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.
Tulare County, California, has about 484,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare, 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: Tulare County public records, Tulare County arrest records, Tulare County warrants, Tulare County inmate search, Tulare County criminal records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Tulare County
In Tulare County, the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare 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 Tulare County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at online.tulare.courts.ca.gov (page title: Welcome to the Online Portal | Superior Court of California | County of Tulare), 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 Tulare County
Together, the nine agencies in Tulare County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,886 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at tularecounty.ca.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Tulare County | CA.gov), 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 Tulare County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Tulare County criminal records, Tulare County divorce records, Tulare County traffic tickets, Tulare County DUI and Tulare County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Tulare County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Tulare County and California. These court pages from its Tulare County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Judicial Administrative Records (tulare.courts.ca.gov)
- Tentative Rulings (tulare.courts.ca.gov)
Cities in Tulare County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Tulare County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Porterville (63,517)
- Dinuba (25,833)
- Farmersville (10,501)
- Exeter (10,186)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Tulare County?
The Superior Court of California, County of Tulare, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Tulare 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 Tulare 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.