California Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

If you’re looking for present day court records online, please visit California Public Records online for links.

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KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• Anc$=Ancestry – fee site
• MH=MyHeritage – fee site
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• IA – Internet Archive
• RW – RootsWeb

California Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS 

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

California – Admiralty case files of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1850-1900, at FS 

California – Court records, 1854-1938, at FS 

California – Private land grant cases in the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California, 1852-1910, at FS 

California – Records from court houses and churches in California, volume I, at FS 

California – Records of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and predecessor courts, 1851-1950, at FS 

California – Index to records of Appellate Court cases, 1900-1930, at FS 

California – Index to records of Supreme Court cases, 1850-1930, at FS 

California – Index to transcripts of court cases in State Archives, Attorney General, State of California, at FS 

California Court Records Online by County

Alpine County – Court Records – Alpine County Superior Court Register of Actions, V. B, 1895-1950, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Certificates of Sale, 1866-1922 ; General Index to Certificates of Sale, 1864-1866, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – County Court General Index, 1865-1869, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Court Records, 1864-1913, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Court Records, 1864-1963, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Court Records, 1866-1960, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1864-1904, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Index to Court Minutes, 1880-1886, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Journal of the County Court of Alpine County, 1864-1880, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Judgement Record, 1864-1878, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Justice Court, Writs of Attachment, 1864-1868, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Register of Actions (civil Causes), 1864-1878, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Register of Actions, Superior Court, Probate Proceedings, 1907-1976, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Sole Traders, 1865-1868, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Tax Suits, 1868, 1870, Copy of Decree and Order of Sale, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – Transcript of Hearing of Illegal Voting by Adolph Ramos ; H. F. Musser and J. R. Mayo, Defendants, at FS

Alpine County – Court Records – U.S. District Court Writs of Attachment, Alpine County, 1864-1869, at FS

Alpine County – Guardianship – Superior Court Probate Estate Files, 1880-1926 (Alpine County, California), at FS

Butte County – Court Records – Butte County Court Index, 1878-1879, at FS

Butte County – Court Records – Butte County District Court Indexes, 1850-1879, at FS

Butte County – Court Records – Butte County Superior Court Cases Index, 1880, at FS

Butte County – Court Records – Coroners Inquest, Butte County, California, 1851-1963, at FS

Butte County – Court Records – County Assessor’s Records, General Index, 1882-1900; Assessment Rolls, 1852-1896, at FS

Butte County – Court Records – Superior Court Index, Plaintiffs and Defendants, 1850-1914, at FS

Calaveras County – Court Records – Calaveras County, California Divorce Records, 1852-1950, at FS

Calaveras County – Court Records – Docket, 12 November 1857 to 21 May 1859, at FS

Calaveras County – Court Records – Superior Court Register of Actions, 1888-1920, at FS

Colusa County – Court Records – Lis Pendens, 1870-1914, at FS

Eureka – Court Records – Records of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and Predecessor Courts, 1851-1950, at FS

Glenn County – Court Records – Superior Court Minute Books, 1891-1923, at FS

Glenn County – Guardianship – Superior Court Minute Books, 1891-1923, at FS

Lake County – Court Records – Court Minutes, 1884-1929, at FS

Lake County – Court Records – Index and Records of Civil Cases, 1867-1893 in the District, County, Probate, and Superior Courts of Lake County, at FS

Lake County – Court Records – Minutes of Lake County Court, 1867-1879, at FS

Lake County – Court Records – Minutes of Lake County District Court, California, 1867-1879, at FS

Lassen County – Court Records – Powers of Attorney, 1863-1904; Index, 1875-1944, at FS

Los Angeles – Schools – Cardinal and Gold : a Pictorial and Factual Record of the Highlights of Sixty Years of Progress on the Southern California Campus with Views and News of Some of the 70,000 Students Who Played Their Part in the Growth of a Great University 1880-1940,, at FS

Los Angeles – Schools – The Lincolnian 1924 : Lincoln High School Annual, at FS

Los Angeles County – Court Records – Court Records, 1854-1938, at FS

Los Angeles County – Court Records – Los Angeles County, California, Miscellaneous Records 1854-1904, at FS

Monterey – Court Records – Court Records, 1854-1938, at FS

Monterey County – Court Records – San Benito County Records Transcribed from Monterey County Court Records of Miscellaneous Causes and Actions, Ca. 1850-1900 : from Superior, District and County Courts, at FS

Napa County – Court Records – Napa County, California, Alcaldes Court Records, 1849-1939, at FS

Sacramento – Court Records – Records of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and Predecessor Courts, 1851-1950, at FS

Sacramento – Court Records – Sacramento (Calif.) Notice of Action, at FS

Sacramento – Court Records – Sacramento, California, Civil Defendant and Plaintiff General Index, 1880-1938, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County Court Minutes, 1867-1883, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County Court Records (index), 1850-1879, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County District Court Records, 1861-1882, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County District Court, Index to Civil Records, 1850-1879, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County, California Court Records, 1849-1850, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County, California, Court Records and Indexes, 1850-1870, 1879, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento County, Court of Sessions, Records, 1850-1863, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Sacramento, California, Coroner of Inquest Files 1850-1940, at FS

Sacramento County – Court Records – Separate Property of Married Women, and Sole Traders, 1851-1930, at FS

San Andreas – Court Records – Superior Court Register of Actions, 1888-1920, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – Decrees of the District and Superior Courts, 1874-1908, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – Insolvency Proceedings, 1886-1898, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – Judgment Docket, 1877-1916, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – Minute Books and Orders, 1874-1920, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – Minutes, Probate Court, San Benito County, V. 1, 1874-1879, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – San Benito County Records Transcribed from Monterey County Court Records of Miscellaneous Causes and Actions, Ca. 1850-1900 : from Superior, District and County Courts, at FS

San Benito County – Court Records – San Benito Superior Court Calendar, 1887, at FS

San Benito County – Guardianship – Appraisements, 1880-1930, at FS

San Benito County – Guardianship – Letters Testamentary, Letters of Administration, Bonds, and Letters of Guardianship, 1874-1922, at FS

San Benito County – Guardianship – Minute Books and Orders, 1874-1920, at FS

San Benito County – Guardianship – Probate Estate Files, 1880-1930, at FS

San Francisco – Court Records – McEnerney Actions : Court Action to Establish Ownership of Land-real Estate, 1906-1937; with Index to Plaintiffs, 1906-1984, at FS

San Francisco – Court Records – Private Land Grant Cases in the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California, 1852-1910, at FS

San Francisco – Court Records – Register of Federal Court Cases Related to Chinese Americans and Chinese Immigrants Arriving at or Departing from San Francisco, California, Ca. 1883-ca. 1916, and Head Tax Cards of Alien Seamen Examined at San Francisco, California, 1921-1924, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco – Guardianship – Record of Orphans, Half Orphans, Etc., on State Aid, 1907-1910, City and County of San Francisco, at FS

San Francisco County – Court Records – Attachments, 1850, 1869-1872, at FS

San Francisco County – Court Records – California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards : COLLECTION RECORD, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco County – Court Records – California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco County – Court Records – McEnerney Actions : Court Action to Establish Ownership of Land-real Estate, 1906-1937; with Index to Plaintiffs, 1906-1984, at FS

San Francisco County – Court Records – San Francisco Supreme Court Cases Index, 1895-1910, at FS

San Francisco County – Guardianship – Record of Orphans, Half Orphans, Etc., on State Aid, 1907-1910, City and County of San Francisco, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Court Records – District Court Calendar, Civil and Criminal Cases, 1875-1878, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Court Records – Minutes of County Court, 1850-1879, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Court Records – Minutes of District Court, 1850-1879, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Court Records – Minutes of Superior Court, 1883-1924 and Register of Actions and Proceedings, 1880-1919, Index, 1880-1922, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Court Records – Register of Actions, 1862-1879, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Court Records – Superior Court Calendars, 1881-1912, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Guardianship – Guardians Records, 1864-1897, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Guardianship – Minutes of Superior Court, 1883-1924 and Register of Actions and Proceedings, 1880-1919, Index, 1880-1922, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Guardianship – Wills, Probate Records and Related Cases, 1877-1954, at FS

Santa Clara County – Guardianship – Will Books and Probate Records, Ca. 1850-1912, with Index, at FS

Santa Cruz County – Court Records – Index to Santa Cruz County Court of Sessions Minutes, 26 April 1850 Through 12 December 1863, at FS

Siskiyou County – Court Records – Superior Court Plaintiff and Defendant Indexes, 1855-1900, at FS

Sonoma County – Court Records – Sonoma County District Court Case Index, 1850-1869, at FS

Yolo County – Court Records – Index to Miscellaneous Records, 1862-1923, at FS