Section 133.
133. Courts of justice may be held and judicial business transacted on any day, except as provided in this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1450, Sec. 2. Operative January 1, 1989, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1450.)
Section 134.
134. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the courts shall be closed for the transaction of judicial business on judicial holidays for all but the following purposes: (1) To give, upon their request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on their verdict. (2) To receive a verdict or discharge a jury. (3) For the conduct of arraignments and […]
Section 135.
135. Every full day designated as a holiday by Section 6700 of the Government Code, including that Thursday of November declared by the President to be Thanksgiving Day, is a judicial holiday, except the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should […]
Section 136.
136. If a day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or to which it is adjourned, falls on a judicial holiday, it shall be deemed appointed for or adjourned to the next day. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1450, Sec. 2. Operative January 1, 1989, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1450.)
Section 139.
139. If no judge attends on the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or on the day to which it may have been adjourned, within one hour after the time appointed, the sheriff, marshal, or clerk shall adjourn the same until the next day, at 10 o’clock a.m., and if no […]
Section 153.
153. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the seal of a court need not be affixed to any proceeding therein, or to any document, except to the following: (a) A writ. (b) A summons. (c) A warrant of arrest. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1199, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1989, by Sec. 119 of Ch. 1199.)
Section 124.
124. (a) Except as provided in Section 214 of the Family Code or any other law, the sittings of every court shall be public. (b) (1) The court shall not exclude the public from physical access because remote access is available, unless it is necessary to restrict or limit physical access to protect the health or safety of […]
Section 128.
128. (a) Every court shall have the power to do all of the following: (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence. (2) To enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority. (3) To provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it, […]
Section 128.5.
128.5. (a) A trial court may order a party, the party’s attorney, or both, to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by another party as a result of actions or tactics, made in bad faith, that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay. This section also applies to judicial arbitration proceedings under […]
Section 128.7.
128.7. (a) Every pleading, petition, written notice of motion, or other similar paper shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s individual name, or, if the party is not represented by an attorney, shall be signed by the party. Each paper shall state the signer’s address and telephone number, if any. […]