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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.135

Filing of handwritten or hand-printed forms

activein force · 2003-01-01 – presentact-effective-date

The clerk must not reject for filing or refuse to file any Judicial Council or local court form solely on the ground that:

(1) It is completed in handwritten or hand-printed characters; or

(2) The handwriting or hand-printing is a color other than blue-black or black.

History

Rule 2.135 amended and renumbered effective January, 2007; adopted as rule 201.4 effective January 1, 2003.

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-14
Edition
2026-09-14
Content hash
a782f6dd1673ea2ea64fa130103f6518704970242552f3de62dc4702a26c265a
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