Superior Court of California County of San Bernardino

1 Superior Court of California County of San Bernardino Local Rules of Court Effective January 1, 2022 Please note: All new content has been underlined. Content to be deleted is stricken through, as compared to the Local Rules as last amended. Superior Court of California , County of San Bernardino Superior Court of California , County of San Bernardino LIST OF CURRENTLY EFFECTIVE LOCAL RULES JANUARY 1, 2022 CHAPTER 1 - Court RULES AND ADMINISTRATION PART 1 - INTRODUCTION RULE 113 - METHOD OF RULES AMENDMENT (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 115 - CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF RULES (AMENDED, EFF.)

2 JANUARY 1, 2017.) PART 2 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES (AMENDED EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 120 - JUDICIAL RESOURCES (AMENDED EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) PART 3 DISTRIBUTION OF BUSINESS RULE 131 (AS AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 132 - (FORMER RULE , RENUMBERED AS RULE 132 AND AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 133 TRIAL JURY VENIRES (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) CHAPTER 2 JUDICIAL OFFICER AND Court EXECUTIVE OFFICER DUTIES PART 1 - PRESIDING JUDGE RULE 210 - DUTIES (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE (FORMER RULE , RENUMBERED AS RULE AND AMENDED, EFF.

3 JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 211 ELECTION OF PRESIDING JUDGE AND ASSISTANT PRESIDING JUDGE (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 212 SUCCESSION OF OFFICE (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) PART 2 MEETINGS OF JUDGES RULE 220 (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2022.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 221 (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2022.) PART 3 - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RULE 231 - DUTIES (AMENDED, EFF. JULY 1, 2000.) RULE (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2000.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2004.) RULE (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2000.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) Superior Court of California , County of San Bernardino ii RULE 232 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS (EFF.

4 JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 233 - QUORUM (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 234 - EFFECT OF ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (AMENDED, EFF. JULY 1, 2000.) PART 4 - Court EXECUTIVE OFFICER RULE 240 - SELECTION AND REMOVAL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 241 - STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES (EFF. JANUARY 1, 1999.) RULE 242 - DUTIES (EFF. JULY 1, 1998.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JULY 1, 2000.) RULE (AMENDED, EFF. JULY 1, 2000.) RULE (AS AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) PART 5 - RESERVED PART 6 - Court COMMISSIONER RULE 260 - APPOINTMENT (AMENDED, EFF.

5 JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 262 - VACATION (EFF. JULY 1, 1998.) PART 7 - DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES FOR HEARING OFFICERS RULE 272 HEARING OFFICER SELECTION AND REMOVAL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) PART 8 JUDGES RULE 280 VACATION (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) CHAPTER 3 BUSINESS PROCEDURES RULE 320 FAX FILING (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 321 USE OF CORRECTION FLUID OR TAPE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2015.) RULE 322 EXHIBITS (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 329 Court REPORTER POLICY (AMENDED, EFF.

6 JANUARY 1, 2014.) RULE 330 - TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES (AMENDED, EFF. JULY 1, 2008.) RULE - USE OF PRIVATE TELEPHONE VENDOR TO PLACE CALL (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2005.) RULE OBLIGATION FOR PLACEMENT OF CALL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2005.) Superior Court of California , County of San Bernardino iii RULE COST OF TELEPHONE CALL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2005.) RULE NON-APPEARANCE BY TELEPHONE CALL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2005) RULE 331 COURTROOM DECORUM (FORMER RULE 910, RENUMBERED AS RULE 331, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) CHAPTER 4 - CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT RULE 400 - CIVIL CASES SUBJECT TO THE DELAY REDUCTION ACT (AMENDED, EFF.

7 JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 402 - DEFINITION (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 403 - ASSIGNED JUDGES (EFF. JULY 1, 1998.) RULE 404 - DESIGNATION (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2010.) RULE 409 - ARBITRATION OR ALTERNATIVE TRIAL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 410 - MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE (MSC) (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 411 - TRIAL CONFERENCES (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE TRIAL SETTING CONFERENCE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2022.) RULE TRIAL READINESS CONFERENCE (AS AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 412 - COMPLEX CASES (AS AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.

8 RULE 413 - UNINSURED MOTORIST (UM) CLASS (AMENDED, EFF. MAY 6, 2013.) RULE 415 - MOTIONS IN LIMINE (EFF. JULY 1, 2006) RULE 416 - DUTY OF COUNSEL AS TO TRIAL DATE ASSIGNED (EFF. JULY 1, 1998.) RULE 418 - CONTINUANCES (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 419 CIVIL Court COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 420 - CASES REMOVED TO OTHER COURTS (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2022.) RULE 421 CIVIL UNLIMITED COMPLAINTS (FORMER RULE 319, RENUMBERED AS RULE 421, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 424 CIVIL DEFAULTS (FORMER RULES 323 AND , RENUMBERED AS RULE 424 AND AMENDED, EFF.)

9 JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 425 DEFAULT ENTRY FORMS (FORMER RULE , RENUMBERED AS RULE 425, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) CHAPTER 5 - CIVIL LAW AND MOTION RULE 510 - SUBSEQUENT FILING (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 520 - MOTION DATE (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 521 MOTION FILING FEES (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 550 - CONTINUANCES (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) Superior Court of California , County of San Bernardino iv RULE 560 - MOTIONS REMOVED FROM CALENDAR (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 561 TENTATIVE RULINGS (EFF. JULY 1, 2021.) RULE 570 RECORDS UNDER SEAL (EFF.

10 JANUARY 1, 2013.) RULE 571 EXHIBITS; SEALED RECORDS (EFF. JULY 1, 2018.) RULE 591 - MINUTE ORDERS (FORMER RULE , RENUMBERED AS RULE 591, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) CHAPTER 6 - SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES RULE 601 MEDIATION/MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES (EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 611 - PERSONS WHOSE PRESENCE IS REQUIRED (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 615 - FAILURE TO ATTEND OR BE PREPARED (AMENDED, EFF. JULY 1, 2002.) RULE 616 - CONTINUANCES REQUIRED (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 617 - NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT REQUIRED (AMENDED, EFF. JANUARY 1, 2017.) RULE 620 - ARBITRATION (AMENDED, EFF.