California Courts of Appeal Jurisdictions
This table matches counties with their district in the California Courts of Appeal, with a record for each county matching it to the district it is in. Many counties make up each district, so there is a one to many relationship matching districts to counties.Working with California Courts Appeal Jurisdictions Download the data locally and join it to a county boundary layer based on County names.A CDT maintained California County Boundary and Identifiers layer can be found on the Geoportal for Download:https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-county-boundaries-and-identifiers/aboutA CDT maintained California County Boundary and Identifiers with Coastal Buffers layer can be found on the Geoportal for Download:https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-county-boundaries-and-identifiers-with-coastal-buffers/aboutJudicial Branch of California's webpage can be accessed at https://courts.ca.gov/policy-administration/judicial-councilPDF Maps provided by the Courts: https://courts.ca.gov/news-reference/reports-publications/maps For general Judicial Council questions please email JudicialCouncil@jud.ca.gov.For specific data related questions please email gis@state.ca.gov.This data was received from the Judicial Council on 9/2/25.Fields:District_Number: Text value for district number, including the word "District" - e.g. "District 2".County: Text name of each county, without the word "County" - this field may be joined to the field "CDT_Name_Short" in the previously linked datasets.
Complete Metadata
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| description | <p>This table matches counties with their district in the California Courts of Appeal, with a record for each county matching it to the district it is in. Many counties make up each district, so there is a one to many relationship matching districts to counties.</p><p><span style='font-size:24px;'>Working with California Courts Appeal Jurisdictions </span><br />Download the data locally and join it to a county boundary layer based on County names.</p><p>A <i><strong>CDT maintained California County Boundary and Identifiers</strong></i> layer can be found on the Geoportal for Download:<br /><a target='_blank' href='https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-county-boundaries-and-identifiers/about' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-county-boundaries-and-identifiers/about</a></p><p>A <i><strong>CDT maintained California County Boundary and Identifiers with Coastal Buffers</strong></i> layer can be found on the Geoportal for Download:<br /><a target='_blank' href='https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-county-boundaries-and-identifiers-with-coastal-buffers/about' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://gis.data.ca.gov/datasets/California::california-county-boundaries-and-identifiers-with-coastal-buffers/about</a></p><p>Judicial Branch of California's webpage can be accessed at <a target='_blank' href='https://courts.ca.gov/policy-administration/judicial-council' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://courts.ca.gov/policy-administration/judicial-council</a><br />PDF Maps provided by the Courts: <a target='_blank' href='https://courts.ca.gov/news-reference/reports-publications/maps' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://courts.ca.gov/news-reference/reports-publications/maps</a> <br />For general Judicial Council questions please email <a href='mailto:JudicialCouncil@jud.ca.gov' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-size:11pt;'>JudicialCouncil@jud.ca.gov</span></a>.</p><p>For specific data related questions please email <a href='mailto:gis@state.ca.gov' rel='nofollow ugc'>gis@state.ca.gov</a>.<br />This data was received from the Judicial Council on 9/2/25.</p><p><span style='font-size:24px;'>Fields:</span></p><ol><li><i><span><strong>District_Number</strong></span></i><span>: Text value for district number, including the word "District" - e.g. "District 2".</span></li><li><i><span><strong>County</strong></span></i><span>: Text name of each county, without the word "County" - this field may be joined to the field "CDT_Name_Short" in the previously linked datasets.</span></li></ol> |
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| identifier | 2694dd92-45d6-4401-ac72-f548422b2cec |
| issued | 2025-09-08T18:33:12.000Z |
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|
| modified | 2025-09-08T20:34:55.000Z |
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|
| title | California Courts of Appeal Jurisdictions |
