Judicial Administration Rules
Current through July 1, 2025
Chapter 1 · Judicial Council
- 10.1 Authority, duties, and goals of the Judicial Council
- 10.10 Judicial Council internal committees
- 10.11 Executive and Planning Committee
- 10.12 Legislation Committee
- 10.13 Rules Committee
- 10.14 Litigation Management Committee
- 10.15 Judicial Branch Budget Committee
- 10.16 Technology Committee
- 10.2 Judicial Council membership and terms
- 10.20 Proposals for new or amended rules, standards, or forms; rule-making process in general
- 10.21 Proposals from members of the public for changes to rules, standards, or forms
- 10.22 Rule-making procedures
- 10.3 Nonvoting members
- 10.30 Judicial Council advisory bodies
- 10.31 Advisory committee membership and terms
- 10.32 Nominations and appointments to advisory committees
- 10.33 Advisory committee meetings
- 10.34 Duties and responsibilities of advisory committees
- 10.4 Nominations and appointments to the Judicial Council
- 10.40 Appellate Advisory Committee
- 10.41 Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee
- 10.42 Criminal Law Advisory Committee
- 10.43 Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee
- 10.44 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee
- 10.46 Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee
- 10.48 Court Executives Advisory Committee Deadlines
- 10.5 Notice and agenda of council meetings Deadlines
- 10.50 Center for Judicial Education and Resources Advisory Committee
- 10.51 Court Interpreters Advisory Panel Deadlines
- 10.52 Administrative Presiding Justices Advisory Committee
- 10.53 Information Technology Advisory Committee
- 10.54 Traffic Advisory Committee
- 10.55 Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness
- 10.56 Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee
- 10.58 Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions
- 10.59 Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions
- 10.6 Judicial Council meetings Deadlines
- 10.60 Tribal Court-State Court Forum
- 10.61 Court Security Advisory Committee
- 10.62 Court Facilities Advisory Committee
- 10.63 Advisory Committee on Audits and Financial Accountability for the Judicial Branch
- 10.64 Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee Deadlines
- 10.65 Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee
- 10.67 Judicial Branch Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Committee
- 10.68 Data Analytics Advisory Committee
- 10.70 Task forces, working groups, and other advisory bodies
- 10.75 Meetings of advisory bodies Deadlines
- 10.80 Administrative Director of the Courts (Administrative Director) Deadlines
- 10.81 Judicial Council staff
Chapter 2 · Administration of the Judicial Branch
- 10.101 Role of the Judicial Council
- 10.102 Acceptance of gifts
- 10.103 Limitation on intrabranch contracting
- 10.104 Limitation on contracting with former employees Deadlines
- 10.105 Allocation of new fee, fine, and forfeiture revenue
- 10.106 Judicial branch travel expense reimbursement policy
- 10.172 Court security plans Deadlines
- 10.173 Court security committees
- 10.174 Petition Regarding Disputes Related to Court Security Memoranda of Understanding
- 10.180 Court facilities standards
- 10.181 Court facilities policies, procedures, and standards
- 10.182 Operation and maintenance of court facilities
- 10.183 Decision making on transfer of responsibility for trial court facilities
- 10.184 Acquisition, space programming, construction, and design of court facilities
- 10.201 Claim and litigation procedure
- 10.202 Claims and litigation management
- 10.203 Contractual indemnification
- 10.350 Workers' compensation program
- 10.351 Judicial branch policies on workplace conduct
- 10.400 Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS)
- 10.405 Judicial branch technology and data security guidelines Deadlines
- 10.430 Generative artificial intelligence use policies
- 10.451 Judicial branch education
- 10.452 Minimum education requirements, expectations, and recommendations Deadlines
- 10.455 Ethics orientation for Judicial Council members and for judicial branch employees required to file a statement of economic interests Deadlines
- 10.461 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justices Deadlines
- 10.462 Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officers Deadlines
- 10.463 Education requirements for family court judges and subordinate judicial officers Deadlines
- 10.464 Education requirements and expectations for judges and subordinate judicial officers on domestic violence issues
- 10.465 Education requirements and recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers on fairness and access
- 10.468 Content-based and hours-based education for superior court judges and subordinate judicial officers regularly assigned to hear probate proceedings Deadlines
- 10.469 Judicial education recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers Deadlines
- 10.471 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal clerks/executive officers Deadlines
- 10.472 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal managing attorneys, supervisors, and other personnel Deadlines
- 10.473 Minimum education requirements for trial court executive officers Deadlines
- 10.474 Trial court managers, supervisors, and other personnel Deadlines
- 10.478 Content-based and hours-based education for court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners Deadlines
- 10.479 Education recommendations for appellate and trial court personnel
- 10.481 Approved providers; approved course criteria
- 10.491 Minimum education requirements for Judicial Council employees Deadlines
- 10.493 Instructor-led training
Chapter 3 · Judicial Administration Rules Applicable to All Courts
Chapter 4 · Trial Court Administration
- 10.601 Superior court management
- 10.602 Selection and term of presiding judge Deadlines
- 10.603 Authority and duties of presiding judge Deadlines
- 10.605 Executive committee
- 10.608 Duties of all judges
- 10.609 Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct
- 10.610 Duties of court executive officer
- 10.611 Nondiscrimination in court appointments
- 10.612 Use of gender-neutral language
- 10.613 Local court rules-adopting, filing, distributing, and maintaining Deadlines
- 10.614 Local court forms
- 10.620 Public access to administrative decisions of trial courts Deadlines
- 10.625 Certain demographic data relating to regular grand jurors
- 10.630 Reciprocal assignment orders
- 10.635 Limited situations in which a judicial officer may preside remotely from a location other than a courtroom
- 10.650 Court Employee Labor Relations Rules
- 10.651 Purpose
- 10.652 Definitions
- 10.653 Right and obligation to meet and confer
- 10.654 Scope of representation
- 10.655 Governing court employee labor relations
- 10.656 Transition provisions
- 10.657 Construction
- 10.658 Interpretation
- 10.659 Other provisions
- 10.660 Enforcement of agreements-petitions (Gov. Code, §§ 71639.5, 71825.2)
- 10.670 Trial court personnel plans
- 10.700 Role of subordinate judicial officers
- 10.701 Qualifications and education of subordinate judicial officers Deadlines
- 10.702 Subordinate judicial officers: practice of law
- 10.703 Subordinate judicial officers: complaints and notice requirements Deadlines
- 10.740 Responsibilities of the trial courts for temporary judge programs
- 10.741 Duties and authority of the presiding judge Deadlines
- 10.742 Use of attorneys as court-appointed temporary judges
- 10.743 Administrator of temporary judges program
- 10.744 Application procedures to serve as a court-appointed temporary judge
- 10.745 Performance
- 10.746 Complaints
- 10.761 Regional Court Interpreter Employment Relations Committees
- 10.762 Cross-assignments for court interpreter employees
- 10.776 Definitions
- 10.777 Qualifications of court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners Deadlines
- 10.780 Administration of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs
- 10.781 Court-related ADR neutrals Deadlines
- 10.782 ADR program information
- 10.783 ADR program administration
- 10.800 Superior court budgeting
- 10.801 Superior court budget procedures
- 10.803 Information access disputes-writ petitions (Gov. Code, § 71675)
- 10.804 Superior court financial policies and procedures Deadlines
- 10.805 Notice of change in court-county relationship Deadlines
- 10.810 Court operations
- 10.811 Reimbursement of costs associated with homicide trials
- 10.815 Fees to be set by the court
- 10.820 Acceptance of credit cards by the superior courts
- 10.821 Acceptance of checks and other negotiable paper
- 10.830 Disposal of surplus court personal property Deadlines
- 10.850 Trial court records
- 10.851 Court indexes-automated maintenance
- 10.854 Standards and guidelines for trial court records
- 10.855 Superior court records sampling program
- 10.856 Notice of superior court records destruction Deadlines
- 10.870 Trial court automation standards
- 10.900 Case management and calendaring system
- 10.901 Internal management procedures
- 10.910 Assigned cases to be tried or dismissed-notification to presiding judge
- 10.950 Role of presiding judge, supervising judge, criminal division, and master calendar department in courts having more than three judges
- 10.951 Duties of supervising judge of the criminal division
- 10.952 Meetings concerning the criminal court system
- 10.953 Procedures for disposition of cases before the preliminary hearing
- 10.960 Court self-help centers
- 10.970 970 Reports of findings and orders affecting voting rights (Elec. Code, § 2211.5)
Chapter 5 · Appellate Court Administration
- 10.1000 Transfer of causes
- 10.1004 Court of Appeal administrative presiding justice
- 10.1008 Courts of Appeal with more than one division
- 10.1012 Supervising progress of appeals
- 10.1014 Oversight of administrative presiding justices and presiding justices
- 10.1016 Notice of failure to perform judicial duties Deadlines
- 10.1017 Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct
- 10.1020 Reviewing court clerk/executive officer
- 10.1024 Court of Appeal minutes
- 10.1028 Preservation and destruction of Court of Appeal records Deadlines
- 10.1030 Local rules of Courts of Appeal Deadlines
- 10.1100 Assignments to the appellate division
- 10.1104 Presiding judge
- 10.1108 Sessions