Petaluma Police Court records, 1912-1952

Finding aid author: Mark Cooper.

Published by the Sonoma County Library

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Published Feb 28, 2011

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Petaluma Police Court records, 1912-1952

Sonoma County Library

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: Petaluma Police Court records,

Date (inclusive): 1912-1952

Identification: SCG.00020

Creator: Petaluma (Calif.). Police Court

Physical Description: 17 volumes

Language of Materials: English

Repository: Sonoma County Library Archives

c/o Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library

725 Third Street

Santa Rosa, CA,

URL: https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/sonoma-county-archive

Email: history@sonomalibrary.org

Phone: (707) 308-3212

Abstract: This collection contains records pertaining to the operations of the Petaluma Police Court, including lists of jurors

Court History

Biography/Organization History

The Petaluma Police Court was a municipal-level court that handled minor offenses, as well as initial handling of serious offenses that were subsequently referred to the Superior Court. The Petaluma Police 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 Petaluma Police Court and other, local municipal courts were combined as the Petaluma Judicial District Court or more formally, the State of California's Municipal Court for the Petaluma 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

Dockets heard in the Petaluma Police Court .

Arrangement of the collection

Organized into two series:

Police court docket, 1912-1951
Police court docket--civil, 1918-1952

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Names

Petaluma (Calif.). Police Court

Topical Terms

Civil procedure--California--Petaluma

Criminal justice, Administration of--California--Petaluma

Genre and Format Terms

Criminal court records

Judicial records

Municipal government records

State government records

Archival materials

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

Conditions of Use

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

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:

Petaluma Police Court records, 1912-1952. SCG.00020, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00020.01

Series 1. Police court docket 1912-1951

Note:

Series content list:

1912-1914 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2149

1914-1918 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2150

1918-1924 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2151

1918-1930 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2148

1924-1928 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2144

1927-1929 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2137

1929-1930 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2138

1931-1932 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2139

1932-1934 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2140

1934-1935 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2141

1935-1936 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2142

1937-1938 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2143

1938-1939 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2145

1939-1941 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2146

1943-1946 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket : Accession 2147

1947-1951 : ARCHIVES ROW 22 BIN 18 : Police docket :

Note:

MARC holdings information incomplete for this Bib. no.

Physical Description:

Extent: 15 volumes

Scope and Contents

[2139] List of jurors attached. [2141/2143] Half of book unused

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00020.02

Series 2. Police court docket--civil 1918-1952

Note:

Series content list:

1918-1930 : ARCHIVES CABINET 26 : Police docket civil #2 : Accession 2148

1931-1952 : ARCHIVES CABINET 27 : Justice Docket civil : Accession 2232

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 volumes