California, Santa Barbara County
Where Buellton's records are kept. Buellton has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Buellton's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Santa Barbara County offices are on our Santa Barbara County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
Oversees how California's 58 county assessors apply property tax law, audits their practices, certifies appraisers and itself assesses utility and railroad property and pipelines spanning two or more counties.
Open official site California State Board of Equalization Property Tax DepartmentState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 105,000 cubic feet of California government records, maps and photographs, described in its Minerva catalog, including court, legislative, land grant and family history collections.
Open official site California State Archives CollectionsCounty court
Bankruptcy court for California's Central District, offering PACER lookup, online petitions, live chat with court staff and self help desks with pro bono help in each of its five divisions.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of CaliforniaCounty court
Judicial Branch guide to looking up a California case: county courts keep the records, so start on the court's website or with its clerk; juvenile and adoption files are confidential.
Open official site California Courts Self Help GuideVital records
Keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records, issues certified copies and registers or amends records as the law allows. Accepted orders cannot be canceled or refunded.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionPolice & jail
Wanted and missing person posters from the FBI Los Angeles Field Office, including Ten Most Wanted fugitives, Most Wanted Fraudsters and cases where agents seek information; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Los Angeles Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsiteFederal
Census Bureau summary of Buellton city, California, with population totals, age, sex, housing and business statistics. It carries the most recent estimates only, so earlier years need other Census tools.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Buellton's city site, with council and planning commission agendas, the city clerk, elections, municipal code, finance data, online bill payment, service requests, public works and recreation.
Open official site City of BuelltonPolice & jail
Buellton City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Buellton City ClerkCity records
City of Buellton Planning Department, which handles economic development, planning and code enforcement for the city; City Hall, 107 West Highway 246, Buellton, (805) 688-5177.
Open official site City of Buellton Planning DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Buellton sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Buellton, a place of 5,161 people, is in Santa Barbara County, whose county seat is Santa Barbara. Court and property records sit with Santa Barbara County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Buellton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Santa Barbara County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 4 investigations with a Buellton address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $8,054 in back wages agreed for 38 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conico Roro, Inc. | 1 | $5,875 | 31 |
| Endelos Energy, Inc. | 1 | $2,179 | 7 |
| Coastal Vineyards Care Associates, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Pence Ranch, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Buellton, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The California wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Buellton.
Deeds for property in Buellton are recorded by the Santa Barbara County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Santa Barbara County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the state vital records office, California Department of Public Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.