California, San Bernardino County
Where Fontana's records are kept. Fontana has its own city government, municipal court, police department and public library; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Fontana's own offices, along with State of California offices; the San Bernardino County offices are on our San Bernardino 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
California Courts self-help guide to court records for Fontana.
Open official site California Courts, Fontana Case SearchVital 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
Frequently requested Census Bureau statistics for Fontana city, California in QuickFacts: population, business and geography facts for a community of 208,393 at the 2020 Census.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Fontana City Hall at 16860 Valencia Avenue, with Fontana 311 requests, online maps, agendas and minutes, street sweeping, open finance data, graffiti removal requests, police and class registration.
Open official site City of FontanaPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 17005 Upland Avenue Fontana, CA 92335 (909) 350-7740
Open official site Fontana Police DepartmentCity records
Research, reference and technology services 8437 Sierra Avenue Fontana, Ca 92335 Phone: 909-574-4500
Open official site Fontana Public LibraryEverything else, organized
11 more Fontana sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Fontana, a place of 208,393 people, is in San Bernardino County, whose county seat is San Bernardino. Court and property records sit with San Bernardino County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Fontana's own offices are in the cards above, and our San Bernardino County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 2 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 5 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; crushed stone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
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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 Fontana.
Deeds for property in Fontana are recorded by the San Bernardino County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our San Bernardino 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.