Overview of the Collection
Court History
Scope and Contents
Access Terms
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Arrangement of Materials:
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Santa Rosa Municipal Court records,
Dates: 1955-1961
Identification: SCG.00028
Creator:
Santa Rosa (Calif.). Municipal Court
Physical Description:
3 volumes
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Sonoma County Library Archives
Sonoma County Library
6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Abstract: This collection contains
Court History
Biography/Organization History
Prior to June 1998, California's trial courts consisted of Superior and Municipal courts, each with its own jurisdiction and
with its number of judges fixed by the Legislature; prior to 1951, the Santa Rosa Justice Court was one of twelve such inferior
courts in the County. The Justice Court (also known as the Santa Rosa Justice's Court; more formally designated as the State
of California's Justice Court for Santa Rosa), had jurisdiction over the City of Santa Rosa and surrounding area of central
Sonoma County, California. The Santa Rosa Justice Court was reorganized in 1952 as part of the State of California's inferior
court reorganization program authorized by the voters as California Proposition 3 in 1950, which combined the offices of the
township justices of the peace and city police court judges; the Santa Rosa Justice Court and other, local municipal courts
were combined as the Santa Rosa Judicial District Court, or more formally, the State of California's Municipal Court for the
Santa Rosa Judicial District on Jan. 1, 1952.
A number of other reorganizations and consolidations of the County's District Courts took place over the next four decades
until the District Courts and other inferior courts were absorbed into the Superior Court following another voter-authorized
reorganization in 1998, California Proposition 220.
Scope and Contents
Official documents.
Access Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Topical Term:
Civil procedure -- California -- Santa Rosa
Criminal justice, Administration of -- California -- Santa Rosa
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be
found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at
707 308-3212 to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes
that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its
copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws
of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and
reuse information at
https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo
Preferred Citation:
Santa Rosa Municipal Court records, 1955-1961. SCG.00028, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series. Arranged in two series: I. Minute book--Criminal, 1955-1961; and II. Minute book--Civil, 1955-1967
Scope and Contents
Official records.