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Notice:

The Court's Online Ability to Pay Portal will be unavailable beginning June 4 at 5:00 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 Public Portal to search for Court Records & Hearings has been moved to a new website as of Monday 4/27. The previous site will not work, access the new portal here: https://kiosk-cacontracosta.tylertech.cloud/Portal/

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)

Court E-Filing Services

Civil E-Filing

Civil E-Filing Instructions/FAQs

Pursuant to Local Rule 2.87 and the Ninth Amended E-Filing Standing Order, the civil division is implementing mandatory electronic filing (e-filing) for attorneys and providing the option of e-filing to self-represented litigants.

The implementation schedule for civil e-filing is as follows:

Type Voluntary Date Mandatory Date
Unlimited Civil June 20th, 2022 July 5th, 2022
Limited Civil June 20th, 2022 July 5th, 2022
Civil Complex June 20th, 2022 July 5th, 2022
Unlawful Detainer June 20th, 2022 July 5th, 2022
Small Claims June 20th, 2022 July 5th, 2022
Family Law June 20th, 2022 July 5th, 2022
Appeals --- July 13th, 2022
Department of Child Support Service (DCSS) ~ August 2022 ~ August 2022

Notice Re: Family Law Filing

If you are filing a document that typically requires a fee but it has not been assessed, please select the correct amount through optional services tab. (Example: A Request for Order is submitted but the first appearance fee has not been paid, instead of selecting the $60 motion option the appropriate selection would be the $435 first appearance option. If you are filing a motion that is modifying custody or visitation, you would choose the $60 motion option plus the additional $25 motion to modify option as well.) If you are submitting a document that requires an envelope, please purchase the amount needed through the optional services tab.

Criminal and Juvenile E-Filing

Information regarding Criminal and Juvenile eFiling can be found in this section:

Juvenile E-Filing

Information regarding Juvenile eFiling can be found in this section: