Title GOV — California Gov. Code

In the County of Santa Barbara there are 19 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Santa Clara there are 77 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Santa Cruz there are 10 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Shasta there are nine judges of the superior court.

In the County of Sierra there are two judges of the superior court.

In the County of Siskiyou there are four judges of the superior court.

In the County of Solano there are 16 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Sonoma there are 16 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Stanislaus there are 17 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Sutter there are five judges of the superior court.

In the County of Tehama there are four judges of the superior court.

In the County of Trinity there are two judges of the superior court.

In the County of Tulare there are 16 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Tuolumne there are four judges of the superior court.

In the County of Ventura there are 28 judges of the superior court.

In the County of Yolo there are nine judges of the superior court.

In the County of Yuba there are five judges of the superior court.

(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2006–07 fiscal year, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated to the various superior courts pursuant to the uniform criteria described in subdivision (b) for determining the need for additional superior court judges. (b) The …

Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2007–08 fiscal year, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated to the various county superior courts, pursuant to the uniform criteria described in subdivision (b) of Section 69614, as updated and approved by the Judicial Council.

Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the 100 additional new judges provided for in Sections 69614 and 69614.2 shall be allocated to the various county superior courts, pursuant to the following appointment schedule: (a) On or before June 30, 2008, 40 additional judges shall be …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, two vacant judgeships from the Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara shall be reallocated to the Superior Court of the County of Riverside, and two vacant judgeships from the Superior Court of the County of Alameda shall be reallocated to …

Twenty-six additional superior court judgeships are authorized, subject to appropriation. These positions shall be allocated by the Judicial Council to the various county superior courts, in accordance with the uniform criteria described in subdivision (b) of Section 69614, as up…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to restore an appropriate balance between subordinate judicial officers and judges in the trial courts by providing for the conversion, as needed, of subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in courts th…

(a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2011–12 fiscal year where the conversion will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously…

(a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2013–14 fiscal year where the conversion will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously…

(a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2014–15 fiscal year when the conversion will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously …

(a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2015–16 fiscal year when the conversion will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously …

(a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2016–17 fiscal year when the conversion will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously …

(a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2017–18 fiscal year when the conversion will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously …

(a) The superior court in Los Angeles County may by local rule establish superior court districts within which one or more sessions of the court shall be held. (b) The superior court districts established by county ordinance and in effect as of January 1, 2003, shall continue to …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each trial court shall determine the number and location of sessions of the court necessary for the prompt disposition of the business before the court. In making this determination, the court shall consider, among other factors, th…

A motion for new trial, motion under Code of Civil Procedure Section 663, and a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may, with the written consent of all parties concerned, be heard at any place in the State of California by the judge who presided at the trial.

There may be as many sessions of a superior court, at the same time, as there are judges elected, appointed or assigned thereto. The judgments, orders, and proceedings of any session of a superior court, held by any one or more of the judges sitting therein, shall be equally effe…

(a) The clerk of the court shall exercise or perform, in addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by statute, any powers, duties, and responsibilities required or permitted to be exercised by the county clerk in connection with judicial actions, proceedings, …

The clerk of the superior court shall attend each session of the superior court in the county and upon the judges of the court in chambers when required.

The clerk of the superior court shall keep such indexes as will insure ready reference to any action or proceeding filed in the court. There shall be separate indexes of plaintiffs and defendants in civil actions and of defendants in criminal actions. The name of each plaintiff a…

The clerk of the superior court shall issue all process and notices required to be issued.

The clerk of the superior court shall keep the minutes and other records of the court, entering at length within the time specified by law, or forthwith if no time is specified, any order, judgment, and decree of the court which is required to be entered and showing the date when…

On and after July 1, 1997, each clerk of the superior court shall prospectively certify and submit those court records specified by the Judicial Council which relate to criminal convictions for entry into a computer system operated by the Department of Justice that can be accesse…

Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, in those counties where it is required by court order or rule that the clerk of the superior court place individual minute orders in the court’s file of actions in chronological order, and if it is otherwise required by law t…

The clerk of the superior court may keep a register of actions in which shall be entered the title of each cause, with the date of its commencement and a memorandum of every subsequent proceeding in the action with its date.

In lieu of maintaining a register of actions as described in Section 69845, the clerk of the superior court may maintain a register of actions by preserving all the court records filed, lodged, or maintained in connection with the case.

The clerk of the superior court shall safely keep or dispose of according to law all papers and records filed or deposited in any action or proceeding before the court.

The clerk of the superior court shall endorse on each paper filed with the court the day, month, and year it is filed.

The clerk of the superior court shall provide two books. In one of the books the clerk shall enter in alphabetical order the names of each person who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States since the organization of the court and the date of such decla…

The clerk of the superior court may use a facsimile signature on any court documents regularly maintained in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of filing or certifying those documents, provided the authorized deputy initials the facsimile signature.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions shall apply to the Yolo County superior and municipal courts. (a) To assist the court in the performance of its duties and the exercise of the powers conferred by law upon the court, a majority of the judges of …

(a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court f…

(a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user who is participating in an ongoing court proceeding a reasonable amount of break time during the court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk fo…

(a) On or before March 1, 2025, and by March 1 of each year thereafter, consistent with subdivision (d), the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding how all funds previously appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of compliance with Section 698…