Sections
10 entriesSection 170Requires a judge to decide every proceeding in which the judge is not disqualified. The duty applies whenever disqualification does not prevent…Section 170.1Requires judicial disqualification when specified circumstances exist, including personal knowledge of disputed facts, material-witness relationships, prior legal representation, financial interests, close family…Section 170.2Prohibits disqualifying a judge merely because of membership or nonmembership in a group whose rights are involved, prior expression of views on…Section 170.3Requires a judge who determines disqualification to notify the presiding judge and stop participating unless an allowed waiver applies; personal bias, prior…Section 170.4Limits a disqualified judge to specified acts, including preserving jurisdiction, arranging a replacement, handling defaults, issuing certain eminent-domain possession orders, scheduling matters,…Section 170.5Defines judge, financial interest, officer of a public agency, degree of relationship, private practice of law, proceeding, and fiduciary for judicial-disqualification provisions.…Section 170.6Allows a party or attorney to seek sworn disqualification of a judge, commissioner, or referee for prejudice. If a non-all-purpose assignment is…Section 170.7Exempts a judge serving by designation or assignment on a superior court’s appellate division from the peremptory judicial-prejudice procedure in Section 170.6…Section 170.8Requires the clerk to immediately notify the Judicial Council chair when no judge of the court is qualified to hear an action…Section 170.9Limits a judge to gifts totaling $250 from one source per calendar year, adjusted biennially by CPI and rounded to the nearest…