Skip to main content
Home › California › Rules of Court — General Rules

California Rules of Court — General Rules – 2026

Title 1 of the California Rules of Court establishes the foundational rules applicable to all California courts, including definitions, construction principles, and general filing standards.

Jump to

Preliminary Rules Timing and Holidays Service and Filing Judicial Council Forms Accommodations Public Access to Court Proceedings Form and Format of Papers Language Access Services

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 1.6 Definitions and use of terms

Timing and Holidays

Rule 1.10 Time for actions Rule 1.11 Holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday

Service and Filing

Rule 1.20 Effective Date of Filing Rule 1.21 Service Rule 1.22 Recycled paper [Repealed]

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 1.41 Proofs of service on forms Rule 1.42 Forms not to be rejected Rule 1.43 Legibility Rule 1.44 Electronically produced forms Rule 1.45 Judicial Council pleading forms Rule 1.51 California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) information form

Accommodations

Rule 1.100 Requests for accommodations by persons with disabilities

Public Access to Court Proceedings

Rule 1.150 Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court

Form and Format of Papers

Rule 1.200 Format of citations Rule 1.201 Protection of privacy

Language Access Services

Rule 1.300 Access to programs, services, and professionals