Valpro Attorney Services retrieves court documents, handles copy work and makes related records requests for law firms and legal staff in California. We also run messenger deliveries of legal documents, with status updates and confirmation of completion. Send one Service Request with what you need and where it is.
What court records can you retrieve?
- Filed pleadings, motions, orders and judgments from a superior court case file
- Plain copies and certified copies from the clerk
- Copies from older or archived case files the court has to locate
- Related records requests that support your case, coordinated with the office that holds them
- Business records on file with the California Secretary of State, through our Secretary of State filings service
Many courts post their case indexes and some documents online. When a court only releases a copy at the counter, or you need certified copies, a court runner goes to the clerk for you.
Messenger and courier delivery
Some documents have to reach a person or office by a set time but don't need formal service. We handle delivery and coordination of important legal documents, with status updates and confirmation of completion as applicable.
Examples:
- Courtesy copies to a judge's department
- Documents to opposing counsel or a co-counsel office
- Signed originals between your office, a client and the court
- Pickup of documents from one office for filing or service elsewhere
A delivery is not service of process. When the law requires a proof of service, send the papers through process serving so the server completes a proper proof.
Do I need retrieval or delivery?
Choose document retrieval for a copy of something in a court file and messenger delivery to get papers to a person or office. Papers that must be served on a party go through process serving, and documents for the court go through court filing.
| You need | Choose | What you get back |
|---|---|---|
| A copy of something in a court file | Document retrieval | Plain or certified copies |
| Papers taken to a person or office | Messenger delivery | Who accepted them and when |
| Papers served on a party under the Code of Civil Procedure | Process serving | A proof of service |
| A document filed with the court | Court filing | Endorsed copies |
What do I send for document retrieval?
For retrieval:
- What to pull: document names or descriptions
- The court or office and the courthouse location
- The case number, or the party names and an approximate year
- Plain or certified copies, and how many
For a delivery:
- The pickup and drop-off street addresses, with suite, floor or department
- The contact name at each end
- The deadline and any building instructions
Attach up to 5 PDFs to the Service Request, or send the details to Service@ValproAttorneyServices.com. On a weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., you should hear from us within 5–10 minutes. If not, call 855-582-5776.
Choose Rush or Standard on the Service Request. Call 855-582-5776 to confirm timing for a same-day pickup or a delivery with a hard deadline.
How it works
- You send the Service Request with the case details or delivery addresses.
- We confirm receipt and check anything missing, such as a case number.
- A court runner or messenger from our statewide network makes the pull or the run.
- You get the copies, or the confirmation of delivery with the recipient's name and the time.
Every update on a pull or a run comes by email, in the same thread as your confirmation. To ask where it stands, reply to that email or write to Service@ValproAttorneyServices.com.
Courts we work with
We take retrieval requests for superior courts in all 58 California counties. County pages list each court's courthouses by case type, so you can tell us the right location:
- Sacramento County, Placer County, Yolo County and El Dorado County
- Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Diego County
- San Francisco, Alameda County and Santa Clara County
If the document still needs to be filed, use Court Filings instead.