CaliforniaCourtIntel strives to maintain accurate, current profiles for all California superior court judges. Here is how the accuracy and freshness systems work.
Data update frequency. Most active courts are scraped nightly. Profile header information (courthouse, department, appointment date) is verified against official court directories on a rolling 90-day cycle. The last verified date is shown in the profile header. Tentative ruling data for courts with public portals is updated within 24 hours of publication.
The Verified badge. A green Verified badge on a profile header means the core profile data (name, courthouse, department, appointment date) was confirmed against a public court record within the past 90 days. Profiles without the badge are still accurate in most cases but have not been recently re-verified — this is most common for judges in low-volume or rural courts.
Reporting an inaccuracy. The fastest way to flag an error is the Report an Error button at the bottom of every judge profile. Select the type of inaccuracy, describe what is wrong, and optionally link to the correct public source. Our data team reviews these reports and resolves them within 48 hours for non-urgent corrections and same-day for urgent corrections (use the subject line Urgent: Profile Correction when emailing data@californiacourtintel.com).
Common accuracy gaps. Some gaps are structural rather than errors: courts that do not publish tentative rulings will have limited ruling history; commissioners and private judges are not always included; judges who transferred recently may show their former courthouse until the next verification cycle. These known limitations are noted where they apply.