2024 California Rules of Court
Rule 8.901. Notice of appeal
(a) Notice of appeal
(1) To appeal from a judgment or an appealable order in an infraction case, the defendant or the People must file a notice of appeal in the trial court that issued the judgment or order being appealed. The notice must specify the judgment or order-or part of it-being appealed.
(2) If the defendant appeals, the defendant or the defendant's attorney must sign the notice of appeal. If the People appeal, the attorney for the People must sign the notice.
(3) The notice of appeal must be liberally construed in favor of its sufficiency.
(b) Notification of the appeal
(1) When a notice of appeal is filed, the trial court clerk must promptly send a notification of the filing to the attorney of record for each party and to any unrepresented defendant. The clerk must also send or deliver this notification to the appellate division clerk.
(2) The notification must show the date it was sent or delivered, the number and title of the case, and the date the notice of appeal was filed.
(3) The notification to the appellate division clerk must also include a copy of the notice of appeal.
(4) A copy of the notice of appeal is sufficient notification under (1) if the required information is on the copy or is added by the trial court clerk.
(5) The sending of a notification under (1) is a sufficient performance of the clerk's duty despite the discharge, disqualification, suspension, disbarment, or death of the attorney.
(6) Failure to comply with any provision of this subdivision does not affect the validity of the notice of appeal.
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2016.)
Rule 8.901 amended effective January 1, 2016; adopted effective January 1, 2009.
Advisory Committee Comment
Notice of Appeal and Record on Appeal (Infraction) (form CR-142) may be used to file the notice of appeal required under this rule. This form is available at any courthouse or county law library or online at www.courts.ca.gov/forms.