Active Courts

The active courts chart includes information related to each court's status regarding e-filing and acceptance of American Express. For detailed information on these items, review the chart legend »

Court	Status				AMEX	E-Check
	Civil	Criminal	Family	Probate & Mental Health
Alameda Superior Court		Permissive	Permissive Juv. Dep. Only
Butte Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive Subsequent	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Calaveras Superior Court	Permissive	Permissive	Permissive	Permissive		Yes
Contra Costa Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive Subsequent	Juvenile, submissive Juvenile	Mandatory		Yes
Fresno Superior Court	Mandatory		Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Kern Superior Court	Mandatory		Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Kings Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive Subsequent Filings, Court Reporter Transcript, Probation Reports	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Los Angeles Superior Court			Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Mariposa Superior Court	Permissive	Permissive	Permissive	Permissive		Yes
Mendocino Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		No
Merced Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Monterey Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Napa Superior Court	Permissive		Permissive	Permissive		Yes
Orange Superior Court		Permissive Juvenile Delinquency Subsequent Only	Mandatory			Yes
San Bernardino Superior Court	Permissive		Permissive	Permissive		YES
San Diego Superior Court			Permissive			TBD
San Luis Obispo Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
San Mateo Superior Court	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Santa Barbara Superior Court	Mandatory		Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Santa Clara Superior Court	Mandatory		Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Santa Cruz Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Sonoma Superior Court	Mandatory		Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Stanislaus Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Sutter Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Tehama Superior Court	Permissive	Permissive	Permissive	Permissive		Yes
Yolo Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes
Yuba Superior Court	Mandatory	Permissive	Mandatory	Mandatory		Yes

 

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Status

• Permissive means that the court currently accepts e-filing as well as paper documents.
• Mandatory means that e-filing is mandatory for the court.
• If there is no status information this means that the court is not yet using Odyssey eFileCA.

Accepts AMEX

• E-filing payment accounts may be created using Mastercard, Discover, Visa or American Express. However, some courts do not accept American Express.
• We use the following icons to indicate whether a court accepts American Express as a payment method or not.
  

Accepts E-Check

• In some courts, e-filing payment accounts may be created using an e-check.