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Cal. Gov. Code § 68070

General Provisions

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Silverbrand v. County of Los Angeles (2009)

Most recently applied in Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. L. A. Cnty. Dep't of Children v. Maria O. (In re Harley C.) (July 2019)

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1004, Sec. 1.5

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) Every court may make rules for its own government and the government of its officers not inconsistent with law or with the rules adopted and prescribed by the Judicial Council. These rules shall not:

(1) Impose any tax, charge, or penalty upon any legal proceeding, or for filing any pleading allowed by law.

(2) Give any allowance to any officer for services.

(b) The Judicial Council is encouraged to adopt rules to provide for uniformity in rules and procedures throughout all courts in a county and statewide. The subjects on which uniformity should be sought shall include, but are not limited to, (1) the form of papers, (2) limitations on the filing of papers, (3) rules relating to law and motion, and (4) requirements concerning documents to be filed at or prior to trial.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.