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Remote Appearances

Remote appearance is available for most hearings in Civil, Family, Juvenile, Probate, Traffic, and Criminal cases. Please use the below registration links depending on case type.

Local Rule 2024 - 2.21 Remote Appearances

Civil Remote Appearances

To register for a civil remote appearance online, please use the below link.

Register for Civil/Family/Probate/Juvenile Remote Appearance(link is external)

Register with the name of the person who will actually appear remotely. Should it be necessary to substitute this person, it is mandatory to contact the remote appearance coordinator before 4 P.M. the day prior to the appearance for approval.
Please Note: Only named approved person will be admitted.

Once registered, a member of the court's remote services team will contact you for the following things:

1. Collect $25 Payment, if applicable. 

2. Provide the Microsoft Teams remote appearance link.

3. Schedule a test to confirm connectivity, if needed.

**Late registration fee of $25 will be imposed, in addition to the normal registration fee, for untimely registrations ($25 remote fee + $25 late fee = $50)**(PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL RULE 2.21 Remote Appearances)

**No refunds will be given to cancellations with less than two days’ notice or for those who fail to appear for their hearing. A $5.00 fee will be charged for any refund or cancellations requests.

To register by phone, or if you experience problems with online registration, please call 760-482-2273

Traffic and Criminal Remote Appearances

Please use the below link to submit a request to appear remotely in either traffic or criminal cases. Once your request is submitted, the court will review the request and contact you to provide the Microsoft Teams remote appearance link and schedule a test before the hearing date. For all remote appearances, requests must be submitted no less than three court days before the hearing. If your request is submitted with less than three court days notice, your request may be denied. In all remote appearance requests, if you do not receive a reply in writing from the court before your hearing date, then you must appear in person.  Per Executive Order RE: Implementation of AB 199 filed 7/7/2022.

FAQ's for Remote Appearances

If you have additional questions, please contact us.

Satisfaction Survey

Did you recently appear remotely to a court hearing? Please consider answering the below satisfaction survey. Doing so will allow the court to improve the remote appearance experience.



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