Public Portal
Our Public Portal can be used to view information regarding court cases, traffic citations, or to view the current court calendar for any chosen day. Please note, there are several exceptions to remote access on certain case types. For more information, see CRC Rule 2.500.
The purpose of this system is to provide the ability to research and locate matters in the San Benito County Superior Court, and create an online account to view your electronic case file for existing cases in the County of San Benito.
The most current filings may or may not be in the system. While the court strives to ensure accuracy of the information it provides, the court recognizes that on occasion errors occur. Thus, the court encourages anyone seeking to rely on this information to verify it by checking any court paperwork or notice that you may have. Use of the information contained in the Court's Online Portal is the user's responsibility.
If you are a named party or attorney of record and would like access to your case, please fill out this form.*
*Only named parties and attorneys of record on a case may access document images. To ensure security, attorneys are required to provide one (1) form of government-issued photo identification. Parties, are required to provide two (2) forms of identification (one MUST be a government issued photo identification and the other may be anything that has your photo and name i.e. school ID)
Public Portal Account Creation Guide
Background Check Request Form
The Criminal Division maintains filings and records of dispositions (judicial decisions.) To get information about or copies of documents from a criminal case, you can make a request in person or in writing via mail. If you make your request in writing, be sure to include:
- Upon receiving a check for the total cost and a self-addressed stamped envelope, the clerk will send the documents.
FAQs
To be able to search for public case information you must make an account. You are now able to see a limited number of cases within the public portal. Online document access is governed by California Rules of Court rule 2.503. If you are needing assistance with creating an account, please refer to our Creating a Public Portal Account Guide.
You should receive an activation email after filling out your information on the Public Portal new account page. If you have not received an email, please check your SPAM/JUNK mailbox to confirm that it did not end up there. If you are needing more help with creating an account, please refer to our Creating a Public Portal Account Guide.
Login to your Public Portal account and in the top right corner you will click on your name. This will take you to your My Account page. To edit account information, you will click on the Account tab that is just below the My Account title. After editing the desired information, make sure to go to the bottom of the page and click save.
After logging into your account, you will first click on the Case Search tab at the very top of the page. Here you will input the case number and any other information necessary to pull up the desired case. After putting in the information and pressing enter, the results will be listed below the search button.
Only named parties and attorneys of record on a case may access document images. If you are a named party or attorney and would like access to your case documents, please fill out this form. Attorneys, are required to provide one (1) form of government-issued photo identification. Parties, are required to provide two (2) forms of identification (one MUST be a government issued photo identification and the other may be anything that has your photo and name i.e. school ID)
Make sure to check you SPAM/JUNK mailbox to confirm that it did not end up there.