A Jurisdiction Guide to the Superior Court of California
What is the
Superior Court of California?
A Superior Court of California is a legal venue in
the State of California that maintains the jurisdictional authority to retry,
review, or reexamine specific cases that have received rulings from lower
courts and venues located within the State of California. A Superior Court of
California is a Court exists within the realm of Common Law.
A Superior
Court of California is permitted to hear cases both criminal and civil in
nature. This is in contrast to a court classified as ‘lower’, which is
restricted to the judicial review of cases considered to be less severe in
nature. A Superior Court of California maintains the jurisdiction of over the
58 Counties within the State of California with regard to the respective cities
and towns compiling them.
Superior Court of California Jurisdiction
The following is a guide to the 58 counties in the
State of California. Each of which maintain their own Superior Court
responsible for the judicial review of legal matters considered to require a
hearing within an individual Superior Court of California. In addition, within
each Superior Court of California, there exist a variety of individual locations
within the overarching county area:
Alameda County Superior Court
Alpine County Superior Court
Amador County Superior Court
Butte County Superior Court
Calaveras County Superior Court
Colusa County Superior Court
Contra Costa County Superior Court
Del Norte County Superior Court
El Dorado County Superior Court
Fresno County Superior Court
Glenn County Superior Court
Humboldt County Superior Court
Imperial County Superior Court
Inyo County Superior Court
Kern County Superior Court
Kings County Superior Court
Lake County Superior Court
Lassen County Superior Court
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Madera County Superior Court
Marin County Superior Court
Mariposa County Superior Court
Mendocino County Superior Court
Merced County Superior Court
Modoc County Superior Court
Mono County Superior Court
Monterey County Superior Court
Napa County Superior Court
Nevada County Superior Court
Orange County Superior Court
Placer County Superior Court
Plumas County Superior Court
Riverside County Superior Court
Sacramento County Superior Court
San Benito County Superior Court
San Bernardino County Superior Court
San Diego County Superior Court
San Francisco County Superior Court
San Joaquin County Superior Court
San Luis Obispo County Superior Court
San Mateo County Superior Court
Santa Barbara County Superior Court
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Santa Cruz County Superior Court
Shasta County Superior Court
Sierra County Superior Court
Siskiyou County Superior Court
Solano County Superior Court
Sonoma County Superior Court
Stanislaus County Superior Court
Sutter County Superior Court
Tehama County Superior Court
Trinity County Superior Court
Tulare County Superior Court
Tuolumne County Superior Court
Ventura County Superior Court
Yolo County Superior Court
Yuba County Superior Court
The Supreme Court of California
Legal matters that both supersede the jurisdiction
of a Superior Court of California, or require an appellate hearing with regard
to a verdict reached at a Superior Court of California, may be heard before the
Supreme Court of California:
Supreme Court of California
350 McAllister Street
San Francisco, California 94102
(415) 865-7000.
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