State statute
Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts
California foreclosure, tax-defaulted, court-ordered and probate-sale law and official procedures — verbatim and citable.
- Edition
- 2026-09-26
- Last updated
- 2026-09-28
- Jurisdiction
- California
Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts¶
Source: https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one
Back to all Rules of Court
Back to top
California Rules of Court
2026
Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts
Current as of July 1, 2025
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 1.5. Construction of rules and standards
Rule 1.6 — Definitions and use of terms¶
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¶
Rule 1.11. Holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday
Chapter 3. Service and Filing
Rule 1.20. Effective Date of Filing
Rule 1.21 — Service¶
Rule 1.21. Service
Rule 1.22. Recycled paper [Repealed]
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 1.40. 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 1.44. Electronically produced forms
Rule 1.45 — Judicial Council pleading forms¶
Rule 1.45. Judicial Council pleading forms
Rule 1.51 — California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) information form¶
Rule 1.51. California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) information form
Chapter 5. Accommodations
Rule 1.100 — Requests for accommodations by persons with disabilities¶
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¶
Rule 1.150. Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court
Chapter 7. Form and Format of Papers
Rule 1.200 — Format of citations¶
Rule 1.201 — Protection of privacy¶
Rule 1.201. Protection of privacy
Chapter 8. Language Access Services
Rule 1.300 — Access to programs, services, and professionals¶
Rule 1.300. Access to programs, services, and professionals
Attached Documents
roc-title-1