Public Index CD-ROM: Technical Information

The Public Index CD-ROM is made available in its entirety on a monthly basis. The file layouts are new as of October 1, 2005.

Weekly updates are made only to the indices offered on public workstations located throughout the Courthouse. These workstation indices are updated weekly on Monday with data as of the end of the previous week. They include only Non-Confidential cases.

The Public Index CD-ROM includes cases from l975 for General Civil/Family/Probate and Criminal Felony cases, from 1997 for Limited Civil cases, and 1998 for Criminal Misdemeanor cases. There is a very limited number of cases filed as far back as the 1920s included in the Public Index . If you need to find a case with a file date prior to 1975, 1997 or 1998 as previously mentioned, please request a search of paper indices.

NOTE: "Due to the unification of Superior and Municipal Court records, there may be more than one case number for an individual or company, we advise that you look at all cases for that individual."

The purchaser must provide the software to view and search the index files. The CD-ROM contains no software. The Superior Court will not provide technical support for this product.

The Public Index CD-Rom shall not be re-copied or re-distributed without expressed consent from the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. The Court specifically disclaims any and all liability if the public index is purchased from a third party vendor.

The CD-ROM contains:

Criminal Index - (CRINDEX.TXT) raw data in comma delimited format
Civil Index - (OTHINDEX.TXT) raw data in comma delimited format
Minor Offenses Index - (MOINDEX.TXT) raw data in comma delimited format

CRIMINAL INDEX
CRINDEX.TXT is a comma delimited file. The following table lists a description of the data contained in those fields:

	Field Name	Maximum Field Length
Field1	Last Name	35
Field2	Last Name2	20
Field3	First	15
Field4	Middle	15
Field5	Suffix	7
Field6	Party Type	34
Field7	Case Type	34
Field8	Case Number	16
Field9	File Date	8
Field10	FileID	16

CIVIL / PROBATE / SMALL CLAIMS INDEX
OTHINDEX.TXT is a comma delimited file. The following table lists a description of the data contained in those fields:

	Field Name	Maximum Field Length
Field1	Last/Business	35
Field2	Last/Business2	20
Field3	First	15
Field4	Middle	15
Field5	Suffix	7
Field6	Party Type	34
Field7	Case Number	16
Field8	Caption	60
Field9	File Date	10 (YYYY-MM-DD)
Field10	Case Type	34
Field11	Filing Category	34

MINOR OFFENSES / TRAFFIC CASES
MOINDEX.TXT is a comma delimited file. The following table lists a description of the data contained in those fields.

	Field Name	Maximum Field Length
Field1	Last Name	35
Field2	Last Name2	20
Field3	First	15
Field4	Middle	15
Field5	Suffix	7
Field6	Party Type	34
Field7	Case Type	34
Field8	File Date	8
Field9	Citation	16