California Code
TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS
CHAPTER 2 - The Judicial Council

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 68500. - 68500. The Judicial Council may appoint and employ during its...

Section 68500.1. - 68500.1. The Judicial Council may prescribe the methods, means, and...

Section 68500.3. - 68500.3. Any reference to the Administrative Office of the Courts...

Section 68500.5. - 68500.5. The annual salary of the Administrative Director of the...

Section 68501. - 68501. The chairman of the Judicial Council may appoint committees...

Section 68502. - 68502. The committees may assemble information and make recommendations to...

Section 68502.5. - 68502.5. (a) The Judicial Council may, as part of its...

Section 68502.6. - 68502.6. (a) If the cash balance of the Trial Court...

Section 68502.7. - 68502.7. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require...

Section 68503. - 68503. Members of committees appointed pursuant to Section 68501 shall...

Section 68503.5. - 68503.5. Whenever provision is made by law for appointment or...

Section 68504. - 68504. Upon receiving information of the death, removal, or resignation...

Section 68505. - 68505. The county clerks and clerks of all courts of...

Section 68506. - 68506. All salaries and expenses incurred by the council pursuant...

Section 68506.5. - 68506.5. The Judicial Council shall, after receiving comment from the...

Section 68507. - 68507. The Secretary of the Judicial Council shall purchase and...

Section 68508. - 68508. No act of the Judicial Council shall be valid...

Section 68509. - 68509. The Judicial Council shall meet at the call of...

Section 68510. - 68510. No member of the Judicial Council shall receive any...

Section 68511. - 68511. The Judicial Council may prescribe by rule the form...

Section 68511.1. - 68511.1. The Judicial Council shall develop a form explaining the...

Section 68511.2. - 68511.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council...

Section 68511.5. - 68511.5. Not later than January 1, 1985, the Judicial Council...

Section 68511.6. - 68511.6. The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate rules providing for...

Section 68511.7. - 68511.7. (a) Prior to adopting a baseline budget plan for...

Section 68511.8. - 68511.8. (a) On or before December 1 of each year...

Section 68511.9. - 68511.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Case Management...

Section 68512. - 68512. The Chair of the Judicial Council, with the approval...

Section 68513. - 68513. The Judicial Council shall provide for the uniform entry,...

Section 68514. - 68514. (a) Beginning October 1, 2018, and annually on or...

Section 68516. - 68516. (a) The Judicial Council is authorized to establish a...

Section 68518. - 68518. With advice from law enforcement and domestic violence groups,...

Section 68520. - 68520. (a) On January 1, 2024, and on January 1...

Section 68525. - 68525. (a) The board of supervisors of each county may...

ARTICLE 2 - Assignment of Judges

Section 68540.7. - 68540.7. Any judge assigned to a court wherein a judge’s...

Section 68543. - 68543. The extra compensation and expenses for travel, board, and...

Section 68543.5. - 68543.5. (a) Whenever a judge who has retired under the...

Section 68543.7. - 68543.7. Subject to funding in the Budget Act, the Chief...

Section 68543.8. - 68543.8. (a) The Legislature finds that there is a shortage...

Section 68544. - 68544. When the judge files a claim, the Judicial Council...

Section 68545. - 68545. The payments by the state toward the extra compensation...

Section 68547. - 68547. (a) For the purposes of this article, a judge...

Section 68548. - 68548. Each judge assigned by the Chairman of the Judicial...

Section 68549. - 68549. (a) A judge who has been defeated in an...

Section 68550. - 68550. The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court...

ARTICLE 3 - Coordinated Educational Programs for the Judiciary

Section 68551. - 68551. The Judicial Council is authorized to conduct institutes and...

Section 68552. - 68552. In carrying out its duties under this article, the...

Section 68553. - 68553. (a) The Judicial Council shall establish judicial training programs...

Section 68553.5. - 68553.5. To the extent resources are available, the Judicial Council...

Section 68554. - 68554. Notwithstanding subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 1770, the...

Section 68555. - 68555. The Judicial Council shall establish judicial training programs for...

ARTICLE 4 - Court Interpreter Services

Section 68560. - 68560. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Resolution Chapter...

Section 68560.5. - 68560.5. As used in this article: (a) “Court proceeding” means...

Section 68561. - 68561. (a) Except for good cause as provided in subdivision...

Section 68562. - 68562. (a) The Judicial Council shall designate the languages for...

Section 68563. - 68563. The Judicial Council shall conduct a study of language...

Section 68564. - 68564. The Judicial Council shall adopt rules and standards to...

Section 68565. - 68565. (a) The Judicial Council may establish a court interpreters...

Section 68566. - 68566. A natural person who either (1) holds a valid...

ARTICLE 5 - The Trial Court Delay Reduction Act

Section 68600. - 68600. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 68603. - 68603. (a) The Judicial Council shall adopt standards of timely...

Section 68604. - 68604. The Judicial Council shall collect and maintain statistics, and...

Section 68605. - 68605. The Judicial Council shall designate the four superior courts...

Section 68605.5. - 68605.5. On and after July 1, 1992, this article shall...

Section 68606. - 68606. In each of the counties in which an exemplary...

Section 68607. - 68607. In accordance with this article and consistent with statute,...

Section 68607.5. - 68607.5. No action or proceeding may be removed from a...

Section 68608. - 68608. (a) Juvenile, probate, and domestic relations cases shall not...

Section 68609. - 68609. (a) The presiding judge of each superior court with...

Section 68609.5. - 68609.5. Each court and the Judicial Council, under subdivision (b)...

Section 68610. - 68610. The Judicial Council, in conjunction with other interested groups...

Section 68612. - 68612. Judges shall, in consultation with the bar of the...

Section 68613. - 68613. The Judicial Council may receive and expend on the...

Section 68614. - 68614. Nothing in this article is intended to prevent a...

Section 68615. - 68615. In its discretion, the Judicial Council may contract out...

Section 68616. - 68616. Delay reduction rules shall not require shorter time periods...

Section 68617. - 68617. On or before October 30, 2002, the Judicial Council...

Section 68619. - 68619. (a) The Judicial Council shall review all local delay...

Section 68620. - 68620. (a) Each superior court shall establish a delay reduction...

ARTICLE 6 - Waiver of Court Fees and Costs

Section 68630. - 68630. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 68631. - 68631. An initial fee waiver shall be granted by the...

Section 68631.5. - 68631.5. For purposes of this article, a conservatee, ward, or...

Section 68632. - 68632. Permission to proceed without paying court fees and costs...

Section 68633. - 68633. (a) An applicant for an initial fee waiver under...

Section 68634. - 68634. (a) This section applies to the processing and determination...

Section 68634.5. - 68634.5. (a) This section applies to the processing and determination...

Section 68635. - 68635. (a) This section applies only to waivers of trial...

Section 68636. - 68636. (a) After the court has granted an initial fee...

Section 68637. - 68637. (a) This section applies only to waivers of trial...

Section 68638. - 68638. (a) The trial court may execute on any order...

Section 68639. - 68639. An initial fee waiver shall expire 60 days after...

Section 68640. - 68640. The Judicial Council may adopt a rule of court...

Section 68641. - 68641. The Judicial Council shall adopt rules and forms to...

ARTICLE 7 - Ability to Pay Program

Section 68645. - 68645. The Judicial Council shall develop an online tool for...

Section 68645.1. - 68645.1. For all infraction violations for which a personal appearance...

Section 68645.15. - 68645.15. A defendant’s request for an ability-to-pay determination through the...

Section 68645.2. - 68645.2. (a) By June 30, 2024, every court shall offer...

Section 68645.3. - 68645.3. (a) A court may allow the online tool to...

Section 68645.4. - 68645.4. (a) A court may offer trials by declaration through...

Section 68645.5. - 68645.5. (a) No later than February 1, 2022, and annually...

Section 68645.7. - 68645.7. (a) On or before January 10 of each year,...