California Code
TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5 - The Superior Courts

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 69504. - 69504. The superior court of each county shall purchase and...

Section 69505. - 69505. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 69507. - 69507. The presiding judge of each superior court may designate...

Section 69508. - 69508. (a) The judges of each superior court having three...

Section 69508.5. - 69508.5. (a) In courts with two judges a presiding judge...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Reduction of Number of Judges in Superior Court

Section 69560. - 69560. If the Legislature diminishes the number of judges of...

ARTICLE 3 - Number of Judges

Section 69580. - 69580. In the County of Alameda there are 67 judges...

Section 69580.3. - 69580.3. In the County of Alpine there are two judges...

Section 69580.7. - 69580.7. In the County of Amador there are two judges...

Section 69581. - 69581. In the County of Butte there are 10 judges...

Section 69581.3. - 69581.3. In the County of Calaveras there are two judges...

Section 69581.7. - 69581.7. In the County of Colusa there are two judges...

Section 69582. - 69582. In the County of Contra Costa there are 33...

Section 69582.3. - 69582.3. In the County of Del Norte there are two...

Section 69582.5. - 69582.5. In the County of El Dorado there are six...

Section 69583. - 69583. In the County of Fresno there are 36 judges...

Section 69583.5. - 69583.5. In the County of Glenn there are two judges...

Section 69584. - 69584. In the County of Humboldt there are seven judges...

Section 69584.5. - 69584.5. In the County of Imperial there are nine judges...

Section 69584.7. - 69584.7. In the County of Inyo there are two judges...

Section 69585. - 69585. In the County of Kern there are 33 judges...

Section 69585.5. - 69585.5. In the County of Kings there are seven judges...

Section 69585.7. - 69585.7. In the County of Lake there are four judges...

Section 69585.9. - 69585.9. In the County of Lassen there are two judges...

Section 69586. - 69586. In the County of Los Angeles there are 429...

Section 69587. - 69587. In the County of Madera there are seven judges...

Section 69588. - 69588. In the County of Marin there are 10 judges...

Section 69588.3. - 69588.3. In the County of Mariposa there are two judges...

Section 69588.7. - 69588.7. In the County of Mendocino there are eight judges...

Section 69589. - 69589. In the County of Merced there are six judges...

Section 69589.3. - 69589.3. In the County of Modoc there are two judges...

Section 69589.7. - 69589.7. In the County of Mono there are two judges...

Section 69590. - 69590. In the County of Monterey there are 18 judges...

Section 69590.5. - 69590.5. In the County of Napa there are six judges...

Section 69590.7. - 69590.7. In the County of Nevada there are six judges...

Section 69591. - 69591. In the County of Orange there are 109 judges...

Section 69591.3. - 69591.3. In the County of Placer there are nine judges...

Section 69591.7. - 69591.7. In the County of Plumas there are two judges...

Section 69592. - 69592. In the County of Riverside there are 53 judges...

Section 69593. - 69593. In the County of Sacramento there are 52 judges...

Section 69593.5. - 69593.5. In the County of San Benito there are two...

Section 69594. - 69594. In the County of San Bernardino there are 65...

Section 69595. - 69595. In the County of San Diego there are 128...

Section 69596. - 69596. In the City and County of San Francisco there...

Section 69598. - 69598. In the County of San Joaquin there are 26...

Section 69598.5. - 69598.5. In the County of San Luis Obispo there are...

Section 69599. - 69599. In San Mateo County there are 26 judges of...

Section 69599.5. - 69599.5. In the County of Santa Barbara there are 19...

Section 69600. - 69600. In the County of Santa Clara there are 77...

Section 69600.5. - 69600.5. In the County of Santa Cruz there are 10...

Section 69601. - 69601. In the County of Shasta there are nine judges...

Section 69601.3. - 69601.3. In the County of Sierra there are two judges...

Section 69601.7. - 69601.7. In the County of Siskiyou there are four judges...

Section 69602. - 69602. In the County of Solano there are 16 judges...

Section 69603. - 69603. In the County of Sonoma there are 16 judges...

Section 69604. - 69604. In the County of Stanislaus there are 17 judges...

Section 69604.3. - 69604.3. In the County of Sutter there are five judges...

Section 69604.5. - 69604.5. In the County of Tehama there are four judges...

Section 69604.7. - 69604.7. In the County of Trinity there are two judges...

Section 69605. - 69605. In the County of Tulare there are 16 judges...

Section 69605.5. - 69605.5. In the County of Tuolumne there are four judges...

Section 69606. - 69606. In the County of Ventura there are 28 judges...

Section 69610. - 69610. In the County of Yolo there are nine judges...

Section 69611. - 69611. In the County of Yuba there are five judges...

Section 69614. - 69614. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2006–07...

Section 69614.2. - 69614.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2007–08 fiscal...

Section 69614.3. - 69614.3. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the 100 additional new...

Section 69614.4. - 69614.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, two vacant judgeships from...

Section 69615. - 69615. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 69616. - 69616. (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the...

Section 69617. - 69617. (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the...

Section 69618. - 69618. (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the...

Section 69619. - 69619. (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the...

Section 69619.5. - 69619.5. (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the...

Section 69619.6. - 69619.6. (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Superior Court Districts in Los Angeles County

Section 69640. - 69640. (a) The superior court in Los Angeles County may...

ARTICLE 5 - Sessions

Section 69740. - 69740. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each trial...

Section 69741.1. - 69741.1. A motion for new trial, motion under Code of...

Section 69741.5. - 69741.5. There may be as many sessions of a superior...

ARTICLE 7 - Clerk

Section 69840. - 69840. (a) The clerk of the court shall exercise or...

Section 69841. - 69841. The clerk of the superior court shall attend each...

Section 69842. - 69842. The clerk of the superior court shall keep such...

Section 69843. - 69843. The clerk of the superior court shall issue all...

Section 69844. - 69844. The clerk of the superior court shall keep the...

Section 69844.5. - 69844.5. On and after July 1, 1997, each clerk of...

Section 69844.7. - 69844.7. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, in...

Section 69845. - 69845. The clerk of the superior court may keep a...

Section 69845.5. - 69845.5. In lieu of maintaining a register of actions as...

Section 69846. - 69846. The clerk of the superior court shall safely keep...

Section 69846.5. - 69846.5. The clerk of the superior court shall endorse on...

Section 69847. - 69847. The clerk of the superior court shall provide two...

Section 69848. - 69848. The clerk of the superior court may use a...

ARTICLE 8 - Officers, Attaches, and Employees Generally

Section 69893.7. - 69893.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions...

Section 69894. - 69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user...

Section 69894.3. - 69894.3. Employees of the superior court in each county having...

Section 69894.4. - 69894.4. All of the employees provided for in Section 69894.1...

Section 69894.5. - 69894.5. The court may by rule employ and assign officers...

Section 69894.6. - 69894.6. Notwithstanding Section 69894.1, in the County of Los Angeles,...

Section 69902. - 69902. Any county having a retirement system for its employees...

Section 69903. - 69903. In any county with a population of less than...

Section 69905. - 69905. In any county a majority of the judges of...

Section 69906.5. - 69906.5. Notwithstanding Section 270 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,...

Section 69907. - 69907. (a) In the County of San Diego, in addition...

Section 69909. - 69909. (a) In the County of Riverside, in addition to...

Section 69917. - 69917. A subordinate judicial officer may not engage in the...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Superior Court Security

Section 69920. - 69920. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 69921. - 69921. For purposes of this article: (a) “Court attendant” means...

Section 69921.5. - 69921.5. Except for court security services provided by the marshal...

Section 69922. - 69922. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, whenever required,...

Section 69923. - 69923. (a) A superior court shall not pay a sheriff...

Section 69925. - 69925. The presiding judge, in conjunction with the sheriff or...

Section 69926. - 69926. (a) This section applies to the superior court and...

Section 69927. - 69927. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish...

ARTICLE 9 - Official Reporters Generally

Section 69941. - 69941. A superior court may appoint as many competent phonographic...

Section 69942. - 69942. No person shall be appointed to the position of...

Section 69944. - 69944. Until an official reporter of any court or official...

Section 69946. - 69946. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the...

Section 69947. - 69947. Except in counties where a statute provides otherwise, the...

Section 69948. - 69948. (a) The fee for reporting testimony and proceedings in...

Section 69948.5. - 69948.5. Notwithstanding Section 69948, in Modoc County, the board of...

Section 69949. - 69949. The fee for reporting each default or uncontested action...

Section 69950. - 69950. (a) The fee for transcription for original ribbon or...

Section 69950.5. - 69950.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the Judicial...

Section 69951. - 69951. For transcription, the reporter may charge an additional 50...

Section 69952. - 69952. (a) The court may specifically direct the making of...

Section 69953. - 69953. In any case where a verbatim record is not...

Section 69953.5. - 69953.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a daily...

Section 69954. - 69954. (a) Transcripts prepared by a reporter using computer assistance...

Section 69955. - 69955. (a) As used in this section, “reporting notes” are...

Section 69956. - 69956. The official reporter shall perform the duties required of...

Section 69957. - 69957. (a) If an official reporter or an official reporter...

Section 69958. - 69958. Each superior court shall report to the Judicial Council...

Section 69959. - 69959. (a) Remote court reporting shall not be used by...

ARTICLE 10 - Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 70,000 to 0,000

Section 69990. - 69990. In each county with a population of more than...

Section 69991. - 69991. The duties of official reporters appointed pursuant to Section...

ARTICLE 10.1 - Official Reporters in Counties with a Population of 750,000 to 1,070,000

Section 69992. - 69992. This article applies to counties containing a population of...

Section 69992.2. - 69992.2. The fee required by Section 69992.1 shall be taxed...

ARTICLE 10.2 - Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 240,000 to 260,000

Section 69993. - 69993. In San Joaquin County, each superior court reporter shall...

ARTICLE 10.3 - Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 490,000 to 503,000

Section 69994. - 69994. This article shall apply in a county having a...

Section 69994.1. - 69994.1. When needed in order that the judicial business of...

Section 69994.2. - 69994.2. The regular official phonographic reporters shall be compensated at...

Section 69994.3. - 69994.3. In addition to the compensation provided in this article,...

Section 69994.4. - 69994.4. No further fee than that herein provided shall be...

Section 69994.5. - 69994.5. The salaries provided for in this article shall be...

Section 69994.8. - 69994.8. All reporters appointed pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 69994.9. - 69994.9. With the approval of the board of supervisors the...

ARTICLE 10.4 - Official Reporters and Fees in Counties With a Population of 375,000 to 400,000

Section 69995. - 69995. (a) In Ventura County, a majority of the judges...

Section 69998. - 69998. No further fee than that prescribed in this article...

Section 69999. - 69999. Any fee required by this article shall be taxed...

ARTICLE 10.5 - Official Reporters in Counties with a Population of 10,000 to 10,500

Section 70000. - 70000. In each county with a population of more than...

ARTICLE 10.6 - Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 210,000 to 220,000

Section 70010. - 70010. In each county having a population of 210,000 inhabitants...

Section 70011. - 70011. When needed in order that the judicial business of...

Section 70012. - 70012. The regular official phonographic reporters and phonographic reporters pro...

Section 70013. - 70013. No further fee than that hereinabove provided shall be...

Section 70014. - 70014. The salaries provided for in this article shall be...

Section 70016. - 70016. The fees required by Sections 70015 and 70015.5 shall...

Section 70017. - 70017. The county clerk shall, on or before the first...

ARTICLE 10.7 - Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 300,000 to 310,000

Section 70025. - 70025. In Riverside County, the board of supervisors shall fix...

ARTICLE 11 - Official Reporters and Fees in Particular Counties

Section 70040. - 70040. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the determination of whether a...

Section 70041. - 70041. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this article...

Section 70041.1. - 70041.1. Unless otherwise specifically provided the provisions of this article...

Section 70041.5. - 70041.5. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this article...

Section 70042. - 70042. The provisions of this article are applicable in a...

Section 70043. - 70043. To assist the court in the transaction of its...

Section 70044. - 70044. (a) When needed in order that the judicial business...

Section 70044.1. - 70044.1. In any county having a population of over 250,000...

Section 70044.5. - 70044.5. In San Mateo County, official reporters shall be appointed...

Section 70045. - 70045. In a county having a population of 70,000 or...

Section 70045.1. - 70045.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 70045 of this code,...

Section 70045.2. - 70045.2. Notwithstanding Section 70045, in Modoc County each regular official...

Section 70045.4. - 70045.4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 70045 or any other...

Section 70045.5. - 70045.5. In a county with a population of 74,492 and...

Section 70045.6. - 70045.6. (a) In Kern County each regular reporter shall be...

Section 70045.7. - 70045.7. In Napa County, each regular official reporter shall be...

Section 70045.75. - 70045.75. Notwithstanding any other provision of law including, but not...

Section 70045.77. - 70045.77. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not...

Section 70045.8. - 70045.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but...

Section 70045.9. - 70045.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of...

Section 70045.10. - 70045.10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of...

Section 70045.11. - 70045.11. In lieu of the compensation provided for in Section...

Section 70045.12. - 70045.12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions...

Section 70046. - 70046. In San Bernardino County, the board of supervisors shall...

Section 70046.1. - 70046.1. In Santa Clara County, the board of supervisors shall...

Section 70046.2. - 70046.2. (a) In Fresno County, the compensation of each regular...

Section 70046.4. - 70046.4. (a) In Lake County, the official phonographic reporters shall...

Section 70047. - 70047. (a) In Contra Costa County, the annual salary of...

Section 70047.1. - 70047.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions...

Section 70047.5. - 70047.5. (a) In Sonoma County, for the 1987–88 fiscal year...

Section 70048. - 70048. (a) In a county with a population of 1,300,000...

Section 70049. - 70049. In a county with a population of over 11,650...

Section 70049.5. - 70049.5. In a county with a population of over 32,000...

Section 70050. - 70050. In San Benito County, the board of supervisors shall...

Section 70050.5. - 70050.5. In each county with a population of 730,000 and...

Section 70050.6. - 70050.6. (a) In Tuolumne County, the official reporters of the...

Section 70050.8. - 70050.8. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 69948 and 69949, in...

Section 70051. - 70051. No further fee than that prescribed in Sections 70053...

Section 70052. - 70052. The salaries provided for in this article shall be...

Section 70056.7. - 70056.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 70059.7. - 70059.7. In Santa Barbara County each regular official reporter shall...

Section 70059.8. - 70059.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but...

Section 70059.9. - 70059.9. In San Luis Obispo County, each regular official reporter...

Section 70060. - 70060. The fee so required shall be taxed as costs...

Section 70061. - 70061. In a county with a population of 280,000 and...

Section 70062. - 70062. On or before the first day of each calendar...

Section 70063. - 70063. In Mendocino County, the official phonographic reporters shall perform...

Section 70064. - 70064. In Mono County, each regular official reporter shall receive...

ARTICLE 12 - Alternative Provisions for Official Reporter in Counties With a Population of 700,000 and Under 750,000

Section 70100. - 70100. This article applies in each county with a population...

Section 70101. - 70101. If a majority of the judges of the superior...

Section 70104. - 70104. In such event in cases in which a phonographic...

ARTICLE 12.1 - Official Reporters in Tulare County

Section 70110. - 70110. In Tulare County, each judge of the superior court...

Section 70111. - 70111. (a) In consideration of all reporting services, official court...

Section 70112. - 70112. In addition to the compensation provided in this article,...

Section 70113. - 70113. Official superior court court reporters shall be members of...

ARTICLE 12.5 - Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 95,000 and Under 120,000

Section 70125. - 70125. In each county having a population of more than...

Section 70126. - 70126. A judge of the superior court may appoint a...

Section 70127. - 70127. Each regular official reporter shall be paid an annual...

Section 70128. - 70128. Except in criminal cases, the fees prescribed in Article...

ARTICLE 12.7 - Official Reporters in Counties with a Population of 140,000 to 147,000

Section 70130. - 70130. (a) In a county with a population of over...

Section 70130.5. - 70130.5. No further fee, charge or salary other than the...

Section 70131. - 70131. In criminal cases in which the court specifically so...

Section 70131.5. - 70131.5. Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the...

Section 70132. - 70132. The official reporters of the court, if otherwise eligible,...

Section 70132.5. - 70132.5. (a) The official reporter shall perform the duties required...

Section 70133. - 70133. Nothing in any county ordinance or in any state...

Section 70134. - 70134. The official reporters of the court, in addition to...

ARTICLE 12.8 - Official Reporters and Fees in Counties With a Population of 120,000 to 130,000

Section 70136. - 70136. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the monthly...

Section 70137. - 70137. Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the...

Section 70138. - 70138. (a) The official reporter shall perform the duties required...

Section 70139. - 70139. (a) A reporter’s filing fee of twelve dollars ($12)...

ARTICLE 13 - Court Commissioners

Section 70141.11. - 70141.11. Notwithstanding Section 269 of the Code of Civil Procedure,...