Local Rules Adopted To Address COVID-19

Local Rules adopted to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to the March 23, 2020, Statewide Order of the Chief Justice

• Emergency Local Rule 1.2a, Emergency Rules Adopted (April 29, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 1.7a, Regarding Public Access to Court Proceedings (April 23, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 1.8a, Regarding Filings and Hearings (April 10, 2020; amended February 8, 2021)
• Emergency Local Rule 1.8b, Remote Hearings (May 21, 2020; repealed February 8, 2021)
• Emergency Local Rule 1.10a, Emergency Rule for Juror Questionnaires (June 5, 2020; repealed February 8, 2021)
• Emergency Local Rule 3.29, Regarding Appearances and Service (April 6, 2020; amended April 22, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 4.115, Adopting Temporary Emergency Bail Schedule (April 3, 2020; amended June 20, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 4.116, Requests to Set Bail Pursuant to PC 1269c (May 21, 2020; amended June 20, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.26, Regarding Informal Settlement Conferences (April 20, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.27, Regarding Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, Gun Violence, and Civil Harassment Restraining Orders Calendared in Dept. 502 (April 20, 2020; amended April 22, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.31, Regarding Submitting Requests for Orders on the Pleadings (April 20, 2020)
• Emergency Rule 5.32 Regarding Emergency rule regarding electronic signatures
• Emergency Local Rule 5.38, Regarding Restraining Order Hearings (April 22, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.46, Regarding Currently Calendared Settlement Conferences in Dept. 504 (April 20, 2020; amended July 10, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.51, Regarding Trials Currently Calendared in Dept. 503 (April 20, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.6, Regarding Applicability of Emergency Rules in this Chapter (April 20, 2020; amended April 22, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 5.66, Regarding Proofs of Service (April 20, 2020; amended April 22, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 7.116, Regarding Notice of Available Means for Filing of Oppositions to Probate Ex Parte Applications (April 20, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 7.180, Regarding Additional Notice Requirements (April 20, 2020; amended July 10, 2020)
• Emergency Local Rule 7.825, Authorizing Use of Remote Technology (May 18, 2020; amended June 16, 2020)

Local Rules amended to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Local Rule 3.30, Regarding Law and Motion (July 1, 2007; amended May 21, 2020)
• Emergency amendment to Local Rule 1.10, Composition of Jury Panels during the COVID-19 Crisis (July 1, 1999; repealed February 8, 2021)