Petaluma Small Claims Court records, 1923-1967

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Summary

Creators:
Petaluma (Calif.). Small Claims Court
Abstract:
This collection contains a large number of volumes that derive from the operations of the Petaluma Small Claims Court in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
Extent:
30 volumes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Dockets heard in the Petaluma Small Claims Court .

Arrangement of Materials:

Arranged chronologically in a single series.

Biographical / historical:

The Petaluma Small Claims Court was a municipal-level court that handled small civil claims. The Petaluma Court came under the jurisdiction of the Sonoma County Municipal Court following court reorganization and consolidation, but continued as a separate court venue. Although state-mandated budget cuts threatened its existence in the early 1990s traffic and parking cases continued to be heard in Petaluma. The Sonoma County Municipal Court was absorbed into the Superior Court following the voter-authorized reorganization in 1998, California Proposition 220.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition DACS

Access and use

Location of this collection:
6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 545-0831
digital@sonomalibrary.org
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