Yuba County Superior Court Local Rules of Court (effective July 1, 2026) — Chapter 2: General

Summary

Chapter 2 (Rules 2.0 to 2.13): a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of endorsed-filed copies, documents forwarded without one placed in a holding bin for thirty (30) days and then discarded (2.0); no document filed, received or forwarded to the Judge for review without the full, correct filing fee or an approved application for waiver of fees (2.1); the Court authorizes the Court Collection Division to verify the information in an Application for Waiver of Court Fees and Costs, with penalties assessed or the documents stricken on erroneous information, and within three years after the Court has granted a litigant permission to proceed in forma pauperis an order to pay all or a portion of the waived fees and costs on a change in financial condition (2.1); a $20 fee for filing a stipulation and order, regardless of its title (2.1); a $25 insufficient check charge in cash or cashier's check in addition to reimbursement for a returned check (CCP § 411.20), the papers covered by the returned check stricken from the Court's record if both are not paid (2.1); a courtesy copy of all e-filed documents filed in connection with a law and motion matter in excess of 10 pages submitted within one court day after filing (2.1); motions in limine and trial briefs filed five (5) court days prior to the trial date, the parties to lodge joint jury instructions in civil jury trials five (5) court days prior to the trial date with the instructions on which the parties do not agree tabbed, and family law trial briefs filed five (5) court days prior to the trial/hearing date with a courtesy copy for the trial judge (2.2); a document presented for filing on the day of the hearing filed in the courtroom in addition to the Processing Counter (2.2); a firm continuance policy - continuances of settlement conferences, case management conferences and trials requested with supporting declarations and the proper filing fee and heard by the Department or Judge assigned to the case (2.3); continuances of law and motion matters by written stipulation filed with the Court or by oral agreement with written notification and proof of service filed prior to the hearing, no matter continued more than twice without leave of court, and no continuance granted if requested less than five (5) court days prior to the hearing absent good cause (2.3); a $20 fee for the continuance of any calendared event continued at the request of a party, paid when the request is made, the event dropped from the calendar if the fee is not paid prior to the continued event (2.3); ex parte matters in strict accordance with CRC, Rule 3.1200 et seq. - the applicant to contact (530) 740-1800, option 8 to arrange an appointment for the presentation no later than the time set for notice, a courtesy copy of the request and its supporting documentation to the Court by 2:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing, applications for Orders to Shorten Time considered only with the proposed moving papers, and a processing fee of $40 if no hearing is required or $60 if a hearing is required (2.3); the clerk to enter open book attorney fees under CC § 1717.5(a) - $960, or 25 percent of the obligation, whichever is less, on an open book account for a debt of a natural person for personal, family or household purposes, and $1200, or 25 percent, for all other book accounts, on a declaration identifying the paragraph of the agreement - and in all other cases the Court to determine the reasonable fee under CCP § 585(a), on a showing verified by counsel that must conform to the requirements of Serrano v. Priest (1977) 20 Cal.3d 25 (2.3); claims for payment by the Court on the Superior Court of California General Claim form submitted to the Court Executive Officer or the Judge upon whose order the services were rendered, and a Petition to Establish Fact of Marriage in the form approved by the Court [YCSC Form FL03009] with its notice of hearing [YCSC FORM FL03010] and a filing fee of $435 (2.4); fax filings received at (530) 740-1801 with a fee of $20, plus $.50 per page, in addition to any other filing fee, paid no later than the business day after the transmission, under CRC 2.300 et seq. through a fax filing agency or by direct fax filing, and a $25 charge when a credit card charge is rejected (2.5); only the bailiff providing courtroom security, an individual described in PnC § 830.1(a) and State Traffic Officers not appearing as a party to carry a weapon into a courtroom, worn in a fashion where it is not visible unless in uniform, an individual not in uniform to notify the courtroom bailiff that he/she is armed (2.6); appropriate dress in any courtroom, the bailiff on duty with the authority to enforce it - no hats unless worn for religious purposes, shoes worn, no shorts, and no glasses with darkened lenses except when prescribed or worn for medical reasons (2.7); court reporters provided routinely only in proceedings involving LPS conservatorships, felony criminal and juvenile dependency and wardship and where the Court may be required by law on request to provide a transcript, other parties making their own arrangements with a reporting service, no court reporters or electronic recording regularly provided for requests for orders or motions in family law matters (CRC 5.123), a court reporter provided to a fee waiver litigant on a timely request - ten (10) or more court days before the hearing or trial, on Local Court Form YCSC G19075 - and recording other than by an official court reporter prohibited absent judicial permission (2.8); interpreters provided by the Court where the Court is required to do so by law, counsel to notify the Court fourteen (14) days before the hearing or a shorter time upon a showing of good cause (2.9); sanctions under CCP § 575.2 for failure to comply with the Local Rules (2.10); records requests under CRC 10.500 in writing to Heather Pugh, Court Executive Officer, 215 5th Street, Suite 200, Marysville (2.11); an elisor appointed on an application and proposed order that designate the Clerk of the Superior Court, County of Yuba, or the Clerk's designee, with a highlighted sample of each document to be signed, a declaration of specific facts establishing the necessity, an order that identify the documents and the signing location(s), the signing within three (3) court days, a notary the applicant must arrange for documents requiring notarization, and a $50 fee (2.12); all future case management, trial setting, settlement conference and trial dates automatically vacated when a case is removed to federal court or stayed in bankruptcy court, a follow-up case management conference set for six (6) months for status purposes, plaintiff's counsel to notify the Court with a photocopy of the endorsed-filed bankruptcy petition (2.13).