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)

Public Information Officer

The Public Information Officer coordinates news releases and other publications for the media and the public. The Public Information Officer also responds to requests for judicial administrative records. Additionally, the Public Information Office processes media requests to photograph or record hearings

PLEASE NOTE that the Public Information Officer cannot help you with your court case, provide records from case files, or provide you with legal advice.
 

Judicial Administrative Records Requests

Rule 10.500 allows members of the public to ask for certain kinds of information or administrative records from state trial courts. This rule:

  • Applies to public access to judicial administrative records, including records of budget and management information relating to the administration of the courts.
  • Does not apply to, modify or otherwise affect existing law regarding public access to adjudicative (case-related) records.
  • Does not affect the rights of litigants, including parties to administrative proceedings, under the laws of discovery of this state, nor does it limit or impair any rights of discovery in a criminal case.
  • May result in a fee for gathering information and reproducing documents.

We take pride in responding to these requests promptly. Please tell us as much as you can about what you are looking for, and tell us how we an reach you, including by email.

Fill out and send a Request for Judicial Administrative Records form to the Public Information Officer by fax at (925) 608-2658 or by email at: mediainfo@contracosta.courts.ca.gov.

*** Do not use this form to request records in individual cases. For records in individual cases, see Criminal Court Records or Civil Court Records and follow the procedures there.

Media Request to Photograph, Record or Broadcast

Media seeking to photograph or record hearings must complete the attached forms:

Media Request forms must be submitted at least five (5) court days before the hearing date, unless there is good cause to allow less time. These requests may be emailed to mediainfo@contracosta.courts.ca.gov.