California, Contra Costa County
Where Walnut Creek's records are kept. Walnut Creek has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Walnut Creek's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Contra Costa County offices are on our Contra Costa 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
Sits in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose and posts judges' and 341 meeting calendars, local rules, forms and guidance for people filing without an attorney.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern 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 SectionFederal
FBI San Francisco Field Office posters for wanted fugitives, kidnapped and missing persons, cyber suspects and cases where agents ask the public for information; tips can be sent through tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI San Francisco 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 WebsiteVital records
Walnut Creek city, California at a glance from the Census Bureau: 2025 population estimate 70,012, adults holding a bachelor's degree 70.4%, median gross rent $2,680, and more on income, jobs and housing.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Business listings directory 1777 Botelho Drive, Suite 103 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: (925) 934-2007 Fax: (925) 943-5899
Open official site Walnut Creek Chamber of CommerceState records
California Attorney General guide to records the state DOJ holds: reviewing your own criminal history, fingerprint checks for jobs, licensing, adoption or immigration, and Megan's Law data. Court records stay with superior courts.
Open official site California DOJ Public Records AccessCounty court
California Department of Justice keeps the state criminal record repository and issues fingerprint based RAP sheets for law enforcement, employment and licensing checks, built from arrest and court reports.
Open official site California DOJ Fingerprint Background ChecksEverything else, organized
5 more Walnut Creek sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Walnut Creek, a place of 70,127 people, is in Contra Costa County, whose county seat is Martinez. Court and property records sit with Contra Costa County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Walnut Creek's own offices are in the cards above, and our Contra Costa County page lists each county office.
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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 registration where California offers it, polling places and the local election office for Walnut Creek.
Deeds for property in Walnut Creek are recorded by the Contra Costa County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Contra Costa 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.
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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.