How to Access Santa Barbara County Court Records?

Santa Barbara County is located in the state of California with a total of 448,150 residents and was established in 1850.

Santa Barbara county court records are public documents that are available in most cases to the anyone upon request. Some Santa Barbara local judicial offices are very busy with many different types of cases, and others have few cases. It depends on the court structure and the number of natives. Many counties have court records posted online on their website for easy access in California. However, in some cases, you will have to visit a few different online tools to find California court records.

Public court documents for Santa Barbara County will include criminal cases (both felonies and misdemeanors), civil cases (like personal and business lawsuits), bankruptcies, marriages and divorces, liens, tax issues, small claims, traffic court cases, evictions, family law cases and more.

Since 2012, a total of 654,476 were filed in the county. As of 2018, 86% of the cases were criminal cases. The busiest courts in the county were Superior Court.

Finding Santa Barbara County court records is possible using the California court system website at https://www.courts.ca.gov/, and even easier through Santa Barbara County court records search tools like Infotracer. With just a name search, the user can review hundreds of available court records and cases from any Santa Barbara County court.

Santa Barbara County Court Caseload Data and Trends

Depending on the local authorities practices, and political and economic climates, court case tallies will vary from year to year in specific areas of Santa Barbara County, CA.

The Santa Barbara County court system consists of 1 court type, Superior Court. In 2018, Superior Court recorded 73,044 filings, which indicates a decrease of 17% from 85,705 in 2017. Review the table below for number of cases in the county.

Most Popular Court Cases

You can tell a lot about an area by the types of legal issues that appear in county courts.

Santa Barbara County court records data dates back to 2012. Some may date back further, but they started formally recording them since 2012. There was a total of 73,044 cases filed in the county for the year 2018. The most popular type of court case is criminal comprising 86% of the total filings. The next most popular types of court cases are civil and family law cases. Check out the table below to review the filing information for a specific court case type in county.

There are various solutions to find for a Santa Barbara County court case using someone’s name, the court type, the courthouse or county name, and other information.

Juvenile Delinquency in Santa Barbara, CA

Unfortunately, in many areas of the Santa Barbara County, juvenile delinquency offenses are on the rise. There are many reasons for the inflation in youth offenders. The juvenile sentence in California often depends on the severity of the crime, the number of charges, and other family matters.

In 2017, a total of 1133 juvenile cases were reported for every 100,000 people age 10 to adulthood in the jurisdiction of Santa Barbara County. Of that total, 85% of those proceedings were delinquencies which equaled 962 court cases. Another 15% were dependency cases that accounted for 171 of the juvenile cases.

A lot of counties, including, Santa Barbara County, are focusing on family counseling and relationships rather than punishment for juvenile crimes. Future Santa Barbara County juvenile delinquency tallies will show whether or not this approach is working.

Government of Santa Barbara County, CA

https://www.ca.gov/

County Seat:	Santa Barbara
Government Type:	County
Authority:	Dillon's Rule
Year Organized:	1850
Total Square Miles:	3,789
2019 Population:	448,150
Persons/Square Mile:	0.01

Santa Barbara County, CA Courts