State Trial Courts

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The agency provides court services to individuals in Los Angeles County. Services include civil state trial courts, criminal state trial courts, name change assistance, probate courts, small claims courts, state trial courts, temporary restraining order filing assistance and adult and juvenile traffic courts. There are no geographic restrictions; however, the court only hears small claims cases within their jurisdiction.

The court presides over civil cases involving no more than $25,000. It serves as a small claims court for cases involving $7,500 or less. It also has jurisdiction over criminal cases which involve misdemeanor offenses that are punishable by a fine or less than 12 months imprisonment in county jails, or both; in violations of laws such as theft, traffic offenses and vagrancy; and conducts preliminary hearings for felony offenses such as arson, burglary and murder.