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Public Access to Records and Information

Are you looking for court records or documents such as:

  • divorce decrees
  • criminal records
  • complaints
  • judgments
  • traffic tickets
  • information on a case

Please contact the clerk's office at the court where your case or record was originally filed.

Contact the Courts

The Administrative Office of the Courts does not maintain these records.

Public Access to Judicial Administrative Records

Effective January 1, 2010, rule 10.500 of the California Rules of Court sets forth comprehensive public access provisions applicable to judicial administrative records maintained by state trial and appellate courts, the Judicial Council, and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

Please direct requests for access to judicial administrative records maintained by the appellate courts, the Judicial Council, and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to:

Administrative Office of the Courts
Office of Communications
455 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94102- 3688
Phone: 415-865-7740
Fax: 415-865-4588

The AOC's office hours are 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

Submit request to pubinfo@jud.ca.gov

The AOC will make identifiable judicial administrative records available upon request, unless the records are exempt from disclosure under rule 10.500. Records may be subject to payment of a fee (see Fee Guidelines (PDF) and subdivision (e)(4) of rule 10.500)

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