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Court Holiday, Thursday, December 25th

The Calaveras Superior Court will be closed.

TEXT Messaging SCAM

The Calaveras Superior Court has been made aware of an ongoing scam that uses fake text messages appearing to be sent by the Court or DMV that seek payment for unpaid traffic citations.

The Court and DMV does not and will not contact the public through text messages to make payments for traffic citations.

The public is cautioned not to provide financial or personal information If contacted via text or a phone call. The Court does not seek this information through texts or phone calls.

If you are unsure about having paid a traffic citation, please visit the Court’s website at Home | Superior Court of California | County of Calaveras and click on “Pay Fines.” From there, you will be directed to a site from which you may search and enter your corresponding information to see if there are any outstanding balances.

Name Change Information

Forms

Packets are available at the Self-Help Legal Center and the Court Clerk's Service Windows.
You may also obtain forms at the Judicial Council Forms website along with links to helpful information and instructions.

Forms may be used to change one's own name and, under certain circumstances, the names of others (e.g. children under 18 years of age).

Venue

The documents must be filed in the Superior Court of the county where the person whose name is to be changed presently lives.

Hearings

Hearings are scheduled six (6) to seven (7) weeks from the date of filing. These matters are heard on Fridays at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 2.

Information Required on Form

  • Drivers License number,
  • Social Security number, and
  • any AKA names you have used (this applies to adults only), as a background check will be conducted by the courts.
  • the newspaper you are going to publish in.
    • Name Changes must be published for 4 consecutive weeks.
    • In Calaveras County you may publish in the Calaveras Enterprise or The Valley Springs News.

Filing Fee

See the Civil fee schedule

Name Change After Divorce

If you:

  1. are changing your name after a divorce and
  2. were divorced in the State of California, and
  3. did not request your name restored on your judgment,

then you may be able to file an Ex Parte Application for Restoration of Former Name after Entry of Judgment and Order (FL-395). You will need to file it into your divorce case. There is no filing fee; however, certified copies are $40.

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