Current as of January 1, 2024.

The California Rules of Court

Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts(Rules 1.1 - 1.300)PDF
Title Two. Trial Court Rules(Rules 2.1 - 2.1100)PDF
Title Three. Civil Rules(Rules 3.1 - 3.2237)PDF
Title Four. Criminal Rules(Rules 4.1 - 4.700)PDF
Title Five. Family and Juvenile Rules(Rules 5.1 - 5.906)PDF
Title Six[Reserved]PDF
Title Seven. Probate Rules and Mental Health Rules(Rules 7.1 - 7.1105)PDF
Title Eight. Appellate Rules(Rules 8.1 - 8.1125)PDF
Title Nine. Rules on Law Practice, Attorneys, and Judges(Rules 9.1 - 9.90)PDF
Title Ten. Judicial Administration Rules(Rules 10.1 - 10.1108)PDF
Standards of Judicial Administration(Standards 2.1 - 10.72)PDF
Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitration(Standards 1 - 17)PDF
Appendix A: Judicial Council Legal Forms ListPDF
Appendix B: Liability Limits of a Parent or Guardian Having Custody and Control of a Minor for the Torts of a Minor(revised July 1, 2023)PDF
Appendix C: Guidelines for the Operation of Family Law Information Centers and Family Law Facilitator OfficesPDF
Appendix D: Judicial Council Governance PoliciesPDF
Appendix E: Guidelines for Determining Financial Eligibility for County Payment of the Cost of Counsel Appointed by the Court in Proceedings Under the Guardianship-Conservatorship LawPDF
Appendix F: Guidelines for the Juvenile Dependency Counsel Collections ProgramPDF
Appendix G: Parliamentary Procedures for the Judicial Council of CaliforniaPDF
Appendix H: Amount of Civil Penalty to Cure Alleged Violation of Proposition 65 for Failure to Provide Certain Warnings (Health & Saf. Code, § 26249.7(k))PDF
Appendix I: Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19(updated: 3/15/2022)PDF

Additional Information

Judicial Council Meetings

California Code of Judicial Ethics

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Code of Judicial Ethics
Formal standards of conduct for judges and candidates for judicial office.

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