To contest your citation, you must appear for arraignment or schedule a future court trial date. Bail must be posted to schedule a future court trial date.In this video I will show you how to navigate the Court's website to obtain information on how to e-file in civil family law probate adoptions. Please bring the reporting instruction portion of your summons with you filled out with your phone numbers and any address or name changes you may have. Page for people looking for legal or court related advice, including traffic tickets, jury duty, and Alameda County Courthouses. This video explains the service of process in small claims cases and what you need to know about serving your small claims forms. You will be required to make only one appearance in court for jury selections held that day, or serve for one trial (jury selection may take more than one day). Second time, the case took nearly 7 weeks only for it to end in a mis-trial. My employer wasn't happy. Each Superior Court judge in Alameda.