California Rules of Court (Revised January 1, 2024)

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• TITLE 1. Rules Applicable to All Courts

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• Chapter 1. Preliminary Rules
• Rule 1.1. The California Rules of Court
• Rule 1.2. Title
• Rule 1.3. Authority
• Rule 1.4. Contents of the rules
• Rule 1.5. Construction of rules and standards
• Rule 1.6. Definitions and use of terms
• Chapter 2. Timing and Holidays
• Rule 1.10. Time for actions
• Rule 1.11. Holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday
• Chapter 3. Service and Filing
• Rule 1.20. Effective Date of Filing
• Rule 1.21. Service
• Rule 1.22. Recycled paper [Repealed]
• Chapter 4. Judicial Council Forms
• Rule 1.30. Judicial Council forms
• Rule 1.31. Mandatory forms
• Rule 1.35. Optional forms
• Rule 1.37. Use of forms
• Rule 1.40. Statutory references on forms
• Rule 1.41. Proofs of service on forms
• Rule 1.42. Forms not to be rejected
• Rule 1.43. Legibility
• Rule 1.44. Electronically produced forms
• Rule 1.45. Judicial Council pleading forms
• Rule 1.51. California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) information form
• Chapter 5. Accommodations
• Rule 1.100. Requests for accommodations by persons with disabilities
• Chapter 6. Public Access to Court Proceedings
• Rule 1.150. Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court
• Chapter 7. Form and Format of Papers
• Rule 1.200. Format of citations
• Rule 1.201. Protection of privacy
• Chapter 8. Language Access Services
• Rule 1.300. Access to programs, services, and professionals