PRESIDING JUDGE ERIC C. TAYLOR EXTENDS JUDICIAL EMERGENCY CONTINUANCES FOR CRIMINAL JUVENILE DEPENDENCY MATTERS IN NEW GENERAL ORDER Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor today announced a new General Order extending last-day deadlines for Criminal trials and specified hearings, as well as Juvenile Dependency cases, pursuant to the emergency powers granted to him by Chief Justice [...]

SCHEDULED CHANGES TO REAL ESTATE DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX Due to the passage of local ballot measures, transfer taxes for the following cities are scheduled to increase.  For the most current tax rates, refer to the official website for the county where each city is located. Alameda County Albany Measure CC – 1/1/2021 increases the City’s [...]

EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2021 The Sonoma County Superior Court Clerk’s offices will resume regular business hours of Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. View the full notice here. First Legal, your premier litigation support provider.

Our County remains in the state’s purple tier, signifying a “widespread” COVID-19 exposure risk, with some limited improvement. The Court must balance this risk against the constitutional implications of continued suspension of jury trials. Accordingly, the Court will continue to LIMIT COURT ACCESS through February 26, 2021, and plans to REOPEN ON MONDAY, MARCH 1, [...]

LACOURTCONNECT UPDATE: EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REMOTE COURTROOM APPEARANCES IN ALL FAMILY LAW MATTERS EXCEPT AB 1058 (CHILD SUPPORT) Effective Monday, March 1, 2021, video will be available for remote courtroom appearances via LACourtConnect (LACC) for all Family Law case types, except AB 1058 (Child Support) hearings. (Child Support court hearings [...]

Governor Gavin Newsom implemented a Regional Stay-At-Home-Order on December 3, 2020, based on limited ICU bed capacity. On December 6, 2020, the Southern California Region fell below the capacity threshold. As a result, on December 7, 2020, the Court suspended jury trials through December 31, 2020. Subsequent orders were issued to continue the suspension of [...]

The Family Law Division of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will implement the following changes to courtroom operations: Effective February 16, 2021: Judge Colin Leis is reassigned from Department 41 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, to the Civil Division. Matters assigned to Department 41 will [...]

Beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday, February 12 through 8 a.m. on Monday, February 15, the Court’s website (www.lacourt.org) will be down due to a major system upgrade. As part of this upgrade, the following services also will be unavailable: All online services found on www.lacourt.org – including case and name searches, viewing of Tentative [...]

The Superior Court of Alameda County (Court) announced today that it adopted the following Local and emergency Local Rules, effective Monday, February 8, 2021: Local Rule 1.10 [Composition of jury panels], which adopts the June 5, 2020, emergency amendments to the rule maintaining countywide jury pools for all case types in compliance with Code of [...]

The Riverside Superior Court has published a protocol for remote civil jury trials. With the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing requirements, the Court is not able to welcome counsel, parties, witnesses, or jurors into all civil trial courtrooms for the purpose of in-person civil trials. Therefore, aligned with California Rules of Court, Emergency Rule 3, [...]