Statewide Resources

California Courthouse Directory

Every county runs its court system differently — some concentrate everything into a handful of locations, others spread across dozens. Choose your county below to find the real courthouse, the real address, and which cities route there.

Table Of Contents

Counties We Cover

Every county with live courthouse information — the full directories and the ones still being built.

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How Court Systems Differ

Why Los Angeles County needs a district-by-district directory and smaller counties don't.

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What Every Directory Includes

The same standard in every county: real courthouses, real addresses, honest flagging.

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FAQs

Why some counties go deeper than others, and how we help when your county isn't built out yet.

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Counties We Cover

Los Angeles and Orange County's courthouse directories are fully built out — every location, district by district. The counties below them already carry their real courthouse information on their inmate-search pages; their own full directories are being built to the same standard.

Los Angeles County

Full Directory Live

The full directory: 36 courthouses across the Superior Court's 12 judicial districts, with real addresses, case types, and which cities route to each.

Orange County

Full Directory Live

All 9 real court locations — the five Justice Centers plus the specialized courts for juvenile, complex civil, collaborative, and mental-health cases.

Sacramento County

Coming Soon

This county's real courthouse information already exists on its inmate-search page — we haven't yet built it out into its own full directory the way Los Angeles and Orange County have. Call us and we'll confirm the right courthouse directly.

Kern County

Coming Soon

This county's real courthouse information already exists on its inmate-search page — we haven't yet built it out into its own full directory the way Los Angeles and Orange County have. Call us and we'll confirm the right courthouse directly.

Fresno County

Coming Soon

This county's real courthouse information already exists on its inmate-search page — we haven't yet built it out into its own full directory the way Los Angeles and Orange County have. Call us and we'll confirm the right courthouse directly.

Alameda County

Coming Soon

This county's real courthouse information already exists on its inmate-search page — we haven't yet built it out into its own full directory the way Los Angeles and Orange County have. Call us and we'll confirm the right courthouse directly.

San Diego County

Coming Soon

This county's real courthouse information already exists on its inmate-search page — we haven't yet built it out into its own full directory the way Los Angeles and Orange County have. Call us and we'll confirm the right courthouse directly.

Ventura County

Coming Soon

This county's real courthouse information already exists on its inmate-search page — we haven't yet built it out into its own full directory the way Los Angeles and Orange County have. Call us and we'll confirm the right courthouse directly.

How California's Court Systems Differ County To County

There's no single template for how a California county organizes its courts. Los Angeles County runs the largest unified trial court in the United States — 36-plus locations across 12 judicial districts, because a county of 88 cities and 10 million people needs that much structure just to keep cases moving. Orange County runs a leaner, more centralized system — 9 real locations total, several of them specialized (juvenile, complex civil litigation, a collaborative court for cases involving mental illness or homelessness) rather than tied to specific cities the way most courthouses are.

That difference matters directly for a bail search: in a smaller county, there's rarely much ambiguity about where a case is heard. In a county the size of Los Angeles, the real challenge — and the reason our LA County directory goes city by city — is knowing which of dozens of possible courthouses actually applies.

What Every County Directory Includes

The same standard applies in every county we build out — no filler, no guessed facts.

Real Courthouses

The actual court locations — with street addresses and a plain-language account of what each one actually handles, from arraignments to felony trials.

Which Cities Route To Each

Every directory names which cities and communities each courthouse covers, confirmed against official sources wherever possible.

Criminal vs. Civil vs. Juvenile

Courthouses that look interchangeable often aren't — Van Nuys East is civil only, Van Nuys West is the criminal building. Each directory spells out the difference.

The Jail Each Case Starts At

The courthouse is where the case is heard; the jail is where the person is held. Every directory connects the two — which are often different buildings entirely.

Honest Flagging, Never Guessing

Anywhere a fact couldn't be verified against an official source, we say "not yet confirmed" — never a guessed address, hours, or courthouse assignment.

California Courthouse Directory FAQs

Why does Los Angeles County have so many more courthouse pages than Orange County?

Because Los Angeles County's court system genuinely is that much larger. The Los Angeles Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States — 36-plus locations across 12 judicial districts, because a county of 88 cities and 10 million people needs that much structure just to keep cases moving. Orange County runs a leaner, more centralized system — 9 real locations total, several of them specialized rather than tied to specific cities. Each directory reflects the system the county actually runs.

My county isn't fully built out yet — can you still help me find the right courthouse?

Yes. A missing directory page is a gap in this website, not a gap in our coverage. We are licensed statewide, and the county's core courthouse information already lives on its inmate-search page. Call, tell us where the arrest happened, and we will confirm the right courthouse directly.

How do I know which courthouse applies to my situation?

By where the arrest happened — not where the jail is. In California, courthouse assignment is geographic: the arresting agency's location decides the district or justice center, and that decides the courthouse. The defendant can be sitting in a jail forty miles away and the case still belongs to the courthouse covering the place the arrest occurred. If you're not sure, call and we'll confirm it from the booking record.

Are these directories kept current?

Yes. Courthouse addresses, phone numbers, and city-to-courthouse assignments get re-checked against official court sources, and anything that can't be re-confirmed is flagged as not yet confirmed rather than left standing as fact.

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