Alameda — Index

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Matter Index

Subject Rule Page

Ability to pay determinations for traffic and infraction fines and 4.350 4-5fees Accounts in guardianship proceedings 7.780 7-15 Additional contents for petitions filed by private professional 7.895 7-20conservators Additional rules for filing and hearings 1.8.1 1-6

Adoption of uniform bail schedules 4.110 4-1

ADR Administration Committee and complaint procedure 7.50 7-5

Alternative dispute resolution provider list 3.720 3-26

Alternative dispute resolution provider list 7.40 7-5

Appearance by bidders 7.340 7-10

Appearance of proposed guardian and minor 7.720 7-14

Appearances on behalf of the Social Services Agency 5.547 5-43

Application (All Civil Cases) 3.10 3-1

Application (Appellate) 8.10 8-1

Application (Criminal and Traffic) 4.10 4-1

Application (Mental Health Rules) 6.2 6-1

Application and effective dates 5.12 5-2

Application and Order for Telephone Appearance [Repealed] 5.37 5-8

Application for access to juvenile court records 5.512 5-26

Application of this chapter 3.110 3-11

Applications for stays of execution or other extraordinary relief 3.650 3-25 Appointment of legal counsel for conservatees and proposed 7.820 7-18conservatees Assignment of cases 3.120 3-11

Assignment of complex, asbestos, and silica cases 3.260 3-16

Assignment of temporary judges to hear civil causes 3.131 3-12

Attorney competency requirements 5.536 5-34

Attorney’s fees and expert’s fees [Repealed] 5.65 5-13

Authorization for foster parents to approve school activities 5.542 5-41

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Bond for trustee 7.550 7-13

Bond required 7.880 7-20

Briefing schedule and length of memoranda 3.340 3-22

Briefs 8.120 8-1

Calendaring and continuances 5.504 5-19

Calendaring cases involving placement failures and run-aways 5.553 5-44

CALICO recordings and transcripts 4.160 4-3

Case management 3.170 3-15

Case management for asbestos and silica cases 3.290 3-18

Cases involving the California Environmental Quality Act 3.300 3-19

Cash deposit on bids for real property 7.310 7-9

Child custody evaluation 5.80 5-16

Child custody recommending counseling 5.75 5-14

Child visitation by a nonprofessional supervisor 5.20 5-6

Citation and effect of rules 1.1 1-1

Complaint procedure 3.750 3-28

Complaints regarding court-appointed counsel for a child 5.82 5-17

Composition of jury panels 1.10 1-8

Conduct of status, case resolution, and settlement conferences 5.45 5-8

Conduct of trials 5.50 5-13

Construction and application of rules 1.2 1-1

Contents of account 7.390 7-11

Contents of first account 7.510 7-13

Contents of inventories in no or cash-only asset cases 7.760 7-15

Contents of Notice and Declaration Regarding Notice 7.115 7-6

Continuances 4.330 4-4

Copy of will and codicil 7.150 7-7

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) 5.510 5-24

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Court reporter 8.150 8-2

Court reporters 3.95 3-10

De facto parents 5.532 5-31

Deadline for filing petitions to revoke supervision [Repealed] 4.140 4-2

Declaration of notice on application for emergency orders 5.15 5-4

Default matters 3.60 3-9

Defendant’s personal appearance required at trial 4.335 4-4 Deferred Status Conference Pending Collaborative Law Process, 5.26 5-6Private Mediation, or Court Appointed Private Judge Definitions 1.5 1-1

Dependency mediation 5.533 5-33

Description of principal and income 7.520 7-13

Designation of assigned judge in subsequent documents 3.140 3-14

Designation of civil cases 3.20 3-1 Designation of statutory basis for declaring a section 707(b) 5.555 5-44offense Determination of a case as a complex case or an asbestos or silica 3.250 3-15case Disclosure of benefits received 7.840 7-18 Disclosure of education and medical information to social workers 5.545 5-42and children’s attorneys Disclosure of extraordinary costs 7.320 7-9 Disclosure of medical information to foster parents and other care 5.544 5-42providers Discovery 3.31 3-5

Discovery 5.506 5-20

Discovery Facilitation Program [Repealed] 3.800 3-29 Disinterested Petitioner Required for Compromise of Disputed 7.170 7-8Claim Dismissal upon failure to file opening brief 8.100 8-1

Disputes regarding the contents of the administrative record 3.335 3-22

Division Title 5.5 5-1

Division title 5.501 5-18

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Effective date of these rules 1.3 1-1

Electronic filing and service 3.27 3-2

Electronic filing and service 6.3 6-1

Electronic filing and service in mental health cases 7.2.1 7-3

Electronic filing and service in probate proceedings 7.2 7-1

Electronic filing of documents in criminal cases 1.85 1-14

Electronic filing of documents in juvenile cases 1.86 1-15

Ex parte Applications Excluded from Notice Requirement 7.120 7-6

Ex parte requests for orders 5.507 5-20

Ex Parte review and application 5.15.1 5-4

Exhibits posing security or safety problem 4.150 4-2

Extraordinary compensation for preparation of tax returns 7.430 7-13

Extraordinary compensation for sales of real property 7.420 7-12 Extraordinary compensation when statutory compensation exceeds 7.410 7-12$20,000 Facsimile filing 1.8 1-6

Failure to comply with these rules 1.13 1-13

Failure to comply with these rules 3.90 3-10

Filing reports 5.503 5-19

Format of the administrative record 3.330 3-21

Forms [Reserved] 1.4 1-1

Forms of decrees 7.400 7-12

Frequency for filing accounts 7.530 7-13

General plan 7.810 7-17

Guideline for spousal or partner support 5.70 5-13

Health assessments 5.508 5-23

Hearing on the petition for appointment 7.800 7-17

Informing the court of other interest of a dependent child 5.541 5-39

Inquiries and complaints 3.760 3-28

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Interagency information sharing 5.511 5-25

Inventory and appraisal required 7.750 7-15

Invitation to mediation [Repealed] 3.310 3-21

Judges’ vacation day 1.6 1-2 Judgments involving child custody, child support, or spousal 5.72 5-14support Juror Questionnaires 1.12 1-13

Juvenile court administration 5.502 5-18

Law and motion 3.30 3-4

Marital settlement agreements 5.71 5-14

Minimum Bond for Out-of-State Personal Representatives 7.175 7-8

Motion to re-open case adjudicated by bail forfeiture 4.340 4-5

Motions 8.140 8-1

Motions and hearings 5.30 5-7

Motions to be relieved as counsel for a parent 5.537 5-37

Notation of omitted schedules 7.380 7-11

Notice of assignment 3.130 3-12

Notice of confirmation hearing 7.330 7-9

Notice of death 3.26 3-2

Notice of hearings on petitions for temporary guardianship 7.740 7-14 Notice that defendant has vacated premises and redesignation of 3.630 3-25case Notice to dependency attorney of section 241.1 reports 5.557 5-44

Notice to parties in related actions 7.710 7-14

Objections in the nature of a general demurrer to a petition 5.520 5-29

Office of the Family Law Facilitator 5.10 5-1

Organization 4.100 4-1 Other petitions for administrative or ordinary mandamus 3.400 3-25[Reserved] Payment of court investigator fees 7.830 7-18 Petitions to compel arbitration or to confirm an arbitration award 3.500 3-25[Reserved]

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Photographing, recording, broadcasting, and using electronic devices in court proceedings, courthouses, and other court 1.7 1-2 locations; remote media access by video Policy against bias 2.0 1-20

"Pre-grant" procedures 7.10 7-3

Preparation of orders after hearing [Repealed] 5.60 5-13

Preparation of the administrative record [Repealed] 3.320 3-21

Presentation of papers for filing in civil, family law, and probate 1.9 1-6

Pretrial hearings 5.551 5-44

Private mediation by stipulation 5.85 5-18

Procedure for complaints concerning dependency attorneys 5.540 5-38

Procedures governing CALICO videotapes 5.530 5-31

Prohibited activities in and around a courthouse 1.7.1 1-5 Protocol regarding inter-court communication of domestic violence 1.11 1-8restraining orders Reappraisals 7.300 7-8

Record on appeal in traffic court matters 8.110 8-1 Recovery of costs and attorney fees when judgment is for amount 3.70 3-9within small claims court jurisdiction Remote appearances 5.11 5-1

Remote proceedings 1.90 1-17

Reports accompanying accounts 7.860 7-19

Request for trial date 3.620 3-24 Requests to continue or drop a short-cause hearing, family law 5.35 5-8status conference, or a family centered case resolution conference Requests to continue settlement conferences, long-cause hearings, 5.40 5-8and trials Requests to set settlement conferences and trial dates 5.25 5-6

Required attendance at hearings 5.505 5-20

Required Community Property Allegations 7.160 7-7 Required Disclosure by Proposed Conservator of the estate or 7.165 7-7Proposed Trustee Required Documents, Contents of Application and Declaration 7.105 7-5Regarding Notice

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Requirement for clerk’s finding of reasonable diligence for 3.50 3-9substituted service Requirements if use of estate is sought to support ward 7.790 7-17

Requirements of trustee’s accounts 7.500 7-13

Return of exhibits 3.97 3-10 Rules for alternative dispute resolution processes other than 3.710 3-26judicial arbitration Rules for alternative dispute resolution processes other than 7.30 7-4judicial arbitration Sale of securities 7.360 7-10

Sale of specifically devised or bequeathed property 7.350 7-10

Sanctions 5.100 5-18

Service of notice of initial status conference 5.17 5-6

Service of notices 3.135 3-13

Service of Papers 7.125 7-7

Service on beneficiaries when power sought is not conferred 7.540 7-13

Service requirements in asbestos and silica cases 3.280 3-17

Settlement meeting 3.350 3-23

Special circumstances cases 4.120 4-1

Special settings 7.5 7-3

Standard interrogatories in asbestos and silica cases 3.285 3-18

Standing pretrial orders 3.35 3-5

Standing referral to dependency mediation for family matters 5.535 5-34 Standing referral to dependency mediation in anticipation of 5.534 5-33dismissal Statement of issues 3.370 3-23

Status conference 3.640 3-25

Status or case management conference 3.25 3-2

Status report required 7.870 7-19

Submission of earning assignment orders 5.73 5-14

The ADR administration committee 3.740 3-27

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Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026

Subject Rule Page

Time of Notice to Interested Persons and Person who Requested 7.110 7-5Special Notice Title and Vesting Document 7.155 7-7

Title IV-D commissioners 5.95 5-18

Transfer to county seat 4.300 4-3

Travel with foster parents and group homes 5.543 5-41

Trial by declaration 4.310 4-4

Trial by declaration in absentia 4.320 4-4

Trial notebook 3.380 3-23

Unavailability of assigned judge 3.160 3-14 Uncontested jurisdiction hearing settings; use as settlement 5.522 5-30conference Undertakings 3.610 3-24

Unlawful detainers 3.600 3-24

Use of alternative dispute resolution processes encouraged 3.700 3-26

Use of alternative dispute resolution processes encouraged 7.20 7-4

Visitation before detention hearing 5.514 5-29

Waiver of court investigator fee 7.730 7-14

Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 petitions 5.546 5-42

Withdrawal of time waiver 4.130 4-1

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