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Local Rules of Superior Court of California, County of Imperial

contains trade secrets, privileged Rule 3.8.7 Default Attorney Fee Schedule
information, or is otherwise protected
by law from disclosure), and that (a) Whenever the obligation sued upon
disclosure would cause serious harm. provides for the recovery of a
reasonable attorney fee, the fee in

(b) Sealed records may be viewed only each default case may be fixed by parties and their attorneys of pursuant to the following schedule: record, unless the order sealing the records states otherwise. Sealed 25% of the first $1,000 (minimum fee of $150) 20% of the next $4,000 records may not be copied by persons 15% of the next $5,000 authorized to view them, absent a 10% of the next $10,000 court order to the contrary. 5% of the next $30,000 2% of the amount over $50,000

[Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 3.53 renumbered to 3.8.2 01/01/09] (b) In any case where an attorney claims he or she is entitled to a fee in excess Rule 3.8.3 [Repealed] of any of the above amounts, the attorney may apply to the Court [Previously adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 3.54 renumbered to therefore and present proof to support 3.8.3 01/01/09, Rule 3.8.3 repealed 01/01/22] the claim. The Court shall determine a reasonable fee according to proof. Rule 3.8.4 Depositions [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 3.58 renumbered to 3.8.7 Any deposition returned to court may be 01/01/09] opened by the clerk at the request of either Rule 3.8.8 Civil Remote Appearancesparty, and the clerk shall note thereon at whose request it was opened, and file the (a) Civil remote appearances mustdeposition on the day it was received by the adhere to the guidelines set forth inclerk. Local Rule 2.21. [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 3.55 renumbered to 3.8.4 01/01/09] (b) Remote Appearance Fee. Pursuant to Government Code 70630, the Rule 3.8.5 Bankruptcy Court will charge a fee of $25 per remote appearance, per case. No All parties to an action must promptly notify refunds will be given to cancellations the Court in writing if during the litigation with less than two days’ notice or for they become debtors in bankruptcy or if, to those who fail to appear for their their knowledge, other parties to the litigation hearing. A $5 fee will be charged for become debtors in bankruptcy. any refund or cancellations requests.

[Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 3.56 renumbered to 3.8.5 01/01/09] (c) Untimely Registrations. A late registration fee of $25 will be Rule 3.8.6 [Repealed] imposed in addition to the standard registration fee for untimely [Adopted July 1, 2007, amended 01/01/09, Rule 3.57 registrations ($25 remote fee + $25 renumbered to 3.8.6 01/01/09, subd (b) amended 01/01/12, adopted subd (j) 01/01/13, repealed 01/01/24] late fee = $50).

[Adopted January 1, 2024]

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