Santa Rosa City Court records, 1937-1953

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Summary

Creators:
Santa Rosa (Calif). City Court
Abstract:
This collection contains dockets of misdemeanor charges brought before the Santa Rosa City Court. Some of the records of the City Court are listed with the former name of Recorder's Court.
Extent:
15 volumes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Santa Rosa City Court records, 1937-1953. SCG.00026, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Official records.

Biographical / historical:

The Santa Rosa City Court was a municipal-level court that handled misdemeanor offenses. The Santa Rosa City Court was the the successor to the Santa Rosa Recorder's 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.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically in a single series.

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

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

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 City Court records, 1937-1953. SCG.00026, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

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