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DO NOT USE this web address or email
link to request information about your case, e.g., your divorce,
change of name, adoption, et cetera, or questions regarding record
searches related to case information. That information is
routinely available in the clerk's office during regular
business hours (Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am - 11:30 am), or in other sections of the
Court's website.
If you are looking for other court records,
information or documents please click on the specific division:
Appeals - Civil - Criminal - Family & Children - Jury
Services - Juvenile -Small Claims - Traffic
PURPOSE OF THIS WEB PAGE: To publicize the
procedure to follow to request a copy of or to inspect a judicial
administrative record. Examples of judicial administrative
records subject to public access are outlined in
rule 10.500(e)(2)
of the California Rules of Court.
BACKGROUND: Effective January 1, 2010,
Rule 10.500 of the California Rules of Court sets forth
comprehensive public access provisions applicable to judicial
administrative records maintained by state trial and appellate
courts, the Judicial Council, and the Administrative office of the
Courts (AOC).
PROCEDURE FOR RECORDS REQUEST SUBJECT TO RULE 10.500 OF THE
CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT: Judicial
administrative records are not maintained in the clerk's office at
the various court locations, Therefore, a request for access to
judicial administrative records maintained by the Superior Court of
California, County of Kings subject to the provisions of
rule 10.500
should be directed to the Court Executive Office as follows:
Superior Court of California, County of
Kings
Attention: Todd Barton
Court Executive Officer
Clerk of the Courts
Jury Commissioner
1426 South Dr.
Hanford, California 93230
Telephone: (559) 582-1010 Ext. 5003
Fax: (559) 585-3260
Email: TBarton@kings.courts.ca.gov
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The Court Executive Officer's office hours are 8:00 am
- 4:00 pm, Monday - Thursday and Friday 8:00a.m. - 11:30 a.m. with the exception of judicial holidays.
The Superior Court will make identifiable judicial administrative
records available upon request, unless the records are exempt from
disclosure under
rule 10.500 of the California Rules of Court.
NOTE: Records requested may be subject to
payment of a fee as provided under California Rules of Court,
rule
10.500(e)(4).
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