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 on September 23, 2026.
Kings County, California, has about 155,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Kings, 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Kings County public records, Kings County arrest records, Kings County warrants, Kings County inmate search, Kings County criminal records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Kings County
In Kings County, the Superior Court of California, County of Kings 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 Kings County
For Kings County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at portal.kings.courts.ca.gov/public-portal/?q=Home (page title: Kings Superior Court | Kings County Portal), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Kings County
Together, the five agencies in Kings County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,551 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Kings.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at countyofkingsca.gov/departments/public-safety/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney Home Page | Kings County), phone (559) 852-2392, 1400 West Lacey Blvd. Hanford, CA 93230, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
Criminal cases, divorces, traffic tickets and evictions all end up as files of these courts, and the file is what the public sees of each.
The other Kings County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Kings County criminal records, Kings County divorce records, Kings County traffic tickets, Kings County DUI and Kings County property records.
Cities in Kings County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Kings.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Kings County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Kings County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at portal.kings.courts.ca.gov.
Which court hears felonies in Kings County?
The Superior Court of California, County of Kings, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Kings County?
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 Kings County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.