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Public Notice:

The Superior Court of Santa Cruz is currently transitioning all collection activities on criminal and traffic cases to a new third-party vendor – Linebarger. For more information, visit the Traffic Division webpage.

ATTENTION

Scam Alert: The Superior Court of Santa Cruz has been notified that individuals are receiving a text message from DMV indicating that they owe money for outstanding tickets. If you receive a text of this nature, please contact the court directly at 831-420-2200 to verify. Do not click on any links provided in the text message.

ATTENTION

Scam Alert: The Superior Court of Santa Cruz has been notified that an individual posing as a deputy/court security is calling court customers stating that they owe money for failing to appear. If you receive a call of this nature, please contact the court directly at 831-420-2200 to receive accurate information.

Case Lookup

Overview

Online case information is available here. Please review this brief guidance before you begin:

  • Search by entering a full or partial name of the Party you are searching for using Last, First (SMITH, JOHN) format.
  • You can also search by entering in the Case Number.
  • To get more result matches, enter a partial name or just the first few letters.
  • The search term is not case sensitive.
  • For cases opened prior to June 1985, a search may need to be done through the Court’s Records Department or at the public kiosk’s in person.