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Santa Cruz — SUPAD-981

California foreclosure, tax-defaulted, court-ordered and probate-sale law and official procedures — verbatim and citable.

Edition
2026-09-26
Last updated
2026-09-27
Jurisdiction
Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz — SUPAD-981

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SUPAD 981 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ

SANTA CRUZ BRANCH WATSONVILLE BRANCH
701 Ocean Street 1 Second Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Watsonville, CA 95076

courtrecords@santacruzcourt.org

RESEARCH AND COPY REQUEST FORM
*For Hearing/Trial Exhibits Do not use this form. Contact records at the email above*

REQUESTOR INFORMATION:
(Tell us how to contact you regarding your request)

Name: Phone No.: ___________________________ Address: Email: ________________________________

SEARCH COURT RECORDS:
(Designate a type of case and provide as much information as you can)

Name: _____________________________ __________________________ ________________________________________
First Middle Last

Date of Birth: _______ / ______ / ________ Driver’s License #: ________________________________________________

CRIMINAL AKA: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Years, violation, or other info: _________________________________________________________________________________

Plaintiff/Petitioner: _________________________________________________________________________________________

CIVIL Defendant/Respondent: _____________________________________________________________________________________

FAMILY Years to search: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

COPY REQUEST: (Designate what type of copies you need)

Case Name: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Case No : _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CERTIFIED NON-CERTIFIED CRIMINAL CIVIL & FAMILY Entire File Letter: (select one) * Judgment / Dissolution Minute Order dated: Case History Standard Packet (Complaint, Entire File Decree Conviction History Plea & Disposition) Most Recent Support / Other: Paid in Full (Probation) Other: Custody Order Arrest Disposition (must provide date of arrest)

  • Non-Certified Only

Form Adopted for OPTIONAL USE RESEARCH COPY AND REQUEST Page 1 of 3 Superior Court of Santa Cruz County SUPAD 981 08/04/26

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PAYMENT INFORMATION: (Payment is required prior to delivery of documents)

Check # _____________________________ attached Credit Card – Complete page 3 (processing fee applies)
DOCUMENT DELIVERY
( Tell us how you want to receive your documents)

Pick up at: Santa Cruz Room 110 (Civil/Probate/Family ONLY) Santa Cruz Room 120 (Criminal ONLY) Watsonville Room 300 (Small Claims ONLY) Mail to: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Email to: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Certified Copies CANNOT be emailed.

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY
Research over 10 minutes ($15.00 per search) $

Certification Fee ($40.00 per document + Copy Fees) $

Photocopy or Email Fee ($.50 per page) Number of pages: $

Comparison Certification Fee ($1.00 per page + Certification Fee) Number of pages: $

Postage & Handling

1-15 pages $1.74 16-30 pages $2.46
31-45 pages $2.94 46-60 pages $3.42
61-75 pages $4.14 76-90 pages $9.35 $

Exemplified Copies ($50.00 + Copy Fees) $

Certified Copy of Dissolution ($15.00 + Copy Fees) $
Criminal Standard Packet ($47.00) includes certification, copies and mailing $
TOTAL $

Check # Credit Card Payment processed on: BY CLERK:
__________ //__
RECORDS SEARCH
COMPUTER DIGITAL REEL

NOTES:

REQUEST COMPLETED BY: ______________________________________ DATE: ___________________________________

Form Adopted for OPTIONAL USE RESEARCH COPY AND REQUEST Page 2 of 3 Superior Court of Santa Cruz County SUPAD 981 08/04/26

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SUPAD 981 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ

SANTA CRUZ BRANCH WATSONVILLE BRANCH
701 Ocean Street 1 Second Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Watsonville, CA 95076

courtrecords@santacruzcourt.org

ONE-TIME CREDIT CARD PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Sign and complete this form to authorize the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County to make a one-time debit to your credit card as listed below.

By signing this form, you give the Court permission to debit your account for the amount indicated on or after the indicated date plus a transaction processing fee (approx. 2.95% minimum $1.00 fee). This is permission for a single transaction only and does not provide authorization for any additional unrelated debits or credits to your account.

*This form may be used for copy and research requests and payment of filing fees in non-criminal cases. It will not be accepted for payment of criminal or traffic fines.

Please complete the information below:

I ______________________________ hereby authorize the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County to charge my credit card (full name) account indicated below for _____________ plus the court’s transaction processing fee (approx. 2.95% minimum $1.00 fee (dollar amount or NTE amount) on or after __________________. (date) This payment is for . (Include case number and/or reason for payment) Billing Address Phone#

City, State, Zip Email Credit Card Type: Visa MasterCard Discover

Cardholder Name ____________________________________________

Credit Card Number ____________________________________________

Expiration Date _________

CVV Number ________

I hereby authorize the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County to charge the credit card indicated in this authorization form according to the terms outlined above. This payment authorization is for the case and/or a service described above and only for the amount indicated above, and is valid for one-time use only. I certify that I am an authorized user of this credit card and that I will not dispute the payment with my credit card company; so long as the transaction corresponds to the terms indicated in this form.

SIGNATURE DATE

☐ Authorization received over the telephone by , deputy clerk Form Adopted for OPTIONAL USE RESEARCH COPY AND REQUEST Page 3 of 3 Superior Court of Santa Cruz County SUPAD 981 08/04/26

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