Clearing a criminal record in Sacramento County

Sacramento County petitions are filed at the Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice in Sacramento, the court charges No fee to file, and our fee covers it, and you do not need to live here, or come to court, to clear a case from here.

Where a petition is filed in Sacramento County

Record-clearing petitions are filed in the county where you were convicted, which means Sacramento County petitions go to the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (court website).

What Sacramento County charges to file

Our flat fee includes this. You do not pay it separately, and you do not pay it to us — it goes to the court.

Local notes for Sacramento County

• Sacramento County's name comes from the city of Sacramento, named after the Eucharist (called in Spanish Santísimo Sacramento, literally "Most Holy Sacrament".
• Sacramento is one of only 15 California counties governed under a home-rule charter rather than general law.
• The Sacramento court's self-help expungement page states outright that there is no filing fee for petitions under PC 1203.3, 1203.4, 1203.41, 1203.42, 1203.43, and 1203.4b.
• The Public Defender no longer appears to run its own free expungement clinic; local legal aid organizations now handle Clean Slate referrals for Sacramento County.

Who else is involved

• The petition is served on the Sacramento County District Attorney, which has a statutory window to respond.
• Sacramento County Public Defender's Office handles indigent defence in the county.
• The court publishes self-help information if you would rather do this yourself.

Cities we serve in Sacramento County

Sacramento, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and everywhere else in the county. Where you live does not matter — the petition goes to the court that handled the conviction.

Legal information on this page was last checked against primary sources in October 2026. California law changes; if you are reading this long after that date, confirm before you rely on it.