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.
Santa Clara County, California, has about 1.9 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 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, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Santa Clara County public records, Santa Clara County arrest records, Santa Clara County warrants, Santa Clara County inmate search, Santa Clara County criminal records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Santa Clara County
In Santa Clara County, the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at santaclara.courts.ca.gov/online-services/case-information-online (page title: Case Information Online | Superior Court of California | County of Santa Clara), 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 Santa Clara County
Together, the 14 agencies in Santa Clara County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 27,749 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at da.santaclaracounty.gov/home (page title: Office of the District Attorney | County of Santa Clara), 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 Santa Clara County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Santa Clara County criminal records, Santa Clara County divorce records, Santa Clara County traffic tickets, Santa Clara County DUI and Santa Clara County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Santa Clara County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Santa Clara County and California. These court pages from its Santa Clara County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department (oag.ca.gov)
Cities in Santa Clara County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at santaclara.courts.ca.gov.
Which court hears felonies in Santa Clara County?
The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara 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.