The California Rules of Court found on the California Courts Web site are current as of January 1, 2008.
Need help finding a rule? The California Rules of Court were reorganized and renumbered to improve their format and usability, effective January 1, 2007. Use the conversion tables below to match old rules to reorganized rules. |
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California Rules of Court |
| Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts (Rules 1.1 - 1.200) |
HTML | PDF (182 KB) |
| Title Two. Trial Court Rules (Rules 2.1 - 2.1100) |
HTML | PDF (935 KB) |
| Title Three. Civil Rules (Rules 3.1 - 3.2120) |
HTML | PDF (1746 KB) |
| Title Four. Criminal Rules (Rules 4.1 - 4.601) |
HTML | PDF (604 KB) |
| Title Five. Family and Juvenile Rules (Rules 5.1 - 5.830) |
HTML | PDF (3228 KB) |
| Title Six. [Reserved] |
PDF (9 KB) |
| Title Seven. Probate Rules (Rules 7.1 - 7.1101) |
HTML | PDF (823 KB) |
| Title Eight. Appellate Rules (Rules 8.1 - 8.1125) |
HTML | PDF (2288 KB) |
| Title Nine. Rules on Law Practice, Attorneys, and Judges (Rules 9.1 - 9.61) |
HTML | PDF (477 KB) |
| Title Ten. Judicial Administration Rules (Rules 10.1 - 10.1030) |
HTML | PDF (2032 KB) |
| Standards of Judicial Administration (Standards 2.1 - 10.80) |
HTML | PDF (664 KB) |
| Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitration |
PDF (101 KB) |
| Appendix A: Judicial Council Legal Forms List |
PDF (476 KB) |
| Appendix B: Liability Limits of a Parent or Guardian Having Custody and Control of a Minor for the Torts of a Minor |
PDF (14 KB) |
| Appendix C: Guidelines for the Operation of Family Law Information Centers and Family Law Facilitator Offices |
PDF (27 KB) |
| Alternative Format:
Complete California Rules of Court in PDF format, compressed into a single .ZIP file. |
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(updated: 1/1/2008, 6.15 MB) |