Public Access to Judicial Administrative Records

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, and the Judicial Council of California.
Direct requests for access to judicial administrative records maintained by the Superior Court of California, County of Mariposa to:

Mariposa Superior Court
Desiré Leard, Court Executive Officer
Administration Office- Public Records Request
Post Office Box 316
5092 Jones Street
Mariposa, CA 95338

Phone (209) 966-6984
Fax (209) 966-2079

Office Hours
8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday
*Excluding court holidays

Requests

Requests must be in writing, although exceptions may be made in extraordinary circumstances. The request must identify the requestor and provide a mailing address to which the requested records may be sent. A telephone number should be provided to facilitate questions and provide assistance in making a focused and effective request that reasonably describes an identifiable administrative record. Documents submitted through the 10.500 request process will not be returned.

You may personally deliver your request to the Court Administration Office: 5092 Jones Street, Mariposa, CA 95338

The Superior Court of California, County of Mariposa 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.(for guidelines see Statewide Civil Fee Schedule  and subdivision (e)(4) of rule 10.500).

Case Related Records

Adjudicative records are not disclosable under a request for judicial administrative records.  If you would like information about a case or access to documents prepared for, filed, or used in a court proceeding, please contact the court operations division where the case was filed and/or heard at: Post Office Box 28, 5088 Bullion Street, Mariposa, CA 95338 (209) 966-2005.