Section 70212 Of Article 2. Transitional Provisions For Unification From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 5.1. >> Article 2.
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. Except as provided by statute to the contrary, in a county
in which the municipal and superior courts become unified, the
following shall occur automatically in each preexisting municipal and
superior court:
(a) Previously selected officers (including subordinate judicial
officers), employees, and other personnel who serve the court become
the officers and employees of the superior court.
(b) Preexisting court locations are retained as superior court
locations.
(c) Preexisting court records become records of the superior
court.
(d) Pending actions, trials, proceedings, and other business of
the court become pending in the superior court under the procedures
previously applicable to the matters in the court in which the
matters were pending.
(e) Matters of a type previously subject to rehearing by a
superior court judge remain subject to rehearing by a superior court
judge, other than the judge who originally heard the matter.
(f) Penal Code procedures that necessitate superior court review
of, or action based on, a ruling or order by a municipal court judge
shall be performed by a superior court judge other than the judge who
originally made the ruling or order.
(g) Subpoenas, summons of jurors, and other process issued by the
court shall be enforceable by the superior court.
(h) The superior court and each judge of the superior court has
all the powers and shall perform all of the acts that were by law
conferred on, or required of, any court superseded by the superior
court and any judge of the superseded court, and all laws applicable
to the superseded court not inconsistent with the statutes governing
unification of the municipal and superior courts apply to the
superior court and to each judge of the court.