El Dorado Superior Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Personal representatives’ driver’s license numbers must remain confidential and may not be publicly inspected without a court order.

These numbers shall be kept confidential and shall not be made available for public inspection without a court order.

CRITICAL

A party seeking to file unredacted social security or financial account numbers must move or apply ex parte to file under seal, and may file the document only if the court orders it.

A party wishing to file a document containing the unredacted social security or financial account number(s) may submit a motion or ex parte application to file an unredacted document under seal. Such documents may only be filed with the court upon order of the court.

CRITICAL

In civil filings, parties must omit or redact social security and financial account numbers except for their last four digits.

When filing any documents with the court in a civil action, all parties shall exclude social security numbers and financial account numbers from the documents to be filed. If a party intends to file any document which would otherwise include an individual’s social security number or financial account number(s), the party shall exclude or redact all numbers except for the last four digits of the social security number or financial account number(s) prior to filing the document with the court.

CRITICAL

The clerk must place any police report submitted to the court in the confidential section of the court file.

Any police report submitted to the court shall be placed in the confidential section of the court file by the clerk.

WARNING

Upon written request, a judge reviews a police report within five court days and may redact witness or victim contact information and other information meeting constitutional confidentiality standards before making the report available.

A member of the public may request that a police report be made available upon written notice. Within five (5) court days of the request, a judge will review the report and may redact any contact information for witnesses and victims, including telephone numbers and addresses, as well as any other information the judge concludes meets the constitutional standards for confidentiality. Upon completion of the judge’s review, the police report will be made available to the person requesting the report.