Napa County Law Library
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Welcome
About The Law Library
The Napa County Law Library serves the judicial bench, bar, and citizens of Napa County. The library is a practice library, focusing on practical materials for attorneys and lay persons. Use of the library’s collection is free to all who enter the library. The Law Librarian is available to provide appropriate resources to meet the legal research and information needs of library patrons (see “Hours” above).
The Napa County Law Library is organized under California Business and Professions Code sections 6300, et seq. The Law Library is required to have a Board of Trustees to make decisions regarding the policies of the library and expenditure of the money received from a portion of Napa Superior Court filing fees.
The members of the Board of Trustees serve without compensation. The meetings are open to the public. More information about the meetings, the agendas, and the minutes are available below.
Current Trustees:
- Trustee, Honorable Joseph Solga, Judge of the Napa Superior Court
- Trustee, Brian DeWitt, member of the California State Bar, designee of Judge Elia Ortiz of the Napa County Superior Court.
- Trustee, Leslie Juris (Secretary), member of the California State Bar, designee of Judge Mark Boessenecker of the Napa County Superior Court
- Trustee, Neil Bowman-Davis (Vice President), member of the California State Bar, designee of Judge Cynthia Smith of the Napa County Superior Court
- Trustee, Anthony Halstead (President), Director of Library Services & Community outreach for Napa County, designee of the Chair of the Napa County Board of Supervisors
- Trustee, James V. Jones, member of the California State Bar, appointed by the Napa County Board of Supervisors
The Board of Trustees meets quarterly on the second Wednesday of February, May, August, and November. Meetings are held at 12:15 p.m. at the Law Library, unless a different time or location is announced in advance. Public attendance and comments are welcome. To attend, please contact the Law Library at library@countyofnapa.org.
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- The Law Library is a reference library only, therefore materials may not be removed from the Law Library at any time.
- Books must be returned to proper shelves after use.
- Avoid extended or loud conversations and silence cell phones; please step out of the Law Library if you need to make a call.
- Be aware of your personal property. The Law Library is not responsible for items that are lost, stolen, or damaged in the Law Library.
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The Law Library reserves the right to have Court Security inspect briefcases, backpacks, purses, packages, and outer garments for library materials at any time.
- The Law Library is monitored by video surveillance equipment and all activity is recorded.
The Law Library has two public access terminals with access to:
- Limited internet access to approved legal websites
- Westlaw
- CEB OnLaw
- Xspouse
- Lexis Digital Library
Printing and photocopying services are available for a fee.
Contact Us
Please direct any comments, questions, or suggestions to us at the mailing address listed above or send us an e-mail.