§ 630.02.Rules and Procedures

Title 8. Of the Trial and Judgment In Civil Actions · Chapter 4.5. Voluntary Expedited Jury Trials · Enacted 2010 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026

In one sentenceSection 630.02 makes Chapter 4.5 and its implementing court rules the default framework for a voluntary expedited jury trial, lets the parties depart from them only as their consent order and § 630.03 allow, and falls back on ordinary civil procedure for anything the chapter leaves unaddressed.

Full Text of § 630.02

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The rules and procedures applicable to expedited jury trials are as follows:

(a) The procedures in this chapter and in the implementing rules of court shall apply to expedited jury trials, unless the parties agree otherwise, as permitted under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 630.03, and the court so orders.

(b) Any matters not expressly addressed in this chapter, in the implementing rules of court, or in a consent order authorized by this chapter and the implementing rules, are governed by applicable statutes and rules governing civil actions.

Plain-English Summary

This section states the operating rule for the whole chapter. Once parties agree to an expedited jury trial, Chapter 4.5 and the Judicial Council rules implementing it govern the case — unless the parties have agreed otherwise in the way § 630.03(e)(1)(E) permits, and the court has signed off on that departure.

Nothing in the chapter tries to cover every contingency a trial might raise. For whatever the chapter and its implementing rules don't address, and whatever the parties' consent order doesn't cover, the ordinary statutes and rules that govern civil actions generally step back in. Chapter 4.5 replaces the default trial procedure only where it speaks directly to an issue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do the parties have to follow every default rule in Chapter 4.5?

No. They can agree to different terms in the proposed consent order as § 630.03(e)(1)(E) allows, subject to the court's approval.

What governs an issue the expedited jury trial rules don't address?

The generally applicable statutes and rules governing civil actions fill any gap left by this chapter, the implementing rules of court, or the parties' consent order.

Amendment History

Added by Stats 2010 ch 674 (AB 2284),s 2, eff. 1/1/2011.

Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature. Last verified July 28, 2026. · Official source

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