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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 - 3:00pm
Email: criminal@marincourt.org
Location: Civic Center, Hall of Justice, Room C-10
Office Hours: 8:00am - 3:00pm
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 3:00pm, 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 8:00am and 3:00pm, Monday through Friday.
The Court will refer delinquent cases to a collection agency, Enhanced Court Collections (ECC) and may add a $300 civil assessment to these cases. 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 convert the community service hours back to the fine amount and refer the case to a collections agency. A $300 civil assessment may be added to the amount still owed.
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.