FOURTH AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 21/07 ONLINE CHECK-IN / ZOOM PROGRAM PROTOCOL CIVIL LIMITED, UNLIMITED, AND COMPLEX
In 2021, the Superior Court of California, County of Orange implemented an online check-in pilot program to facilitate the use of Zoom in Civil Unlimited courtrooms. In April 2022, the Court expanded the pilot program to include all Civil Unlimited and Complex courtrooms. Given the success of the online check-in program and the use of Zoom for remote proceedings, and the implementation of Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75, California Rules of Court, rule 3.675, and Local Rule 375, I hereby order:
Effective July 1, 2022, the Zoom program will be expanded to include Civil Limited proceedings. Unless ordered otherwise by the court, remote appearances for Limited Civil proceedings, including telephonic appearances, will be conducted via Zoom through the court’s online check-in process available through the court’s website at https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/civil.html. Local Rule 375 will be amended at a future date to ensure consistency with this Order.
Information, instructions, and procedures to appear remotely are available on the Court’s website at https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/C03.html (Civil Limited) or https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/aci.html (Civil Unlimited).
IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of June 2022, at Santa Ana, California.
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