Election-Related Emergencies:

The court and clerk’s office are open on Election Day during normal court hours between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

Persons needing urgent after-hours election-related relief should first contact the Voters Hotline for their county’s Registrar of Voters. Contact information for
each county’s Registrar of Voters can be found here:  County Elections Offices: California Secretary of State

The Voter Bill of Rights is available on the Secretary of State’s webpage at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-bill-rights/.

General voter information can be found on the website of the Orange County Registrar of Voters, at https://ocvote.gov.

Juvenile Restraining Order

Where is a Juvenile Restraining Order Filed?

A Juvenile Restraining Order is filed at the Lamoreaux Justice Center in the Juvenile Division Clerk's Office. It is filed in the Juvenile Dependency or Juvenile Justice case.

A Juvenile Domestic Violence Restraining Order Request can be filed electronically, pursuant to the Family Code section 6307.

Note: the above electronic link is to be used solely for the purpose of electronically submitting a domestic violence restraining order in an existing juvenile case. Any other documents submitted will be returned unprocessed and will not be retained by the court. 

Courthouse Location and Information?

The Orange County Juvenile Courthouse is located at the Lamoreaux Justice Center in the City of Orange. Juvenile court is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you are reporting for a traffic citation, the juvenile traffic window is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Juvenile courtrooms are closed on the weekends and during court holidays.

The address for the juvenile courthouse is:

Lamoreaux Justice Center
341 The City Drive South
Orange, California 92868-3205
(657) 622-8458

A public parking structure is located next to the courthouse on Dawn Way. There is an hourly charge to park your vehicle within this structure.

The Lamoreaux Justice Center is a FULL SECURITY facility. All persons entering the building will be required to pass through a weapons screening device and have all hand-carried objects x-rayed.

Weapons of any type will not be permitted into the Justice Center. Items such as: knives, including pocket knives, scissors, corkscrews, mace, pepper spray, knitting needles, etc., which may be deemed potentially offensive and dangerous by the Sheriff's Department will not be allowed in the building. 

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