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Message from the Jury Commissioner:

If you receive a call regarding your jury service from someone claiming to represent the Court or law enforcement, IT IS A SCAM.  The Court or law enforcement will NEVER call you about your jury service or ask you for money.  Do not under any circumstances pay any money in response to such a call.  If you receive such a call, please contact the Court or law enforcement, or the FBI at (415) 553-7400.

Phone Scams

Monterey County Superior Court has become aware of a telephone scam impersonating court personnel and requesting or demanding a payment. The court would NEVER make such a call. Please do not act on such a call, and instead contact the main court telephone number at (831) 775-5400 for more information.

Civil Calendar Guidelines

Civil Law and Motion

Civil - Non Collection Case, Law and Motion hearings: Fridays  at 8:30 AM.

Civil - Collection Case, Law and Motion hearings: Tuesdays at 10:30AM.

Civil and Probate ex parte calendars are heard as follows:

Court Department Schedules
Department Schedule
Department 13 – Civil Tuesdays at 8:30 AM
Department 13 – Unlawful Detainer Mondays at 8:30 AM
Department 13 – Probate Wednesdays at 8:30 AM
Department 14 – Civil Tuesdays at 8:30 AM
Department 15 – Civil Tuesdays at 8:30 AM

Civil cases are assigned as follows:

Your civil case, excluding unlawful detainer and collections are a rotational assignment among three judicial officers: Judge Thomas W. Wills; Judge Julie R. Cilver, Judge Ian A. Rivamonte.

Your provisionally complex case or "is complex" designation at case initiation are assigned ODD/EVEN by ending number among two judicial officers: Judge Thomas W. Wills and Judge Ian A. Rivamonte.

Judicial Assignments by Case Type
Case Type Assigned Judge
Unlawful detainer cases (assigned for all purposes) Judge Elisabeth K. Mineta
Collection action cases (assigned for all purposes) Judge Julie R. Culver