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Phone: (415) 444-7070
Email: criminal@marincourt.org
Location: Civic Center, Hall of Justice, Room C-10
Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Defendents Sentenced by the Court
If defendants either plead guilty to the charges in their cases or are found guilty by the Court or a jury, the
judicial officer will sentence them for their crimes. The Court may remand them to jail or state prison. The
judicial officers may place the defendants on supervised or conditional probation, order them to pay fines and
fees or perform community service work, make restitution to victims, attend programs and other activities that
address their underlying offenses.
Payment Options.
The Court provides an Express Service Drop Box in the Room C-10 lobby for those individuals who do not want to wait
in line to make a payment. For more information, please click here.
- Cash payments may only be paid in person in Room C-10 between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday
through Friday.
- Checks, cashiers checks or money orders, payable to Marin County Superior Court, may be sent by mail,
or paid in person in Room C-10. Please note: When making a payment by mail, individuals must write the
case number or name of the defendant on the check, cashier's check or money order to ensure that it is
applied to the correct criminal case.
- Credit card payments may be sent by mail, paid in person in Room C-10, or paid by phone at (415) 444-7070
between the hours of 8:30am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday.
The Court will refer delinquent cases to a collection agency, Enhanced Court Collections (ECC). ECC will contact individuals to
enforce the Court's orders. ECC has many tools available to collect delinquent fines including setting up payment plans with
significant consequences to individuals if they do not comply with these arrangements such as negative credit reporting, wage
garnishment and seizure of assets, including money in bank accounts.
For more information about ECC, please click here.
Community Service Work
Community service work is volunteer work performed at non-profit agencies in Marin County. For individuals who
live outside of Marin but who have criminal cases heard in Marin County, the Court can provide a listing of
community service agencies in many of the other California counties.
The Court frequently orders community service work for individuals who cannot afford to pay all or part of the fines
and fees on a criminal case or as a standard component of the terms and conditions of probation upon conviction
of a criminal charge. Fines, fees and penalty assessments are converted to community service work at a rate of $10
per hour. For example, $300 in fines can be converted to 30 hours of community service work ($300 divided by $10
per hour equals 30 hours.)
The Court will provide the defendant with a list of agencies eligible to oversee community service work and a timesheet to record
the hours worked. It is the responsibility of the defendant to schedule the community service work and present the timesheet to the
agency to obtain an authorized signature.
If the defendant is on conditional probation (does not have to report to a probation officer) the Court will register
the defendant for community service work. This registration can be done in the Criminal Clerk's Office, but the
judicial officer will have determined the deadline for completion of the hours. If the hours are not completed,
or the completed and signed timesheet is not turned in to the Court by the due date, the
judicial officer may order a bench warrant or convert the community service hours back to the fine amount and refer the case
to a collections agency.
The Court's collection agency, Enhanced Court Collections (ECC), will contact individuals to enforce the Court's orders.
ECC has many tools available to collect delinquent fines including setting up payment plans with significant consequences
to individuals if they do not comply with these arrangements such as negative credit reporting, wage garnishment and
seizure of assets including money in bank accounts.
For more information about ECC, please click here.
Certified Copies of Criminal Case Dispositions
The Court charges a fee to certify copies of disposition documents in criminal cases. Please see the Court's Filing
Fee Schedule to find out these costs by clicking here.
Requests may be made in writing. When making a request, please include the name of the defendant, the case number,
and the type of documents requested. If requesting by mail, enclose a check, cashier's check or money order made
payable to Marin County Superior Court and on the payment line write "not to exceed $60.00" or the amount given to
you by the clerk for your transaction. If a governmental agency requires a court disposition, please send a copy of
that notice with the written request or bring it to the Court. If the request is made in person, by phone or by email,
contact the Records Management Unit by clicking here.
Please allow up to four weeks for this research to be completed.
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Overview
The Criminal Clerk's Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except holidays. The office
is located on the Court Floor of the Marin County Civic Center Hall of Justice in Room C-10. For directions to the
Civic Center, please click here.
The Marin County Civic Center has three drive-though arches. From the middle arch lobby only, take the elevator to
the "C" floor. After passing through security screening, go left to the end of the hall to Room C-10. For individuals
wishing to speak with a clerk in this office, please call (415) 444-7070 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Calls are
answered in the order received. Since these phone lines are very busy, the best times to call are early afternoons.
The mailing address is:
Marin County Superior Court
Criminal Clerk's Office
P.O. Box 4988
San Rafael, CA 94913-4988
Interpreter Services
The Criminal Clerk's Office has several Spanish speaking clerks to assist the public. Some forms related to
criminal proceedings are also available for review in Spanish.
In criminal hearings, interpreters are available in all languages in the courtroom to assist non-English
speakers and to ensure that defendants understand the criminal charges they are facing and consequences at
every stage of the court proceedings.
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