El Cerrito

Roads around San Pablo Avenue, Fairmount Avenue, and I-80 sit in Contra Costa County. A wreck there is generally heard in that county’s superior court.

For a wreck inside this county, start with the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Hours and the filing desk are on that court’s official page. An office in this city does not pull an out-of-county collision into this court.

Section 335.1 is the usual two-year injury-and-death deadline. Blame can be split into percentages, which may shrink what is recovered without changing venue. Request the official crash paperwork from whichever department worked the scene, local or Highway Patrol.