California's Judges Directory

How to find a case in California

California maintains a list of all active judges in the state, organized by county, and updated monthly. The roster offers a comprehensive look at the current serving judges in the state, as well as methods to contact them. When looking for a judge, a good place to start is with the county of the jurisdictions you’re searching for. Once you find the judge who presided over the case that you’re looking for, you can use that name to help isolate that case.

Once you isolate which judge you’re looking for, learning about the local rules of the county they preside in is useful for understanding how they judge, or will judge a case. Each county and judicial district has similar, but distinct laws. Understanding these laws and how they interact with prior judgements can help you understand precedent.

If you’d prefer to find your case based on type of case tried, California offers a search based on the topics involved in the case. These topics include Divorce or Separation, Small Claims, Traffic, and Custody and Parenting. Forms are also available, and important for special requests such as interpreters.

As an alternative, online third party resources offer a way to search for a case with just the name or address of the defendant involved in a case. While finding a judge, a case, or learning precedent can be useful for a variety of reasons, finding a case file is typically faster through sites like california.staterecords.org. Because the site is an amalgamation of public records countrywide, it is still useful to know in which district your case was tried. Once armed with that information, simply use the location to isolate which of the cases reported is the one you’re looking for. In this way, even common names and addresses can yield favorable results.

Judges Roster

Superior Court of California, County of Alameda

Superior Court of California, County of Alpine

Superior Court of California, County of Amador

Superior Court of California, County of Butte

Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras

Superior Court of California, County of Colusa

Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa

Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte

Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

Superior Court of California, County of Fresno

Superior Court of California, County of Glenn

Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt

Superior Court of California, County of Imperial

Superior Court of California, County of Inyo

Superior Court of California, County of Kern

Superior Court of California, County of Kings

Superior Court of California, County of Lake

Superior Court of California, County of Lassen

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Superior Court of California, County of Madera

Superior Court of California, County of Marin

Superior Court of California, County of Mariposa

Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino

Superior Court of California, County of Merced

Superior Court of California, County of Modoc

Superior Court of California, County of Mono

Superior Court of California, County of Monterey

Superior Court of California, County of Napa

Superior Court of California, County of Nevada

Superior Court of California, County of Orange

Superior Court of California, County of Placer

Superior Court of California, County of Plumas

Superior Court of California, County of Riverside

Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento

Superior Court of California, County of San Benito

Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino

Superior Court of California, County of San Diego

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin

Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo

Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz

Superior Court of California, County of Shasta

Superior Court of California, County of Sierra

Superior Court of California, County of Siskiyou

Superior Court of California, County of Solano

Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma

Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus

Superior Court of California, County of Sutter

Superior Court of California, County of Tehama

Superior Court of California, County of Trinity

Superior Court of California, County of Tulare

Superior Court of California, County of Tuolumne

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura

Superior Court of California, County of Yolo

Superior Court of California, County of Yuba