Orange County Superior Court — Appearance Procedure and… — CA · BenchPath

Orange County Superior Court — Appearance Procedure and Information: Civil Administrative Appeals and Labor Commissioner Appeals (update of September 17, 2024)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsAppearance Procedure and Information: Civil Administrative Appeals and Labor Commissioner Appeals (update of September 17, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of Orange; linked from the court's page https://www.occourts.org/civil-video-appearances at https://www.occourts.org/system/files/general/administrative_appeals_appearance_procedure_and_information.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Administrative appeals (civil fines and penalties, Labor Commissioner awards, dangerous or vicious dog determinations, disqualified person determinations) are heard in Department C65 at the Central Justice Center: how to file and ask questions; remote Zoom appearance for the initial status conference in Labor Commissioner appeals, with other initial hearings in person; technology problems; Local Rule 375.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange

Requirement

Superior Court of California County of Orange Appearance Procedure and Information Civil – Administrative Appeals and Labor Commissioner Appeals UPDATE – Friday, September 17, 2024 In-person services are available in the Civil Clerk’s Office Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 1. Civil - Administrative Appeals: Administrative appeals are processed in Civil and heard by Department C65 at the Central Justice Center. They generally include the following types of cases: ➢ Appeal from final decision of parking citation; ➢ Appeal from civil administrative fine or penalty; ➢ Appeal from Labor Commissioner’s award of wages, penalties, and compensation; ➢ Determination of dangerous dog or vicious dog. ➢ Request for Hearing to Challenge Disqualified Person Determination 2. Filings: Filings may be submitted in-person at the Central Justice Center, via eFiling through an approved eFiling Service Provider, or by US Mail at 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701. 3. Questions: Specific questions can be submitted via the “Ask a Question” button on the court’s website. 4. Self Help Assistance: The public is encouraged to consult Self Help Services prior to filing documents. To contact Self Help, visit www.occourts.org/self-help and select "Click Here to Contact Self Help Services". 5. Appearances (Department C65): The Court will offer remote appearances for the initial status conference in Labor Commissioner appeals. The initial hearing in other administrative appeal cases will be set for in-person appearance. Remote appearance will be conducted via Zoom through the video links available on the court’s web page https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/civil.html. Click on the red bar as displayed below to access the video link for the courtroom where the hearing is set. To view Remote Hearing Instructions click here or visit https://www.occourts.org/media-relations/covid/CivilPublicRemoteHearingInstructionsZoom.pdf. In the event a party, witness, official reporter, official reporter pro tempore, court interpreter, or other court personnel experiences technology or audibility issues that arise during a remote conference, hearing, proceeding, or trial, the person is to alert the court by calling the courtroom. Phone numbers for the courtrooms can be found at https://www.occourts.org/directory/civil/CivilPhoneDepartmentDirectory.pdf Parties should review Local Rule 375 (https://www.occourts.org/directory/local-rules/2022/Div3.pdf) for additional appearance information.

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange Appearance Procedure and Information Civil – Administrative Appeals and Labor Commissioner Appeals UPDATE – Friday, September 17, 2024 In-person services are available in the Civil Clerk’s Office Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 1. Civil - Administrative Appeals: Administrative appeals are processed in Civil and heard by Department C65

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: September 17, 2024
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-orange-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/docs/administrative_appeals_appearance_procedure_and_information.pdf (320702 bytes, sha256 be900e206b961764c70836a6d5f82655ee9d355fb5c7597f533023bf50e57613; 2 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and running headers or footers removed as chrome, lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) both pass.