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Please be advised the Court is experiencing delays in traffic citation processing.

As a result, you may not be able to locate your citation when searching in the Court’s database. If your citation is not yet showing in the Courts system, please contact the traffic call center at 951-222-0384 for further instructions. Your citation will not be considered delinquent, and your date to pay and/or appear will be adjusted if your ability to timely remit payment or appear in Court has been adversely impacted by this delay. 

Notice:

The Online Copy Request, Certified Copy Request, and Request Records Search programs will no longer be available as of Thursday, January 16th, at 5:00 PM.

We’re excited to announce that new and improved services are coming soon. Stay tuned for updates!

eSubmit

Document Submission Portal

eSubmit Program

The eSubmit program allows court customers to electronically deliver documents in appeals, family law, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic cases to the court securely via the Internet.

Attention: In light of the current COVID-19 virus, and in order to protect the health and safety of court customers and staff, the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, strongly encourages court customers to file documents online through the eSubmit-Document Submission Portal.

CARE Act Filing: If submitting CARE Act petitions or other related CARE documents through eSubmit, please select Case Type Probate and Court Location Riverside. If you have any questions, please contact the clerk’s office at (951) 777-3147 or email probatewebassistance@riverside.courts.ca.gov.

Administrative Order - Electronic Filing

The eSubmit program allows court customers to electronically deliver documents in appeals, family law, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic cases to the court securely via the Internet.

Beginning January 1, 2022, eSubmit will no longer be available for unlimited civil, limited civil, unlawful detainers and small claims cases. Documents in civil case types can be submitted via eFiling through an electronic filing service provider (EFSP).

Documents submitted via eSubmit must be in non-editable Portable Document Format (PDF) and cannot exceed 50MB each. The program will request information required for processing and allow documents to be uploaded and transmitted to the selected court. The documents will be received by the selected court and processed electronically.

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Important Considerations

  • Editable/fillable PDF forms must be converted to non-editable format (see eSubmit Instructions (pdf )).
  • Credit card payments cannot be made using Internet Explorer on Windows 7 or older.
  • There are no fees associated with filing a domestic violence or gun violence restraining order. 
  • A $2.00 transaction fee will be applied to all non-exempt submissions.
  • The eSubmit portal will accept up to 15 documents and one case per submission.

Filing Cut-Off Time

Please note that the filing cut-off time is 4:00 p.m. for documents submitted in person and via courthouse drop boxes. Pursuant to CCP § 1010.6(b)(3) any document received electronically by the court via eSubmit between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59:59 p.m. on a court day is deemed filed on that court day. Any document that is received electronically on a non-court day shall be deemed filed on the next court day. View daily filing deadlines public notice (pdf ).