Orange County, California one of the most populous in the state, has place its civil court index, back to 1996, on the Internet. Free access. Cases can be searched by partial name, case number or business and return the docket. Read the press release.

This Civil Public Access system returns case information for Unlimited, Limited and Complex Civil case categories. At this time documents imaged or electronically filed are not available via this application. Unlimited and Complex Civil (actions filed for more than $25,000) cases filed since 1996 are available. Limited Civil (actions filed for less than $25,000) cases filed at Central Justice Center since 2004 are available. Limited Civil cases filed at North, West and Harbor Justice Centers since 2005 are available. Information can be retrieved by searching via:
– The Superior Court of California, County of Orange Case number
– A person (or participant) associated with a case
– A business associated with a case