Rules of Court
| California Rules of Court | |
|---|---|
| Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts (Rules 1.1 - 1.200) | HTML | PDF (106 KB) |
| Title Two. Trial Court Rules (Rules 2.1 - 2.1100) | HTML | PDF (585 KB) |
| Title Three. Civil Rules (Rules 3.1 - 3.2237) | HTML | PDF (1197 KB) |
| Title Four. Criminal Rules (Rules 4.1 - 4.700) | HTML | PDF (439 KB) |
| Title Five. Family and Juvenile Rules (Rules 5.1 - 5.906) | HTML | PDF (2524 KB) |
| Title Six. [Reserved] | PDF (84 KB) |
| Title Seven. Probate Rules (Rules 7.1 - 7.1101) | HTML | PDF (445 KB) |
| Title Eight. Appellate Rules (Rules 8.1 - 8.1125) | HTML | PDF (2187 KB) |
| Title Nine. Rules on Law Practice, Attorneys, and Judges (Rules 9.1 - 9.90) | HTML | PDF (300 KB) |
| Title Ten. Judicial Administration Rules (Rules 10.1 - 10.1108) | HTML | PDF (1284 KB) |
| Standards of Judicial Administration (Standards 2.1 - 10.72) | HTML | PDF (338 KB) |
| Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitration (Standards 1 - 17) | HTML | PDF (148 KB) |
| Appendix A: Judicial Council Legal Forms List | PDF (205 KB) |
| Appendix B: Liability Limits of a Parent or Guardian Having Custody and Control of a Minor for the Torts of a Minor | PDF (11 KB) |
| Appendix C: Guidelines for the Operation of Family Law Information Centers and Family Law Facilitator Offices | PDF (27 KB) |
| Appendix D: Judicial Council Governance Policies |
PDF (119 KB) |
| 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 Law |
PDF (28 KB) |
| Appendix F: Guidelines for the Juvenile Dependency Counsel Collections Program | PDF (42 KB) |
| Appendix G: Parliamentary Procedures for the Judicial Council of California | PDF (178 KB) |
| Alternative Format: Complete California Rules of Court in PDF format, compressed into a single .ZIP file. | ZIP of PDF Files (updated: 7/1/2016, 8.93 MB) |
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Code of Judicial Ethics
Formal standards of conduct for judges and candidates for judicial office.
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