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Amador County Public Criminal Records
Use Amador County court records without confusing a public case file with California DOJ criminal history, and request copies or certification from the correct custodian.
Online access
Amador’s online portal is an index first; scanned documents require more access
The Amador Superior Court online case portal requires a login account. The court says online case information is available for cases starting in 2002 and can be searched by party name, case number or company name. For older case numbers, the court notes that dashes are required for cases opened before February 14, 2022 and explains older multi-letter case-code variations.
| Portal layer | What the public can do | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| General case search | View party/attorney information and the docket for covered cases | Coverage starts in 2002; older cases are not fully online |
| Disposition lookup | Open the Filings tab to find charge dispositions | A charge listing by itself does not prove conviction |
| Scanned documents / detailed “My Cases” access | Request case access | The court says this detailed access is for parties/attorneys and uses clerk-provided access/token controls |
Use the records request when the index is not enough
For a source document, use Amador’s Request for Records Search and Copies form. The form asks for the case/citation number if known, party name, document names and—for criminal/traffic matters—the defendant’s date of birth. It provides e-delivery for qualifying requests of 50 pages or fewer when the file is on-site, pick-up, or U.S. mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
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Identify the case
Use the online portal to capture the case number and the filing/disposition you actually need.
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Name the document
Request the judgment, minute order, disposition or other filing instead of “all criminal records.”
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Choose delivery
Use the form’s e-delivery, pickup or mail option when eligible; the court separately states it does not send whole court files electronically or by fax.
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Allow for off-site retrieval
The court says older files stored off-site can carry a retrieval charge and may take up to one week to process.
Amador publishes current copy, certification and search fees
| Service | Current published fee |
|---|---|
| Copy of a court record | $0.50 per page/side |
| Certification of a paper, record or proceeding | $40, plus copy fees |
| Record/file search longer than 10 minutes | $15 |
| Compare copy with original | $1 per page |
| Exemplification | $50 |
These amounts are published in the court’s current Access Court Files & Records table. They are different from old fee schedules and from traffic-payment transaction fees.
Public case files and California DOJ criminal history are different products
Use the Amador court file to verify a prosecution and final disposition. Use the California DOJ Record Review when the task is to inspect your own statewide criminal-history record. DOJ record review is not a substitute for a certified Amador judgment, and the public cannot use it as an unrestricted statewide name-search service for someone else.
Important
Identity matters
Amador warns not to assume a person in the database is the person you are looking for and not to assume a criminal defendant was convicted merely because a complaint or citation appears.
If the case or image is missing, separate four different explanations
Pre-2002 or older file
The case may not be online and may require clerk research or off-site retrieval.
Restricted document
Sealed, juvenile and other confidential records have different access rules.
Index available, image restricted
The portal can show docket data while detailed scanned-document access remains limited.
Wrong identity or case code
Use DOB, case number and the court’s case-code guidance to resolve a match before relying on it.
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