California, Orange County
Where Brea's records are kept. Brea has its own city government, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Brea's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Orange County offices are on our Orange County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of Brea, California site, with offices at 1 Civic Center Circle, city news, common resources, police, fire and building and safety pages, planning commission meetings and online utility bill payment.
Open official site City of BreaPolice & jail
The Brea Police Department, Plaza Level at 1 Civic Center Circle, with press releases, police report requests, a community crime map, alarm permit renewals, Megan's Law information, a citizen academy and the policy manual.
Open official site Brea Police DepartmentCity records
Brea takes California Public Records Act requests for general and fire records online, responding within 10 calendar days; police records need a release form sent to Police Records, 1 Civic Center Circle.
Open official site City of Brea Public Records RequestCity records
The Brea Building and Safety Division at 1 Civic Center Circle applies building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and energy codes, provides plan review and field inspections and manages the city construction permit system.
Open official site Brea Building and Safety DivisionPolice & 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
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
Statewide court locator of the Judicial Branch of California: enter a five digit California ZIP code, such as 92110, or a city name such as Oakland to see nearby court locations.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find My CourtVital records
CDPH Vital Records keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records and explains how to order certified copies from the state.
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
Population, housing, income and business statistics for Brea city, California, published by the U.S. Census Bureau from census and survey data and open to side by side comparison with the state or nation.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
The City Clerk at 1 Civic Center Circle prepares council agenda packets, runs elections, answers public records requests and claims, keeps Brea's historical records and files Form 700 and campaign statements.
Open official site Brea City Clerk's OfficeEverything else, organized
13 more Brea sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Brea, a place of 47,325 people, is in Orange County, whose county seat is Santa Ana. Court and property records sit with Orange County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Brea's own offices are in the cards above, and our Orange 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 0 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
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.
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.
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 Brea.
Deeds for property in Brea are recorded by the Orange County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Orange 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.