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Initial civil complaints or petitions filed, and first paper fees paid, at the Civil & Family Law Courthouse at 3055 Cleveland Avenue before any ex parte order is presented; then civil applications (injunctive relief, extraordinary writs, provisional remedies, orders shortening time) to the Assigned Judge at the times and locations posted at the courtroom and on the court's civil calendar page (16.1); unlawful detainer applications to the Unlawful Detainer Judge (16.2); criminal applications to the assigned criminal judge (Rule 8.9) (16.3); juvenile applications to the juvenile court judge or commissioner (16.4); family law (16.5); probate applications as described in Rule 6.2 (16.6); another judge when the assigned judge is unavailable or disqualified, or in an emergency, with Local Form CV-40 (16.7); and civil protective order petitions (harassment, violence against employees, elder or dependent adult abuse, transitional housing misconduct) at the ex parte times and locations designated by the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division and posted at the courtroom and on the court's website (16.8).
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RULE 16 APPLICATIONS FOR EX PARTE ORDERS Initial Civil complaints or petitions shall be filed and first paper fees paid in the offices of the Sonoma County Superior Court in the Civil & Family Law Courthouse at 3055 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, California, prior to presenting any ex parte orders. Except as otherwise specifically provided by these rules, applications for ex parte orders shall be presented as follows: 16.1 CIVIL Civil applications involving injunctive relief, extraordinary writs, provisional remedies and all other civil orders including orders shortening time (other than in family law matters) must be presented to the Assigned Judge at the times and locations as designated except as posted at the courtroom and on the court’s website (http://sonoma.courts.ca.gov/online-services/calendars/civil), except as shown in Rule 16.7 herein. (Eff. 1/1/1997; Rev. 7/1/2004; Rev. 1/1/2013) 16.2 UNLAWFUL DETAINER All applications relating to unlawful detainer actions must be presented, not later than the designated time and at the designated location, to the judge assigned as the Unlawful Detainer Judge by the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division. (Eff. 1/1/1997; Rev. 7/1/2004) 16.3 CRIMINAL Applications involving criminal matters shall be presented to the assigned criminal judge (see Rule 8.9 herein). (Eff. 1/1/1997; Rev. 7/1/2004, 1/1/2007) 16.4 JUVENILE Applications involving juvenile court matters shall be presented to the juvenile court judge or commissioner. (Eff. 1/1/1997; Rev. 7/1/2004) 16.5 FAMILY LAW For family law matters, refer to Rule 9.3, Family Law Proceedings. 16.6 PROBATE Ex parte applications involving probate matters shall be presented as described in Rule 6.2. 16.7 UNAVAILABILITY OF ASSIGNED JUDGE If the judge to whom an application should be presented under this rule is unavailable (i.e., not physically present) or is disqualified, or in cases of emergency, the application may be presented to another judge. Local Form CV-40 Declaration in Support or Urgent Ex-Parte Application is required to be submitted with such request. (Revised 1/1/2026) 16.8 CIVIL PROTECTIVE ORDERS Civil applications involving petitions for injunction prohibiting harassment, petitions of employers for injunction prohibiting violence or threats of violence against employees, petitions for protective orders to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse, and petitions for orders prohibiting abuse or program misconduct relating to transitional housing must be presented at such ex parte calendar times and locations as shall be designated by the Supervising Judge of the Civil Division and as posted at the courtroom and on court’s website (http://sonoma.courts.ca.gov/online-services/calendars/civil), except as shown in Rule 16.7 herein. (Eff. 1/1/1997; Rev. 7/1/2004, 1/1/2013, 1/1/2018, Renumbered 1/1/2023- formerly Rule 17)
RULE 16 APPLICATIONS FOR EX PARTE ORDERS Initial Civil complaints or petitions shall be filed and first paper fees paid in the offices of the Sonoma County Superior Court in the Civil & Family Law Courthouse at 3055 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, California, prior to presenting any ex parte orders. Except as otherwise specifically provided by these rules, applications for ex parte orders shall be p
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Sonoma build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-sonoma/docs/local-rules/local-rules-working-jul-2026-new-address-update.pdf (the court's rule book, “Local Rules of Court Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 1515969 bytes, sha256 e3a9b3a99af553adf4c33851ccbc58bbbfb1020ec74e105c1225b9e6d076c102; 204 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over Rules 1 to 21 (PDF pages 8 to 189), each rule composed alone from its first page to the page before the next rule's: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SONOMA”, two rules of underscores and the page number) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; eight breaks the reflow made before a citation or history note's “Rule N.N” at a line start rejoined and eleven paragraph, heading, history and list-line breaks it ran together set back (19 whitespace-only fixes, build/book-fixes.json; the vertical-gap audit finds no joined break left); four struck characters (tracked deletions on PDF pages 70, 98, 176 and 184; the strike report) left out; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the list of the court's judicial officers, the table of contents, the index, the forms listings and the list of currently effective rules belong to no rule. Review note: Rule 16.5 refers family law ex parte applications to "Rule 9.3, Family Law Proceedings"; Rule 9.3 is now Sanctions in Respect to Rules, and Rule 9.12 governs ex parte and emergency family law orders. Rule 16.7 prints "Local Form CV-40 Declaration in Support or Urgent Ex-Parte Application" (carded as printed).
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.