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
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Superior Court of California, County of Alpine
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Superior Court of California, County of Amador
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Superior Court of California, County of Butte
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Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras
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Superior Court of California, County of Colusa
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Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
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Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte
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Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado
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Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
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Superior Court of California, County of Glenn
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Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt
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Superior Court of California, County of Imperial
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Superior Court of California, County of Inyo
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Superior Court of California, County of Kern
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Superior Court of California, County of Kings
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Superior Court of California, County of Lake
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Superior Court of California, County of Lassen
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Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
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Superior Court of California, County of Madera
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Superior Court of California, County of Marin
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Superior Court of California, County of Mariposa
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Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino
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Superior Court of California, County of Merced
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Superior Court of California, County of Modoc
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Superior Court of California, County of Mono
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Superior Court of California, County of Monterey
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Superior Court of California, County of Napa
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Superior Court of California, County of Nevada
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Superior Court of California, County of Orange
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Superior Court of California, County of Placer
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Superior Court of California, County of Plumas
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Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
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Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
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Superior Court of California, County of San Benito
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Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
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Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
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Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
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Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin
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Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo
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Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
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Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara
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Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
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Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz
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Superior Court of California, County of Shasta
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Superior Court of California, County of Sierra
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Superior Court of California, County of Siskiyou
![siskiyou.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/siskiyou_cca91e6e4a/siskiyou_cca91e6e4a.jpg)
Superior Court of California, County of Solano
![solano.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/solano_401fb00826/solano_401fb00826.jpg)
Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma
![sonoma.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/sonoma_a09f1b7b05/sonoma_a09f1b7b05.jpg)
Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus
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Superior Court of California, County of Sutter
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Superior Court of California, County of Tehama
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Superior Court of California, County of Trinity
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Superior Court of California, County of Tulare
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Superior Court of California, County of Tuolumne
![tuolumne.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/tuolumne_d20ffd539d/tuolumne_d20ffd539d.jpg)
Superior Court of California, County of Ventura
![ventura.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/ventura_1a33e2e614/ventura_1a33e2e614.jpg)
Superior Court of California, County of Yolo
![yolo.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/yolo_711ea7ffef/yolo_711ea7ffef.jpg)
Superior Court of California, County of Yuba
![yuba.jpg](https://storage.googleapis.com/state-records-bucket/media/yuba_97dfc6c450/yuba_97dfc6c450.jpg)