Hanford is the seat of Kings County, near Fresno and Visalia in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Valpro Attorney Services serves papers on people and businesses in Hanford and the rest of the county: summonses, complaints, petitions, subpoenas, restraining orders, unlawful detainer papers and notices. We also file with Kings County Superior Court and pull court records.
Hanford requests come through our office at 1520 W El Camino Ave #125, Sacramento, CA 95833, about 187 miles straight-line from Hanford. Submit a Service Request online, or email it with the documents to Service@ValproAttorneyServices.com. The phone is 855-582-5776, Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Kings County has one courthouse, and it's in Hanford
Unlike most valley counties, Kings County doesn't split its cases across branches. The court lists a single courthouse location:
| Courthouse | Address | What happens there | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County Superior Court | 1640 Kings County Drive, Hanford, CA 93230 | Departments 1–10. Civil, small claims, landlord/tenant, family law and probate matters are handled here | Lobby Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; phones 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (traffic, criminal and civil division phones until 4:00 p.m.) |
The main number is (559) 582-1010, and general questions go to information@kings.courts.ca.gov. So a case from Lemoore, Corcoran or Avenal is filed in the same Hanford building as a case from downtown Hanford.
Source: kings.courts.ca.gov locations page, checked October 2026.
Security screening at 1640 Kings County Drive
The court calls its building a full security facility. Everyone goes through a weapons screening device, and every hand-carried item is x-rayed. The court's dress rules bar shorts, tank tops, crop tops and bare feet. Parking is on the north and west sides of the building, reached from Kings County Drive or 12th Avenue, and the entrances are the south and west doors.
That matters for counter filings and for serving someone at a hearing. Build in time for the line.
E-filing has been mandatory here since 2021
Kings County moved to mandatory e-filing on July 1, 2021. The court's online case filing page lists these case types:
- Unlimited and limited civil
- Small claims
- Probate and guardianship
- Family law and family support
- Adoption
- Mental health
Self-represented parties are exempt under California Rules of Court, rule 2.253(b)(2), and may e-file voluntarily. The same page says a document served electronically between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59:59 p.m. on a court day is deemed served that day, and one served on a non-court day is deemed served the next court day.
Some documents still go on paper. The court lists filings it doesn't accept through e-filing:
| Case type | Not accepted by e-filing |
|---|---|
| Family law | Defaults, judgments, notices of judgment, surrogacy actions, termination of parental rights |
| Probate | Wills, codicils, bonds |
If a court reporter, complex case, ex parte or first appearance fee applies, the court has its own notice forms for paying that fee through eFile. We handle both routes for Hanford cases. See Kings County court filing for details, and same-day court filing for how rush filings usually work.
Source: kings.courts.ca.gov online case filing page, checked October 2026.
Papers to serve in Hanford?
Small claims cases in Hanford
Small claims are heard at the same Hanford courthouse. The court lists a Small Claims Advisor at 1400 West Lacy Blvd., Hanford, phone (559) 852-4430.
On service, the court's small claims page is specific:
- The plaintiff can't serve the papers. A non-party adult, a professional process server or the sheriff can.
- The clerk can mail the claim by certified mail for $15.00 per defendant. Check before the hearing whether the receipt came back.
- After personal or substituted service, the server completes Proof of Service form SC-104, and it has to be filed with the court 5 days before the hearing.
- Without a proof of service on file, the matter may be continued or dropped from the calendar.
Substituted service at a home or business isn't complete until 10 days after the follow-up copy is mailed, the court notes. When the hearing is a few weeks out, that 10-day wait plus the 5-day filing deadline leaves little room. Send the claim early, and choose Rush if the date is close.
Source: kings.courts.ca.gov small claims page, checked October 2026.
Hanford addresses and ZIP Code area 93230
Hanford had 57,990 residents in the 2020 Census. The Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025 is 62,229, The city falls in a single Census ZIP Code area, 93230.
A Hanford service is usually a house, an apartment, a farm property or a workplace. Put the following in the Letter of Instruction:
- the full street address, with apartment or unit number
- a rural route or road name and cross road for farm addresses
- the hours the person is usually home, or their work shift
- a description, a photo or a vehicle
- a second address, such as a job site in Lemoore or Visalia
If the person lives or works on a military installation, tell us. Base entry is controlled by the installation, so the attempt may have to be planned at an off-base address instead.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census, Vintage 2025 estimates and the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file. ZIP Code areas are Census approximations of postal ZIP Codes.
Kings County towns and the cities next door
Kings County has four places with their own Valpro Attorney Services page. Distances are straight-line from our Sacramento office:
Avenal and the farm roads in the south and west of the county are the farthest out, and remote areas are subject to different timelines. Call 855-582-5776 before choosing Rush for those.
Cases often cross the county line. Visalia (18.2 miles from Hanford) and Tulare (19.6) are in Tulare County, and Kingsburg (14.5) and Selma (17) are in Fresno County, close to Fresno. A Hanford case can still need service on a party in any of them. Tell us each address and we'll serve them on one request. The Kings County page covers the whole county.
How a Hanford Service Request works
- Start a Service Request and choose the service: process serving, court filing, or both.
- Upload the documents as PDFs, up to 5 per request.
- Give the name of each person or business and every address you have.
- Write the Letter of Instruction.
- Pick Rush or Standard, and add a Billing Reference if you use one.
You get a confirmation email, and every update comes in that thread. If you haven't heard from us within 5–10 minutes during business hours, call 855-582-5776.
Other services for Kings County cases
- Court Filings: eFiling and counter filing in Hanford.
- Document retrieval: copies of filed papers from the Hanford courthouse.
- Skip tracing: a current address when service at the old one fails. Our post on who can serve court papers in California explains the rules for servers.
- Serving a corporation: finding and serving a company's agent for service of process.
We make no guarantees for service.