OCSC Local Rule 510 effective immediately

I wish they all could be like OCSC!

CRC 8.212(c)(1) requires service of appellate briefs on the superior court. Given that all appellate filings are now electronic, wouldn't it be nice to simply be able to email the brief to the superior court? Well, for appeals in 4/3, now you can! Orange County Superior Court Local Rule 510 is now effective and provides instructions on how to do this. Frankly, every superior court should have a rule like this.

Here's what you need to know:

the Clerk of Court of the Orange County Superior Court consents to accept electronic service of briefs filed in the Court of Appeal if the brief is required to be served on the trial court pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.212 (civil appeals) and the document is otherwise authorized to be served by mail, express mail, overnight delivery, or fax transmission.

Electronic service of such appellate briefs must be served at EServiceDCAbriefs@occourts.org. The subject line of the email must identify the name of the judicial officer to be served and the judge’s department. (For example, “Subject: Judge Nathan Scott Department C-12.”) The text of the email must identify the case name, the trial court case number, the title of the document being served, and the serving party’s name and email address. The briefs attached to the email must be in pdf format and must not exceed 5MB.

The Clerk and Court do not consent to accept electronic service of any other documents, including briefs that must be personally served or that relate to writ petitions. Any emails that do not comply with these rules will be automatically returned to the sender.