(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2015; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
A court may allow for the electronic filing of documents in juvenile proceedings in accordance with section 212.5.
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2019; adopted effective January 1, 2015.)
The following documents may be filed in juvenile court by the use of a fax machine: petitions filed under sections 300, 342, 387, 388, 601, 602, 777, and 778; Tribal Information Form (form ICWA-100); and other documents, may be filed by the use of a fax machine if permitted by local rule as specified in (a).
Only the following persons and agencies may file documents by the use of a fax machine, as stated in (c)(1):
A person described in (c)(2) may file by fax directly to any juvenile court that has provided for fax filing by local rule. The local rule or other written instruction must provide the fax telephone number or numbers for filings and the business hours during which fax filings will be accepted.
A fax filing must be accompanied by Fax Filing Cover Sheet (form JV-520). The cover sheet must be the first page of the transferred document. The court is not required to retain or file a copy of the cover sheet.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a signature produced by fax transmission is an original signature.
To secure the confidentiality of the documents subject to filing by fax, the following procedures are required:
((Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2021; previously subd (b)-(g); previously amended effective January 1, 2007; previously adopted and amended effective January 1, 2015.)
Cal. R. Ct. 5.522