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NOTICE:

The court will require parties to reserve Law & Motion hearing dates in advance of filing a motion effective July 1, 2025. To reserve a date, parties may call the clerk's office, submit a reservation request online or visit the clerk's office. 

Department Calendars

Nevada City Criminal

Departments One, Two, and Four

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:30am Felony Conferences
 
   

Warrant and

VOP Arraignments,

Pro Per Defendants

9:00am   Long Cause Overflow   Long Cause

Petitions: Mental Health

Diversion

11:00am     Trial Readiness Conferences   Laura's Law/Care Act
1:00pm      

2nd and 4th Friday

Staffing - MHC

1:30pm

In- Custody Calendar

In- Custody Calendar Misdemeanor Arraignments Long Cause Cont'd  
2:00pm      

2nd and 4th Friday

Mental Health Court

2:30pm      

1st, 3rd, and 5th Friday

Review: Mental Health

Diversion

  Department 2        
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:30am Misdemeanor Conferences

Warrant and VOP

Arraignments, Pro Per

Defendants

Court Trials: Traffic/Non 

Traffic Infraction

 

Every other Friday

DUI Court Staffing

9:00am   Long Cause

Arraignments: Traffic/Non

Traffic Infractions

Long Cause Overflow

Every Other Friday

DUI Court

Opposing Fridays

Treatment mandated Court

10:00am    

Entry of Plea: Traffic /

Non-Traffic Infractions

   
1:30pm

Misdemeanor Conferences

Long Cause Cont'd In- Custody Calendar In-Custody Calendar, Misdemeanor Self-Surrender

In- Custody Calendar, Felony 

Self-Surrender

3:30pm  

3rd Wednesday

Juvenile Traffic

   

  Department 4        
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:30am

Every Other Monday

Drug Court

     
9:00am Felony Jury Trials Felony Jury Trials Felony Jury Trials

Motions, Sentencings, Post

Prelim Conferences

1:30pm

Felony Arraignments, Motions, Sentencings, Post Prelim Conferences

     

Long Cause, Post Prelim Conferences, Sentencings, Motions, 

Trial Readiness Conferences

Nevada City Civil and Family

Departments Three, Five and Six

  Department 3        
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:30am Custody Ex Parte Custody Ex Parte Custody Ex Parte Custody Ex Parte Custody Ex Parte
9:00am Long Cause Long Cause Law & Motion

1st Thursday

Guardianship, Adoption,

Annual Guardianship Review

1st Friday

Long Cause Status Conferences

11:00am     Special Set Matters  
1:00pm  

2nd and 4thTuesday

Juvenile Justice

 

1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursday

Dependency 

 
1:30pm  Long Cause Domestic Violence Contested Hearings

2nd and 4th Thursday

Long Cause

Long Cause Continued
3:00pm  

YES Court

     

  Department 5 Commissioner Brodnik      
Time Monday 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesday 1st and 3rd Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:30am   Family Support Ex Parte Family Support Ex Parte Family Support
9:00am   Family Law Trials Attorney Family Law: Non-Custody Law & Motion, Status Conference    
1:00pm

Pro Tem

Small Claims

       
1:30pm   Family Law Trials Pro Per Family Law: Non-Custody Law & Motion, Status Conference

1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Thursday

Family Support

Thursday following the 1st Friday

Sierra County Family Support

 

  Department 6 Judge Tice-Raskin    
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:30am Ex Parte Hearings Ex Parte Hearings Ex Parte Hearings  Ex Parte Hearings  Ex Parte Hearings
9:00am CMC Trials Trials Trials Probate -Estate, Guardianship, Minor's Compromise
9:30am         Name Change, Injunctions, Writs, OEX, Claims of Exemption
10:00am Settlement Conferences       Law & Motion
11:00am Court Trials - Limited FW Hearings       Pretrial Conferences
11:30am         LPS
1:00pm Limited Collection Matters      

No 3rd Friday

Appeal Hearings

1:30pm Unlawful Detainer, Civil Harassment, Dog Petitions      

Court trials, Special Set, Short Cause, Small Claims Motions

Last Friday of the Month

Non-Stip Small Claims

Truckee

All Case types

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00am

In-Custody Arraignments, Criminal, Warrant and VOP Arraignments, Sentencing Modifications (Summary Probation), Bail Bond Motions, Proofs

Dismissals

Criminal Pretrial & Felony Conferences, Sentencings, and Modifications (Formal Probation), 1203.4 Motions, 1203.9 Probation Transfers, Diversion Reviews

Jury and Court Trials, Special Sets, Long Cause, Settlement Conferences

Continued Jury and Court Trials, Special Sets, Long Cause, Settlement Conferences

Continued Jury and Court Trials, Special Sets, Settlement Conferences

2nd Friday

Pro Tem Small Claims

3rd Friday

 Civil CMCs

11:00am

       

3rd Friday

Civil Limited Collections Trials 

1:30pm

1st, 3rd, and 5th Monday

Adoptions, Special Sets, Civil Pretrial Conferences, Criminal Trial Readiness Conferences

2nd and 4th Mondays

Civil, Family Law, Probate Law & Motion, Short Cause

In-Custody Arraignments, Prelims, Felony Sentencing, Criminal Long Cause, Civil Pretrial Conferences, Criminal Trial Readiness Conferences

In-Custody Arraignments In-Custody Arraignments In-Custody Arraignments
3:00pm

1st, 3rd, & 5th Monday

Juvenile Justice

       

Time 2nd and 4th Wednesday 1st and 3rd Friday
8:30am  

Pro Per Arraignments: Traffic/Non-Traffic Infractions

9:00am

Family Law: Law & Motion, Status Conferences, Family Support, Ex Partes

5th Wednesdays Only

Family Law: Special Set Long Cause

 
10:00am Attorney Arraignments: Traffic/Non-Traffic Infractions
10:30am Restraining Orders: Domestic Violence, Civil Harassment
11:00am  

3rd Friday

Juvenile Traffic

1:30pm

Family Law: Court Trials, Evidentiary Hearings, Law & Motion Long Cause, Settlement Conferences, Special Sets

Restraining Order Carryover

Court Trials: Traffic/Non-Traffic Infraction

2:30pm  

Court Trials: Juvenile Traffic

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