Orange County
Established in 1889 and located in Southern California, Orange County is populated by over 3 million residents. The county spans approximately 793 square miles of land area, and the county seat is the City of Santa Ana.
The Superior Court of Orange County is one of the largest state trial courts in the United States, with nine court locations across the county. It hears all matters in civil, criminal, family law, mental health, probate, juvenile, and traffic cases. In addition, the county's Superior court operates a veteran's court, DUI courts, drug courts, a homeless court, a Laura's Law court, and a mental health court.
The Orange County Clerk of Courts maintains a wide range of public court records. Public court records are non-sensitive/non-confidential documents and information generated from the county's Superior Court and are usually available for public viewing and copying. Generally, interested persons can access the following types of public court records from the Orange County Clerk's Office:
- Criminal records
- Civil and small claims records
- Family law records
- Juvenile records
- Traffic records
- Probate records
Records of these cases can be requested and obtained from the Clerk's office in person or via mail. The Superior Court of Orange County also provides an Online Case Access Portal to enable quick access to public court records maintained by the Clerk's office. However, a case number is required to access a court record via this portal. If you intend to find an Orange County court record online and do not have the case number, use the Case Name Search Application.
