Pasadena Courthouse

If you’re handling or trying to open a case — DO IT HERE. The staff are friendly and respectful, definitely way better than the overcrowded Van Nuys court.

Needs a bit of work. Smaller than DTLA’s but does both criminal and civil cases.
I was called here for jury duty, which is always an adventure. It involved a lot of waiting and fun fact: there’s cockroaches all over and none of the water fountains work!
Also bring cash because they won’t take your card in the cafeteria unless you buy over $ 10 worth of items.
It’s across the street from the Library (beautiful) and walking distance to a ton of eateries! So, you’re in a great area for your lunch break /​after jury duty. But the building itself is old and dated.

1 star for the design of City Hall. Lol
Everyone here has a bad attitude. I cant help but giggle at how «strict» and uptight everyone here acts. Its not like they make the place easy to maneuver through… Hah! That would be nice. Wouldn’t it? So you have to opt to Plan B & ask an officer where to go for a simple traffic ticket.
I asked an officer kindly, and he looked at me from the side of his eye and pointed his finger in the direction… Trying to shoe me away. Fine, whatever.
Being in the courthouse… Bad energy. Idk something just so dishonest abt officers that dont make eye contact and walk past you with their head down. Look, you chose the profession to over-​observe civilians and be in a paranoid state of authority…
I would recommend all of you guys walk through the Beverly Hills courthouse like a regular person and get a taste of mutual respect.

Wow! Has never happened to me. 130pm, go and get my court fees waived in 10 mins. Filed my docs. in pro per, that took less than 5 mins. Great staff and very friendly. Made my court-​visiting experience very pleasant.

3.5 stars. pretty speedy services.
not the cleanest. bathrooms are 20 yrs old.
I’ve always had fair judges.

Hey guys, not sure if anyone has difficulty finding the numbers to this court like I did.
Here’s the link:
If you can’t open it, see below.
Civil Harassment/​Domestic Violence Restraining Orders @ 626 396‑3396
Civil Limited — Unlawful Detainer Hub @626 396‑3397
Community Service Office @ 626 844‑3410
Criminal Clerk’s Office (Felony) @ 626 396‑3393
Criminal Clerk’s Office (Misdemeanor) @ 626 396‑3398
District Attorney @ 626 356‑5620
Family Court Services — Evaluation @ 213 830‑0835
Family Court Services — Mediation @ 213 830‑0835
Family Law Facilitator Office @ 626 396‑3392
Family Law Fax Filings @ 626 568‑3903 FAX
G.C. Services @ 800 352‑3778 or 800−511−0731 (Spanish)
Jury Assembly Room @ 626 396‑3395
Juvenile Delinquency @ 626 396‑3308
LACBA Domestic Violence Clinic @ 626 356‑5765
Probation @ 626 356‑5281
Public Defender @ 626 356‑5481
Sheriff’s Office @ 626 356‑5555
Status of Divorce @ 626 396‑3396
Traffic Clerk’s Office @ 626 396‑3399 (not for payments)
Traffic Telephone Payments @ 213 742‑1928
Hope this help.

Theses fuckers are a bunch of crooks. They wasted my time and scammed me out of money.
$ 50 to sign up to be someone’s bitch for 35 hours and $ 139 for traffic school. Apparently to the bitch judge wasting my time sitting in a fucking court is more important than me going to work or school. Paying outrageous fees to them is also a priority. They expect people to prioritize giving them money so that they can continue to sit on their fat asses instead of paying for things that are actually important such as rent, food, or tuition. On top of that these assholes rip people off with parking too. Don’t park in the meter parking ever because these idiots will have you running all over the place just to take care of shit for longer than you’re allowed to park there. If you go over an hour you get another ticket.

The correct phone number is 626 396 3341. Took hours/​months of being bounced around, unreturned calls, and incorrect paperwork being received to track down this puppy. Hopefully save someone else the grief.
I was going to give a one star rating for all the headache but had a paradigm shift after wonderful service from an employee named, Annie. There’s always that diamond in the rough.

Just trying to follow up on a traffic ticket… haven’t found a single phone number that works so far.
I’ve tried the following
(626)356−5689 — Disconnected
Source: Unilocal
(626)396−5363 — Disconnected
Source: Unilocal reviewer suggested
(626)396−5363 — Disconnected
URL:
(626)396−5415 — Disconnected
URL:

Okay, I’ve completed my 5 day Jury Duty and can now speak on my experiences at this Courthouse. Now I’ll be speaking of both the Building and staff, so please understand that not both are related to my ratings. Starting with the staff, I believe the staff at this Courthouse are probably the most courteous among the Courts I’ve served in. The Jury Room is clean, has internet service, television, and reading items to keep you busy for the next 7 hours. Once selected for the Jury pool, I went to Courtroom O and was excited to serve, if for anything, to lean about the criminal justice system. Well, it was close, but I was selected as alternate due to someone’s vacation plans, so I kind of made the list of 12, and was a plus 1 alternate. Judge Kin is a young and well spoken judge, and his staff are kind and are in control of the Courtroom. Now, as for the building, this is where it gets dicey. During the presentation of evidence, the smoke alarms went off, disrupting the Courtroom, and causing a half hour delay. Okay once is understandable, but the next day, it happened again; twice is too much. The restrooms smell of urine, possibly because of no one flushing, or maybe lack of sanitation. In any event, the safety of the Courthouse is drawn into question, from both a fire and public health standpoint. At the end of my Jury Service, I appreciated my experience serving, but wished the funding to better maintain these institutions was also provided.

LADIES, if you absolutely have to come here — be sure to wear 50 layers of clothing and keep your eyes on the floor. The security guys here are absolutely vile. I have never been more sexually harassed in my life. This courthouse might as well have perverted construction workers working the metal detectors. I can’t believe the things that were said to me! I was wearing a dress because it was a blistering 96 degrees outside but it WAS NOT revealing (not that it should matter anyway).
«Hey baby, you look sizzling hot.»
«I love the dress you’re wearing. You’re so sexy.»
«I could watch you walk by all day.»
Are you kidding me?! I just ignored them because I was pretty concentrated on handling my personal business but I am now fuming.
Perverted security guys aside, the people working here are miserable. The woman working the window acted like I was inconveniencing her when all she was doing was staring off into space before I approached her window. I asked ONE question and she scoffed at me. I’m sure her job sucks but she could have lost the attitude. It took a maximum of 30 seconds to stamp my paperwork and write on three lines. Don’t attempt to do a single thing yourself at this courthouse and leave everything to your lawyer.

I had to handle some family issues at this court last week. Come to find out they had a fire on the 3^rd floor so court was closed for 1 day I believe. Now the moved the family cases to the west building and other cases to other courts nearby. My impression is this place is old. Judges are always pissed and are sick of their lives. I’ve seen worse like metropolitan court.
Parking is nightmare and make sure u don’t leave your car more than 1 at the meter or you’ll get ticket. You can pay for valet type of parking across the street but that’s 12 bucks I believe.
They have café on the 3^rd floor but I wouldn’t eat if my life depended on it. Maybe a protein bar or water. I heard the fire started ok n the 3^rd floor which probably means the cafeteria.

I beat my ticket but this place still sucks. But it deserves an updated rating because of Judge/​Commish Mary Byrne she’s pretty funny, both times I’ve seen her on the bench, she made being in court a bit more bearable (as long as you’re not on the receiving end of her judgement). + one star because face it, its traffic court… still sucks.
Fighting a traffic ticket in court is a pretty interesting experience. Watching people give their defense is hilarious. Especially the people that went through all the trouble of getting an arraignment, a court date and then go up to the stand and bascially plead guilty and pay the fine… why not just pay the fine in the first place and skip all this? Some dumb mofos out there.

This place sucks my ass.
The people are rude — I get it. You hate your job and you’re miserable and single and eat Hungry Man dinners every night and deal with assholes on the regular. But damn — at least keep it short and just expedite the process so I can get in and out of there. We don’t even have to say hello or attempt conversation — that’s fine with me! They seem to enjoy to avoid doing their work and taking their sweet time, so people can wait for as long as humanly possible to pay off a ticket. The guy in the purple button up at the register window was so unpleasant. You and your shirt piss me off.
I just hate this place so much.

Parking does suck. Read the signs carefully. Expect to go around the block at least twice. Bring pocket change. A lot of it. Put in more time than you think you need. Things work slow here. I think there are meters that take cards, on the side next to the police station.
The building entrance is on Walnut-​the only street you can’t park on… figures. So once you find your space, expect to walk. Yes, there are doors on every other side of the building, but you can’t go in through them!
Not the friendliest place. How do you get where you need to go? Follow the colored lines on the ground! Which color? That you gotta ask someone.
You have to ask for traffic school IN PERSON if you contest your ticket, they won’t just offer it to you.
Oh, and no breakdancing. No joke. I wanted to take a picture of the sign, but the Sheriff said no pictures. I think another lucky Unilocaler was able to click a pic!

A ok just as is. Its fucking court! Busy and I hate coming here. Been taking care of the kids crap when I am here … Parking sucks. Its 15 dollars or more and if your lucky to find street parking well hey that’s a good thing. Most employees that I have spoken to here in the finance department were friendly and helpful. Everyone else seems to be grumpy and have attitude. Its a large old building that could use some renovation and some extra cleanin up. Just my opinion …

The parking sucks, it’s a $ 9 flat rate before 2:00 p.m. and $ 5 after 2:00 p.m.
We didn’t go into the courthouse until 20 minutes after our appointment time. I stepped outside to pay for parking and the cashier called my name while I was gone so I had to wait an extra 30 minutes for them to call me again.

Ugh,
Parking sucks BAD.
It takes forEVER to get into the courthouse, which made me late and I wasnt allowed to see the judge.
Do better pasadena.

Coming to court is never a pleasant experience, but this court is definitely more organized then others and has an outdoor window (2 stars).
However, they waste a lot of time prior to starting court 9:15, you must be here by 8:20 to make roll call, their seats don’t have arm rests, it’s super cold, and the window people are extremely slow!!! Unfortunately, my fiancé has had to come here a couple occasions and it always wastes a good portion of his day and $ 10 on parking.
The state should come up with a better process, but then again they need people’s hard earned money to line their own pockets.

Mr. JD on the scene again with another court house review.
Pros:
Can’t think of any…
Cons:
Elevators are awful and tend to skip floors
No free parking, a lot of meters around and a lot for $ 10.
Criminal window is on the second floor and traffic window is on the first floor. Terrible cut off time for adding on new cases, just go straight to the department and the clerks there are better than the ones at the window.
Overall, not my favorite courthouse to be in.