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The Joshua Tree District courthouse on White Feather Road is the only criminal courthouse for the Morongo Basin — the remote, high-desert reach of San Bernardino County that runs from Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms to Yucca Valley, Landers, and Pioneertown. It's where DUIs from across that stretch of Highway 62 are heard.
Joshua Tree District Courthouse — court & DMV details
Why your case is here
The Joshua Tree District courthouse at 6527 White Feather Road sits inside the county's Government Center, about three miles east of the town of Joshua Tree on Highway 62. It's the designated criminal courthouse for the entire Morongo Basin — a vast, sparsely populated stretch of the San Bernardino County high desert that includes Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms (home to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), Yucca Valley, Landers, Pioneertown, and unincorporated Morongo Valley and Johnson Valley. DUIs arrested on SR-62, SR-247, or on surface streets anywhere in that territory are heard here, not in San Bernardino or Victorville — note that Joshua Tree National Park itself straddles the San Bernardino/Riverside county line, so an arrest inside the park could fall under a different court, or even federal jurisdiction, depending on exactly where it happened. The park alone drew nearly 3 million visitors in 2025, and that tourist traffic on a two-lane highway shapes CHP and Sheriff DUI enforcement throughout the Basin, especially on holiday weekends and during the cooler high season.
The 10-day DMV deadline
A Morongo Basin DUI means two cases running at once: the criminal case at the Joshua Tree District courthouse, and the DMV's separate case against your driving privilege — with only 10 days to request a hearing. There's no DMV driver-safety office anywhere in the Basin; the nearest is roughly 74 miles away in San Bernardino, so the hearing itself is handled by phone. How the DMV hearing works →
How Ron defends a DUI at the Joshua Tree District Courthouse
Morongo Basin DUIs are prosecuted by the San Bernardino County District Attorney, which keeps a branch office at the same White Feather Road address as the courthouse. Ron reviews the stop and the breath or blood evidence, paying close attention to the circumstances of a remote-highway stop — so much Basin enforcement happens on isolated stretches of SR-62 and SR-247, patrolled by CHP's Morongo Basin office and by the Sheriff's Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley contract deputies. He works directly with you from his Irvine office, roughly 90 minutes southwest, negotiating with the DA and running the DMV hearing in parallel, in English or Farsi.
Does the Joshua Tree District courthouse cover Twentynine Palms?
I was stopped near Joshua Tree National Park — does the park's tourist traffic affect DUI enforcement here?
Is Joshua Tree (the town) its own city with its own police department?
How do I protect my license?
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Ron defends DUI cases across Southern California from his Irvine office, in English and Farsi — and works directly with you, not a call center.
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