Section 68151 Of Chapter 1.4. Management Of Trial Court Records From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 1.4.
68151
. The following definitions apply to this chapter:
(a) "Court record" shall consist of the following:
(1) All filed papers and documents in the case folder, but if no
case folder is created by the court, all filed papers and documents
that would have been in the case folder if one had been created.
(2) Administrative records filed in an action or proceeding,
depositions, transcripts, including preliminary hearing transcripts,
and recordings of electronically recorded proceedings filed, lodged,
or maintained in connection with the case, unless disposed of earlier
in the case pursuant to law.
(3) Other records listed under subdivision (g) of Section 68152.
(b) "Notice of destruction and no transfer" means that the clerk
of the court has given notice of destruction of the superior court
records open to public inspection, and that there is no request and
order for transfer of the records as provided in the California Rules
of Court.
(c) "Final disposition of the case" means that an acquittal,
dismissal, or order of judgment has been entered in the case or
proceeding, the judgment has become final, and no postjudgment
motions or appeals are pending in the case or for the reviewing court
upon the mailing of notice of the issuance of the remittitur.
In a criminal prosecution, the order of judgment shall mean
imposition of sentence, entry of an appealable order, including, but
not limited to, an order granting probation, commitment of a
defendant for insanity, or commitment of a defendant as a narcotics
addict appealable under Section 1237 of the Penal Code, or forfeiture
of bail without issuance of a bench warrant or calendaring of other
proceedings.
(d) "Retain permanently" means that the court records shall be
maintained permanently according to the standards or guidelines
established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 68150.