I walked into the juror room at this courthouse and the second I walked in it smelled strongly of…read moremildew/mold. No employee or jurors should ever have to sit in that room for any amount of time. I mentioned it to the receptionist and she said that staff have reported to their superiors, but were told there haven't been 'enough' complaints to fix the issue. I genuinely felt bad for anyone who has to sit in that room all day.

Omg the court police people are rude ass hell I can't even look or do anything. I told her I wasn't…read moredoing anything and she said it doesn't matter. It does matter because you're kicking me out for something I didn't do!!! I'm over it here and there rude.

It is that time of the year again. I was summoned for jury duty service in 2025. I had to go to the…read moreVictorville Courthouse for my jury duty service fulfillment. If you're wondering when jury duty service is complete, well, it is "when you've either reported for one day and weren't selected for a trial, or you served on a trial until it concluded, fulfilling your civic duty for about a year." Anyway, it is not a very big courthouse. Free parking is available. When I got here, it was a full house. I barely got a parking spot and made my appointment on time. So come early if you can. After entry into the building, I had to walk through security screening. Security staff was nice. He directed me to where I needed to go... the Jury Room. Thank you Sir! After entry into the Jury Room, I got in line to check-in. Room was clean. Chairs were well organized and aligned. There were about 20 people already seated. Lady staff who helped me at the window was nice and friendly. I informed her about my upcoming appointments and if she could extend my jury duty service for another week or so before year ends. She was able to do that for me. Thank you so much Miss! Next time I'll have to stay and fulfill my jury duty service either be selected or be excused. Or call the courthouse the business night after 5:00 PM before my next day appointment and confirm if I am to report for jury duty service or I am excused. My jury duty service to be continued... sorry no photos!

Went in today at 3pm for another copy of a CH-120 response since i messed up the one i had. I was…read moretrying to show the lady in window 2 the one i wanted. Kept avoiding my question. She gave me a whole incorrect packet twice. Since i had to keep coming up her window telling her this isn't the one i wanted. I explained to her i only wanted a copy of CH-120 and she said "we don't help with family law"! When i clearly just wanted "copies" i got last week no excuses. Thats all i was asking for. They were being rude and lazy, just because their shift is almost over they were just not doing their job. The lady in window 1 told me to "hey listen"? Im like "sorry what"??? Not minding her business. Bad service for it to be a court house. Need to have better manners and better customer service. Worst experience ever!

I just wanted to give a shout out to Janelle at the Mojave branch! I requested a copy of an old…read moredocument filed in 2004. Janelle went above and beyond with providing excellent customer service regarding informing me of the possible time delay and cost in providing this document. Ended up at no cost and had a link to the doc in my email less than 18 hours later. I am impressed by the excellent customer service I received.

Sent the citation to the wrong address, I called multiple times and nothing in system. They file it…read moreafter due date and I receive nothing in mail so I get a failure to appear. I submit all paperwork for a retrial just for the judge to not be willing at all to hear me out due to the failure to appear. Unfair court with a bunch of angry people who want to make to take it out on others

Overall, one of the most gorgeous court houses I've been too!…read more Pros: Cool laid back judges and staff Nice clerk office lobby Free Parking Cons: In Lancaster Parking spaces tend to be narrow Lack of restaurants around the court house

Don't come here to sign up for community service they take there lunch break frm 11-1read more

California Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 430.41…read more In California, before filing a demurrer, the demurring party must "meet and confer" with the party who filed the challenged pleading. This involves a discussion, either in person or by phone, to attempt to resolve the issue without court intervention. The meet and confer must occur at least five days before the responsive pleading is due. The defendant's attorney lied and said she tried to reach me by phone! The demurrer automatically gave her 30 days more to file her answer to my complaint. I checked my cell phone records for a call from that attorney, and there was no record of a call. I called the attorney and asked her to send me her phone record. She sent me her phone record, and the call was only 4 seconds long! She dialed my number and hung up immediately. She didn't have her answer ready so she lied in order to get 30 more days to respond. She committed perjury, and I charged her with perjury in my complaint! The clerk at the Antelope valley courthouse accidentally filed the limited case at their courthouse. Michael Antonvich in Antelope valley does not handle limited court cases, so the case was transferred to the Spring Street courthouse in Los Angeles. The commissioner that heard the case was not interested in the fact that the attorney committed perjury! My case was against a government agency. When big money government agencies are involved, the lying crooked judges and commissioners will take bribes! I am sure most people have watched Judge Mathis. He has thrown out many cases for perjury! In fact, under this civil code perjury is mentioned!

This is beautiful... new... clean... free parking…read more I understand that most people come here for not great reasons. I came to visit friends that weren't going to trial so I can say - listen, if you have to go to this courthouse... you have no idea what a hassle it is to go to other courthouses in LA County. This one at least has parking, friendly and helpful staff and a very new, clean facility. I also felt safe there. It's hot as hades there but... that really isn't the courthouse's fault. You're in the high dessert. Bring sunscreen. I got a tan just driving there.

As a juror, you would think they would tell you where the Jury Assembly room is. Nope. Two police…read moreofficers and a staff member gave me the wrong info and wrong directions to the assembly room. Making me late. Thanks yo. It's on the 4th floor. YOU'RE WELCOME. JUROR PARKING IS AT 101 Magnolia Ave. But no one tells you that. Not on the paperwork, not on the voice recording. You just have to figure that one out on your own while rushing to do your civil duty. Plus you better remember your license plate for parking. NO ONE TELLS YOU THAT EITHER. YOU'RE WELCOME. Lastly, you have to fill out the back of your jury duty paperwork. If not, they send you right to the back of the line. Time wasted - approximately 15 min. AGAIN YOU'RE WELCOME. OH AND DID I MENTION - someone hit my car too???? FML. JURY DUTY NIGHTMARE.

In for jury duty…read more Pros: Citizen paid for comfort better than most courhouses in the region (downey,compton,torrance), plenty of plugs in the jury waiting room and seating abound; a few tables if your trying to get work done while you serve your unpaid ($15 for 8 hours is not real pay) time there. Restrooms are clean, refrig, microwave available as well as speedy internet Judges are nice enough as are court staff, courtroom cops seem not so pleased to be doing the job though Cons: (antiquated structural issue with jury duty service) Having to drive beyond your living distance because as I was told they draw a straight line on a map and count mileage as a bird flies not what is actually within range of a courthouse. Judges DO NOT excuse for most reasons; no self employed people like us get to use the; i'm Loosing money while being as a reason (been to 2 jury service here several years and judges force you to attend). No consideration is given for your time and money lost while having to go there and deal with waiting for days to go through jury selection to either be forced onto a jury or rejected. *A simple at home phone questionaire or zoom video conference would solve this waste of peoples time for almost 20 people for multiple days but alas government doesn't function like a business must; in considering peoples time important. ProTips: 1. Parking structure (free but complicated to understand) for the jury, is on Pacific between Ocean and Broadway, when you park there, You MUST install the parking structure app on cell: needing phone/email/License plate number and a Credit Card entered even though you will get the parking for free after going into Jury service (they do not take cash in the structure). You'll need to scan the QR codes posted daily and then in the Jury room type your license number which is connected to only that parking structure for free parking; you'll get a notification Text saying the parking is paid. When you leave for the day; I believe camera's Read your license plate and the gate opens up automatically. 2. Bring a seat cousion, the seats in the jury room and in the hallways are wood and uncomfortable for sitting hours at a time 3. Most juries are called either by 9:30 am or after the lunch break which runs from 11:30am - 1:30pm. The entire building empties by 4:30pm 4. There are no TV's to mind numb your time while there to watch so you'll use your phone or bring a laptop/tablet to kill the day while you waste away.

DV case: was told to bring digital files to court and that a flash drive would be sufficient by the…read morepeople at the front desk. They are wrong, the commissioner said no. Luckily I had my computer with me. Don't expect to easily navigate the system when seeking justice and certain don't expect them to protect you if you are in reasonable fear of your safety. If you're reading this, I might be found dead some day because of my abuser. Stalking victims are not taken seriously, seek an attorney if you can afford it.

The courthouse building itself is fine. There's a decent amount of parking, the restrooms are…read moreclean, getting through the metal detector and security scanner at the entrance is quick and not overly invasive, and staff are polite. Having said that, no one visits the courthouse just for kicks so my review has to include my reason for being there (over and over and over again)- jury duty- and that's why there are three stars missing. Even with pandemic precautions, this process feels remarkably inefficient and inconsiderate of the time, distance, and effort involved in doing one's civic duty. It took four visits to the courthouse before I finally learned I wouldn't be assigned to a trial and two of those visits seemed entirely pointless. For one visit I filled out a form that I easily could have completed online if it had been available and then was told to come back the next week. For my second visit, I sat there for a while and was then told to come back four hours later. In a pandemic, I am not sure why those two unnecessary visits couldn't have been streamlined. There's also minimal information provided while you're in the middle of this process so you have no idea if your life is now a Kafkaesque Groundhog Day of fruitless courthouse visits or if these trips have an end point. When I asked a clerk, she replied "It's up to the judge." Speaking of the judge, he was pleasant and engaging and the bailiffs were friendly and helpful. Once voir dire (vwär dir, folks, please) began on my third visit, it all actually became very interesting though I felt awful for the folks having to answer brutally invasive questions in front of a room full of strangers. I also felt bad for myself for having to sit in a room with several people who hadn't mastered mask-wearing and had their masks below their noses. Overall, I think the individual people in the system are doing their best to keep the system working within highly abnormal conditions but the process is antiquated, inefficient, and, in a pandemic, risky.

I respect my civic duty and acknowledge that the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse is probably a less…read morestressful experience than other courthouses, but the experience still had major room for improvement. There are so many inefficiencies in the system. I don't think the government system takes feedback or makes process improvements, but hopefully this review helps someone with their Jury Duty experience. At this courthouse, you receive a summons and you actually have to CALL 5pm the day prior to check if you need to physically come in. Considering they made me go online and fill in all this stuff, why can't I check some status online? If you have to report in person, the dress code is business casual. Although I feel like a lot of people were way more casual casual and they weren't sent home to change like the threat on the phone. In the room where the potential jurors meet, we were told to listen to a video but the TVs were unevenly distributed and the audio was awful. Then when we were suppose to find ourselves on these lists, the names were written in a thin white font that was hard to read. A lot of do this and wait, do this and wait. During one of my breaks I went to the restroom on first floor and it really needs renovations. No automated/sensors. In the women's bathroom on 1st 2 out of 4 sinks were broken. Then I made the mistake of getting a snack at the café inside the courthouse. Since they have no competition and they're the only option, they get to be slow inefficient and burn your food... in my case burnt my food twice. It was also so hectic as they didn't take names down, they just called out the type of order, so if multiple people ordered the same thing they all go up and look confused. I waited for ever for them to call me back saying they forgot what I ordered... Then it was burnt. I came back... They remade it... Burnt again. Pointless. I didn't have time to deal with them a third time. On a more positive note, this is the furthest I made it along in the jury selection process. I won't give any detail to maintain the confidentiality but I can say they ask questions to make sure there are no conflict of interest or strong biases that would negatively affect either parties. It was nice to see the justice system at work. Obviously the Jury Duty experience is a civic duty, but the courthouse really need some renovations to make the jury experience less awful.

My current experience with jury duty has been incredibly frustrating and disappointing…read more The jury summons I received by mail clearly stated that I was required to be here at 8:30 AM, and I received the same time through text message. I arrived on time, went through security, checked in, and proceeded to the jury assembly room. After waiting for several minutes, we were told that the start time had been pushed back to 9:00 AM. A short time later, another announcement was made that it would be pushed back to 10:45 AM. When 10:45 came and went, we were then informed that the start time had been pushed back again -- this time to 1:30 PM. We were also told that we could leave the building but were required to return by 1:30 PM. This experience shows a serious lack of consideration for people's time, responsibilities, families, and livelihoods. Many people cannot simply spend an entire workday sitting around waiting with no clear information. Some of us have jobs where missing hours means losing income, and not everyone can afford that. I understand that court proceedings can be unpredictable and that delays happen. However, there needs to be better communication, organization, and consideration for the people being asked to serve. People are making arrangements, missing work, paying for childcare, and rearranging their lives to fulfill a civic responsibility. The jury system depends on people showing up and doing their part. The court system should show the same level of respect for the people who are being asked to serve. Today's experience has left me feeling that the system is seriously broken when it comes to respecting the time and circumstances of ordinary people.

I came here to prove my innocence... okay, okay, I'm joking. Mostly…read more I actually visited the West Covina Courthouse for a background check related to a job and needed documentation showing I have no criminal record. I arrived around 2:30 PM, and honestly the most annoying part was parking. Finding a spot wasn't too difficult, but the walk from the parking area to the courthouse entrance felt like it was on the complete opposite side of the property. Add a little afternoon sun, and it became a mini workout. Once inside, though, everything was surprisingly smooth. Security moved quickly, the staff were organized, and I was directed to the criminal clerk's office. The employee who helped me was absolutely wonderful. She was friendly, efficient, and had me taken care of in no time. I also stopped by the small claims/civil court area to get information on another matter, and everyone I interacted with was professional and helpful. Maybe I caught them on a good day, but the whole experience gave me unexpected Legally Blonde energy. Everyone seemed to know what they were doing, people were pleasant, and things moved along without the chaos I usually associate with government buildings. Timing probably plays a huge role, but my visit was quick, easy, and far less stressful than I expected. For a trip to the courthouse, that's about as good as it gets.

What a pleasant surprise this building we'll keep and not busy at all. Plenty of parking . No lines…read morefor court day.