General Orders & Notices
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (02.23.21)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (02.11.21)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Civil Services and Proceedings Continued Re-Referral of Cases to COVID-19 Trial Setting Process (02.09.21)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (01.26.21)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (01.15.21)
- News Release - Jury Trials and Jury Service - Temporary Suspension Extended (01.08.21)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (12.29.20)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (11.17.20)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (10.14.20)
- Order - Face Coverings Required to Enter and Remain in Courthouse/Court Facilities (09.21.20)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (09.18.20)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Civil Services and Proceedings Order of Examination Calendar (OX Calendar) (09.09.20)
- Order - Implementation Of Emergency Relief (08.17.20)
- Order - Implementation Of Emergency Relief (07.16.20)
- Public Access to Criminal Jury Trials - Amended June 19, 2020 (06.19.20)
- Extension Of Court Closure Order - June 13, 2020 To July 10. 2020 And Implementation Of Renewed Emergency Relief (06.12.20)
- Order - Access To Court Proceedings By General Public-Restricted - Amended June 12, 2020 (06.12.20)
- Standing Order - In Re Limited Public Access to Jury Trial Proceedings During the COVID-19 Pandemic (06.12.20)
- Order - Closure of Downtown Courthouses - June 1, 2020 (06.01.20)
- Judicial Council - Amended Emergency Rule 9 - Civil (05.29.20)
- News Release - Court To Resume Jury Trials on June 15, 2020 (05.28.20)
- Order - Access To Court Proceedings By General Public-Restricted - Amended May 15, 2020 (05.15.20)
- Extension Of Court Order - May 16, 2020 To June 12, 2020 And Implementation Of Renewed Emergency Relief (05.15.20)
- New Release - Notice Of Order – Access To Court Proceedings By General Public-Restricted (05.15.20)
- Order - Mental Health Hearings (05.01.20)
- Statewide Emergency Order by Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice Of California and Chair of the Judicial Council - April 29, 2020 (04.29.20)
- News Release - For Immediate Release And Effective Friday, April 17, 2020 - Notice Of Extended Temporary Court Closures (04.16.20)
- Extension Of Court Closure Order - April 17, 2020 To May 15, 2020 And Implementation Of Renewed Emergency Relief (04.16.20)
- News Release - Adoption of Emergency Bail Schedule (04.13.20)
- Arraignments and Preliminary Hearings Remote Video Technology Amendment (04.09.20)
- Judicial Council - Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19 - Effective April 6, 2020 (04.06.20)
- News Release - Use of Videoconference Technology for Criminal In Custody Matters (04.03.20)
- News Release - Notice of Extended Temporary Court Closures - Effective April 1, 2020 (03.30.20)
- Order - Court Closure Extension - April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020 (03.30.20)
- Access To Court Proceedings By General Public - Restricted (03.30.20)
- Court Dates Scheduled during the Court’s Temporary Closure (03.26.20)
- Sacramento Superior Court’s Notice of Temporary Court Closures (03.19.20)
- Order - Temporary Court Closure (03.19.20)
- Notice of Partial Court Closures and Further Reduction of Operations to Critical Proceedings Only (03.17.20)
- Order - Implementation of Emergency Relief (03.17.20)
Civil
- Public Notice - Civil Division - Continued Re-Referral of Cases to COVID-19 Trial Setting Proces (02.09.21)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Civil Services and Proceedings Continued Re-Referral of Cases to COVID-19 Trial Setting Process (02.09.21)
- Order - Digital Signatures (01.20.21)
- News Release - Jury Trials and Jury Service - Temporary Suspension Extended (01.08.21)
- Public Notice - Civil Trial Process COVID-19 Protocols (Amended) (01.05.21)
- Public Notice - Civil Trial Process COVID-19 Protocols (11.23.20)
- Public Notice - Short Cause Civil Trial Calendar (09.23.20)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Civil Services and Proceedings: Short Cause Civil Trial Calendar (09.23.20)
- Public Notice - Order of Examination (OX Calendar) (09.09.20)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Civil Services and Proceedings Order of Examination Calendar (OX Calendar) (09.09.20)
- Public Notice - COVID-19 Phased and Limited Resetting of Trial and Mandatory Settlement Conference Dates (08.03.20)
- Public Notice - Scope of Presiding Judge Law and Motion (08.03.20)
- Order – Resumption of Specified Civil Services - Phased and Limited Resetting of Civil Trials and MSC Dates (08.03.20)
- Public Notice – Civil Law and Motion - Change to Department 53 Hearing Time (06.10.20)
- Public Notice - Civil Law and Motion - Ex Parte Hearings (06.03.20)
- Public Notice - Civil Division - Implementation of Limited Presiding Judge Law and Motion (05.18.20)
- Voluntary Settlement Conference Public Notice (05.11.20)
- News Release - Notice of Resumption of Civil Services – New Civil Cases - Effective May 6th (05.05.20)
- Public Notice - Implementation of Expanded Civil Services - Effective May 6th (04.29.20)
- Answers to FAQs for Civil, Families/Children and Probate. (04.27.20)
- Order – End of Filing Holiday and Resumption of Specified Proceedings – Civil (04.27.20)
- Order – Resumption of Additional Specified Essential Services – Civil (04.20.20)
- Notice of Civil Essential Services – Effective, April 17 and April 21, 2020 (04.20.20)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Essential Services- Civil (03.30.20)
- Order - Implementation of Additional Emergency Relief (03.30.20)
- Implementation of Civil Essential Services - Effective Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 (03.30.20)
- Suspension of Mandatory and Voluntary Settlement Conferences (03.22.20)
Criminal
- News Release - Jury Trials and Jury Service - Temporary Suspension Extended (01.08.21)
- News Release - Amended Order re: Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (12.14.20)
- Standing Order - Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments Amended (12.11.20)
- News Release - Criminal Jury Trials and Jury Service - Temporarily Delayed (12.10.20)
- Standing Order - Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (12.08.20)
- News Release - Criminal Jury Trials and Jury Service - Temporarily Delayed (12.04.20)
- Public Notice - Criminal Trial & Pretrial Assignments (09.18.20)
- Standing Order - Regarding Criminal Trial & Pretrial Assignments (09.14.20)
- Standing Order – Dept. 9 Master Calendar Check-in Requirements for Criminal Trials (08.04.20)
- Public Notice – Criminal Division - Implementation of Criminal Trial Check-In and Assignment Procedures (08.04.20)
- Public Notice – Criminal Division - Implementation of Check-in and Assignment Procedures for Preliminary and Other Criminal Hearings Set in the Master Calendar Department (Dept. 9) (08.04.20)
- Public Notice – Criminal Division - Implementation of Expanded Criminal Services (07.16.20)
- Standing Order Regarding Criminal Trial And Preliminary Hearings (07.16.20)
- Public Access To Criminal Jury Trials And All Other Non-Streamed Criminal Proceedings (07.08.20)
- Order - Implementation Of Emergency Relief (06.24.20)
- Order - Retention Of Emergency Bail Schedule (06.17.20)
- Public Access To Criminal Jury Trials (06.11.20)
- News Release - Court To Resume Jury Trials on June 15, 2020 (05.28.20)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Proceedings - Criminal Courts (05.21.20)
- Public Notice – Criminal Division - Implementation of Expanded Criminal Services (05.06.20)
- Order - End of Criminal Filing Holiday (05.04.20)
- Order - Emergency Bail Schedule (04.13.20)
- Arraignments and Preliminary Hearings Remote Video Technology Amendment (04.09.20)
- Order - Preliminary Hearing Time Extension (04.02.20)
- Memo re: Request for Release on Own Recognizance (04.01.20)
- Public Notice – Effective Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Criminal In-Custody Arraignments and Preliminary Hearings (04.01.20)
- Order - Implementation of Additional Emergency Relief (03.30.20)
- Order - Arraignments and Preliminary Hearings REMOTE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY (03.30.20)
- Criminal Procedures During Emergency Conditions (03.30.20)
- Implementation of Temporary Court Closures - Criminal Division – Domestic Violence Court – Dept. 60 - Effective Immediately (03.25.20)
Families & Children
- Public Notice - Resumption of Family Law Trials and Settlement Conferences - 3rd Amended (12.10.20)
- Public Notice - Resumption of Family Law Trials and Settlement Conferences - 2nd Amended (08.07.20)
- Order - Resumption of Specified Family Law Proceedings (06.26.20)
- Answers to FAQs for Families/Children and Probate (05.28.20)
- Public Notice - Resumption of Family Law - Trials and Settlement Conferences (05.27.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan for May 6, 2020 Until Further Notice (05.06.20)
- End of Family Law Filing Holiday Resumption of Specified Family Law Proceedings (Corrected) (04.30.20)
- Answers to FAQs for Civil, Families/Children and Probate. (04.27.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan for April 17, 2020 through May 15, 2020 (04.17.20)
- Public Notice – Effective April 14, 2020 – Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Restraining Orders (04.14.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan for April 1, 2020 through April 16, 2020 (03.31.20)
- Information for Parents Sharing Custody and Parenting Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic (03.31.20)
- Order - Implementation of Additional Emergency Relief (03.30.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan for March 25, 2020 to April 1, 2020 (03.24.20)
Juvenile Delinquency
- Order - Access to Juvenile Court Proceedings by General Public - Restricted (07.07.20)
- Public Notice – Juvenile Justice Division Resumption of Contested Evidentiary Hearings and Public Access Effective Monday, July 6, 2020 (07.07.20)
- Order - End Of Juvenile Court Filing Holiday (05.20.20)
- Public Notice – Juvenile Justice Division - Implementation of Expanded Juvenile Services (05.20.20)
- Order for Resumption of Additional Essential Services- Juvenile Court (04.20.20)
- Public Notice – Effective Wednesday, April 17, 2020 - Extended Temporary Court Closure - Juvenile Justice Division (04.17.20)
- Public Notice – Effective Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Extended Temporary Court Closure - Juvenile Justice Division (04.01.20)
- Order - Implementation of Additional Emergency Relief (03.30.20)
- Order for Resumption of Specified Critical Services - Juvenile Court (03.24.20)
- Implementation of Temporary Court Closures - Juvenile Justice Division - Effective Friday, March 20, 2020 (03.24.20)
Juvenile Dependency
- Amended Temporary Emergency Order Modifying Dependency Standing Orders for Court-Ordered Visitation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (09.21.20)
- Public Notice – Juvenile Dependency Resumption of Contested Hearings and Public Access - Effective Monday, July 20, 2020 (07.14.20)
- News Release - Resumption of Uncontested Adoptions (06.23.20)
- Order - End Of Juvenile Court Filing Holiday (05.20.20)
- Public Notice – Juvenile Dependency Division - Implementation of Expanded Juvenile Services (05.20.20)
- Order for Resumption of Additional Essential Services- Juvenile Court (04.20.20)
- Public Notice – Effective Wednesday, April 17, 2020 - Extended Temporary Court Closure - Juvenile Dependency Division (04.17.20)
- Temporary Emergency Order Modifying Dependency Standing Orders for Court-Ordered Visitation due to COVID-19 Pandemic (04.02.20)
- Public Notice – Effective Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Extended Temporary Court Closure - Juvenile Dependency Division (04.01.20)
- Order - Implementation of Additional Emergency Relief (03.30.20)
- Order for Resumption of Specified Critical Services - Juvenile Court (03.24.20)
- Implementation of Temporary Court Closures - Juvenile Dependency Division - Effective Friday, March 20, 2020 (03.24.20)
Landlord/Tenant
- Public Notice - Building Closure - Unlawful Detainer (09.02.20)
- Order - Unlawful Detainer - Proceedings On Outstanding Writs Of Possession (06.03.20)
- Public Notice - Court Closure - Landlord/Tenant (Unlawful Detainer) Division (04.17.20)
Mental Health
- Order - Mental Health Hearings (05.01.20)
- Order - Mental Health (03.30.20)
Probate
- Public Notice - Resumption of Probate Trials and Settlement Conferences (07.15.20)
- Answers to FAQs for Families/Children and Probate (05.28.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan for May 6, 2020 Until Further Notice (05.08.20)
- End Of Probate Filing Holiday - Resumption Of Specified Probate Filings (05.07.20)
- Answers to FAQs for Civil, Families/Children and Probate. (04.27.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan from April 17, 2020 through May 15, 2020 (04.17.20)
- Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan from April 1, 2020 through April 16, 2020 (03.31.20)
- Public Notice: Implementation of Court Closure Mitigation Plan for March 25, 2020 to April 1, 2020 (03.24.20)
Small Claims
- Public Notice - Building Closure - Small Claims (09.02.20)
- End Of Small Claims Filing Holiday - Resumption Of Small Claims Filings (05.07.20)
- Public Notice - Court Closure - Small Claims Division (04.17.20)
Traffic
- Public Notice - Building Closure - Traffic (09.02.20)
- Public Notice - Traffic Arraignments (06.19.20)
- Order - Resumption Of Specified Traffic Proceedings (05.21.20)
- News Release - Traffic Division Operations During Covid-19 Closure (05.15.20)
- End Of Traffic Filing Holiday - Resumption Of Traffic Filings (05.07.20)
- Public Notice - Court Closure - Traffic Division (04.17.20)
Legal Community
- Answers to FAQs for Families/Children and Probate (05.28.20)
- Letter and Answers to FAQs (04.27.20)
- Members of the Legal Community (04.17.20)
- Members of the Legal Community (04.10.20)
- Extended Court Closure - Members of the Legal Community (03.30.20)
- Members of the Legal Community (03.24.20)