California Probate Courts by County

In California, probate is filed in the Superior Court of the county where the decedent lived. If the decedent lived outside California but owned property here, it is filed in the county where the property is. (See the CA Courts formal probate overview.) This page lists the official probate page for each of the 58 county Superior Courts.

Each link was checked on October 5, 2026. A few smaller courts have no standalone probate page, so those links go to the court’s home page. Courts reorganize their websites often. If a link breaks, use the Judicial Branch’s Find my court directory.

County	Superior Court probate page
Alameda	Probate
Alpine	Probate
Amador	Probate
Butte	Probate
Calaveras	Probate Division
Colusa	Probate
Contra Costa	Probate
Del Norte	Probate
El Dorado	Probate
Fresno	Probate
Glenn	Probate
Humboldt	Court home page
Imperial	Probate
Inyo	Probate and Conservatorship
Kern	Probate
Kings	Court home page
Lake	Court home page
Lassen	Probate
Los Angeles	Probate Division · LA County roster on this site
Madera	Probate Court
Marin	Probate
Mariposa	Probate and Conservatorship
Mendocino	Probate Division
Merced	Probate
Modoc	Probate
Mono	Probate & Conservatorship
Monterey	Probate
Napa	Court home page
Nevada	Probate
Orange	Probate
Placer	Probate Division (filed in Civil Division)
Plumas	Probate
Riverside	Probate
Sacramento	Probate
San Benito	Probate
San Bernardino	Probate
San Diego	Probate Court
San Francisco	Probate Court
San Joaquin	Probate
San Luis Obispo	Probate
San Mateo	Probate Division
Santa Barbara	Probate
Santa Clara	Probate Division
Santa Cruz	Probate Division
Shasta	Probate Division
Sierra	Probate & Conservatorship
Siskiyou	Court home page
Solano	Probate & Conservatorship/Guardianship
Sonoma	Probate Division
Stanislaus	Probate
Sutter	Probate
Tehama	Probate Court
Trinity	Probate
Tulare	Probate
Tuolumne	Probate & Conservatorship
Ventura	Probate
Yolo	Probate Court Services
Yuba	Probate Division

Statewide resources that apply in every county: CA Courts probate self-help, Judicial Council forms, and the State Controller’s probate referee list. More on Official resources.

Bill Gross’s real estate practice focuses on Los Angeles County probate and trust property. For property in another county, ask your estate attorney about local procedures.

About this site: Bill Gross is a licensed California real estate broker (DRE #01022275). He is not an attorney and not a Probate Referee, and nothing here is legal advice. Court links go to official government websites, which control if anything here differs.