Shasta County Superior Court

Branch of California superior court with jurisdiction over Shasta Country

40°34′58″N 122°23′42″W / 40.5827°N 122.3951°W / 40.5827; -122.3951Established1850JurisdictionShasta County, CaliforniaLocationReddingCoordinates40°34′58″N 122°23′42″W / 40.5827°N 122.3951°W / 40.5827; -122.3951Appeals toCalifornia Court of Appeal for the Third DistrictWebsiteshasta.courts.ca.govPresiding JudgeCurrentlyHon. Daniel E. Flynn^[1]Assistant Presiding JudgeCurrentlyHon. Monique McKee^[1]Court Executive OfficerCurrentlyMelissa Fowler-Bradley^[1]

The Superior Court of California, County of Shasta, also known as the Shasta County Superior Court or Shasta Superior Court, is the branch of the California superior court with jurisdiction over Shasta County.

History

Shasta County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. The eponymous city of Shasta was the second county seat, and the county courthouse was housed in a former saloon, restaurant, and billiard-room originally built in 1855, then purchased and remodeled for the court in 1861;^[2]^[3] it is now part of Shasta State Historic Park, which is California Historical Landmark No. 77 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[4] ^[5]

After the county seat was moved from Shasta to Redding in 1888, bids for the first purpose-built county courthouse in Redding were advertised in June 1888^[6] and completed in May 1889 at the corner of 3rd and G streets;^[7] it survived a fire in 1924.^[8] The design was credited to architect A.A. Cook.^[5]

A replacement courthouse was built in 1956.^[5] With the construction of the new courthouse, Redding's first courthouse was converted into county office space and used as such until being demolished in 1963,^[8]^[9] making space for a three-storey annex (completed 1967) to the 1956 courthouse.^[10]

New Courthouse

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Shasta County Superior Court locations:^[11]

15312 CA-299 (Shasta, 1862–88)

1500 Court St (Redding, 1889–1956)

20509 Shasta St (Burney Branch)

1500 Court St (Redding, 1956–2023)

1655 West St (Redding Justice Center)

1501 Court St (Redding, 2023- )

The new Shasta County Courthouse was approved on December 15, 2010.^[12] The new 166,887 square foot courthouse will have 14 courtrooms, just two more than the current courthouse. The new $170 million courthouse is expected to be opened in August 2023.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Contact Us/Locations". Shasta County Superior Court. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
^ "Shasta's Citizens". Daily Alta California. November 13, 1886. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Old Shasta County Courthouse". NoeHill Travels in California. 1950. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "National Register Information System – Shasta State Historic Park (#71000199)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shasta County, California". Courthouse History. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Scissors and Pen". Morning Union. June 22, 1888. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Redding". Press Democrat. April 6, 1889. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Shasta County". California Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Smith, Dottie (March 22, 2010). "Back in all its glory". Redding Record Searchlight. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ Deacon, John (2015). "Shasta County". American Courthouses. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Locations". Superior Court of California, County of Shasta. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "New Redding Courthouse". California Courts. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "New Shasta County Courthouse expected to be complete by 2022". KRCR. March 11, 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.