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Local Rules of Court -July 1, 2008
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL RULES
| RULE 1.1 APPLICATION OF
LOCAL RULES |
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These local rules apply to all matters filed in the Superior
Court of California, County of San Benito unless otherwise
noted herein. Upon the effective date of these rules, all
other rules previously adopted by this court and the former
Municipal Court
are repealed.
(Eff. 7/1/99) (Rev. 7/1/08)
| RULE 1.2 CONSTRUCTION,
SCOPE AND EFFECT OF RULES |
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These local rules
are designed to promote and facilitate efficient and fair
administration of judicial business and justice. These local
rules are to be liberally construed and are intended to
supplement and do not replace or reduce any requirements set
forth in California statutes, the California Rules of Court
(CRC), or other policies or standards adopted by the
Judicial Council of California
. If a local rule
is amended in the future, the new adopted and approved rule
will be controlling.
(Eff. 7/1/99) (Rev. 7/1/08)
| RULE 1.3 UNIFICATION |
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Effective September 1, 1998, Municipal Court of San Benito
County unified with Superior Court. Therefore, all references
to Municipal Court are hereby eliminated. Superior Court
is divided into Department 1 (formerly Municipal Court)
and Department 2 (formerly strictly Superior Court). Cases,
which were in Municipal Court, will continue as is in Department
1.
(Eff. 7/1/99)
| RULE 1.4 ABBREVIATIONS WITHIN
THESE RULES |
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ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
CLETS
California Law Enforcement Telecommunication System
CMC Case Management Conference
CRC California Rules of Court
ECT Expedited Civil Track
MCLE Minimum Continuing Legal Education
(Eff. 7/1/99)
(Rev. 7/1/08)
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