Los Angeles Superior Court

Worst courthouse. They charge you money to go pay them money inside. Long lines always. Never helpful never a smile.

In my opinion this is not too bad.
*free parking across the street .
* very clean
* they are pretty organized
* nice stuff
* lines are ok 5 – 10 min
thank you! no complains here

This place gets a 3 star review. Yes, parking is annoying. With limited street parking available, most end up having to pay. I’ve been here only a couple times. The first time, the line was big and moved slowly. The second time, no line. I was in and out in literally 2 minutes. The people behind the desk are nice and helpful. No complaints.
Tip: Park at the Apple Bee’s/Stonefire/San Sai parking lot on the corner of Winnetka and Prairie. It’s about a 5 minute walk — get some exercise, it’s good for you!
Tip2: Come on a Wednesday. Seems to be the least crowded time to go! Was in and out in less than 5 minutes.

Arrived at 10:00am today, a Friday. In and out in 5 minutes to pay for a parking ticket + traffic school. Zero lines. Lots of street parking. Very polite personnel.

I had to go to Family Law and my experience was fine. I arrived shortly after lunch time and there was no line for Family Law. Most people seemed to be there for traffic related matters. By the way, parking was $ 7. Looks like the most recent review from just last month said that it was $ 6, so I guess it has climbed another buck. Not sure why, though. The place is just a courthouse, not a business. Maybe this is to help support a «living wage»? I’m only half being facetious.
Anyway, neither the security guards nor the clerk who helped me were rude nor condescending, which sometimes happen when you have to go to a government run facility. In case anyone is wondering why I chose to give this place 4 stars… well, it met my expectations and I didn’t feel like I wasted my time there. If it were an actual business, then I could say that the «service» that I was expecting was fulfilled and the service was prompt. It’s not 5 stars because it was not exceptional service, if that’s possible for a courthouse.

Unorganized and the cashiers are rude with no sense of urgency.
Clerical errors on my paperwork and lost a check that was mailed in.

I went to the courthouse, the people who work there are very pleasant for the most part. Parking is $ 7, cash only. If you get there late, apparently it doesn’t matter all that much. You’ll just need to wait longer. If you can’t pay your ticket you can get community service, that’s a great option if you have no other choice — the judge usually awards it, ask nicely and tell them you’re destitute.
Here’s the problem. In any court setting you’ll have a bunch of people who are 1. illegal immigrants who speak no English, 2. people who didn’t show up for a previous court-​date and 3. crazy people. They should go last, period! The people who are there on-​time, are legal and show up with the correct documents should be the first to see the judge. If someone needs an interpreter, they should wait until everyone else goes, first, especially if they’re undocumented.
I waited for two hours while more than 20+ people who needed an interpreter got to go first. Only two of these twenty people had a driver licence. All of these people were offered community service because they claimed they couldn’t pay the ticket. So, not only did they get to go first, but they also don’t have to pay? I suppose if you look poor, claim to not speak English, you get off? I’m going to court next time in my pajamas and I’ll put on a heavy accent and claim I speak Greenlandic — maybe I won’t have to pay a dime and be the first in line!
Disgusting!

This courthouse is small but clean, staff is polite and parking is cheap which is very unusual for Los Angeles court houses. They started our hearings timely. Can’t really complain.

It’s a court and not too many good things happen at a court. However, in my only experience here, I have to say… it wasn’t bad at all.
Here are some of my observations:
— Come here when they open and avoid the crazy lines.
— Traffic lines here are nothing like the Van Nuys courthouse. A fraction of it!
— Family Law lines are short and move quick.
— Staff was nice to me. Then again, I had all of my paperwork prepared by an attorney and they didn’t have a chance to get frustrated! LOL
— Security moves quickly and they do not make you take off your shoes!
— Great looking courthouse.
— Parking costs $ 6.

Shame on the city government of Los Angeles for making this court house hard to park at and not providing adequate meter or free parking that is not out to milk taxpayers of even more money. The parking situation is extortion.
This building was built by taxpayers, to then make these taxpayers pay $ 6 to park with no ability to have meters at least or adequate street parking is an injustice to the system.
This building is there to serve the taxpayer not to milk the taxpayer even more.
Anyone that works inside this building needs to ask for change from within and demand they provide fair and honest parking to enter the building.
$ 6 to park, cash only is sad to see. It’s like a toll road, the taxpayers paid for the road then they ask them to pay money to drive on it. Just shameful tactics.
There is also no need for all the red no street parking signage down the street, that is a racket to make this all a red no parking block just to get people to park for $ 6 in the lot.
I mean, look at yourselves in the mirror and ask yourself what you’re doing. Is $ 6 worth it? Is it really?
Be fair. This is a court house, not a building to extract more money from the taxpayers that paid for that building.
Real shame on the city of Los Angeles and those that approved this parking situation. Shame on you.

There’s a few times in my life where I got a cell phone ticket. I did not deserve. I was just holding on to the phone driving down from Malibu into Calabasas. Thank you to the LA. SHERIFF MOTORCYCLE MAN hidding in the bushes. and thanks to ME! for not taking care of my ticket… I give myself no stars.
Anyways GC SERVIVES said that it is the wonderful government workers at CHATSWORTH COURT HOUSE that has not RELEASED my ticket. I paid GC SERVICES on the 2^nd of OCTOBER… Its the 21^st!!! I don’t think it should take this long. Should it? I would like to go back to work. please… I live in San Diego and can’t get to Chatsworth or I would take care of it myself. Wish I could but I CAN’T DRIVE!!! thank you CHATSWORTH COURT SYSTEM the awesome SHERIFF who gave me the bogus cell ticket and GC SERVICES. Now I have an extended vacation. and myself for not paying the ticket. I work in Sacramento and I am depending on someone at Gc or CCH so I can go back to work. Thank you and God Bless …

Absolute corruption. I got a ticket from a police officer on a motorcycle on 3÷31÷15 (the last day of the month, hmmm). Paid a $ 417 fine for a speeding ticket. As if this amount isn’t already exuberant for getting «paced» (no proof) at 83 in a 65 mph zone along with getting charged for having no front license plate and front window tint (35%, legal in Arizona where I lived previously). I went to the CHP and got the latter two petty violations corrected but didn’t show proof to the courthouse. Apparently this is my fault because the CHP and court don’t exchange information (too many government agencies?). But ok, I forgot to provide proof of correction because I thought the $ 417 fine would make it all go away. Psych! This amount was only applied to the grand total which was upwards of $ 1430 and a threat of license suspension, which may still happen now that I paid the full amount. I have to call the DMV to check next week. Imagine that. So if you don’t figure out the almost hieroglyphic and misleading ticket letter, you pay big time! Then, for the longest time I could only find two numbers to call the Chatsworth courthouse, which lead nowhere. Today, I finally found the correct number, which was hard to locate (on purpose). Trying to be a good citizen and cooperating also led nowhere. It took calling the collection agency to get someone competent and pay everything, while the lady on the phone was also knowledgable about my options and repercussions of choices. This is something the court should tell you, not the collection agency. Finally, I called the courthouse back to ask for proof of dismissal of all charges. She said the court doesn’t do that! So theoretically, they could do the same thing they’ve been doing to me all year AGAIN, except this time I will have proof of payment in full because I asked the collection agency for a copy.
Did I mention I moved to New York in the summer and thought I took care of it all (ticket from late March) like a good citizen until it came back to haunt me in mid October?
Lessons:
–Keep extremely good records
–Provide proof of correction not only to CHP, but also to the courthouse
–Record conversations just in case, if possible
–Be relentless in finding the correct phone numbers (may take hours)
–Ask for all receipts and case dismissal/​closure proof copies (even if they give you a hard time)
It is so sad that these microtyrants feel the need to keep the people from work. I wish we could overhaul government completely, but how can you blame young rockstars for not wanting to go into those vocations?
I really hope there is someone who hears me on both sides to prevent these situations in the future and impove service to the people. If you are proud to serve the people and do everything in your power to help them while still upholding the law, I have a lot of respect for you. But it doesn’t seem like there are many left.

The Chatsworth courthouse was not a terrible experience, but not a completely wonderful one either. You can park all day for $ 6, which isn’t horrible, and when I went on a Tuesday afternoon it was easy to park in the paid lot. There was absolutely no parking on the street available at that time.
The guard who did the medal detector was pleasant and smiled and helped me to know where to go. I really appreciated that since it was my first time here. The lines were not too long for forms section, window number 1. That is where you go for certified copies of your paperwork for divorces and marriages and such. There was one lady that was helping, but was treating the people there like kids. She wasn’t overly rude, but she could have treated others with respect. I guess when you go into a courthouse, they expect you have done something wrong.
Got in and out in about 35 minutes with a certified copy of my divorce paperwork, and without feeling like I want to kill someone. I would recommend this courthouse HIGHLY over Van Nuys.

EXTORTION! They charge $ 6 for parking in an area with VERY limited (like 12 cars) street parking! There is NO parking along Winnetka. NO parking along Prairie. Horrible! I came here because their online services had NO record of my ticket!
If there were zero stars, I would’ve given that, based on the inefficiency of their online system and lack of public parking. One star because the staff, from the security to the clerk, were polite and helpful.
Did you know they have ONE YEAR to enter your correct ticket information into the system? So I got a Proof of Appearance and now I have to keep checking the system…
Bright spot– it’s Wednesday afternoon, 3:26 pm, and NO ONE IS IN LINE! Empty here. Echo…

So, I came here initially to file a court order. The employees were sympathetic to my situation & were very helpful. On the second visit, I came to see Family Law about my situation & court order. Yeah, they don’t do walk-​ins. I had to pay for parking ($ 6; totally worth it since my creaky knees can’t handle a 1 mile walk).

I mean, it’s a courthouse… not exactly known for their customer service. Try not to come during lunch time, because they will be way understaffed. Make sure to bring cash for parking, they do not accept credit cards in the lot.

There is always a very long line with only 1 or 2 traffic windows open at a time. The wait is extremely ridiculous because of this. There are countless complaints about this yet they don’t seem to care; whenever it comes to the city they take forever on anything. It is ridiculous as they are depleting our paychecks with taxes yet they can’t seem to do anything right like hiring more staff to keep these ridiculous lines down.

Paid nearly a THOUSAND dollars in fees to fix a license issue. Employee «Bertha P» said it will take 3 – 5 days to post on my DMV record. 5 days later, after waiting in line at the DMV I am told the court still has not sent over the information!
Going in tomorrow to file charges against this incompetent «service».
Absolute and total violation of ANY rights, honesty, and respect.

I was there today and there was a huge line for traffic violations. There were only 2 out of 5 clerks to help assist. What makes it worse is that the girl behind the traffic school desk, which had no line was on her cell phone browsing facebook the entire time. Why couldn’t she help others in line? is this where our tax dollars go?
I had to talk to GC services about a court date and wa able to actually see her going to town on Facebook. There is a camera in right there… maybe you should check and see why your employees can’t get anything done.
LA court system is a complete joke. My ticket states that I have blonde hair and blue eyes… umm yeah. Brown and brown on both accounts and they even mailed my ticket to my old address and ignored the new one on my license… court date… August!!! What a complete joke of a «court» system.

Honestly better than most. Park at the bank down the street at your own risk. I was not towed. CASH ONLY for lot hence my illegal parking.
Not a huge crowd like Downtown of Van Nuys and my lazy officer was a no show which means I am $ 367 richer with no speeding ticket on my record!