Sheriff Court Services Assistant I/II

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is accepting applications for a Sheriff Court Services Assistant I/II position for Court Services East in Indio.

The incumbent will be responsible for performing specialized civil legal clerical support.

Tasks include, but are not limited to the following:


* Preparing, processing, and tracking legal documents for numerous civil legal actions.


* Providing procedural and case information to the public, litigants, law enforcement officials, and/or other employees.


* Receiving, examining, filing, and maintaining legal documents.


* Processing claims, invoices, purchase orders, payments, and warrants.

The Sheriff's Court Services Assistant II is the journey-level classification in the series.

Incumbents hired into the Sheriff's Court Services Assistant I position are expected to progress to the Sheriff's Court Services Assistant II after satisfactory job performance and meeting the minimum qualifications.

Seeking applicants with experience working with court documents and legal clerical experience.

The level at which the position will be filled is at the discretion of the department.



* This classification's rate of pay will be set in accordance with California Senate Bill 525 requirements for applicable departments.

Meet the Team! The law enforcement professionals of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department , with a staff of over 3,600 dedicated men and women, cover the expanse of over 7,300 square miles in southern California.

The Sheriff's Department is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.

Who May Apply

This recruitment is open to all• Independently processes legal documents and records through the Sheriff's Court Services process based on established procedure or special instructions in case files from the courts, judges, or attorneys; examines documents for conformance with established rules, standards and/or legal requirements.

• Gives the public, litigants, law enforcement officials and/or other employees procedural and case information which requires distinguishing among, and consideration of, sensitive, protected, and public information and requires understanding or interpretation/explanation of legal documents (e.g., subpoenas, evictions, earnings withholding orders), legal/court procedures or specific file notations regarding case/processing and status.

• Tracks documents for civil procedures such as evictions, bankruptcies, small claims, summons and complaints, civil and criminal subpoenas, restraining orders, and earnings withholding orders through the civil process for case file building by obtaining signatures, and attaching required addenda, ensuring validity and adherence to statutory time limits, answering questions and explaining civil code procedures to litigants and their attorneys.

• Based on court judgments: maintains records for levies...