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Chapter 3 (Rule 16): criminal complaints charging in-custody defendants filed no later than 10:00 a.m. on the day of the appearance, or the arraignment held on the next court day, and complaints charging defendants not in custody no later than four (4) court days before the appearance (16.1); cases assigned at the arraignment by the Master Calendar Judge to a judge and department for all purposes (16.2); calendaring requests in writing with notice, received by the clerk at least three (3) court days before the requested hearing date (16.3); appearances, unless excused by Penal Code Section 977, with sanctions for a failure to appear (16.4); written plea forms - only the plea forms currently approved by the Judges of the Yolo Superior Court - and counsel's duty to disclose a proposed plea earlier rejected by another judge (16.5); violation of probation declarations submitted at least five (5) court days before the requested hearing date (16.6); relieved counsel's duty to convey the file and to give five (5) court days notice to the Yolo County Public Defender (16.7); pre-trial conferences in misdemeanors (16.8); trial readiness conferences, their attendance mandatory in felony cases for the defendant, defense counsel and a prosecuting attorney with full authority (16.9); and real property bonds - the notice of hearing under Penal Code Section 1298, served on the District Attorney and County Counsel, the documents filed with it, an appraisal dated not more than 45 days and a preliminary title report not more than 30 days before the application, and an order signed only on equity of at least twice the bail and the recorded deed of trust (16.10).
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RULE 16: GENERAL CRIMINAL 16.1 CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS—TIME OF FILING (a) All criminal complaints charging in-custody defendants shall be filed with the clerk of the court no later than 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the day the defendant is to appear. Failure to file a complaint pursuant to the time requirements stated shall result in the arraignment being held on the next court day. (b) All criminal complaints charging defendants not in custody shall be filed no later than four (4) court days prior to the defendant’s appearance. (Effective January 1, 2007; As amended, eff 01/01/08; As amended, eff 01/01/09) 16.2 ARRAIGNMENT (a) At the arraignment the Master Calendar Judge shall assign cases to a judge and department for all purposes through completion unless the assigned judge is absent, disqualified or otherwise unavailable, necessitating a transfer to another judge and department. (Effective January 1, 2007; As amended, eff 01/01/10; As amended, eff 01/01/23) 16.3 CALENDARING REQUESTS Requests to place matters on calendar shall be in writing with notice to all parties and must include a factual and legal basis for the request and the remedy sought. Requests must be received by the clerk at least three (3) court days before the hearing date requested. Matters shall not be set by the Clerk fewer than the three (3) court days from the requested hearing date without prior authorization from the Judge presiding over the matter. (Effective January 1, 2007; As amended, eff 01/01/10; As amended and re-numbered, eff 01/01/23) 16.4 APPEARANCES Unless excused by Penal Code Section 977 all parties whose appearance is required shall appear in the department assigned on the dates and at the times ordered. However, the judge presiding in the department where a matter has been assigned may give relief from this rule for good cause or in the court’s discretion. If counsel and required parties fail to appear without first receiving court permission, the court may impose sanctions. (Effective January 1, 2007; As amended, eff. 01/01/10; Re-numbered, eff 01/01/2023) 16.5 PLEA FORMS Unless excused by the court, whenever a defendant intends to enter a guilty or no contest plea to a felony or misdemeanor charge, a written plea form shall be completed and submitted to the court. Only the plea forms currently approved by the Judges of the Yolo Superior Court shall be used. It is the duty of all involved counsel to inform the court at the time a plea is submitted whether any proposed plea in the matter has previously been rejected by another judge, even if submitted under a different caption or case number. (Effective January 1, 2007; Re-numbered, eff 01/01/23) 16.6 VIOLATION OF PROBATION DECLARATIONS AND HEARINGS (a) Violation of probation declarations shall be submitted for filing at least five (5) court days before the requested hearing date. (b) A probation violation hearing maybe set before, during or after the trial of any pending criminal charges. A probation violation hearing may also be conducted at the same time as the preliminary examination of pending felony charges, if so ordered by the court. (Effective January 1, 2007; As amended, eff 01/01/09; Re-numbered, eff 01/01/23) 16.7 RESPONSIBILITIES OF RELIEVED COUNSEL OF RECORD Any counsel retained or appointed on a criminal case who either (1) moves to be relieved, or (2) declines to accept continued representation of a client in the superior court shall appear in court with all discovery and other normal contents of a file and, upon order of the court, convey the same to the successor attorney. In addition, if it appears to counsel that the Yolo County Public Defender is likely to be appointed, counsel shall give five (5) court days notice to the Yolo County Public Defender, in writing, of the date of the court appearance where counsel expects to be relieved or to decline further representation. (Effective January 1, 2007; Re-numbered, eff 01/01/23) 16.8 PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCES IN MISDEMEANORS (a) Prior to appearing at any pre-trial conference in a misdemeanor case, counsel shall have conferred with one another, and communicated any offer; (b) Pre-trial conferences may be held in open court or in chambers, at the court's discretion; (c) Counsel shall be prepared to discuss fully the evidence and issues with the court; (a) Cases not settled at the pre-trial conference will be set for trial at the earliest available date. (Effective January 1, 2007; as amended, eff. 01/01/13; As amended and re-numbered, eff 01/01/23) 16.9 PURPOSE OF TRIAL READINESS CONFERENCES The purpose of trial readiness conferences is to consider the negotiated resolution of pending cases and to confirm trials. In the event there are insufficient judges or courtrooms available to try all confirmed cases, a determination regarding the priority of scheduled trials will be made. Prior to the conference counsel shall have completed discovery and investigation. At the trial readiness conference, attorneys shall inform the court of any need for interpreter services and other special accommodations. Attendance at the criminal trial readiness is mandatory in felony cases for the defendant, counsel for the defendant and a prosecuting attorney with full authority to dispose of the case. The Court may require a defendant charged with a misdemeanor only to attend such a conference upon a finding of good cause based on the circumstances of a particular case. Prior to the conference the attorneys shall discuss the case to determine the possibility of disposition without trial. (Effective January 1, 2007; As amended, eff. 01/01/10; As amended, eff. 01/01/13; As amended, eff. 01/01/2015; As amended and re-numbered, eff 01/01/23) 16.10 REAL PROPERTY BONDS In order to post a real property bond, the following procedure must be followed: (a) A notice of hearing pursuant to Penal Code Section 1298 shall be filed. It shall also be served the District Attorney and County Counsel. Compliance with the notice provisions of Rule 4.111 of the California Rules of Court is required. (b) The notice of hearing shall be accompanied by an application for a real property equity bond, a declaration of the real property owners, an executed promissory note, a deed of trust made payable to “County of Yolo: as beneficiary and “Court Executive Officer” as trustee, and a proposed order approving the property bond and order for release of the defendant. (c) In addition, the following must be filed with the original notice of hearing: (1) An appraisal report of the fair market value of the property, dated not more than 45 days prior to filing the application for the property bond and completed by a qualified real estate appraiser; (2) A current preliminary title report, prepared by a California title company, that includes a legal description of the property, the address or location of the property, and a listing of all encumbrances, and is dated no more than 30 days prior to the application for the property bond; and, (3) Proof of insurance coverage of the property, sufficient to pay all encumbrances, which insurance must include “County of Yolo” as a loss payee. (d) An order approving the property bond and order for release of the defendant shall not be signed unless the court finds that the equity in the property is at least twice the value of the amount of bail, and only upon delivery to the court of the recorded deed of trust. (Effective January 1, 2009; Re-numbered, eff 01/01/23)
RULE 16: GENERAL CRIMINAL 16.1 CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS—TIME OF FILING (a) All criminal complaints charging in-custody defendants shall be filed with the clerk of the court no later than 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the day the defendant is to appear. Failure to file a complaint pursuant to the time requirements stated shall result in the arraignment being held on the next court day. (b) All criminal c
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Yolo build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-yolo/docs/yolo/default/2026-04/Yolo Superior Court Local Rules Effective 01-01-2023.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “The following rules of court for the Superior Court of Yolo County are adopted January 1, 2023 and replace the rules previously adopted by the Superior Court of Yolo County.”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 700841 bytes, sha256 d05d92b20c2d61ae316a5081bfbbf4ac225f259b12a092c527669f4579097d7e; 52 pages; this chapter PDF pages 28 to 30) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: six chapters - 1 to 5 and 7 - each composed from the page after its divider page (PDF pages 10 to 47), from its first rule's heading (“RULE 1: GENERAL RULES” to “RULE 26 GUARDIANSHIPS OF THE PERSON OF A MINOR”) to its last rule's history note: each page's running header (“Yolo Superior Court”) and its two footer lines (the chapter's name and “Page N of 44”) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and each subdivision's label and title (“1.1 NAME, CITATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) lists 5 struck runs on 3 pages - the deleted Rule 25 in the list of current effective dates and in the index, and one struck space in Rule 4.7 - taken out as chrome; 4 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 4.7(c)3's formal complaint addresses - the Commission on Judicial Performance's street, item v. and the Sheriff's Office's street - set on their own lines as printed, and Rule 11.3's first fee item rejoined) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py) list candidates read one by one; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the statement on state law, the list of current effective dates, the table of contents, each chapter's divider page (its rules and their page numbers), Chapter 6 (it prints only “RULE 25: DELETED”), Appendix 1 (the listing of local forms) and the index by subject matter belong to no card. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 16.8's fourth item is lettered “(a)” after “(c)”.
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.