COURT FILES AND EXHIBITS
RULE 5.00 EXHIBITS (Deleted effective 1/1/98)
RULE 5.01 ENTRY OF COURT ORDER IN MINUTES
The Executive Officer and Clerk shall keep minutes of court orders and shall place a copy of each minute order in the court's file of actions in chronological order in lieu of a minute book, as provided in Government Code section 69844.7 for as long as the law requires. (Revised effective 1/1/05)
RULE 5.02 COURT RECORDS
A. REMOVAL OF PAPERS. No papers shall be removed from the files or replaced therein except by authorized court personnel.
B. RETURN OF EXHIBITS. No exhibits shall be released from the possession of the Executive Officer and Clerk except on order of the court and the giving of a receipt therefor. (Effective 1/1/97)
RULE 5.03 HOLES FOR FILING (Deleted effective 1/1/98)
RULE 5.04 REMOVAL OF EXHIBITS
By order of a judge or commissioner, juvenile court referee or juvenile court traffic hearing officer of the court, any exhibit may be returned by the clerk to the witness or party by whom it was produced after the substitution of a photostatic copy therefor; provided, however, that such order may dispense with such substitution in the case of an original record, paper or object taken from the custody of a public officer which is being returned to such officer, or in the case of an exhibit used only in making proof against a party whose default has been entered, or when a photostatic copy is impracticable, in which case a receipt shall be given, or when a written stipulation of all the parties consenting thereto is filed. (Revised effective 1/1/99)
