Santa Rosa Municipal Court records, 1955-1961

Finding aid author: Mark Cooper.
Published by the Sonoma County Library
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Published Feb 28, 2011
Sonoma County Library
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Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Santa Rosa Municipal Court records, 1955-1961

Sonoma County Library

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

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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.

 

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00028.Ser.I
Series I. Minute book--Criminal 1955-1961

Note:
Series content list:
1955-1961 : ARCHIVES CABINET 28 : Volume 1 : Accession 2337
1961 : ARCHIVES CABINET 28 : Volume 2 : Accession 2338

Scope and Contents

7 Sept. 1955 - 31 Aug. 1961
 

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00028.Ser.II
Series II. Minute book--Civil 1955-1967

Note:
Series content list:
1955-1960 : ARCHIVES CABINET 28 : Volume 1 : Accession 2339
1966-1967 : ARCHIVES CABINET 28 : Volume 3 : Accession 2340