Santa Clara County, California
Genealogy ~ History

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Court Records

During California's first 15 years of statehood, Santa Clara had no fewer than five courthouses, beginning with an adobe juzgado, or Mexican courthouse, and ending with this Roman Corinthian landmark on St. James Park. The building withstood numerous earthquakes and fires, including a disastrous blaze in 1931 that gutted the building. Damage sustained in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake nearly led to its demolition, but after a $12.4 million seismic retrofit and restoration project the building was reopened in 1994 and is still in use today.


Downtown Superior Court
Civil and Probate cases
191 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Online Access to Case Files

Probate records: From 1800; contact County Clerk
Naturalization records: From 1850 to 1970; contact County Clerk


Branch Locations:

Old Courthouse
Civil cases
161 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Hall of Justice
Criminal cases
190 W. Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110

Santa Clara Courthouse
Civil, Criminal and Probate cases
1095 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA 95050

Sunnyvale Courthouse
Criminal cases
605 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Palo Alto Courthouse
Criminal, Small Claims and Traffic cases
270 Grant Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306

South County Courthouse
Civil, Criminal, Dependency, Small Claims and Traffic cases
12425 Monterey Road, San Martin, CA 95046

Notre Dame Courthouse
Family Law
99 Notre Dame Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113

Los Gatos Courthouse
Small Claims cases
14205 Capri Drive, Los Gatos, CA 95032

Family Court
Family Law
170 Park Center Plaza, San Jose, CA 95113

Traffic Court
Traffic cases
935 Ruff Drive, San Jose, CA 95110

Terraine Courthouse
Criminal, Dependency and Drug Treatment cases
115 Terraine Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Juvenile Delinquency Court
Delinquency cases
840 Guadalupe Parkway, San Jose, CA 95110

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This page was last updated 28 Mar 2008


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