Petaluma Recorder's Court records, 1893-1918

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Summary

Creators:
Petaluma (Calif.). Recorder's Court
Abstract:
This collection contains ledgers listing misdemeanor cases handled through the Recorder's Court, by the Petaluma City Recorder. Recorder's court docket records spanning the early twentieth century. These are primarily handwritten volumes, although some were typewritten.
Extent:
7 volumes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Dockets heard in the Petaluma Recorder's Court .

Arrangement of Materials:

Arranged chronologically in a single series.

Biographical / historical:

The Petaluma Recorder's Court was a municipal-level court that handled misdemeanor offenses. The Petaluma Court came under the jurisdiction of the Sonoma County Municipal Court following court reorganization and consolidation. The Sonoma County Municipal Court was itself 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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