Media Information Center

News Releases

Policies, Protocols, and Rules

• Media Access Policy
• Local Rule Chapter 6 - Juvenile Court Confidentiality and Media Polices
• Rule 1.150. Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court - external link
• Rule 5.552. Confidentiality of Records - external link
• NEWOrder Requiring Civil Litigants Provide Additional Copy of all Case Initiating Pleadings at the time of Filing

Forms

• Media Request to Photograph, Record, or Broadcast (MC-500)

  (fillable form)

• Information about Form MC-500
• Order on Media Request to Permit Coverage (MC-510)

  (fillable form)

• Information about Form MC-510

Resources

• Access to Court Records
  • Confidentiality Statute - Court Records
  • Public Access to Judicial Administrative Records
  • Information on Civil Records
  • How to Access Civil Records
  • Information on Criminal Law Records
  • How to Access Criminal Records
  • Search Warrant Summary
  • Information on Family Law Records
  • How to Access Family Law Records
  • Information on Juvenile Delinquency Records
  • How to Access Juvenile Delinquency Records
  • Information on Juvenile Dependency Records
  • How to Access Juvenile Dependency Records
• Bail Schedules
  • Felony and Misdemeanor Bail Schedules
  • Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule
• California Code - external link
• Community Outreach
• Court Bulletin
• Courthouse Services
  • Downtown Courthouse Services
  • Carol Miller Justice Center Services
  • Juvenile Courthouse Service
  • William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse Services
• Media Guide
• Phone Directories
  • Court Phone Directory
  • Judicial Phone Directory
• Terminology
  • Selected Terminology Used in Criminal Court
  • Selected Terminology Used in Dependency Court
  • Legal Glossary - external link

Reference Material

• Bench Bar Media Reference Binder
• California Courts' Newsroom - external link
• California Courts' Research and Statistics - external link
• Fact Sheet: Cameras in California Courts - external link