Where American Canyon's records are kept. American Canyon has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include American Canyon's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Napa County offices are on our Napa County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Property records
California State Board of Equalization Property Tax Department
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.
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.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California
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.
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.
California Department of Public Health Vital 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.
California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons Section
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.
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.
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.
American Canyon city, California in Census Bureau QuickFacts, estimated at 22,773 residents on July 1, 2025. The table adds housing, income and poverty, education, health insurance, commuting and business statistics.
American Canyon city government at 4381 Broadway Street, Suite 201, with the city calendar, careers, municipal code, service requests and ways to stay informed and get involved.
American Canyon, a place of 21,837 people, is in Napa County, whose county seat is Napa. Court and property records sit with Napa County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. American Canyon's own offices are in the cards above, and our Napa County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in American Canyon
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in American Canyon
Old mine sites
2
Prospects and occurrences, never worked
2
Processing plants, not workings
1
Main minerals
Limestone, General; Clay; Limestone, Dimension
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
3
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
quarry, gravel/borrow pit - undifferentiated
Maps surveyed
1951 to 1981
Records behind them
8 records for 6 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
The mine records hold 3 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 3 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Limestone, General; Clay; Limestone, Dimension.
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.
American Canyon: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.California mine map and abandoned mine records
California abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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.
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American Canyon public-records FAQs
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How do I register to vote in American Canyon, California?
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 American Canyon.
How do I look up property records in American Canyon, California?
Deeds for property in American Canyon are recorded by the Napa County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Napa County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in American Canyon, California?
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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Nearby Napa County cities
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.