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.
Riverside County, California, has about 2.5 million 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Riverside County public records, Riverside County arrest records, Riverside County warrants, Riverside County inmate search, Riverside County criminal records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Riverside County
In Riverside County, the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 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 Riverside County
For Riverside County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county 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 Riverside County
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
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 Riverside County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Riverside County criminal records, Riverside County divorce records, Riverside County traffic tickets, Riverside County DUI and Riverside County property records.
Cities in Riverside County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Riverside County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Moreno Valley (213,919)
- Corona (161,540)
- Menifee (117,041)
- Murrieta (112,539)
- Temecula (112,431)
- Jurupa Valley (108,154)
- Indio (94,275)
- Hemet (92,912)
- Perris (83,032)
- Lake Elsinore (73,595)
- Eastvale (70,751)
- Beaumont (59,502)
- San Jacinto (55,515)
- Palm Desert (53,147)
- Cathedral City (52,517)
- Palm Springs (45,453)
- Coachella (45,165)
- La Quinta (39,907)
- Wildomar (37,736)
- Desert Hot Springs (33,917)
- Banning (31,929)
- Norco (25,400)
- Rancho Mirage (18,001)
- Blythe (17,320)
- Canyon Lake (11,161)
- Calimesa (11,150)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Riverside County?
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 Riverside 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 Riverside 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.