Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1733

(a) An application for entry of a judgment under this chapter shall be filed in a superior court.
(b) Subject to the power of the court to transfer proceedings under this chapter pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2, and except as provided in Section 1733.1, the proper county for the filing of an application is either of the following:
1. (1) The county in which any respondent resides or owns property.
2. (2) If no respondent is a resident, any county in this state.
(c) A case in which the tribal court money judgment amounts to thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.