's or an appendix's heading first prints: each page's running header (“Superior Court of California” and “County of Solano”, then the rule's title and the current part or appendix, kept where each first prints) and footer (the page number, the court's website address and “July 2026”) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; 44 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: thirteen breaks the reflow made before a wrapped “Rule N.N” citation rejoined, two form numbers broken after their hyphen rejoined, and twenty-nine heading, history note, paragraph, list, table row and address breaks it ran together set back; the short-line and vertical-gap audits find no joined break left); the scanned appendices (the standing orders printed in the appendices of Rules 5, 6 and 17, and the weapons order printed again after the forms index) left out and decided as documents - the strike report's 14 struck runs all lie on those scanned pages; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the revision history, the table of contents, the dividers and the indexes belong to no rule.
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.