Our Mission
Our purpose is to provide the legal community and citizens of Kern County with access to legal information services. Our goal is to provide current legal materials in a timely manner, so everyone may have equal access to justice. Assistance in using the collection shall be provided by the staff.

We have been serving Kern County since 1891 as a nonprofit special district funded, not by tax dollars, but a portion of civil filing fees for the Superior Court of California, County of Kern. We are open to the public and access to the library is free.

Our hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. We are closed on all court holidays. While you are in the library, please take the time to fill out one of our surveys. We would like your feedback on how well we are doing and how we can improve.
The Kern County Superior Court's Self-Help Center

The Self-Help Center provides legal resources to assist those representing themselves in court. As a collaborative project with the Kern County Law Library, the Self-Help Center will share resources with the Law Library in an effort to maximize the benefit to self-represented litigants. Customers of the center ...

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Upcoming Events
OSC Child Custody & Visitation
09/06/2010 08:30 am
Guardianship Self Help Clinic
09/06/2010 09:30 am
Small Claims Workshop
09/06/2010 11:15 am
OSC Child Custody & Visitation
09/13/2010 08:30 am
Guardianship Self Help Clinic
09/13/2010 09:30 am