Traffic Courts

This state trial court is an L A County Superior Court with jurisdiction over civil, criminal, municipal, juvenile justice, and adult and juvenile traffic cases in the following cities: Carson, Compton, Lynwood, Paramount and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles. Name change assistance is also provided. There are no geographic restrictions.  

This court 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.

Juvenile justice services include the sealing of juvenile records; processing appeals and incoming- and outgoing- inter-county juvenile case transfers; maintenance of psychotropic drug information and case log numbers; evaluating rehearing determinations and processing California Youth Authority (CYA) case processing.