El Dorado County Superior Court

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El Dorado County Superior Court
Placerville Courthouse.jpg
1913 courthouse in Placerville (photographed in 2006)
Established1850
Jurisdiction El Dorado County, California
Location
Appeals to California Court of Appeal for the Third District
Website eldoradocourt.org
Presiding Judge
CurrentlyHon. Suzanne N. Kingsbury [1]
Assistant Presiding Judge
CurrentlyHon. Vicki Ashworth [1]
Court Executive Officer
CurrentlyTania G. Ugrin-Capobianco [2]

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

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History

El Dorado County was one of the original counties established when California became a state.

Although Coloma, the initial county seat, promised to build several new buildings to serve the county government, an observer noted in 1856 "the present buildings are not suitable in which to transact the business of the Empire county" [3] and the county seat was moved to Placerville in 1857. At least one Coloma resident objected to the move, claiming a new jail and court house were already complete but unoccupied. [4]

In Placerville, a new county courthouse was completed in 1861. It was destroyed by fire on May 15, 1910, [5] and replaced by a new concrete courthouse, completed in 1912 at the same site at a cost of US$131,000(equivalent to $3,510,000 in 2020). [6] [7] The credited architects were Cuff & Diggs of Sacramento. [8] [9]

Court operations eventually outgrew the existing facility and an annex was added in the 1970s; in addition, new court facilities were opened at the County Government Center in the early 1990s. [10]

Venues

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El Dorado County Superior Court locations:
1
Placerville Main, 495 Main St
2
Placerville Bldg C, 2850 Fairlane Ct
 Placerville Fair Lane, 295 Fair Ln
3
Cameron Park, 3321 Cameron Park Dr
4
South Lake Tahoe, 1354 Johnson Blvd

In addition to the buildings in Placerville, satellite courts for El Dorado County operate in Cameron Park and South Lake Tahoe.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Judicial Assignments". Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "California Courts Newsroom". Judicial Branch of California. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Driver, Quill (May 1, 1856). "El Dorado county Correspondence". Sacramento Daily Union. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "El Dorado Correspondence". Sacramento Daily Union. June 12, 1857. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Fourteen-hour fire causes heavy losses in Placerville". Sacramento Union. May 17, 1910. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "El Dorado County". California Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "El Dorado County, California". Courthouse History. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Placerville Courthouse Is Finished: Finest for Its Size in the State of California". San Francisco Call. December 22, 1912. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "El Dorado Court House Complete". Sacramento Union. December 22, 1912. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. ↑ Deacon, John (2015). "El Dorado County". American Courthouses. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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