Santa Rosa City Recorder's Court records

Collection

Identifier: SCG-00029

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Official records of the Santa Rosa City Recorder's Court.

Dates

Creation: 1896-1953

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at link to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at link

Court History

The Santa Rosa City Recorder's Court (also known as the City Court and Recorder's Court was a municipal-level court that handled misdemeanor offenses. The Santa Rosa Court came under the jurisdiction of the Sonoma County Municipal Court following court reorganization and consolidation under 1950's California Proposition 3, "Inferior Court Reorganization," and was superceded by The Sonoma County Municipal Court's Santa Rosa Municipal Court. The Sonoma County Municipal Court was itself absorbed into the Superior Court following the voter-authorized reorganization in 1998, California Proposition 220.

Biographical / Historical

The Santa Rosa Recorder's Court was a municipal-level court that handled misdemeanor offenses. The Santa Rosa Court came under the jurisdiction of the Sonoma County Municipal Court following court reorganization and consolidation. The Sonoma County Municipal Court was itself absorbed into the Superior Court following the voter-authorized reorganization in 1998, California Proposition 220.