California Rules of Court — Judicial Administration Rules – 2026

Rule 10.1 Authority, duties, and goals of the Judicial Council Rule 10.2 Judicial Council membership and terms Rule 10.3 Nonvoting members Rule 10.4 Nominations and appointments to the Judicial Council Rule 10.5 Notice and agenda of council meetings Rule 10.6 Judicial Council meetings Rule 10.10 Judicial Council internal committees Rule 10.11 Executive and Planning Committee Rule 10.12 Legislation Committee Rule 10.13 Rules Committee Rule 10.14 Litigation Management Committee Rule 10.15 Judicial Branch Budget Committee Rule 10.16 Technology Committee Rule 10.20 Proposals for new or amended rules, standards, or forms; rule-making process in general Rule 10.21 Proposals from members of the public for changes to rules, standards, or forms Rule 10.22 Rule-making procedures

Rule 10.30 Judicial Council advisory bodies Rule 10.31 Advisory committee membership and terms Rule 10.32 Nominations and appointments to advisory committees Rule 10.33 Advisory committee meetings Rule 10.34 Duties and responsibilities of advisory committees Rule 10.40 Appellate Advisory Committee Rule 10.41 Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee Rule 10.42 Criminal Law Advisory Committee Rule 10.43 Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee Rule 10.44 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Rule 10.46 Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee Rule 10.48 Court Executives Advisory Committee Rule 10.49 Conference of Court Executives [Repealed] Rule 10.50 Center for Judicial Education and Resources Advisory Committee Rule 10.51 Court Interpreters Advisory Panel Rule 10.52 Administrative Presiding Justices Advisory Committee Rule 10.53 Information Technology Advisory Committee Rule 10.54 Traffic Advisory Committee Rule 10.55 Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness Rule 10.56 Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee Rule 10.58 Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions Rule 10.59 Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions Rule 10.60 Tribal Court-State Court Forum Rule 10.61 Court Security Advisory Committee Rule 10.62 Court Facilities Advisory Committee Rule 10.63 Advisory Committee on Audits and Financial Accountability for the Judicial Branch Rule 10.64 Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee Rule 10.65 Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee Rule 10.66 Workload Assessment Advisory Committee [Repealed] Rule 10.67 Judicial Branch Workers' Compensation Program Advisory Committee Rule 10.68 Data Analytics Advisory Committee Rule 10.70 Task forces, working groups, and other advisory bodies

Rule 10.75 Meetings of advisory bodies

Rule 10.80 Administrative Director of the Courts (Administrative Director) Rule 10.81 Judicial Council staff

Rule 10.101 Role of the Judicial Council Rule 10.102 Acceptance of gifts Rule 10.103 Limitation on intrabranch contracting Rule 10.104 Limitation on contracting with former employees Rule 10.105 Allocation of new fee, fine, and forfeiture revenue Rule 10.106 Judicial branch travel expense reimbursement policy Rule 10.107 Trial Court Budget Working Group [Repealed]

Rule 10.172 Court security plans Rule 10.173 Court security committees Rule 10.174 Petition Regarding Disputes Related to Court Security Memoranda of Understanding

Rule 10.180 Court facilities standards Rule 10.181 Court facilities policies, procedures, and standards Rule 10.182 Operation and maintenance of court facilities Rule 10.183 Decision making on transfer of responsibility for trial court facilities Rule 10.184 Acquisition, space programming, construction, and design of court facilities

Rule 10.405 Judicial branch technology and data security guidelines Rule 10.430 Generative artificial intelligence use policies

Rule 10.201 Claim and litigation procedure Rule 10.202 Claims and litigation management Rule 10.203 Contractual indemnification

Rule 10.350 Workers' compensation program Rule 10.351 Judicial branch policies on workplace conduct

Rule 10.400 Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS) Rule Rule 10.430.  Generative artificial intelligence use policies

Rule 10.451 Judicial branch education Rule 10.452 Minimum education requirements, expectations, and recommendations Rule 10.455 Ethics orientation for Judicial Council members and for judicial branch employees required to file a statement of economic interests Rule 10.461 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justices Rule 10.462 Minimum education requirements and expectations for trial court judges and subordinate judicial officers Rule 10.463 Education requirements for family court judges and subordinate judicial officers Rule 10.464 Education requirements and expectations for judges and subordinate judicial officers on domestic violence issues Rule 10.465 Education requirements and recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers on fairness and access Rule 10.468 Content-based and hours-based education for superior court judges and subordinate judicial officers regularly assigned to hear probate proceedings Rule 10.469 Judicial education recommendations for justices, judges, and subordinate judicial officers Rule 10.471 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal clerks/executive officers Rule 10.472 Minimum education requirements for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal managing attorneys, supervisors, and other personnel Rule 10.473 Minimum education requirements for trial court executive officers Rule 10.474 Trial court managers, supervisors, and other personnel Rule 10.478 Content-based and hours-based education for court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners Rule 10.479 Education recommendations for appellate and trial court personnel Rule 10.481 Approved providers; approved course criteria Rule 10.491 Minimum education requirements for Judicial Council employees Rule 10.492 Temporary extension and pro rata reduction of judicial branch education requirements [Repealed] Rule 10.493 Instructor-led training

Rule 10.500 Public access to judicial administrative records Rule 10.501 Maintenance of budget and management information Rule 10.502 Judicial sabbatical program Rule 10.503 Use of recycled paper by all courts [Repealed] Rule 10.504 Smoking prohibited in all courts Rule 10.505 Judicial robes

Rule 10.601 Superior court management Rule 10.602 Selection and term of presiding judge Rule 10.603 Authority and duties of presiding judge Rule 10.605 Executive committee Rule 10.608 Duties of all judges Rule 10.609 Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct Rule 10.610 Duties of court executive officer Rule 10.611 Nondiscrimination in court appointments Rule 10.612 Use of gender-neutral language Rule 10.613 Local court rules-adopting, filing, distributing, and maintaining Rule 10.614 Local court forms Rule 10.620 Public access to administrative decisions of trial courts Rule 10.625 Certain demographic data relating to regular grand jurors Rule 10.630 Reciprocal assignment orders Rule 10.635 Limited situations in which a judicial officer may preside remotely from a location other than a courtroom

Rule 10.650 Court Employee Labor Relations Rules Rule 10.651 Purpose Rule 10.652 Definitions Rule 10.653 Right and obligation to meet and confer Rule 10.654 Scope of representation Rule 10.655 Governing court employee labor relations Rule 10.656 Transition provisions Rule 10.657 Construction Rule 10.658 Interpretation Rule 10.659 Other provisions Rule 10.660 Enforcement of agreements-petitions (Gov. Code, §§ 71639.5, 71825.2) Rule 10.670 Trial court personnel plans

Rule 10.700 Role of subordinate judicial officers Rule 10.701 Qualifications and education of subordinate judicial officers Rule 10.702 Subordinate judicial officers: practice of law Rule 10.703 Subordinate judicial officers: complaints and notice requirements

Rule 10.740 Responsibilities of the trial courts for temporary judge programs Rule 10.741 Duties and authority of the presiding judge Rule 10.742 Use of attorneys as court-appointed temporary judges Rule 10.743 Administrator of temporary judges program Rule 10.744 Application procedures to serve as a court-appointed temporary judge Rule 10.745 Performance Rule 10.746 Complaints

Rule 10.761 Regional Court Interpreter Employment Relations Committees Rule 10.762 Cross-assignments for court interpreter employees

Rule 10.776 Definitions Rule 10.777 Qualifications of court investigators, probate attorneys, and probate examiners

Rule 10.780 Administration of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs Rule 10.781 Court-related ADR neutrals Rule 10.782 ADR program information Rule 10.783 ADR program administration

Rule 10.800 Superior court budgeting Rule 10.801 Superior court budget procedures Rule 10.803 Information access disputes-writ petitions (Gov. Code, § 71675) Rule 10.804 Superior court financial policies and procedures Rule 10.805 Notice of change in court-county relationship Rule 10.810 Court operations Rule 10.811 Reimbursement of costs associated with homicide trials Rule 10.815 Fees to be set by the court Rule 10.820 Acceptance of credit cards by the superior courts Rule 10.821 Acceptance of checks and other negotiable paper Rule 10.830 Disposal of surplus court personal property

Rule 10.850 Trial court records Rule 10.851 Court indexes-automated maintenance Rule 10.854 Standards and guidelines for trial court records Rule 10.855 Superior court records sampling program Rule 10.856 Notice of superior court records destruction

Rule 10.870 Trial court automation standards

Rule 10.900 Case management and calendaring system Rule 10.901 Internal management procedures Rule 10.910 Assigned cases to be tried or dismissed-notification to presiding judge

Rule 10.950 Role of presiding judge, supervising judge, criminal division, and master calendar department in courts having more than three judges Rule 10.951 Duties of supervising judge of the criminal division Rule 10.952 Meetings concerning the criminal court system Rule 10.953 Procedures for disposition of cases before the preliminary hearing

Rule 10.960 Court self-help centers

Rule 10.970 Reports of findings and orders affecting voting rights (Elec. Code, § 2211.5)

Rule 10.1000 Transfer of causes Rule 10.1004 Court of Appeal administrative presiding justice Rule 10.1008 Courts of Appeal with more than one division Rule 10.1012 Supervising progress of appeals Rule 10.1014 Oversight of administrative presiding justices and presiding justices Rule 10.1016 Notice of failure to perform judicial duties Rule 10.1017 Notification to State Bar of attorney misconduct Rule 10.1020 Reviewing court clerk/executive officer Rule 10.1024 Court of Appeal minutes Rule 10.1028 Preservation and destruction of Court of Appeal records Rule 10.1030 Local rules of Courts of Appeal

Rule 10.1100 Assignments to the appellate division Rule 10.1104 Presiding judge Rule 10.1108 Sessions