Orange

A wreck in Orange is an Orange County matter, and a later civil filing is generally a case in the Orange County Superior Court, often at the Central Justice Center at 700 Civic Center Drive West in Santa Ana, and confirm the branch if a notice names a different courthouse. Confirm the address on the official Orange County locations page.

An ordinary injury or death lawsuit after a wreck in Orange generally must be started within two years under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. 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. Confirm the courthouse, the hours, and the telephone on the official page the morning you go.