Colusa County Superior Court

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Colusa County Superior Court
Colusa Cty Courthouse 1908.jpg
Colusa County Superior Court, historic 1861 courthouse (photographed in 1908)
Colusa County Superior Court
39°12′50″N122°00′32″W / 39.21385°N 122.00899°W / 39.21385; -122.00899
Established1850
Jurisdiction Colusa County, California
Location Colusa
Coordinates 39°12′50″N122°00′32″W / 39.21385°N 122.00899°W / 39.21385; -122.00899
Appeals to California Court of Appeal for the Third District
Website colusa.courts.ca.gov
Presiding Judge
CurrentlyHon. Brendan Michael Farrell [1]
Assistant Presiding Judge
CurrentlyHon. Luke Steidlmayer [1]
Court Executive Officer
CurrentlyErika F. Valencia [1]

The Superior Court of California, County of Colusa, also known as the Colusa County Superior Court, is the California superior court with jurisdiction over Colusa County.

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History

Colusa County was one of the original counties formed (as "Colusi County") when California gained statehood in 1850. The spelling was modified in 1856. [2]

The county government center was at the Monroe House prior to the county seat's move from Monroeville to Colusi in 1853; after the move, a two-storey wooden courthouse was built on Market Street in Colusa in 1854, near the present-day site of the courthouse completed in 1861. [2] Charles D. Semple donated most of the land for the 1861 courthouse in the vain hopes that his tax bill would be forgiven. [3] It is the third-oldest county courthouse in California, after the Mariposa (1854) and Trinity (1857) county courthouses. [4]

Venues

Primary court operations are held in the Court's annex (532 Oak Street), one block south of the historic courthouse (547 Market Street). The annex handles all criminal trials, while the historic courthouse handles civil, family law, probate, and traffic cases. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Officers of the Court". Superior Court of California, County of Colusa. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Department History". Colusa County Sheriff. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Colusa County". California Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Deacon, John. "Colusa County". American Courthouses. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ Valencia, Erika F. (November 4, 2020). "Notice re: Courtroom Schedule" (PDF). Superior court of California, County of Colusa. Retrieved December 14, 2020.


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