Merced County, CA
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Merced County Superior Court — Records Search
Searches of the computer, case files, microfiche, microfilm or indexes - a fee of $15 for a search of more than ten (10) minutes (GC70627(c)), most searches shorter; requests by mail with a check or money order, a self-addressed stamped envelope and the Record/Search/Copy Request form (a signed check marked “amount not to exceed $xx.xx” accepted; without the envelope, fees for an envelope and postage under CRC10.815(10)/CRC10.815(11)/GC70631); telephone requests only from the defendant or the attorney for calendar or case information, all other searches in writing on the form or in person; an AKA a separate name search; files pulled for viewing held at the Division counter for ten (10) days, then returned to the archive (a new search and possible off-site retrieval fee); information in juvenile, sealed or other confidential cases given to an attorney only with proper authority; copies at fifty cents ($.50) per page (GC70627(a)), certification $40 (GC70626(a)(4)), searches of estate documents (GC70661) and off-site retrieval $15 (California Rules of Court (CRC) 10.815(13)/GC70631).
Merced County Superior Court — Traffic
The division's jurisdiction (Vehicle Code violations, some local municipal ordinances, infractions and minor misdemeanors); the Notice to Appear, the Juvenile Traffic Notice to Appear, and the Mandatory Traffic Notice to Appear; payment in person at 720 West 20th Street, Merced, or 1159 G Street, Los Banos, online (not where an appearance is mandatory) or by mail; ability-to-pay requests through MyCitations (not for misdemeanor or felony fines, a contest, traffic school or proof of correction); walk-ins in Merced on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday mornings between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. and Thursday afternoons between 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., in Los Banos on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings between 7:45 am and 8:15 am; Traffic Violator School eligibility (a moving violation, no course in 18 months, no more than 3 infractions, no misdemeanor) and the additional $70 fee, requested by mail with the bail; proof of correction with the $25 fee per correctable violation (VC 40611) by the due date, the case then dismissed; payment plans requested on or before the arraignment date and completed within 12 months, payments in person, by the drop box (after 3:00 p.m. processed the next business day), online or by mail; collections and the Franchise Tax Board; petitions to reduce or vacate a civil assessment (Rule 4.106) and for an ability-to-pay determination (Rule 4.335; form TR-320); contesting a citation by posting the fine and requesting a Court Trial or Trial by Declaration; the appeal forms (CR-141-INFO to CR-145 for infractions, CR-131-INFO to CR-137 for misdemeanors); and the Traffic FAQs - the due date and civil assessment penalties of up to $100.00, extensions, mandatory appearances (22348(b) VC; 23140(a) VC), arraignment and court trial without posting bail (California Rule of Court 4.105), a written request for a continuance at least 10 days before a court trial, and the Trial by Written Declaration (VC 40902; TR-205; a new trial requested within 20 days of the mailing of the notice of judgment).
Merced County Superior Court — Traffic - Remote Appearance
Remote appearances generally allowed in Traffic Infraction cases, scheduling one indicating consent pursuant to California Penal Code section 1428.5 (the Traffic Arraignment Advisement read first; the appearance confirmation and the directions to the remote appearance links sent by email); the advisement - the rights (the citation read in open court, presence in person at the arraignment and court trial, officers by video unless the defendant objects, an appearance by video as consent to remote appearances by all parties and a waiver of personal presence, counsel for a misdemeanor, a jury trial for a misdemeanor or an Officer Court Trial for an infraction within 45 days, confrontation, subpoenas, testimony or silence, appeal), base fines and Penalties and Assessments, the 1 point and Traffic Violator School (TVS: 18 months from the last, the $70 administrative fee and the school's fee, the request made when the case is heard); the deadlines to schedule a remote appearance with the Clerk’s Office ((209) 725-4107 Merced, (209) 725- 4124 Los Banos) or online - Arraignments, Further Proceedings, and Pay or Appear no later than 3 PM on the court day before the hearing, Court Trials no later than 10 calendar days before the hearing date (officers likewise where the Notice of Court Trial permits remote appearances); evidence submitted by 3 PM on the court day before the hearing; payment online within five (5) business days, fines referred to Court Collections if not paid within fourteen (14) calendar days of the hearing date; and preparing for the appearance (the link confirmed the day before, joining up to 10 minutes early, first and last name and the case number).