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1 THE SUPERIOR COURT . OF THE. STATE OF California . IN AND FOR. THE COUNTY OF. SISKIYOU. LOCAL RULES OF COURT . EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2016. Revised 1-1-16. LOCAL RULES SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT . SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT . COURT SERVICES. 311 Fourth Street Telephone: (530) 842-8182. Yreka, CA 96097 Fax: (530) 842-8339. Website: PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. &. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMENDMENTS. Selected Publisher The publisher selected by the SUPERIOR COURT of Siskiyou County for publication of its Local Rules of COURT is: COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Siskiyou County SUPERIOR COURT 311 Fourth Street, Room 206. Yreka, California , 96097. Telephone: (530) 842-0199. Where Rules May be Purchased Copies of the Local Rules of the Siskiyou County SUPERIOR COURT may be purchased from: CLERK OF THE CIVIL DIVISION. Siskiyou County SUPERIOR COURT 311 Fourth Street, Room 105.

2 Yreka, California , 96097. Telephone: (530) 842-8238. Cost Full Set of the Local $ Partial Set ..$ Instructions Instructions for updating your current set of the Local Rules are on the reverse side of this Notice. PUBLISHER'S NOTICE & INSTRUCTIONS REVISED 1-1-16. LOCAL RULES SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT . INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPDATING THE. LOCAL RULES WITH CURRENT REVISIONS. (Revisions effective January 1, 2016). REMOVE REPLACE WITH. Title Page Revised Title Page Notice & Instructions Revised Notice & Instructions Table of Contents no change Chapter 9 page 9-1 Chapter 9 pages 9-1 and 9-2. Chapter 14 page 14-7 Chapter 14 pages 14-7 and 14-7a Index Revised Index Rule (f)(3) List Revised Rule (f)(3) List PUBLISHER'S NOTICE & INSTRUCTIONS REVISED 1-1-16. LOCAL RULES OF THE SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT . TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER 1: GENERAL RULES.

3 1-1. Citation of Rules .. 1-1. Effective Date of Rules .. 1-1. Effect of Rules .. 1-1. Construction and Application of Rules; Publisher of Rules .. 1-1. Definitions of Words Used in these Rules .. 1-1. Amendment or Addition to, or Repeal of, Local Rules of 1-2. CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS .. 2-1. Commissioners and Judges Pro Tem .. 2-1. Official COURT Reporters .. 2-1. Case Disposition Time Standards .. 2-2. Smoking During COURT Proceedings .. 2-2. Courtroom Decorum .. 2-2. Cellular Phones and Electronic Devices .. 2-3. Reserved .. 2-3. Executive Officer's Assumption Of Responsibilities Of The Clerk Of The SUPERIOR COURT .. 2-3. Code Of Ethics For COURT Employees .. 2-3. Appellate Division Rules .. 2-3. Jury Selection Boundaries .. 2-4. Excuses From Jury Service .. 2-4. Interpreters .. 2-6. 2-6. Facsimile (FAX) Filing In Civil, Probate And Family Law.

4 2-7. Payment Or Waiver Of Filing Fees .. 2-9. [Reserved] .. 2-9. Substitution Of Attorneys Or Of Party In Pro Per .. 2-10. Procedure Upon Filing Of A Peremptory Challenge, Or Challenge Pursuant To CCP , , . 2- 10. Notices Of Unavailability Of Counsel .. 2-10. CHAPTER 3: GENERAL CIVIL RULES .. 3-1. Scope Of Civil And Law & Motion Rules .. 3-1. Motions And Other Applications In General .. 3-1. Ex Parte Motions And Applications .. 3-2. Miscellaneous Rules Affecting Pleadings .. 3-6. Motions For Summary Judgment Or Summary Adjudication .. 3-7. Continuances And Conduct Of Hearings On Motions And Other Applications For Orders .. 3-7. Preparation Of Orders (except family law matters) .. 3-8. Procedures After Announcement Of Intended Decision Pursuant To CRC Rule .. 3-10. Procedures Regarding Applications For Extraordinary Writs.

5 3-10. CHAPTER 4: SETTING FOR TRIAL, AND TRIAL, IN CIVIL MATTERS .. 4-1. Setting General Civil Cases For Trial .. 4-1. Changing Trial Date Once Assigned .. 4-4. Procedures For Telephonic Appearances At Case Management And Pre-Trial Conferences .. 4-4. Duties If Case Settles .. 4-5. Demand For Jury Fees; Waiver Of 4-5. Parties Not Present For Trial .. 4-6. Conduct Of Civil Jury Trials .. 4-6. Setting Unlawful Detainer Cases For Trial .. 4-7. CHAPTER 5: MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL RULES .. 5-1. Attorney Fees In Civil Actions Or Proceedings Not Involving Minors or Incompetent Persons .. 5-1. Attorney Fees In Civil Actions Involving Minors Or Incompetent 5-2. Compromise Of Claim Of Minor Or Incompetent Person .. 5-2. Form Of Judgment .. 5-2. Form Of Stipulated Judgment .. 5-3. Appeal From Decision Of Labor Commissioner Under Labor Code Section 5-3.

6 Settlement Conferences .. 5-4. Sanctions .. 5-4. Arbitration .. 5-5. Default Prove-Ups .. 5-7. Prove-Up In Quiet Title 5-8. Rev 7-1-15 TABLE OF CONTENTS - i LOCAL RULES OF THE SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT . Obtaining Default Judgments Pursuant To Service By 5-8. Small Claims COURT ; Appearance By Plaintiff; Dismissal .. 5-9. Representation In Unlawful Detainer Proceedings .. 5-9. False Claims Act Proceedings .. 5-10. CHAPTER 6: FILING CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS AND CITATIONS; BAIL; ARRAIGNMENT;. WARRANTS; AMENDMENTS TO COMPLAINTS; AND INFORMATIONS .. 6-1. Filing Criminal Complaints And Citations .. 6-1. Bail And " " Procedures .. 6-1. Arrest Warrants And Search 6-2. Arraignment .. 6-3. Amendments To Complaints And 6-4. CHAPTER 7: MISDEMEANOR SETTLEMENT AND PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS .. 7-1. Negotiations Prior To The Pre-Trial Conference.

7 7-1. The Pre-Trial Conference .. 7-1. Reserved .. 7-1. Trial Settings .. 7-1. Trial Management Conferences .. 7-2. COURT Reporters .. 7-2. CHAPTER 8: CRIMINAL DISCOVERY RULES .. 8-1. Discovery .. 8-1. CHAPTER 9: CRIMINAL TRIAL RULES .. 9-1. Assignment of Trial Judge .. 9-1. Motions At Trial .. 9-1. Submission Of Jury Instructions, Verdict Forms, And Voir Dire Questions .. 9-1. CHAPTER 10: PRELIMINARY 10-1. Time Estimate For Preliminary Examination .. 10-1. Continuance Of Preliminary Examination .. 10-1. Motions To Suppress .. 10-1. CHAPTER 11: TRAFFIC INFRACTION TRIALS .. 11-1. Reserved .. 11-1. Time And Place .. 11-1. Scheduling And Bail .. 11-1. Reserved .. 11-1. Continuances .. 11-1. CHAPTER 12: MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC INFRACTION RULES .. 12-1. Traffic School .. 12-1. Trials By Declaration .. 12-1. CHAPTER 13: GENERAL CRIMINAL RULES.

8 13-1. Sanctions .. 13-1. Reserved .. 13-1. Pretrial Motions .. 13-1. Policy Regarding Acceptance Of Negotiated Plea After Final Pretrial Conference .. 13-2. Requests For Sentence Modification .. 13-2. Reserved .. 13-3. Claims By COURT -Appointed Counsel For Payment Of Fees .. 13-3. CHAPTER 14: FAMILY LAW RULES .. 14-5. Organization Of Family Law Proceedings .. 14-5. Family Law Motions And Orders To Show Cause .. 14-5. Family Law Discovery .. 14-7. Rules Applicable To All Financial, Child Support, And Spousal Support Issues .. 14-7. Procedures And Policies For Resolution Of Custody And Visitation 14-8. Contested Trials .. 14-11. Judgments By Default; And Uncontested Dissolutions .. 14-13. Uncontested Judgments Pursuant To Stipulation .. 14-15. Reserved .. 14-16. Facilitator and Self-Help Clinic .. 14-16. Adoptions .. 14-17.

9 Sanctions .. 14-18. CHAPTER 15: PROBATE RULES .. 15-1. Caption Of Probate Documents .. 15-1. Settings And Assignments; Continuances .. 15-1. Filing Of Documents; And Review Prior To Hearing .. 15-2. TABLE OF CONTENTS - ii Rev 7-1-15. LOCAL RULES OF THE SISKIYOU COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT . Reserved .. 15-2. General Notice 15-2. Probate Orders And Decrees; Ex Parte Applications; Nunc Pro Tunc Correction Of Clerical Error .. 15-3. Provisions Relating To The Appointment Of Executors And Administrators .. 15-5. Appearance Of Counsel In Uncontested 15-6. Contested Matters .. 15-7. Orders For Family 15-7. Probate Letters .. 15-7. Required Matters In A Petition For Final Distribution .. 15-8. Required Form Of Accounts In All Probate Proceedings .. 15-10. Petition To Establish The Fact Of Death .. 15-10. Petition To Set Aside Spousal Property.

10 15-11. Sales Of Real Property .. 15-12. Attorneys Fees .. 15-13. Non-Statutory (Extraordinary) Fees And Commissions .. 15-13. Guardianship 15-14. Probate Conservatorship Appointments .. 15-15. Independent Powers In Guardianship And Conservatorship Matters .. 15-15. Bond In Guardianships And Conservatorships .. 15-16. Conservator's Handbook .. 15-16. Responsibility Of Parents To Support Ward .. 15-16. Investments By Guardians .. 15-17. Blocked Accounts In Guardianships And Conservatorships .. 15-17. Accounts of Guardians and Conservators .. 15-19. Change Of Conservatee's Address .. 15-19. Procedures Upon The Death Of The Ward Or 15-20. CHAPTER 16: JUVENILE DEPENDENCY RULES .. 16-1. General Applicability Of The Siskiyou County Local Rules Of COURT To Juvenile Dependency Proceedings .. 16-1. Calendar Matters .. 16-1. Attorneys Representing Parties In Dependency Proceedings.