California, Alameda County
Where Albany's records are kept. Albany has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Albany's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Alameda County offices are on our Alameda County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The California Department of Justice sends people a copy of their own state criminal history to review: Live Scan or card fingerprints and a $25 fee are required, and third party requests are refused.
Open official site California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal RecordProperty 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
The Judicial Branch of California runs Find Your Court: enter a five digit California zip code or a city name to see the court locations nearest to it.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find Your CourtVital 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
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 WebsiteFederal
Federal census statistics for Albany city, California: July 2025 estimate 19,195, 2020 Census count 20,271, and data on veterans, foreign born residents, internet use, education, health insurance and businesses.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Albany city government at 1000 San Pablo Ave., with meetings and agendas, the department listing, city news, service requests, the activity guide and community events.
Open official site City of AlbanyPolice & jail
City police information 1000 San Pablo Avenue Albany, CA 94706 Phone: (510) 525-7300
Open official site Albany Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
13 more Albany sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Albany, a place of 20,271 people, is in Alameda County, whose county seat is Oakland. Court and property records sit with Alameda County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Albany's own offices are in the cards above, and our Alameda County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 7 investigations with a Albany address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $54,416 in back wages agreed for 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raksha International, Inc. | 3 | $24,274 | 18 |
| Lin's Business Group Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Arco Station | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Albany, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has 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.
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 Albany.
Deeds for property in Albany are recorded by the Alameda County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Alameda 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.