Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Desert Hot Springs, California, in Riverside County, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, and the file of each case, kept by the Superior Court clerk, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files and common questions.
Related guides: Desert Hot Springs public records, Riverside County court records, Desert Hot Springs arrest records, Desert Hot Springs warrants, Desert Hot Springs inmate search, Desert Hot Springs criminal records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Desert Hot Springs
Court cases from Desert Hot Springs are filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
Divorces go to the Superior Court's family law division, and the file stays with the Superior Court clerk.
The Superior Court clerk keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the California Public Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Desert Hot Springs
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at epublic-access.riverside.courts.ca.gov/public-portal/?q=node%2F369 (page title: Public Access | Riverside Superior Court), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
California has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The California court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ca.gov/policy-administration/public-records/who-where-how-vi....
What Reaches the Court from Desert Hot Springs
Together, the 13 agencies in Riverside County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25,498 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at rivcoda.org (page title: Riverside County District Attorney), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Desert Hot Springs guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Desert Hot Springs criminal records, Desert Hot Springs divorce records, Desert Hot Springs traffic tickets, Desert Hot Springs DUI and Desert Hot Springs property records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Desert Hot Springs?
The Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Desert Hot Springs?
The Superior Court clerk. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in California?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Desert Hot Springs website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.