Santa Barbara County

DecisionDepot indexes Santa Barbara County Superior Court tentative rulings for free — no login required. We currently have 3,767 tentative rulings from Santa Barbara County indexed. Use the search and filter tools on this page to browse by judge, motion type, hearing date, and ruling outcome. The official court portal is also available at https://santabarbara.courts.ca.gov/online-services/case-records-search/case-information.

A tentative ruling is a preliminary decision issued by a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge before the scheduled hearing. Under California Rules of Court, the court posts tentative rulings the afternoon before the hearing date. Parties who wish to contest the ruling must provide timely notice; if no party contests, the tentative ruling becomes the final order. Tentative rulings let attorneys predict the likely outcome and decide whether oral argument is warranted.