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Court News & Notices
PORTAL OUTAGE: The court will be upgrading its version of the Odyssey Portal, on Wednesday, September 9 between 5:00pm and 9:00pm. The outage is necessary while we complete the upgrade and conduct some testing of the latest version. The portal outage will not have any impacts in the ability to submit electronic filings. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will do our best to keep the outage as brief as possible.
NOTICE: November 12, 2020
Application for Discharge from Accountability Government Code section 25259.7
NOTICE: September 21, 2020
Judge Pauline Maxwell Elected Assistant Presiding Judge of the Santa Barbara Superior Court
NOTICE: July 30, 2020
NOTICE: May 1, 2020
NOTICE: April 30, 2020
STATEWIDE EMERGENCY ORDER by Chief Justice and Chair of Judicial Council
NOTICE: April 27, 2020:
Chief Justice's Order Extending Santa Barbara Superior Court Closure to May 23rd
PRESS RELEASE: April 24, 2020:
NOTICE: April 23, 2020:
GENERAL ORDER Staying Evictions in Consideration of State of Emergency
NOTICE: April 13, 2020:
Emergency Rules 1-11 of the California Rules of Court, dated April 6, 2020
NOTICE: March 30, 2020
STATEWIDE EMERGENCY ORDER by Chief Justice and Chair of Judicial Council
NOTICE: March 27, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: March 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: March 16, 2020
* COURT CLOSURE DUE TO COVID-19
* GENERAL ORDER RE: Implementation of Emergency Relief Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Section 68115 by Chair of Judicial Council
PRESS RELEASE: March 12, 2020:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Regarding Superior Court COVID-19 Response
NOTICE: March 9, 2020:
Apply to be on the Civil Grand Jury of Santa Barbara County. Deadline 5/1/2020
NOTICE: August 29, 2019:
Order Re: Judicial Assignments Effective 9/16/19
NOTICE: July 25, 2019:
NOTICE: June 26, 2019:
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