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Requesting a CD-ROM of the Public Case Index
What case information is available?
The Superior Court has a form (Order for CD-ROM
Index form) to request (at cost) a
CD-ROM disk containing information downloaded from the Court’s
public
access website for civil and small claims cases. (Public
access to trial court records maintained in electronic format is
governed by
California Rules of Court.) The
data will include the following:
- Case number, title, file date, disposition date, status, and case
type,
- Associated case numbers and type of relationship between the
cases,
- Party name and type,
- Name and address of counsel,
- Motion/document/order description, file date, by and against
parties, ruling description and date, and
- Scheduled event date, time, department, type, result type and
date, notice print date and reset date.
How up-to-date is the information on the CD?
The data provided will be a compilation of the data from the civil
case management system contained on the Court’s public access web site
through the last complete quarter preceding the date of any request. The
bulk data disk will be updated on a quarterly basis shortly after the
end of each quarter. The information will be available in XML format and
will be accompanied by a data dictionary defining each of the data
elements
While the Court attempts to keep the information on the public access
web site current and accurate, this data is not the official record of
the Court and the Court is not responsible for any mistakes, errors or
inaccuracies contained on the public website or the disk.
The Court assumes no liability or responsibility for the accuracy or
completeness of the data provided, nor for any damage or injury caused
by the use or misuse of this data or the disk. A defective disk will be
replaced by the Court at no additional charge, however, use of the disk
shall be at the user’s risk, and the Court shall not be liable for any
consequential damages resulting from a faulty disk or the use of the
information contained therein.
Is there a charge for the CD?
The Court will assess as a charge for the disk, the actual cost of
creating the disk, and administrative costs in processing such requests.
The Court will provide a copy of the disk upon receipt by the Court of
the Order for CD-ROM
Index form and payment of the associated fee. A request for Public Index
CD-ROM cannot be made by any individual or organization more than once
every quarter. Preparing compilations of bulk data for non-court use is
not a part of normal court operations and, as such, places burdens on
the Court’s resources. If the Court concludes that such burdens are
excessive, it may terminate this policy or modify its terms without
prior notice.
Policy, Terms and Conditions
Failure to comply with this policy (printable
version of policy) or the
Public Index CD-ROM Terms
and Conditions may result in the denial of future requests for data.
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