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Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
In 2002, the California Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) started the Second-Generation Electronic Filing Specification (2GEFS) project. [5]After a $200,000 consultant's report declared the project ready for a final push, the Judicial Council of California scrapped the program in 2012 after $500 million in costs.
In June, 1998, California passed Proposition 220, which allowed the judges in each county to determine if the county should have only one trial court. By 2001, all 58 counties had consolidated their courts into a single superior court. The California courts of appeal were added to the judicial branch by a constitutional amendment in 1904.
Finally on January 22, 2000, in accordance with Proposition 220 passed in 1998, the Judges of the Municipal and Superior Courts voted to merge into the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. [2] In 2000, a pilot Complex Civil Litigation Program was established in the Los Angeles Superior Court, [3] which has since been made ...
In addition to the historic Weaverville courthouse, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Weaverville Historic District in 1971, [5] Trinity County Superior Court also holds regularly scheduled sessions at the county sheriff's substation in Hayfork and at the Community Center dining hall in Mad River ...
Form I-9, officially the Employment Eligibility Verification, is a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services form. Mandated by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, it is used to verify the identity and legal authorization to work of all paid employees in the United States.
Cooper served as law clerk for Judge Arthur Alarcón, Los Angeles Superior Court, Appellate Department (1975–1977). She served as deputy city attorney of Los Angeles , California (1977). She was senior research attorney for Judge Arthur Alarcon, Second Appellate District, California Court of Appeal (1978–1980).
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is the state agency that registers motor vehicles and boats and issues driver licenses in the U.S. state of California. It regulates new car dealers (through the New Motor Vehicle Board), commercial cargo carriers, private driving schools, and private traffic schools.