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CHAPTER 5. The Superior Courts [69504. - 70141.11.]

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 206.

§§ 69504–70141.11 · 234 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 69504–69508.5 · 5 sections
    • § 69504 The superior court of each county shall purchase and provide for the installation of the Flag of the United States and the Bear Flag of California in each…
    • § 69505 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following procedures shall apply for business-related travel expenses of judges and employees…
    • § 69507 The presiding judge of each superior court may designate a judge of the court to be available on days other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday to perform…
    • § 69508 (a) The judges of each superior court having three or more judges, shall choose from their own number a presiding judge who serves as such at their pleasure.…
    • § 69508.5 (a) In courts with two judges a presiding judge shall be selected by the judges each calendar year and the selection should be on the basis of administrative…
  2. ARTICLE 2.5. Reduction of Number of Judges in Superior Court § 69560 · 1 section
    • § 69560 If the Legislature diminishes the number of judges of the superior court in any county or city and county, the offices which first become vacant, to the number…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Number of Judges §§ 69580–69619.6 · 70 sections
    • § 69580 In the County of Alameda there are 67 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69580.3 In the County of Alpine there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69580.7 In the County of Amador there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69581 In the County of Butte there are 10 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69581.3 In the County of Calaveras there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69581.7 In the County of Colusa there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69582 In the County of Contra Costa there are 33 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69582.3 In the County of Del Norte there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69582.5 In the County of El Dorado there are six judges of the superior court.
    • § 69583 In the County of Fresno there are 36 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69583.5 In the County of Glenn there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69584 In the County of Humboldt there are seven judges of the superior court.
    • § 69584.5 In the County of Imperial there are nine judges of the superior court.
    • § 69584.7 In the County of Inyo there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69585 In the County of Kern there are 33 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69585.5 In the County of Kings there are seven judges of the superior court.
    • § 69585.7 In the County of Lake there are four judges of the superior court.
    • § 69585.9 In the County of Lassen there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69586 In the County of Los Angeles there are 429 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69587 In the County of Madera there are seven judges of the Superior Court.
    • § 69588 In the County of Marin there are 10 judges of the Superior Court.
    • § 69588.3 In the County of Mariposa there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69588.7 In the County of Mendocino there are eight judges of the superior court.
    • § 69589 In the County of Merced there are six judges of the superior court.
    • § 69589.3 In the County of Modoc there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69589.7 In the County of Mono there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69590 In the County of Monterey there are 18 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69590.5 In the County of Napa there are six judges of the superior court.
    • § 69590.7 In the County of Nevada there are six judges of the superior court.
    • § 69591 In the County of Orange there are 109 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69591.3 In the County of Placer there are nine judges of the superior court.
    • § 69591.7 In the County of Plumas there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69592 In the County of Riverside there are 53 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69593 In the County of Sacramento there are 52 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69593.5 In the County of San Benito there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69594 In the County of San Bernardino there are 65 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69595 In the County of San Diego there are 128 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69596 In the City and County of San Francisco there are 50 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69598 In the County of San Joaquin there are 26 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69598.5 In the County of San Luis Obispo there are 11 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69599 In San Mateo County there are 26 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69599.5 In the County of Santa Barbara there are 19 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69600 In the County of Santa Clara there are 77 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69600.5 In the County of Santa Cruz there are 10 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69601 In the County of Shasta there are nine judges of the superior court.
    • § 69601.3 In the County of Sierra there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69601.7 In the County of Siskiyou there are four judges of the superior court.
    • § 69602 In the County of Solano there are 16 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69603 In the County of Sonoma there are 16 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69604 In the County of Stanislaus there are 17 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69604.3 In the County of Sutter there are five judges of the superior court.
    • § 69604.5 In the County of Tehama there are four judges of the superior court.
    • § 69604.7 In the County of Trinity there are two judges of the superior court.
    • § 69605 In the County of Tulare there are 16 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69605.5 In the County of Tuolumne there are four judges of the superior court.
    • § 69606 In the County of Ventura there are 28 judges of the superior court.
    • § 69610 In the County of Yolo there are nine judges of the superior court.
    • § 69611 In the County of Yuba there are five judges of the superior court.
    • § 69614 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2006–07 fiscal year, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated to the various superior courts pursuant to…
    • § 69614.2 Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the 2007–08 fiscal year, there shall be 50 additional judges allocated to the various county superior courts, pursuant…
    • § 69614.3 Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the 100 additional new judges provided for in Sections 69614 and 69614.2 shall be allocated to the various county…
    • § 69614.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, two vacant judgeships from the Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara shall be reallocated to the Superior Court of the…
    • § 69614.5 Twenty-six additional superior court judgeships are authorized, subject to appropriation. These positions shall be allocated by the Judicial Council to the…
    • § 69615 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to restore an appropriate balance between subordinate judicial officers and judges in the…
    • § 69616 (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2011–12…
    • § 69617 (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2013–14…
    • § 69618 (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2014–15…
    • § 69619 (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2015–16…
    • § 69619.5 (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2016–17…
    • § 69619.6 (a) The Legislature hereby ratifies the authority of the Judicial Council to convert 10 subordinate judicial officer positions to judgeships in the 2017–18…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Superior Court Districts in Los Angeles County § 69640 · 1 section
    • § 69640 (a) The superior court in Los Angeles County may by local rule establish superior court districts within which one or more sessions of the court shall be held.…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Sessions §§ 69740–69741.5 · 3 sections
    • § 69740 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each trial court shall determine the number and location of sessions of the court necessary for the prompt…
    • § 69741.1 A motion for new trial, motion under Code of Civil Procedure Section 663, and a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may, with the written consent…
    • § 69741.5 There may be as many sessions of a superior court, at the same time, as there are judges elected, appointed or assigned thereto. The judgments, orders, and…
  6. ARTICLE 7. Clerk §§ 69840–69848 · 13 sections
    • § 69840 (a) The clerk of the court shall exercise or perform, in addition to the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by statute, any powers, duties, and…
    • § 69841 The clerk of the superior court shall attend each session of the superior court in the county and upon the judges of the court in chambers when required.
    • § 69842 The clerk of the superior court shall keep such indexes as will insure ready reference to any action or proceeding filed in the court. There shall be separate…
    • § 69843 The clerk of the superior court shall issue all process and notices required to be issued.
    • § 69844 The clerk of the superior court shall keep the minutes and other records of the court, entering at length within the time specified by law, or forthwith if no…
    • § 69844.5 On and after July 1, 1997, each clerk of the superior court shall prospectively certify and submit those court records specified by the Judicial Council which…
    • § 69844.7 Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, in those counties where it is required by court order or rule that the clerk of the superior court place…
    • § 69845 The clerk of the superior court may keep a register of actions in which shall be entered the title of each cause, with the date of its commencement and a…
    • § 69845.5 In lieu of maintaining a register of actions as described in Section 69845, the clerk of the superior court may maintain a register of actions by preserving…
    • § 69846 The clerk of the superior court shall safely keep or dispose of according to law all papers and records filed or deposited in any action or proceeding before…
    • § 69846.5 The clerk of the superior court shall endorse on each paper filed with the court the day, month, and year it is filed.
    • § 69847 The clerk of the superior court shall provide two books. In one of the books the clerk shall enter in alphabetical order the names of each person who has…
    • § 69848 The clerk of the superior court may use a facsimile signature on any court documents regularly maintained in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of…
  7. ARTICLE 8. Officers, Attaches, and Employees Generally §§ 69893.7–69917 · 15 sections
    • § 69893.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions shall apply to the Yolo County superior and municipal courts. (a) To assist the court in…
    • § 69894 (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees… see note
    • § 69894.1 (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user who is participating in an ongoing court proceeding a reasonable amount of break…
    • § 69894.2 (a) On or before March 1, 2025, and by March 1 of each year thereafter, consistent with subdivision (d), the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the…
    • § 69894.3 Employees of the superior court in each county of the first class shall be entitled to step advancement, vacation, sick leave, holiday benefits and other…
    • § 69894.4 In each county of the first class, whenever, because of the nature of the duties of any judge or officer of the court, the court determines that the best…
    • § 69894.5 The court may by rule employ and assign officers or attachés to perform the duties outlined in Section 26806 of the Government Code.
    • § 69894.6 Notwithstanding Section 69894.1, in the County of Los Angeles, a majority of the judges of the superior court may appoint 362 court reporters at salary…
    • § 69902 Any county having a retirement system for its employees may include in it the employees and attachés of the superior court of that county whose salaries are…
    • § 69903 In any county with a population of less than 1,073,200, but more than 1,069,700 as determined by the 1970 federal census, a majority of the judges of the…
    • § 69905 In any county a majority of the judges of the superior court may appoint research assistants. The number and compensation of research assistants shall be set…
    • § 69906.5 Notwithstanding Section 270 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, in Mendocino County the offices of assistant probation officer and deputy probation officer,…
    • § 69907 (a) In the County of San Diego, in addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the superior court shall receive the same life insurance,…
    • § 69909 (a) In the County of Riverside, in addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the superior court shall receive the county flexible benefits…
    • § 69917 A subordinate judicial officer may not engage in the private practice of law except to the extent permitted by Judicial Council rules. As used in this section,…
  8. ARTICLE 8.5. Superior Court Security §§ 69920–69927 · 8 sections
    • § 69920 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Superior Court Security Act of 2012. This article implements the statutory changes necessary as a result of…
    • § 69921 For purposes of this article: (a) “Court attendant” means a nonarmed, nonlaw enforcement employee of the superior court who performs those functions specified…
    • § 69921.5 Except for court security services provided by the marshal in the Counties of Shasta and Trinity, the sheriff is responsible for the necessary level of court…
    • § 69922 (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, whenever required, the sheriff shall attend all superior court sessions held within his or her county. A sheriff shall…
    • § 69923 (a) A superior court shall not pay a sheriff for court security services and equipment, except as provided in this article. (b) Subject to the memorandum of…
    • § 69925 The presiding judge, in conjunction with the sheriff or marshal, shall develop an annual or multiyear comprehensive court security plan that includes the…
    • § 69926 (a) This section applies to the superior court and the sheriff in those counties in which the sheriff’s department provides court security services. (b) The…
    • § 69927 It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a process and funding mechanism for sheriffs that overall incur increased trial court security costs as a…
  9. ARTICLE 9. Official Reporters Generally §§ 69941–69959.5 · 21 sections
    • § 69941 A superior court may appoint as many competent phonographic reporters, to be known as official reporters of such court, and such official reporters pro…
    • § 69942 No person shall be appointed to the position of official reporter of any court unless the person has first obtained a license to practice as a certified…
    • § 69944 Until an official reporter of any court or official reporter pro tempore has fully completed and filed all transcriptions of the reporter’s notes in any case…
    • § 69946 Before entering upon the duties of his office, the official reporter of any court or official reporter pro tempore shall take and subscribe the constitutional…
    • § 69947 Except in counties where a statute provides otherwise, the official reporter shall receive for his services the fees prescribed in this article.
    • § 69948 (a) The fee for reporting testimony and proceedings in contested cases is fifty-five dollars ($55) a day, or any fractional part thereof. (b) In San Joaquin…
    • § 69948.5 Notwithstanding Section 69948, in Modoc County, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, prescribe a higher rate of compensation for superior court…
    • § 69949 The fee for reporting each default or uncontested action or proceeding is ten dollars ($10). If more than four defaults or uncontested matters are reported in…
    • § 69950 (a) The fee for transcription for original ribbon or printed copy is one dollar and thirteen cents ($1.13) for each 100 words, and for each copy purchased at…
    • § 69950.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the Judicial Council shall report to the Legislature recommendations to increase uniformity in transcription rate…
    • § 69951 For transcription, the reporter may charge an additional 50 percent for special daily copy service.
    • § 69952 (a) The court may specifically direct the making of a verbatim record and payment therefor shall be from the county treasury on order of the court in the…
    • § 69953 In any case where a verbatim record is not made at public expense pursuant to Section 69952 or other provisions of law, the cost of making any verbatim record…
    • § 69953.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a daily transcript is ordered in a civil case requiring the services of more than one phonographic…
    • § 69954 (a) Transcripts prepared by a reporter using computer assistance and delivered on a medium other than paper shall be compensated at the same rate set for paper…
    • § 69955 (a) As used in this section, “reporting notes” are the reporting notes of all court reporters employed to report in the courts of California, who may be known…
    • § 69956 The official reporter shall perform the duties required of him by law. When not actually engaged in the performance of any other duty imposed on him by this…
    • § 69957 (a) If an official reporter or an official reporter pro tempore is unavailable to report an action or proceeding in a court, subject to the availability of…
    • § 69958 Each superior court shall report to the Judicial Council on or before October 1, 2004, and semiannually thereafter, and the Judicial Council shall report to…
    • § 69959 (a) Remote court reporting shall not be used by courts to make the record of any court proceedings, and courts shall not expend any funds to purchase equipment…
    • § 69959.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “remote court reporting” means the use of a stenographic reporter who is not present in the courtroom to produce a verbatim…
  10. ARTICLE 10. Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 70,000 to 100,000 §§ 69990–69991 · 2 sections
    • § 69990 In each county with a population of more than 70,000 and less than 100,000, as determined by the 1940 federal census, to assist the court in the transaction of…
    • § 69991 The duties of official reporters appointed pursuant to Section 69990 shall be performed as elsewhere provided by law. As full compensation for taking notes in…
  11. ARTICLE 10.1. Official Reporters in Counties with a Population of 750,000 to 1,070,000 §§ 69992–69992.2 · 2 sections
    • § 69992 This article applies to counties containing a population of 750,000 and under 1,070,000 according to the 1970 federal census.
    • § 69992.2 The fee required by Section 69992.1 shall be taxed as costs in favor of any party paying the same and to whom costs are awarded by the judgment of the court.…
  12. ARTICLE 10.2. Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 240,000 to 260,000 § 69993 · 1 section
    • § 69993 In San Joaquin County, each superior court reporter shall be paid a salary to be established by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. The number of…
  13. ARTICLE 10.3. Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 490,000 to 503,000 §§ 69994–69994.9 · 8 sections
    • § 69994 This article shall apply in a county having a population of more than 490,000 and less than 503,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census. The judges of…
    • § 69994.1 When needed in order that the judicial business of the courts in such county may be carried on without delay, the judges of such courts may appoint as many…
    • § 69994.2 The regular official phonographic reporters shall be compensated at an annual salary of forty-seven thousand seven hundred eleven dollars ($47,711), except…
    • § 69994.3 In addition to the compensation provided in this article, each salaried official reporter shall be entitled to, and shall receive, vacation and sick leave…
    • § 69994.4 No further fee than that herein provided shall be collected from, or assessed against, any party to any proceeding for the services of a phonographic reporter…
    • § 69994.5 The salaries provided for in this article shall be paid in biweekly installments from the general fund of the county, and shall be allowed and audited in the…
    • § 69994.8 All reporters appointed pursuant to this article shall be known as official court reporters of the County of Sacramento. As attachés of the court, official…
    • § 69994.9 With the approval of the board of supervisors the court may establish such additional classifications and rates of compensation as are required. Rates of…
  14. ARTICLE 10.4. Official Reporters and Fees in Counties With a Population of 375,000 to 400,000 §§ 69995–69999 · 3 sections
    • § 69995 (a) In Ventura County, a majority of the judges of the superior court may appoint as many competent official phonographic reporters as the business of the…
    • § 69998 No further fee than that prescribed in this article shall be collected from, or assessed against, any party to any proceeding for the services of a…
    • § 69999 Any fee required by this article shall be taxed as costs in favor of any party paying it and to whom costs are awarded by the judgment of the court. Such fee…
  15. ARTICLE 10.5. Official Reporters in Counties with a Population of 10,000 to 10,500 § 70000 · 1 section
    • § 70000 In each county with a population of more than 10,000 and less than 10,500, as determined by the 1960 federal census, to assist the court in the transaction of…
  16. ARTICLE 10.6. Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 210,000 to 220,000 §§ 70010–70017 · 7 sections
    • § 70010 In each county having a population of 210,000 inhabitants and less than 220,000 inhabitants, as determined by the 1950 federal census, the judges of the…
    • § 70011 When needed in order that the judicial business of the superior court in such county may be diligently carried on and a particular matter or matters may…
    • § 70012 The regular official phonographic reporters and phonographic reporters pro tempore shall be compensated at the same rate as reporters in counties having a…
    • § 70013 No further fee than that hereinabove provided shall be collected from, or assessed against, any party to any proceeding for the services of a phonographic…
    • § 70014 The salaries provided for in this article shall be paid in monthly installments out of the salary fund of the county, and shall be allowed and audited in the…
    • § 70016 The fees required by Sections 70015 and 70015.5 shall be taxed as costs in favor of any party paying the same and to whom costs are awarded by the judgment of…
    • § 70017 The county clerk shall, on or before the first day of each calendar month, transmit to the county treasurer all money paid to him pursuant to this article…
  17. ARTICLE 10.7. Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 300,000 to 310,000 § 70025 · 1 section
    • § 70025 In Riverside County, the board of supervisors shall fix the salary of regular official reporters, which shall not be less than an annual salary of twenty…
  18. ARTICLE 11. Official Reporters and Fees in Particular Counties §§ 70040–70064 · 48 sections
    • § 70040 Unless otherwise specifically provided, the determination of whether a county has the population prescribed in this article shall be made on the basis of the…
    • § 70041 Unless otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this article apply in each county described as follows: (a) A county with a population of 70,000 or…
    • § 70041.1 Unless otherwise specifically provided the provisions of this article apply in a county with a population of 290,000 or more and under 295,000.
    • § 70041.5 Unless otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this article apply to a county with a population of over 45,000 and under 46,750, as determined on…
    • § 70042 The provisions of this article are applicable in a county described in subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 70041 only if the board of supervisors of such…
    • § 70043 To assist the court in the transaction of its judicial business by having the duties of phonographic reporters performed, a majority of the judges of the…
    • § 70044 (a) When needed in order that the judicial business of the superior court in the county may be diligently carried on and a particular matter may proceed to…
    • § 70044.1 In any county having a population of over 250,000 and under 277,000, as determined by the 1950 federal census, the fee for reporting testimony and proceedings…
    • § 70044.5 In San Mateo County, official reporters shall be appointed by the judges of the consolidated superior and municipal courts pursuant to the provisions of…
    • § 70045 In a county having a population of 70,000 or less, as determined by the 1940 federal census, and having two or more superior court judges, each regular…
    • § 70045.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 70045 of this code, in Trinity County, each regular official court reporter shall receive an annual salary of ten…
    • § 70045.2 Notwithstanding Section 70045, in Modoc County each regular official court reporter shall receive an annual salary to be determined by ordinance by the board…
    • § 70045.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 70045 or any other provision of this article, in Merced County: (a) The regular full-time official court reporters…
    • § 70045.5 In a county with a population of 74,492 and not over 76,000 as determined by the 1970 federal census, each regular official reporter shall be paid an annual…
    • § 70045.6 (a) In Kern County each regular reporter shall be paid the biweekly salary specified in range 52.4 of the salary schedule. The court reporter shall be paid…
    • § 70045.7 In Napa County, each regular official reporter shall be paid an annual salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), and each pro tempore official reporter…
    • § 70045.75 Notwithstanding any other provision of law including, but not limited to, Sections 70040, 70041, 70042, and 70045, the following provisions shall be applicable…
    • § 70045.77 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Sections 70040, 70041, 70042, and 70045, the following provisions shall be…
    • § 70045.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Sections 70040, 70041, 70042, and 70045, the following provisions shall be…
    • § 70045.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this section shall apply to the official court reporters in Shasta County: (a) The regular…
    • § 70045.10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this section shall apply to the official court reporters in Tehama County. (a) The regular…
    • § 70045.11 In lieu of the compensation provided for in Section 69948, the Board of Supervisors of Sutter County may, with the approval of the presiding judge of the…
    • § 70045.12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions shall be applicable to the official court reporters in the superior court and municipal…
    • § 70046 In San Bernardino County, the board of supervisors shall fix the salary of regular official reporters, which shall not be less than an annual salary of twenty…
    • § 70046.1 In Santa Clara County, the board of supervisors shall fix the salary of regular official reporters, which shall not be less than a biweekly salary of one…
    • § 70046.2 (a) In Fresno County, the compensation of each regular official court reporter shall be determined through the collective bargaining process. (b) For the…
    • § 70046.4 (a) In Lake County, the official phonographic reporters shall perform the following duties: (1) Report all proceedings before the superior court. (2) Report…
    • § 70047 (a) In Contra Costa County, the annual salary of each regular official reporter shall be based on a four-step salary plan as established by joint action and…
    • § 70047.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following provisions shall be applicable to the Stanislaus County Superior Court: (a) In Stanislaus County, to…
    • § 70047.5 (a) In Sonoma County, for the 1987–88 fiscal year each regular official reporter shall be paid an annual salary of thirty-seven thousand seven hundred forty…
    • § 70048 (a) In a county with a population of 1,300,000 and under 1,400,000, as determined by the 1970 federal census, regular official reporters shall be paid at a…
    • § 70049 In a county with a population of over 11,650 and under 12,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census, each regular official reporter shall receive as full…
    • § 70049.5 In a county with a population of over 32,000 and under 33,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census, each regular official reporter shall receive as full…
    • § 70050 In San Benito County, the board of supervisors shall fix the salary of regular official reporters and the compensation of official reporters pro tempore, which…
    • § 70050.5 In each county with a population of 730,000 and under 850,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census, the monthly salary of the regular official…
    • § 70050.6 (a) In Tuolumne County, the official reporters of the superior court shall perform the following duties: (1) Report all criminal proceedings. (2) Report all…
    • § 70050.8 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 69948 and 69949, in counties with population of at least 62,000 and under 65,800, as determined by the 1960 federal…
    • § 70051 No further fee than that prescribed in Sections 70053 to 70059.5, inclusive, shall be collected from, or assessed against, any party to any proceeding for the…
    • § 70052 The salaries provided for in this article shall be paid in monthly installments out of the salary fund of the county and shall be allowed and audited in the…
    • § 70056.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following provisions shall be applicable to the official superior court reporters in Monterey…
    • § 70059.7 In Santa Barbara County each regular official reporter shall be paid a biweekly salary which shall be one thousand six hundred eighty-five dollars and…
    • § 70059.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to Sections 70040, 70041, 70042, and 70045, the following provisions shall be…
    • § 70059.9 In San Luis Obispo County, each regular official reporter shall be paid a monthly salary which shall be recommended by the superior court and approved by the…
    • § 70060 The fee so required shall be taxed as costs in favor of any party paying it and to whom costs are awarded by the judgment of the court. Such fee shall not be…
    • § 70061 In a county with a population of 280,000 and under 285,000, of 500,000 and under 700,000, or of 700,000 or more, the fee so required shall not be required of…
    • § 70062 On or before the first day of each calendar month, the county clerk shall transmit to the county treasurer all money paid to him pursuant to this article…
    • § 70063 In Mendocino County, the official phonographic reporters shall perform the following duties: (a) Report all proceedings before the superior court. (b) Report…
    • § 70064 In Mono County, each regular official reporter shall receive as full compensation for taking notes in criminal cases an annual salary set by resolution of the…
  19. ARTICLE 12. Alternative Provisions for Official Reporter in Counties With a Population of 700,000 and Under 750,000 §§ 70100–70104 · 3 sections
    • § 70100 This article applies in each county with a population of 700,000 and under 750,000, as determined by the 1950 federal census. The provisions of Article 11 of…
    • § 70101 If a majority of the judges of the superior court of any county with a population of 700,000 and under 750,000 concur in an order that appointments may be made…
    • § 70104 In such event in cases in which a phonographic reporter is requested and the fees provided for by Article 11 for counties with a population of 700,000 and…
  20. ARTICLE 12.1. Official Reporters in Tulare County §§ 70110–70113 · 4 sections
    • § 70110 In Tulare County, each judge of the superior court may appoint a competent phonographic reporter, to be known as a regular official reporter of that court, and…
    • § 70111 (a) In consideration of all reporting services, official court reporters shall be paid biweekly at Range 184 of the current Tulare County salary schedule. The…
    • § 70112 In addition to the compensation provided in this article, each full-time reporter of the superior court shall be entitled to, and shall receive the same…
    • § 70113 Official superior court court reporters shall be members of any retirement system maintained by the county. For retirement credit purposes compensation…
  21. ARTICLE 12.5. Official Reporters in Counties With a Population of 95,000 and Under 120,000 §§ 70125–70128 · 4 sections
    • § 70125 In each county having a population of more than 95,000 and less than 120,000, as determined by the 1960 federal census, to assist the court in the transaction…
    • § 70126 A judge of the superior court may appoint a pro tempore official reporter, to serve as the convenience of the court may require, when an official reporter is…
    • § 70127 Each regular official reporter shall be paid an annual salary of twenty thousand nine hundred eighty-three dollars and ninety-two cents ($20,983. 92).…
    • § 70128 Except in criminal cases, the fees prescribed in Article 9 (commencing with Section 69941), Chapter 5, Title 8, shall be paid for the services of a court…
  22. ARTICLE 12.7. Official Reporters in Counties with a Population of 140,000 to 147,000 §§ 70130–70134 · 8 sections
    • § 70130 (a) In a county with a population of over 205,000 and not over 225,000 as determined by the 1970 federal decennial census, within which there is located a…
    • § 70130.5 No further fee, charge or salary other than the salary or compensation provided by Section 70130 shall be collected from, or assessed against, any party to any…
    • § 70131 In criminal cases in which the court specifically so directs, the fee for a transcript ordered by the court to be made shall be paid out of the county treasury…
    • § 70131.5 Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the court shall be paid by the litigants to full-time official reporters and official reporters pro…
    • § 70132 The official reporters of the court, if otherwise eligible, shall be members of any retirement system maintained by the county that includes attachés of the…
    • § 70132.5 (a) The official reporter shall perform the duties required of him by law. When not actually engaged in the performance of any other duty imposed on him by…
    • § 70133 Nothing in any county ordinance or in any state law disqualifying employees at any age from further employment, shall affect any reporter employed on the…
    • § 70134 The official reporters of the court, in addition to membership in any appropriate county retirement system, unless otherwise specified in this article, shall…
  23. ARTICLE 12.8. Official Reporters and Fees in Counties With a Population of 120,000 to 130,000 §§ 70136–70139 · 4 sections
    • § 70136 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the monthly salary of each full-time official reporter of the Superior Court in Santa Cruz County shall be as…
    • § 70137 Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the court shall be paid by the litigant to full-time official reporters or to official reporters pro…
    • § 70138 (a) The official reporter shall perform the duties required by law. When not actually engaged in the performance of any other duty imposed by law, the official…
    • § 70139 (a) A reporter’s filing fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be paid in actions and proceedings as specified in Section 68090.5 in the Santa Cruz County Superior…
  24. ARTICLE 13. Court Commissioners § 70141.11 · 1 section
    • § 70141.11 Notwithstanding Section 269 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any court reporting functions for the commissioner in Contra Costa County may be by electronic or…