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NOTICE
EFFECTIVE MARCH 18, 2013
New
Small Claims Cases To Be Filed In
Six
‘Hub’ Locations
Effective March 18, 2013,
all Los Angeles Superior Court small claims cases must be filed in a regional ‘hub’ courthouse: downtown Los
Angeles (Stanley Mosk), Alhambra,
Antelope Valley (Michael D. Antonovich), Downey, Inglewood, and Van Nuys (East building).
LASC will continue to
adjudicate existing small claims cases where they were originally filed. An LASC court clerk will notify the litigants
before LASC transfers any existing small claims cases to a hub courthouse or
sets any new hearing dates.
Boundaries for new small
claims case filing locations can be found under LASC Local Rule 2.3(a)(2) at www.lasuperiorcourt.org. To determine whether to file a small claims
case in Los Angeles County and which of the six Los Angeles County small claims
hub courts will accept the case, litigants should read Los Angeles Superior
Court Rule 2.3, Code of Civil Procedure Sections 392-395, 760.050, 872.110 and
Civil Code Sections 1812.10 and 2984.4.
To assist parties filing
small claims cases, LASC has posted additional information at each affected
courthouse and on the court’s website www.lasuperiorcourt.org
(copy attached).
The small claims hub
courthouses are located in:
·
Alhambra
Courthouse, 150 W. Commonwealth, Alhambra, 91801 (accepting small claims cases formerly filed in
Glendale, Pasadena, East Los Angeles, El Monte, West Covina and Pomona Courthouses)
·
Michael D.
Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse North, 42011 Fourth St. West, Lancaster
93534
·
Downey
Courthouse, 7500 E. Imperial Highway, Downey, 90242 (accepting small claims
cases formerly filed in Bellflower, Compton, Huntington Park, Long Beach,
Norwalk, San Pedro and Whittier Courthouses)
·
Inglewood
Courthouse, One Regent St., Inglewood, 90301 (accepting small claims cases formerly
filed in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Santa Monica, Torrance and West Los Angeles Courthouses)
·
Stanley Mosk
Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles 90012
·
Van Nuys Courthouse
East, 6230Sylmar Ave., Van Nuys, 91401 (accepting small claims cases formerly filed
in Chatsworth, Santa Clarita and San Fernando Courthouses)
This information is available on the L.A. Superior
Court’s website at www.lasuperiorcourt.org.