California, Solano County
Where Benicia's records are kept. Benicia has its own city government, municipal court and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Benicia's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Solano County offices are on our Solano County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
County court
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
In California's Eastern District, debtors without a lawyer can use the court's pro se clinic, drop box and free eSR service to prepare and submit Chapter 7 and 13 forms online.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaCounty court
California Courts self-help guide to court records for Benicia.
Open official site California Courts, Benicia 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 SectionFederal
The FBI Sacramento Field Office posts the people it is seeking in murder, violent crime, white collar and crimes against children cases, plus kidnapped and missing persons, many with FBI rewards for information.
Open official site FBI Sacramento Field Office Most WantedPolice & 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
U.S. Census Bureau fact table for Benicia city, California: 26,401 people estimated for July 2025 and 27,131 counted in 2020, plus figures on households, home values, income, schooling and employers.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Benicia City Hall at 250 East L Street, phone (707) 746-4200, with Public Records Act requests, SeeClickFix service requests, agendas, minutes and videos, bids, the city clerk and election information.
Open official site City of BeniciaState records
Recorded public documents 250 East L Street Benicia, California 94510 Phone: (707) 746-4200 Fax: (707) 747-8120
Open official site Benicia City ClerkEverything else, organized
10 more Benicia sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Benicia, a place of 27,131 people, is in Solano County, whose county seat is Fairfield. Court and property records sit with Solano County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Benicia's own offices are in the cards above, and our Solano 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 Benicia.
Deeds for property in Benicia are recorded by the Solano County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Solano 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.