Division 1. Rules Relating to the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• Article 1. In General
• Article 2. Service, Filing, Filing Fees, Form, and Privacy
• Article 3. Sealed and Confidential Records
• Article 4. Applications and Motions; Extending and Shortening Time
• Article 5. E-filing
• Article 6. Public Access to Electronic Appellate Court Records
• Article 7. Privacy

Chapter 2. Civil Appeals

• Article 1. Taking the Appeal
• Article 2. Record On Appeal
• Article 3. Briefs In the Court of Appeal
• Article 4. Hearing and Decision In the Court of Appeal

Chapter 3. Criminal Appeals

• Article 1. Taking the Appeal
• Article 2. Record On Appeal
• Article 3. Briefs, Hearing, and Decision

Chapter 4. Habeas Corpus Appeals and Writs

• Article 1. Habeas Corpus Proceedings Not Related to Judgment of Death
• Article 2. Appeals From Superior Court Decisions In Death Penalty-related Habeas Corpus Proceedings

Chapter 5. Juvenile Appeals and Writs

• Article 1. General Provisions
• Article 2. Appeals
• Article 3. Writs
• Article 4. Hearing and Decision

Chapter 6. Conservatorship and Civil Commitment Appeals

• Rule 8.480. Appeal From Order Establishing Conservatorship
• Rule 8.482. Appeal From Judgment Authorizing Conservator to Consent to Sterilization of Conservatee
• Rule 8.483. Appeal From Order of Civil Commitment

Chapter 7. Writs of Mandate, Certiorari, and Prohibition In the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal

• Rule 8.485. Application
• Rule 8.486. Petitions
• Rule 8.487. Opposition and Amicus Curiae Briefs
• Rule 8.488. Certificate of Interested Entities Or Persons
• Rule 8.489. Notice to Trial Court
• Rule 8.490. Filing, Finality, and Modification of Decisions; Rehearing; Remittitur
• Rule 8.491. Responsive Pleading Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 418.10
• Rule 8.492. Sanctions
• Rule 8.493. Costs

Chapter 8. [reserved]

• Rule 8.495. Renumbered
• Rule 8.496. Renumbered
• Rule 8.497. Review of California Environmental Quality Act Cases Under Public Resources Code Sections 21178-21189.3 [repealed]
• Rule 8.498. Renumbered Effective April 25, 2019
• Rule 8.499. Renumbered Effective April 25, 2019

Chapter 9. Proceedings In the Supreme Court

• Rule 8.500. Petition For Review
• Rule 8.504. Form and Contents of Petition, Answer, and Reply
• Rule 8.508. Petition For Review to Exhaust State Remedies
• Rule 8.512. Ordering Review
• Rule 8.516. Issues On Review
• Rule 8.520. Briefs By Parties and Amici Curiae; Judicial Notice
• Rule 8.524. Oral Argument and Submission of the Cause
• Rule 8.528. Disposition
• Rule 8.532. Filing, Finality, and Modification of Decision
• Rule 8.536. Rehearing
• Rule 8.540. Remittitur
• Rule 8.544. Costs and Sanctions
• Rule 8.548. Decision On Request of a Court of Another Jurisdiction
• Rule 8.552. Transfer For Decision