Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
The Register of Actions (ROA) is a summary of key actions in a case, excluding confidential and sealed information.
ROA information is only available for Civil (including Small Claims) and Probate cases filed on or after January 1, 2008 and with the following case number format: XX-YYYY-87654321-CC-TT-LLL
For example: 37-2007-00004321-CU-BC-CTL
37 |
Court Code - 2 numbers, which for San Diego will always be 37 |
2007 |
Calendar year the case is initiated - 4 numbers |
00004321 |
Sequence Number - 8 numbers (Leading zeros must be entered) |
CU |
Case Category Code - Small Claims (SC), Civil Limited (CL), Civil Unlimited (CU) or Probate (PR) |
BC |
Case Type Code - Breach of Contract(BC), Small Claims(SC), Guardianship(GS,) or Unlawful Detainer(UD), Fraud (FR), or many others |
CTL |
Location Code - Central (CTL), South County Division (SC), North County Division (NC) or East County Division (EC) |
The sections below contain information that may be helpful when using the Register of Actions.
Printing
To access a printable version of the complete Register of Actions:
1. Click on the Printer-Friendly Version (All Entries) link
2. Print the page to your printer
3. Click the Back button, in your browser, to return to the ROA page.
Sorting
The ROA entires are initially displayed in descending order.
1. Clicking the Entry Date link will sort entry dates in ascending order, re-clicking will sort in descending order.
Filtering
The ROA entries for a case are initially displayed without any filtering (All Entries). Other available options are:
1. Click on the Filing Information Only link to display only filing-related entries.
2. Click on the Scheduling Information Only link to display only schedule-related entries.
3. Click on the All Entries link to re-display all the entries.
Viewing
If there are more that 100 ROA entries for a case, only the first 100 entries are initially displayed. To view more entries for a case, use the page navigation links at the bottom of the page.
1. Click a page number or the "goto next page" ( >) link to go to another page of the ROA Listing.
2. Click the Top link to go to the top of the current page
Field Descriptions
Field Name |
Description |
Example |
Case Number |
The number of the specific case |
37-2007-00004321-CU-BC-CTL |
Case Title |
For Civil cases, primary Plaintiff/Petitioner vs. primary Defendant/Respondent |
James Madison vs Joe Greenspan |
Case Category |
A selection to indicate the main category of case classification used to identify a case |
Unlimited Civil |
Case Type |
The second level of case classification used to identify a case |
Breach of Contract |
Case Age |
The age of the case. This age is based on when the initial filing document was submitted with the court and is counted in calendar days |
49 days |
Next Event type |
The name of the next expected event that is scheduled for the case, if any |
Case Management Conference |
Date Filed |
The date the case was initiated in Superior Court |
07/16/2007 |
Case Status |
Current status of the case |
Judgment Enforcement Stayed |
Location |
The Court location where the physical case file can be found |
Central |
Judicial Officer |
The Judicial Officer associated to this action, if any |
Roy Bean |
Department |
The courtroom, at the court location associated with the action, if any. |
Dept. 63 |
Next Event Date |
The date of the next expected event associated with the case, if any |
11/16/2007 |
Column Name |
Description |
Example |
Entry Date |
The date when the action was recorded to the Register of Actions. NOTE: The entry date on the Register of Actions may not always reflect the actual filing date of a document. This exception is for entries that add a filing to a case. For Add Filing entires, the Filing Date reflects the date in which the filing was filed (may be a date in the past or current date). Actions that edit a filing will reflect the date in which the entry was recorded (current date). |
11/16/2007 |
Short/Long Entry |
The short or long version of the standard text that is used to describe the ROA entry. The Long Entry will only display if it has a value. Otherwise it will display the Short Entry. |
Collection Notice Generated |
Filed by |
The names of the case participants (and their related roles) who filed the filing that created this ROA entry. This field may be empty if the entry did not relate to a filing. |
Complaint Filed By James Madison |
The information in the Register of Actions (ROA) is provided as is, without warranty by the Superior Court of San Diego as to content or accuracy of the information.
The entry date on the Register of Actions may not always reflect the actual filing date of a document and not all documents filed with the court are listed on the Register of Actions. It is recommended that you refer to the case file for confirmation.
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