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Ventura County Superior Court — Department 20 - Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (effective July 1, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsDepartment 20 - Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (effective July 1, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's Remote Appearances page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/remote-appearances) at https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/courtroom-20-zoom-appearances.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 20's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Ventura County > Superior Court of California, County of Ventura > Courtroom 20

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT of CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of VENTURA CIVIL DEPARTMENT ZOOM APPEARANCE RULES (Effective July 1, 2026) ELIGIBILITY Attorneys, parties, self-represented parties, and witnesses may appear remotely by Zoom in accordance with statute, court rules, and these procedures. The Court allows Zoom appearances as a courtesy. Effective July 1, 2026, the Civil Department will no longer accommodate Cour

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 1, 2026
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-ventura-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Ventura build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-ventura/docs/general/courtroom-20-zoom-appearances.pdf (138404 bytes, sha256 672e7adf1cb781167687aa51ec3ce76056078da22463e946d1206b3f7673d919; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome (a running header or footer kept once where it names or dates the document); lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): the registration table, which prints no vertical rules, set row by row as printed - left cell, then right cell - with the registration address the print breaks after a hyphen joined (the same characters, reordered). Attached to Judge Maureen M. Houska: the document is Courtroom 20's, and the court's Judicial Assignments page for the Ventura Courthouse (effective as of August 31, 2026) seats Judge Maureen M. Houska in Courtroom 20.