About the Interpreter Services Division

Interpreter Providing Assistance

Interpreter Services Division, in providing access to justice, ensures that a person with limited English proficiency in a mandated hearing (i.e., Criminal, Juvenile, Family Law (domestic violence related) and Elder Abuse cases) is provided with a court interpreter. 

Court Interpreters are experts in language and are assigned only to render linguistically equivalent interpretation from one language into another. They are not parties to a case, have no interest in any case, and remain completely neutral in all matters. A Court Interpreter works for the court and does not represent any party. A court interpreter's sole responsibility is to bridge the communication barrier necessitating his or her presence.

Click here for the most commonly requested languages within Riverside Courts.