How to Search California Court Records

California court records are handled at the county or district court level for most cases. The state Supreme Court or appellate court publishes opinions online. Federal cases for California are searchable through PACER.

  • Use the California state judiciary website for statewide court directories and opinions.
  • County court clerks maintain civil, criminal, family, and probate case records.
  • Federal cases: PACER — U.S. District Court records.
  • Pay fines and search by case number, party name, or attorney through the official portal.
  • For certified copies, contact the clerk of the specific court where the case was filed.
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Court Records Databases

70 official California court records sources.

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Court Records

California Court Opinions
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Search this California Court Systems site for Court Opinions in the last 100 hours, last 45 days, or search the Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
🌐 courts.ca.gov
California Superior Courts
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California Courts list of California Superior Courts. Provides court location, phone, and web site information.
🌐 courts.ca.gov
California Court Records Superior Court
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Superior Court of California Court Records Criminal, Civil, Small Claims, Probate, Family Law, Appellate, and Traffic case summaries, case records, court.
🌐 lacourt.ca.gov
California Court Records | Civil Case Documents
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Download General Jurisdiction civil case documents from LA County Superior Court. Requires registration.
🌐 lacourt.ca.gov
Alameda County | Civil, Family, Probate
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Alameda County DomainWeb Superior Court case records and calendars for general civil, family law, small claims, and probate cases.
🌐 alameda.courts.ca.gov
Alameda County | Criminal
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Criminal case record and hearing searches for Alameda County Superior Court.
🌐 publicportal.alameda.courts.ca.gov
Amador County Court Calendar
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Search this Superior Court of California, County of Amador site by date for currently scheduled court cases.
🌐 amadorcourt.org
Amador County Court Records
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Search for Amador County superior court filings by name, case number, citation number, date of birth, and drivers license number.
🌐 amadorcourt.org
Amador County Court Tentative Rulings
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Browse this Amador County Superior Court site by year for tentative rulings.
🌐 amadorcourt.org
Appeals Court Cases
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Case record searches for California Appellate Courts.
🌐 appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov
Butte County
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Superior Court of California, County of Butte civil, family, law, criminal, and traffic court case recordss.
🌐 butte.courts.ca.gov
Butte County | Court Calendars
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Superior Court, County of Butte case management system court calendars by department and/or date.
🌐 butte.courts.ca.gov
Calaveras County Court Calendars
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Browse the Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras case management system for daily court calendars by day and time.
🌐 calaveras.courts.ca.gov
Colusa County Court Calendar
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Browse this Superior Court of California, County of Colusa site for weekly court information organized by day and time.
🌐 colusa.courts.ca.gov
Colusa County Court Records
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Search for Colusa County civil, criminal, and family law court cases by name number, date, or case type.
🌐 colusa.courts.ca.gov
Contra Costa County Court Cases
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Search the Superior Court of California County of Contra Costa for Civil, Small Claims, Family Law & Probate court case information by name or case.
🌐 odyportal.cc-courts.org
El Dorado County Court Calendars
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Browse the El Dorado County Superior court calendar or search by name, department, date or case number.
🌐 eldorado.courts.ca.gov
Fresno County
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Fresno County Superior Court case filings.
🌐 fresno.courts.ca.gov
Fresno County | Tentative Rulings
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Fresno County Superior Court tentative rulings.
🌐 fresno.courts.ca.gov
Glenn County Court Records
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Use this Superior Court of Glenn County service to search for civil, family law, criminal, and/or traffic court filings by name, file date, and case.
🌐 glenn.courts.ca.gov
Imperial County Calendars
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Imperial County Superior Court case schedules, listed by court and judge.
🌐 imperial.courts.ca.gov
Kern County | Civil Records & Hearings
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Superior Court of Kern County for civil, family, and probate case records and Hearing schedules.
🌐 kern.courts.ca.gov
Kings County
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Kings County Superior court records.
🌐 kings.courts.ca.gov
Marin County Calendar
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Superior Court of Marin County court dates by name, date, or case number.
🌐 apps.marincounty.gov
Marin County Records
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Superior Court civil, criminal, probate, and family law court filings in Marin County from the 1970s to present.
🌐 marin.courts.ca.gov
Marin County | Register of Actions
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Marin County Superior Court Register of Actions for civil, probate and small claims filings.
🌐 apps.marincounty.gov
Mendocino County
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Superior Court of Mendocino County index of Superior, Municipal, and Justice Court records.
🌐 mendocino.courts.ca.gov
Monterey County
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Monterey County Superior Court criminal, civil, family, juvenile, probate, small claims, and traffic court case records.
🌐 portal.monterey.courts.ca.gov
Napa County Court
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Napa County Superior Court records, fine payments, and court calendars.
🌐 napa.courts.ca.gov
Napa County Court Records - Criminal
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Click on Case Lookup at the top of the page to search the Superior Court County of Napa for criminal records by case number; or click on Record.
🌐 napa.courts.ca.gov
Nevada County Superior Court
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Online case calendar, court records and tentative rulings from Nevada County Superior Court.
🌐 nevada.courts.ca.gov
Orange County Court Calendars
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Orange County Superior Court family law, civil, criminal, probate, small claims, and traffic case calendars.
🌐 courtcalendar.occourts.org
Orange County Court Records
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Orange County Superior Court case records, including criminal and traffic, civil, family law, probate, and small claims.
🌐 occourts.org
Placer County
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Placer County Superior Court filings. Includes civil, criminal, traffic, and family law cases.
🌐 placer.courts.ca.gov
Plumas County Court Calendars
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View the Plumas County Superior Court calendars online.
🌐 plumas.courts.ca.gov
Riverside County | Civil, Family, Probate Records
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Search Riverside Superior Court probate, family law, civil, or small claims court records and calendars. Case number searches and calendars are free.
🌐 epublic-access.riverside.courts.ca.gov
Sacramento County
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Sacramento County civil, criminal, family law, traffic, unlawful detainer, and probate court case records. Fee for name searches.
🌐 services.saccourt.ca.gov
San Benito County | Calendars & Fines
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Search the Superior Court of San Benito County court calendars, pay fines, or check your jury duty status.
🌐 sanbenito.courts.ca.gov
San Bernardino County
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San Bernardino County Superior Court Criminal, Traffic, Civil, Family Law, Small Claims, and Probate case records.
🌐 sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov
San Diego County Court Records
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Search the Superior Court of San Diego County by party name, case number, or DA number for civil, criminal, domestic, mental health, and probate.
🌐 courtindex.sdcourt.ca.gov
San Diego County Court Records | Register of Actions
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San Diego County Superior Court Register of Actions for probate, small claims, and civil filings.
🌐 odyroa.sdcourt.ca.gov
San Francisco County Court Records
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San Francisco County Superior Court Civil, Probate, Family Law, and Small Claims court filings, searchable by case name or case number.
🌐 sf.courts.ca.gov
San Francisco County | Probate Court Tentative Rulings
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San Francisco Superior Court probate case tentative rulings.
🌐 webapps.sftc.org
San Joaquin County
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Civil, small claims, and probate cases in San Joaquin County.
🌐 cms.sjcourts.org
San Luis Obispo County | Tentative Rulings
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Tentative rulings posted for San Luis Obispo County Superior Court.
🌐 slo.courts.ca.gov
San Mateo County Court Records
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Search this San Mateo County Superior Court database of Civil, Small Claims, Family Law, Probate cases by case number, name, calendar, or master name.
🌐 sanmateo.courts.ca.gov
Santa Barbara County | Civil, Family & Probate Index
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Santa Barbara Superior Court case index for civil, small claims, family court, and probate records.
🌐 santabarbara.courts.ca.gov
Santa Barbara County | Civil, Family & Probate Records
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Santa Barbara County Superior Court civil, family law, probate, and mental health case record searches.
🌐 portal.sbcourts.org
Santa Clara County Civil Court Calendar
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Search the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara for case calendar information by case number, case title, party & case type.
🌐 sccaseinfo.org
Santa Clara County Criminal Case Numbers
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Find criminal case numbers in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. The 5-year index is searchable by name and birthdate, name and filing date, or.
🌐 santaclara.courts.ca.gov
Santa Clara County | Traffic Cases
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Superior Court of Santa Clara County traffic case records.
🌐 sccaseinfo.org
Santa Cruz County
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Superior Court of Santa Cruz County court record, case status, traffic and criminal fine, and Hearings searches.
🌐 portal.santacruzcourt.org
Shasta County Civil & Criminal Court Records
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Search the Shasta County court index for civil and criminal court records. Search by date, case, or name.
🌐 shasta.courts.ca.gov
Siskiyou County
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Civil, Criminal, Family and Traffic case filings in Siskiyou County Superior Court.
🌐 siskiyou.courts.ca.gov
Solano County
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Superior Court records and judgments in Solano County.
🌐 portal.solano.courts.ca.gov
Sonoma County Court - Daily Criminal Calendar
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Search the Sonoma County Superior Court Daily Criminal Calendar by party name, case number, or by attorney name.
🌐 sonoma.courts.ca.gov
Sonoma County Court Calendars
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Search the Sonoma County Superior Court Calendars for the Civil, Family, Probate, and Criminal divisions.
🌐 sonoma.courts.ca.gov
Sonoma County Recently Filed Court Cases
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Search the Sonoma County Superior Court records for recently filed civil, probate & family law cases by case type, date range, case number, keyword.
🌐 sonoma.courts.ca.gov
Sonoma County | Tentative Rulings
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Tentative rulings Sonoma County Superior Court probate, family law, and civil cases.
🌐 sonoma.courts.ca.gov
Stanislaus County | Court Calendar
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Stanislaus County Superior Court calendar searchable by name.
🌐 stanislaus.courts.ca.gov
Stanislaus County | Court Index
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Stanislaus County Superior Court case index and tentative rulings.
🌐 stanislaus.courts.ca.gov
Sutter County | Calendars
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Civil, criminal, and traffic court calendars for Sutter County Superior Court.
🌐 sutter.courts.ca.gov
Tehama County | Court Calendars & Fines
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Tehama County Superior Court calendar department assignments and traffic fine payments.
🌐 tehama.courts.ca.gov
Tulare County Court Tentative Civil Rulings
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The Superior Court of Tulare County provides this daily list of civil tentative rulings, with information including case name/number, date/time.
🌐 tulare.courts.ca.gov
Tuolumne County Criminal Court
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Tuolumne County Superior Court criminal records by case number or drivers license number.
🌐 apps.tuolumne.courts.ca.gov
Tuolumne County | Traffic Citations
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Tuolumne County Superior Court traffic tickets.
🌐 apps.tuolumne.courts.ca.gov
Ventura County Criminal & Traffic Court Cases
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Search Ventura County Superior Court criminal and traffic case dockets, case records, case payments, and courtroom calendar.
🌐 courtservices.venturacounty.gov
Ventura County | Family Law
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Ventura County Superior Court family law (including divorce) cases by case number, case name, or by case calendar.
🌐 ventura.courts.ca.gov
Yolo County | Court Calendar
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Yolo County Superior Court schedules.
🌐 yolo.courts.ca.gov

California Counties

All 58 California counties. Click any county for local court, sheriff, recorder and assessor links.

Los Angeles San Diego Orange Riverside San Bernardino Santa Clara Alameda Sacramento Contra Costa Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa

Frequently Asked Questions

Use the California state judiciary public portal. Search by case number, party name, or attorney across all court divisions in 58 California counties.

Online docket searches are usually free. Copies of documents and certified records carry a per-page fee — contact the clerk of the specific court.

The California Supreme Court and Court of Appeals publish opinions on the state judiciary website.

U.S. District Court records are available through PACER (per-page fees apply).

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