Irvine

Irvine is an Orange County city, not a Riverside neighborhood, and a wreck there is generally an Orange County Superior Court matter. If the collision happened in Irvine, the filing generally belongs in the Orange County Superior Court, often at the Central Justice Center at 700 Civic Center Drive West in Santa Ana. Use the official Orange County locations page to confirm the branch, and confirm the branch if a notice names a different courthouse.

If someone was hurt or killed in Irvine, section 335.1 generally gives two years to start the lawsuit. An adjuster letter that treats the wreck as all-or-nothing is not the official California comparative-fault rule.

Ask the responding department for its official crash report, and send an SR-1 when Vehicle Code section 16000 requires it. Living nearby, or commuting through the city, does not by itself choose the filing place if the wreck happened somewhere else.