Effective January 1, 2010, rule 10.500 of the California Rules of Court set forth comprehensive public access provisions applicable to the judicial administrative records maintained by state trial and appellate courts, the Judicial Council, and the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Judicial Administrative Records

Judicial administrative records relate to the operation of the court, such as budget information. 

Please direct requests for access to judicial administrative records maintained by the Superior Court to:

Ms. Caryn A. Downing, Court Executive Officer
Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino
100 North State Street, Room 302
Ukiah, CA   95482

The court will make identifiable judicial administrative records available upon request, unless the records are exempt from disclosure under rule 10.500.  Records may be subject to payment of a fee.

Case-Related Records

Judicial administrative records do not include court case records.  If you are looking for criminal records, traffic tickets, judgments, etc., these are not administrative records, and you should contact the Court Clerk's office.  Click on a link under Court Divisions for the division that would maintain the type of records you are looking for.

You can also visit our case index to identify if a case exists.