Tuolumne County Superior Court Local Rules of Court (Effective August 27, 2026) — 1.00.0 Division of Business and General Rules (Rules 1.01.0 to 1.18.0)

Summary

1.00.0 Division of Business and General Rules: rules supplementing the California Rules of Court, which take precedence in a conflict (1.01.0); the Court has five departments (1.02.0); checks returned for non-payment under Code of Civil Procedure sections 411.20 and 411.21 (1.03.0); colored paper accepted as exhibit dividers, notwithstanding rule 2.103, but not blue, goldenrod, green, pink or yellow (1.03.5); copies conformed at no charge when an original is filed (a self-addressed stamped envelope for return by mail), mailed copy requests with the fee and such an envelope, and one copy of each case document for litigants with a fee waiver (1.04.0); duplicate judgment revoked (1.05.0); orders disbursing Court trust funds stating the authority for release, the deposit date, the warrant amount and the payee’s current name and address (1.06.0); court reporting scheduled for preliminary hearings and other felony proceedings, all juvenile matters, in-chambers meetings with minor children, civil proceedings of fee waiver parties requesting it, and other proceedings the Court orders reported, not normally for civil trials or civil law-and-motion matters, and a reporter normally in Dept. 1 (felony and juvenile matters), Dept. 2 (Monday through Friday if a felony jury trial is being held, Tuesday afternoons for preliminary hearings and felony proceedings, and Fridays) and Dept. 4 (Wednesday afternoons for felony criminal proceedings), not normally in Dept. 3 or Dept. 5 (1.07.0(a)); civil court reporter requests filed under rule 2.956 on local form TUO-CS-150, a party granted a fee waiver under Government Code section 68631 provided an official court reporter without the fee, its request filed as soon as practicable and for civil trials no later than 10 court days before trial, and the proceedings may be continued if the Court is unable to arrange the services (1.07.0(b)); for other parties, the Court may provide an official court reporter not required for the listed duties, at a fee for its reasonable cost calculated under Government Code section 68086, due each day before proceedings commence, the clerk notifying the parties if the reporters are not available, and no attendance fee charged when a party pays for a certified shorthand reporter because an official one is unavailable (1.07.0(b)); transcripts of Court-directed reporting available to a party only if it pays the reporter’s fees and transcription cost on request, the reporting fee not required of a party granted a fee waiver (1.07.0(c)); an accurate written transcript with any audio recording offered as evidence (1.08.0); return of exhibits and dangerous evidence revoked (1.09.0 and 1.10.0); criminal trial continuances under Penal Code section 1050, civil trial continuances discouraged and granted only on good cause, stipulated continuances requested in writing with a proposed order except in Delay Reduction Cases, which require a noticed motion with a declaration of necessity unless the Court waives it, and no motion to continue on the trial or hearing date except in the most extraordinary circumstances, in person before the judge (1.11.0); sanctions revoked (1.12.0); ex parte hearings scheduled with the clerk’s office from its list of available dates and times by department, moving papers filed in advance (1.13.0); a judge’s vacation day as an approved absence of one full business day, absence for a rule 10.603(c)(2)(H) purpose not considered one (1.14.0); local forms, mandatory and optional, listed in the appendix and available at www.tuolumne.courts.ca.gov (1.15.0); photographic, recording and transmission equipment, laptops included, prohibited in the courthouse without a judge’s advance permission, courtroom devices regulated by each judicial officer, violators subject to contempt under rule 1.150 or having devices confiscated, media not blocking corridors, stairwells, courtrooms or courthouse ingress or egress, photography through courthouse windows or from the hallway requiring the judge’s prior approval, and no portable cameras copying court documents in the clerk’s offices (1.16.0); an individual with a disability, or a licensed or authorized trainer, has the right to be accompanied by a guide, signal or service dog on court premises under Civil Code section 54.1 et seq. (1.17.0); and the words “[PROPOSED] ORDER” in the title of a request that includes a proposed order and line for judicial signature (1.18.0)