CHAPTER 3 - San Bernardino Superior Court
CHAPTER 3 - San Bernardino Superior Court
CHAPTER 3 - San Bernardino Superior Court
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<strong>Superior</strong> <strong>Court</strong> of California, County of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Bernardino</strong><br />
<strong>CHAPTER</strong> 3<br />
76BDISTRIBUTION OF BUSINESS AND GENERAL MATTERS<br />
RULE 321 USE OF CORRECTION FLUID OR TAPE ON DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS<br />
Correction fluid or tape shall not be used to correct errors in dates, monetary amounts,<br />
signatures, names of parties, or legal descriptions on any documents or papers, of any nature,<br />
presented for filing as part of the official court file. Documents or papers presented for filing with<br />
such errors corrected with correction fluid or tape shall be refused for filing by the Clerk of the<br />
<strong>Court</strong>, unless otherwise ordered by the <strong>Court</strong>. The purpose of this rule is to ensure the long-term<br />
integrity of court documents which might otherwise be compromised by the decomposition of<br />
masking materials; nothing in this rule is intended to constrain the form or format of documents<br />
presented for filing, as alternative methods of document correction are available.<br />
(Eff. January 1, 2013.)<br />
RULE 322 EXHIBIT TABS<br />
Parties submitting documents that contain exhibits shall ensure that the pages between<br />
exhibits contain the word, “Exhibit”, and the number or letter associated to the exhibit in no less<br />
than 14 font in the middle or lower third of the page on paper.<br />
(Eff. January 1, 2013.)<br />
RULE 323 CIVIL DEFAULTS<br />
Rule 323.1 Setting Hearings<br />
Except upon order of the <strong>Court</strong>, or where otherwise provided by law, the clerk of this<br />
<strong>Court</strong> shall not set regular civil default actions for hearing in any department until 30 days have<br />
elapsed after filing of the complaint or petition, and unless the default of the defendant or<br />
respondent shall have been first entered not less than 10 days before the proposed hearing date.<br />
(Former Rule 321.1, eff. July 1, 1998. Renumbered as Rule 323.1, eff. January 1, 2013.)<br />
Rule 323.2 Forms (Exceptions)<br />
In all cases where constructive service of summons is had, or where a General<br />
Appearance and Waiver under the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, as amended, is on file, the<br />
default form “Default Entry – By <strong>Court</strong>” shall be attached to the Request to Enter Default form,<br />
Judicial Council mandatory form number CIV-100. (Former Rule 321.1, eff. July 1, 1998.<br />
Amended, eff. July 1, 2003. Renumbered as Rule 323.2, eff. January 1, 2013.)<br />
RULE 329 COURT REPORTER POLICY<br />
Pursuant to California Rules of <strong>Court</strong>, rule 2.956, it is the policy of the <strong>Court</strong> that the<br />
services of an official court reporter will normally be available in child support, civil, felony<br />
criminal, family law, juvenile, and probate departments, including mental health calendars, during<br />
regular court hours. Services of official court reporters are not normally available in small claims<br />
departments, traffic departments and limited jurisdiction cases and not normally available during<br />
trials de novo, unlawful detainer trials and video criminal arraignments.<br />
In cases where an official court reporter’s services are not available, If the services of an<br />
official court reporter are not normally provided for a hearing or trial in a civil case, a party may<br />
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