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Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero today delivered her annual State of the Judiciary address to the California Legislature

Highlights and key statistics from the 2022–2023 court year.

The Judicial Council approved a revision to emergency rule 9 regarding the statutes of limitations for filing civil cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to clarify that the emergency rule also applies to “statutes of repose”.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline to hold criminal trials has been extended a total of 90 days.  

The council's latest temporary emergency rule requires attorneys to electronically serve and receive notices and documents in all general civil actions and family and probate proceedings when requested to do so.