Limited Court Service Days
Superior courts statewide continue to face significant financial challenges as a result of the current fiscal crisis, which the Legislature has recognized as one of the most serious and dire ever to affect the state. In an effort to meet these challenges while remaining open on all non-judicial holidays and to preserve as fully as possible access to court services for all litigants, some superior courts may adopt plans to institute limited services days. A limited services day is one on which a court might close one or more courtrooms or reduce the hours of one or more of its clerks' offices, or both.
Under Government Code section 68106, courts must provide written notice to the public and to the Judicial Council at least 60 days before instituting any plan to reduce costs by designating limited services days. The council, in turn, must post all such notices on this Internet site within 15 days of receipt. This page will publish those section 68106 notices that courts provide to the council.
Please note, however, that this page's list of courts that have designated limited services days may not be exhaustive because it includes only courts that have provided the Judicial Council with advance written notice as required by section 68106. As that section became effective October 19, 2010, courts may have instituted other plans before that date. For complete information about a specific superior court, the number and location of its courtrooms, and its hours of operation, please consult the court's website. A list of court websites is available.
| Superior Court | Date Notice Received | Notice to the Judicial Council |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 08/03/11 | |
| Alameda | 07/25/11 | |
| Butte | 07/01/11 | |
| Calaveras | 10/31/11 | |
| Fresno | 10/12/11 | |
| Humboldt | 09/01/11 | |
| Kings | 10/03/11 | |
| Kings | 08/10/11 | |
| Lake | 09/15/11 | |
| Lassen | 11/12/10 | |
| Mendocino | 08/24/11 | |
| Mendocino | 01/21/11 | |
| Merced | 02/07/12 | |
| Merced | 08/29/11 | |
| Nevada | 09/06/11 | |
| Placer | 09/15/11 | |
| San Bernardino | 01/06/12 | |
| San Francisco | 08/02/11 | |
| San Francisco | 05/09/11 | |
| San Joaquin | 07/19/11 | |
| San Luis Obispo | 10/24/11 | |
| San Mateo | 01/19/12 | |
| San Mateo | 10/31/11 | |
| San Mateo | 08/18/11 | |
| San Mateo | 12/01/10 | |
| Santa Clara | 12/07/11 | |
| Santa Cruz | 11/02/11 | |
| Shasta | 07/15/11 | |
| Siskiyou | 05/27/11 | |
| Tehama | 04/18/11 | |
| Ventura | 11/17/11 | |
| Ventura | 09/22/11 | |
| Yolo | 10/18/11 | |
| Yolo | 08/04/11 |