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Electronic recording in limited civil actions and criminal misdemeanor and infraction proceedings under Government Code § 69957, in which court reporters are not provided (3.1); the Court's Notice of Availability of Court Reporting Services, posted in the Clerk's Office and on the court's website (3.2); the civil case types for which the Court does not provide court reporters under California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956, unless the Notice of Availability provides otherwise (3.3); a request for a court reporter where a fee waiver has been granted (3.4); and procuring a qualified private certified court reporter pro tempore, with a proposed order, the Court adopting the Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore as a local form (3.5).
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RULE 3 RULES APPLICABLE TO COURT REPORTING SERVICES 3.1 ELECTRONIC RECORDING Pursuant to Government Code § 69957, in limited civil actions and criminal misdemeanor and infraction proceedings, the court, at its sole discretion, may utilize electronic recording as a means of generating a verbatim record of proceedings. In those instances, court reporters will not be provided. The court may utilize electronic recording to generate a verbatim record of the hearing, trial, or proceeding where a party has been granted a fee waiver in a limited civil action or criminal misdemeanor or infraction proceeding and has timely filed a request for a court reporter, but a court reporter is not reasonably available. (See Local Rule 3.4) (Rev. 7/1/2026) 3.2 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF COURT REPORTING SERVICES General information concerning the availability of court reporters is set forth in the Court’s Notice of Availability of Court Reporting Services, which is posted in the Clerk’s Office and on the court’s website. 3.3 UNAVAILABILITY OF COURT-PROVIDED COURT REPORTERS Unless otherwise noted in the Court’s Notice of Availability, pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956, the Court does not provide court reporters for hearings in the following civil case types: 1. Limited Civil 2. Unlimited Civil 3. Probate including Guardianships 4. Family Law, except as mandated, such as requests to withdraw consent to an adoption, child testimony in chambers, and petitions to free a minor from parental care and control. 3.4 REQUEST FOR COURT REPORTER WHERE FEE WAIVER HAS BEEN GRANTED If a party has been granted a fee waiver in an action, the party may request a court reporter pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956(c)(2)(A) and (B). The court must provide a court reporter or electronically record the hearing in limited civil actions or criminal misdemeanor or infraction proceedings, if the requesting party has timely-filed a request for a court reporter, but a court reporter is not reasonably available. (Eff 7/1/2022, Rev. 7/1/2026) 3.5 PROCURING PRIVATE CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER A. Any party who desires a verbatim record from which a transcript can later be prepared, may procure the services of a qualified private certified court reporter pro tempore to report any scheduled evidentiary hearing or trial (see Government Code § 70044 and California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956). The Court does not provide referrals to private court reporting service providers and does not have any contractual or employment obligation related to pro tempore reporters hired by the parties for this purpose. It is the party's responsibility to arrange for and pay the outside reporter's fee for attendance at the proceedings, but the expense may be recoverable as part of the costs, as provided by law. (See California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956(c).) B. The party procuring the qualified court reporter must provide a proposed order appointing the reporter for the Court’s signature. The proposed order can be presented to the Court at the start of proceedings for the day. C. The Court hereby adopts the Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore as Local Form RP-001 for mandatory use. D. Nothing in this order alters the right of a litigant who has been granted a fee waiver under Government Code § 68631 et seq., to a court-provided court reporter. Such litigant should submit Judicial Council form FW-020 to the court as far in advance of trial as possible once the need for a court reporter is determined. E. In the event the parties proceed to trial without a court reporter, the parties’ attorneys, or any self-represented parties, shall be required at the end of every day of trial to create and stipulate to a settled statement of facts encompassing the trial proceedings for that day. The settled statement of facts must consist of a condensed narrative of trial proceedings for that day and include a concise factual summary of the evidence and the testimony of each witness. (California Rules of Court, Rule 8.137.) (Adopted 7/1/23)
RULE 3 RULES APPLICABLE TO COURT REPORTING SERVICES 3.1 ELECTRONIC RECORDING Pursuant to Government Code § 69957, in limited civil actions and criminal misdemeanor and infraction proceedings, the court, at its sole discretion, may utilize electronic recording as a means of generating a verbatim record of proceedings. In those instances, court reporters will not be provided. The court may utilize e
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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.