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Section 1 (Rules 1.01 to 1.08): the Rules known and cited as the "Local Rules of Court" for the Trinity County Superior Court (1.01); the Rules shall take effect on July 1, 2021 (1.02); on their effective date the Rules supersede all local court rules previously adopted (1.03); the Rules construed and applied so as not to conflict with the California Rules of Court and liberally construed, not to apply to Small Claims Division actions or proceedings unless the text of a specific rule otherwise indicates, a reference to a law or rule of court deemed to refer to it as currently written or as hereafter amended, the Executive Officer, as Clerk of the Court, the official publisher of the rules, to maintain a set in the clerk’s offices for public inspection and make copies available for sale at a reasonable fee (1.04); the definitions of the California Rules of Court, Rule 1.6, apply to these Rules (1.05(A)); "person" includes corporations, firms, associations, and all other entities, as well as natural persons (1.05(B)); "affidavit" includes declaration and "declaration" includes affidavit (1.05(C)); the use of the masculine, feminine, or neutral genders shall include the others (1.05(D)); "court" shall mean the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Trinity, and shall include any judge, commissioner, or temporary judge appointed or elected to the court and any judge duly assigned to the court (1.05(E)); "judgment" includes any judgment, order, or decree from which an appeal lies (1.05(F)); the Rules amended or repealed, and new Rules added, by a majority vote of the judges of the court (1.06); once an attorney has made a general appearance in any matter, civil or criminal, the attorney shall appear in the department to which the matter has been assigned at or before the time set for any proceeding (1.07(A)); once the attorney appears, the attorney shall not leave the department until the matter has been called and all proceedings scheduled for that matter have concluded (1.07(B)); the attorney may appear at or before the start of any calendar to notify the court the attorney will be late due to an appearance in another department, and may seek approval of the court to leave in order to appear in matters set in other departments (1.07(C)); an attorney shall not be late for a court appearance or fail to appear except for good cause shown (1.07(D)); counsel who cannot be present at or before the time set shall notify Court Services of the reason and an estimated time of arrival, the clerk to notify the bench officer or the courtroom clerk, conflicting court appearances good cause when counsel complies with the notice requirements (1.07(E)); a violation may subject the attorney to sanctions pursuant to Rules 4.08 and 11.01 (1.07(F)); an attorney who will not oppose a motion filed by opposing counsel shall promptly notify opposing counsel and the Court Services office (1.08(A)); an attorney who has calendared a proceeding and decides to request the matter be dropped from calendar shall promptly notify opposing counsel and the Court Services office (1.08(B)); and a violation may subject the attorney to sanctions pursuant to Rules 4.08 and 11.01 (1.08(C)).
SECTION 1 GENERAL RULES RULE 1.01 CITATION OF RULES These Rules shall be known and cited as the "Local Rules of Court" for the Trinity County Superior Court. RULE 1.02 EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES These Rules shall take effect on July 1, 2021. RULE 1.03 EFFECT OF RULES These Rules shall, on their effective date, supersede all local court rules previously adopted. RULE 1.04 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Trinity build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-trinity/docs/local_rules.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF TRINITY LOCAL RULES OF COURT RULES ADOPTED July 1, 2021 EFFECTIVE DATE July 1, 2021”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 861131 bytes, sha256 a8c32af5c48046e94c4ebdeef93b8a8df4810b8f1ba5b77ce3b3654678bea2d3; 49 pages; this section PDF pages 7 to 8, printed pages 7 to 8) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 7 to 44, printed with the same numbers) composed as one text and cut at the sixteen section headings “SECTION 1” to “SECTION 16”, each matched once as a whole line followed by the section's title (a section may begin mid-page); the page number at the foot of every page (“7”), named and a whole line in its band, and the four footnotes' own numbers (a bare digit at the left margin, which the composer's pleading line-number test takes out; the superscripts in the rules' text stay) removed as chrome - 42 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number and title (“RULE 1.07 TIMELY APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND REQUIRED NOTIFICATION”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line and each section heading on a line of its own; each footnote - one note on electronic filing printed four times, at the foot of PDF pages 16, 31, 35 and 41 - composed where the page prints it, after the page's last body line; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 49 pages; no table on the rule pages; 3 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 11.03(C)'s reference wrapped at “(A)”, which the reflow took for a label, and Rule 15.01's two-line heading rejoined; the form number “FL-” / “326” rejoined) and 1 same-character fix (build/book-captions.json: the page-31 footnote, which fell inside Rule 12.01(D)(1)'s sentence, set after it); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (the rule numbers with their titles on one row, the lines ending at the court's e-mail address, Rule 4.04(C)'s blank “$ .”, the hyphens printed with a space in the line, “post- sentencing”, “§§15680- 15688”, “self- addressed”); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The Court Executive Officer's filing instructions of July 1, 2021 (PDF page 1), the cover (2), the table of contents (3 to 6), a blank page (45), the index (46 to 48) and Appendix A, the list of local forms (49), belong to no card.
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.
California > Third Appellate District > Trinity County > Superior Court of California, County of Trinity
SECTION 1 GENERAL RULES RULE 1.01 CITATION OF RULES These Rules shall be known and cited as the "Local Rules of Court" for the Trinity County Superior Court. RULE 1.02 EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES These Rules shall take effect on July 1, 2021. RULE 1.03 EFFECT OF RULES These Rules shall, on their effective date, supersede all local court rules previously adopted. RULE 1.04 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF RULES These Rules shall be construed and applied in such a manner as not to conflict with the California Rules of Court and shall be liberally construed to facilitate and promote the business and administration of justice of the Superior Court. These Rules do not apply to Small Claims Division actions or proceedings unless the text of a specific rule otherwise indicates. Unless otherwise specifically provided, any reference in these rules to a law or laws, or rule of court, shall be deemed to refer to the law or laws, or rule of court as currently written or as hereafter may be amended. The Executive Officer, as Clerk of the Court, shall be the official publisher of these rules and shall maintain a set of the rules in the clerk’s offices for public inspection and shall make available copies for sale at a reasonable fee. RULE 1.05 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS USED IN THESE RULES (A) The definitions set forth in the California Rules of Court, Rule 1.6, shall apply to these Rules with equal force and for all purposes, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires. (B) The word "person" shall include and apply to corporations, firms, associations, and all other entities, as well as natural persons. (C) The word "affidavit" includes declaration and "declaration" includes affidavit. (D) The use of the masculine, feminine, or neutral genders shall include the others. (E) The word "court" shall mean the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Trinity. It shall include any judge, commissioner, or temporary judge appointed or elected to the court and any judge duly assigned to the court. (F) The word "judgment" includes and applies to any judgment, order, or decree from which an appeal lies. RULE 1.06 AMENDMENT, ADDITION, OR REPEAL OF RULES These Rules may be amended or repealed, and new Rules may be added by a majority vote of the judges of the court. RULE 1.07 TIMELY APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND REQUIRED NOTIFICATION (A) Except as set forth herein, once an attorney has made a general appearance in any matter, civil or criminal, that attorney shall appear in the department to which the matter has been assigned at or before the time set for any proceeding in that matter. (B) Except as set forth herein, once the attorney appears on a matter, the attorney shall not leave the department to which the matter has been assigned until the matter has been called and all proceedings scheduled for that matter have concluded. (C) However, the attorney may appear at or before the start of any calendar to which his or her matter is assigned to notify the court the attorney will be late due to an appearance in another department. Counsel may also seek approval of the court to leave the court prior to the conclusion of the matter assigned to one department in order to appear in matters set in other departments. (D) An attorney shall not be late for a court appearance or fail to appear at a court appearance except for good cause shown. (E) If counsel cannot be present at or before the time the matter is set, counsel shall notify Court Services. Counsel shall also inform Court Services of the reason for his or her late appearance and an estimated time of arrival. The clerk shall notify the bench officer or the courtroom clerk of the department to which the matter is assigned. It shall be deemed good cause if counsel has conflicting court appearances and complies with the notice requirements of this rule. (F) Violation of this rule may subject the attorney to sanctions pursuant to Rules 4.08 and 11.01 of these Local Rules. RULE 1.08 REQUIRED ATTORNEY NOTIFICATION FOR UNOPPOSED AND DROPPED MATTERS (A) If an attorney will not oppose a motion filed by opposing counsel, that attorney shall promptly so notify opposing counsel and the Court Services office. (B) If an attorney has calendared a proceeding and decides to request the matter be dropped from calendar, the attorney shall promptly notify opposing counsel and the Court Services office. (C) Violation of this rule may subject the attorney to sanctions pursuant to Rules 4.08 and 11.01 of these Local Rules.
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.