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General Order #GO26-006 (effective January 1, 2026, in effect until December 31, 2027): felonies and misdemeanors at the San Bernardino Justice Center or the Rancho Cucamonga, Joshua Tree or Victorville courthouse (Victorville cases may be heard at Victorville or Rancho Cucamonga, at the court's discretion); traffic infractions at the Fontana Courthouse (heard remotely at Rancho Cucamonga, with court trials at Fontana) and the Victorville, Joshua Tree or Needles courthouse; and writs of habeas corpus at the San Bernardino Justice Center; the order's tables list the zip codes and cities each courthouse serves (by the place of residence or where the incident occurred).
California > Fourth Appellate District > San Bernardino County > Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street, Eleventh Floor San Bernardino, California 92415 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO IN RE: WHERE CRIMINAL CASES ARE FILED AND HEARD GENERAL ORDER: #GO26-006 GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE The Presiding Judge has designated locations for where the types of cases are to be filed and heard. To process in a timely manner, please locate the type of case and zip code that corresponds with the place of residence or where the incident occurred. This will identify the assigned courthouse to file and have the case heard. (a) Felonies and Misdemeanors. All felonies and misdemeanor cases shall be filed and heard in the following courthouses. (1) San Bernardino Justice Center, Criminal Division at 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, 92415 Zip Code(s) | City Name 92305 | Angelus Oaks 92313 | Grand Terrace 92314 | Big Bear City 92315 | Big Bear Lake 92317 | Blue Jay 92318 | Bryn Mawr 92321 | Cedar Glen 92322 | Cedarpines park 92324 | Colton 92325 | Crestline 92333 | Fawnskin 92339 | Forest Falls 92346 | Highland 92350, 92354 | Loma Linda 92352 | Lake Arrowhead 92359 | Mentone 92373, 92374 | Redlands 92378 | Rimforest 92382 | Running Springs 92385 | Skyforest 92386 | Sugarloaf 92391 | Twin Peaks 92399 | Yucaipa 92401, 92402, 92403, 92404, 92405, 92406, 92407, 92408, 92410, 92411, 92413, 92415, 92418, 92423, 92427 | San Bernardino (2) Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse, 8303 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, 91730 Zip Code(s) | City Name 91701, 91729, 91730, 91737, 91739 | Rancho Cucamonga 91708, 91710 | Chino 91709 | Chino Hills 91743 | Guasti 91759 | Mt. Baldy 91758, 91761, 91762, 91764 | Ontario 91763 | Montclair 91766 | portions of Pomona 91784, 91785, 91786 | Upland 92316 | Bloomington 92331, 92334, 92335, 92336, 92337 | Fontana 92358 | Lytle Creek 92376, 92377 | Rialto 92509 | portions of Riverside 92880 | portions of Corona (3) Joshua Tree Courthouse, 6527 White Feather Road, Joshua Tree, 92252 Zip Code(s) | City Name 92252 | Joshua Tree 92256 | Morongo Valley 92268 | Pioneertown 92277, 92278 | Twentynine Palms 92284, 92286 | Yucca Valley 92285 | Landers/Johnson Valley (1) Victorville Courthouse, 14455 Civic Drive, Victorville, 92392. For cases assigned to Victorville Courthouse, cases, or any part thereof, may be heard at either Victorville Courthouse, 14455 Civic Drive, Victorville, 92392, or the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse 8303 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, 91730, at the court’s discretion. Zip Code(s) | City Name 92267 | Parker Damn 92280 | Vidal 92301 | Adelanto 92304 | Amboy 92307, 92308 | Apple Valley 92309, 92364 | Baker 92242 | Big River/Earp 92323 | Cima 92267 | Parker Dam 92310 | Ft. Irwin 92311 | Barstow 92327 | Daggett 92332 | Essex 92338 | Ludlow 92342 | Helendale 92340, 92344, 92345 | Hesperia 92347 | Hinkley 92356 | Lucerne Valley 92363 | Needles/Havasu Lake 92364 | Nipton 92365, 92338 | Newberry Springs 92368 | Oro Grande 92371 | Phelan 92372 | Pinon Hills 92392, 92393, 92394, 92395 | Victorville 92397 | Wrightwood 93516 | portions of Boron 93524 | portions of Edwards 93555 | portions of Ridgecrest 93562 | Trona (b) Traffic Infractions. Traffic Infractions from the following cities shall be filed and heard in the following courthouses: (1) Fontana Courthouse, 17780 Arrowhead Boulevard, Fontana, 92335. Traffic infractions from the following cities should be filed in the Fontana Courthouse but will be heard remotely at the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse. Traffic court trials from the following cities shall be heard at the Fontana Courthouse: Zip Code(s) | City Name 91701, 91729, 91730, 91737, 91739 | Rancho Cucamonga 91708, 91710 | Chino 91709 | Chino Hills 91743 | Guasti 91759 | Mt. Baldy 91761, 91762, 91764 | Ontario 91763 | Montclair 91766 | portions of Pomona 91784, 91786 | Upland 92305 | Angelus Oaks 92313 | Grand Terrace 92316 | Bloomington 92317 | Blue Jay 92318 | Bryn Mawr 92321 | Cedar Glen 92322 | Cedarpines park 92324 | Colton 92325 | Crestline 92331, 92334, 92335, 92336, 92337 | Fontana 92339 | Forest Falls 92346 | Highland 92350, 92354 | Loma Linda 92352 | Lake Arrowhead 92358 | Lytle Creek 92359 | Mentone 92373, 92374 | Redlands 92376, 92377 | Rialto 92378 | Rimforest 92382 | Running Springs 92385 | Skyforest 92386 | Sugarloaf 92391 | Twin Peaks 92399 | Yucaipa 92401, 92402, 92403, 92404, 92405, 92406, 92407, 92408, 92410, 92411, 92413, 92415, 92418, 92423, 92427 | San Bernardino 92509 | portions of Riverside 92880 | portions of Corona (2) Victorville Courthouse, 14455 Civic Drive, Victorville, 92392 Zip Code(s) | City Name 92301 | Adelanto 92304 | Amboy 92307, 92308 | Apple Valley 92309, 92364 | Baker 92333 | Fawnskin 92310 | Ft. Irwin 92311 | Barstow 92314 | Big Bear City 92315 | Big Bear Lake 92327 | Daggett 92338 | Ludlow 92342 | Helendale 92344, 92345 | Hesperia 92347 | Hinkley 92356 | Lucerne Valley 92365, 92338 | Newberry Springs 92368 | Oro Grande 92371 | Phelan 92372 | Pinon Hills 92386 | Sugarloaf 92392, 92393, 92394, 92395 | Victorville 92397 | Wrightwood 93516 | portions of Boron 93524 | portions of Edwards 93555 | portions of Ridgecrest 93562 | Trona (3) Joshua Tree Courthouse, 6527 White Feather Road, Joshua Tree, 92252 Zip Code(s) | City Name 92252 | Joshua Tree 92256 | Morongo Valley 92268 | Pioneertown 92277, 92278 | Twentynine Palms/Marine Base 92284, 92286 | Yucca Valley 92285 | Landers/Johnson Valley (4) Needles Courthouse, 1111 Bailey Avenue, Needles, 92363 Zip Code(s) | City Name 92242 | Earp/Big River 92323 | Cima 92267 | Parker Dam 92280 | Vidal 92332 | Essex 92363 | Needles/Lake Havasu 92364 | Nipton (c) Writs of Habeas Corpus. All writs of habeas corpus shall be filed and heard in the following courthouse: (1) San Bernardino Justice Center, Criminal Division at 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415 Zip Code(s) | City Name All Zip Codes | All Cities This order is effective January 1, 2026, and supersedes previous general order entitled Where Criminal Cases are Filed and Heard, issued by previous Presiding Judges. This order shall remain in effect until December 31, 2027. Dated this 1st day of January, 2026. Rod Cortez Presiding Judge of the Superior Court General Order: Where Criminal Cases are Filed and Heard [The order is signed above the printed name. The zip code tables are set one row per line (zip codes | city name); a zip code cell the print wraps over two to four lines is joined. Subdivision (a)'s fourth courthouse is numbered "(1)" in the print (after (1) to (3)). The print's "Parker Damn" and "Parker Dam" (both 92267, subdivision (a)(1) Victorville), "Cedarpines park", "92338" for both Ludlow and Newberry Springs, "92364" for both Baker and Nipton, and the subdivision (b)(1) rows "91761, 91762, 91764" (no 91758) and "91784, 91786" (no 91785) are transcribed as printed. The title "Where Criminal Cases are Filed and Heard" is italicized in the print. The running footer "General Order: Where Criminal Cases are Filed and Heard" is transcribed once; page numbers and pleading line numbers are omitted.]
SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street, Eleventh Floor San Bernardino, California 92415 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO IN RE: WHERE CRIMINAL CASES ARE FILED AND HEARD GENERAL ORDER: #GO26-006 GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE The Presiding Judge has designated locations for where the types of cases are to be filed and hea
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-07 (California T4 San Bernardino build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-bernardino/docs/forms-filing/wherecriminalcasesarefiledandheard.pdf (218806 bytes, sha256 030844259664a9bfb2cb946f003ab2fb9386c73ee1bfaf41b416f5512aa36449; 6 pages) - transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against its image; RapidOCR's reading of each page, and the file's own text layer where it has one, served only as second readers - every six-word window of the transcription was looked up in them and every miss checked on the page image, and every quotation mark, apostrophe and dash checked on a crop of the page (custody vision/check-log.md); captions set cell by cell, zip-code tables one row per line (zip codes | city), pleading continuation marks and line numbers omitted, running footers transcribed once, handwritten fills in place, with a closing bracketed note; a signature itself is not transcribed. Review note: The order (effective January 1, 2026) provides that writs of habeas corpus are filed and heard at the San Bernardino Justice Center; the court's public notice of March 2, 2026 relocated habeas corpus hearings to Department R19 at the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse effective March 9, 2026, with filings remaining at the Justice Center. A review task asks the court to confirm.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.