Colusa County Superior Court

{{Short description|California superior court with jurisdiction over Colusa County}}

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| jurisdiction = Colusa County, California

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| chiefjudgetitle = Presiding Judge

| chiefjudgename = Hon. Jeffrey A. Thompson

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| chiefjudgetitle2 = Assistant Presiding Judge

| chiefjudgename2 = Hon. Elizabeth Ufkes Olivera

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| chiefjudgetitle3 = Court Executive Officer

| chiefjudgename3 = Erika F. Valencia

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The Superior Court of California, County of Colusa, also known as the Colusa County Superior Court, is the California superior court with jurisdiction over Colusa County.

History

Colusa County was one of the original counties formed (as "Colusi County") when California gained statehood in 1850. The spelling was modified in 1856.{{cite web |url=https://www.countyofcolusa.org/179/Department-History |title=Department History |publisher=Colusa County Sheriff |accessdate=14 December 2020}}

The county government center was at the Monroe House prior to the county seat's move from Monroeville to Colusi in 1853; after the move, a two-storey wooden courthouse was built on Market Street in Colusa in 1854, near the present-day site of the courthouse completed in 1861. Charles D. Semple donated most of the land for the 1861 courthouse in the vain hopes that his tax bill would be forgiven.{{cite web |url=https://www.cschs.org/history/california-county-courthouses-alphabetical/colusa-county/ |title=Colusa County |publisher=California Supreme Court Historical Society |accessdate=14 December 2020}} It is the third-oldest county courthouse in California, after the Mariposa (1854) and Trinity (1857) county courthouses.{{cite web |url=http://www.courthouses.co/us-states/states-a-g/california/colusa-county/ |title=Colusa County |author=Deacon, John |website=American Courthouses |accessdate=14 December 2020}}

Venues

Primary court operations are held in the Court's annex (532 Oak Street), one block south of the historic courthouse (547 Market Street). The annex handles all criminal trials, while the historic courthouse handles civil, family law, probate, and traffic cases.{{cite web |url=http://www.colusa.courts.ca.gov/misc/Notice%20RE%20Courtroom%20Schedule%202021.pdf |title=Notice re: Courtroom Schedule |date=November 4, 2020 |author=Valencia, Erika F. |publisher=Superior court of California, County of Colusa |accessdate=14 December 2020}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://colusa.courts.ca.gov/}}
{{cite book |url=https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/CaliforniaCourthouses.pdf |title=California Courthouses |date=2008 |publisher=Judicial Council of California |access-date=2020-12-14 |archive-date=2020-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306203442/https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/CaliforniaCourthouses.pdf |url-status=dead }}

{{California topic|| Superior Court|title=Superior Courts of California|exclude-regions=yes|exclude-cities=yes|exclude-suffix=yes}}

Superior Court

Category:Superior courts in California