California Rules of Court
(Revised January 1, 2013)
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TITLE 1. Rules Applicable to All Courts
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. Filing
Rule 1.21. Service
Rule 1.22. Recycled paper
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