PLEASE NOTE: Matters previously scheduled to be heard by Judge Buchwald on the following dates will now be heard by Judge Foiles: January 19 - 22, February 16 and 17, and March 15 and 16, 2021. Please use the Zoom credentials for Judge Foiles for your remote appearance.
You can now take care of your Traffic citation 100% online. You can pay your citation online, or ask the court for a reduction in your fine, get traffic school if you're eligible, or you can protest your ticket by requesting a trial by written declaration. Click here for more details, or click on LiveChat to chat with a traffic clerk about your options.
San Mateo Superior Court Requires that all attorneys Electronically File into Civil, Complex Civil and Small Claims Cases. In Criminal cases, all attorneys, all Justice Partners including law enforcement agencies and bail bond companies must Electronically File all subsequent documents after the initial complaint beginning June 1, 2020.
Court News & Notices
- January 19, 2021
Temporary Court Closure, January 20 ,2021 - January 14, 2021
Notice of Intent to Provide Access to Case Information in the Matter of The People of the State of California vs. Scott Lee Peterson, Case Number SC055500A - January 13, 2020
Judicial Assignment Order Effective January 13, 2021 - January 12, 2020
Eleventh Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
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