Important System Upgrade Notice:

To improve system performance, reliability, and overall user experience, the Court is migrating its Traffic Case Management System from C-Track to Tyler’s Enterprise Justice.
As part of this transition, the Court will temporarily suspend online traffic payment services beginning June 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM.  Services will resume on July 13, 2026, at 7:00 AM once the migration has been successfully completed.  Members of the public may pay in person during this period or may request a two-week extension by calling (925) 608-1000 and following the prompts for Traffic.
C-Track will cease operations on Friday July 10, 2026, at 12:00 P.M.   Enterprise Justice will also be down from Friday, July 10, 2026, at 5:00 P.M. through Monday, July 13, 2026, at 7:00 A.M.   During this period, both C-Track and Enterprise Justice will be unavailable.   Beginning Monday, July 13, 2026, Enterprise Justice will become the Court's official Traffic Case Management System.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we transition to the Enterprise Justice platform and continue enhancing services for our users.

Notice:

The Court's Online Ability to Pay Portal will be unavailable beginning June 30 at 3:00 PM, to transition to a new case management system. During this period, we will be unable to accept online Ability to Pay petitions, but we will continue to accept paper petitions link to paper petition. Thank you for your patience during this transition

Notice:

The Court’s Beta AI Chatbot, Coco, is now available to help answer common questions and guide you to court resources. Try it here: Coco (Beta)

Civil

 Public Notice – Civil Ex Parte and MSJ/MSA Procedure Changes Effective September 15, 2025

ZOOM SCAM ALERT - Thieves Pose as Court Personnel or Attorneys and Gain Personal Financial Information From Their Victims

  • Do not provide any information having to do with your bank or credit card to anyone claiming to be an officer of the court or of the law.
  • Please note that these calls are fraudulent and have no connection to the Superior Court. Court personnel will never ask for personal information over the phone such as social security numbers, credit card accounts, or bank routing numbers. If you receive a phone call from someone asking for personal or financial information, hang up and immediately report the situation to local law enforcement.
  • Be Aware of Scammers. Do not give your personal information out or send any payments to anyone claiming that you will receive money. The Court will never ask you to pay us in order to receive a payment in return. If you are contacted and asked to send a payment through any payment platforms such as Apple Pay, Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, etc., report it immediately to your local law enforcement and do not send money.
  • The Court will never demand payment by Apple Pay, Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, etc., for Zoom appearances. If you receive a call, email, chat message, or other communication making such a demand, do not respond and do not send money. Report it immediately to your local law enforcement.

Effective immediately, Zoom is now the Court's sole remote appearance platform. CourtCall is no longer supported.

Civil departments are open for in-person hearings, with litigants and parties having the option of appearing remotely. Members of the public may also access hearings remotely. For remote access, please go to the Courtroom Calendars page and click on the link for the appropriate Civil department under “Calendars by Department.”

Civil lawsuits (other than family, juvenile, probate, unlawful detainer, and civil harassment cases) can generally be divided into three categories depending on how much money is involved:

When the dollar amount is... This case is usually called a...
Under $12,500 Small Claims case
Between $1 and $35,000 Limited Jurisdiction Civil case
Between $1 and $35,000 Limited Jurisdiction Civil case - Collections
Over $35,000 Unlimited Jurisdiction Civil case

Information About Other Civil Case Types

Online Services for Civil

Court Process and Information