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Where California City's records are kept. Court and property records for California City sit with Kern County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California.

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California City relies on Kern County and the State of California for its public records. The cards below are the California state offices, and the Kern County offices are on our Kern County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.

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FBI Most Wanted

FBI national most wanted criminals - search for California City area subjects.

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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.

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USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDs

USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.

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County court

PACER Case Locator

The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.

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Property records

USAGov Guide to Unclaimed Money

USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.

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Vital records

Social Security Survivor Benefits

The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.

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Police & jail

Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website

U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.

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USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter Registration

USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.

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County court

PACER Find a Case

Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.

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Police & jail

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, with a 24 hour hotline at 1-800-843-5678, missing child posters, AMBER Alerts, the CyberTipline and a list of state missing person clearinghouses.

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State records

California State Archives Collections

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.

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About public records in California City

What we hold on California City, and who keeps its records.

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California City at a glance

County
Kern County
County seat
Bakersfield
Population
14,973
Kern County population
909,235
Local records
Kern County offices
ZIP codes
93505, 93504

About California City public records

Records for California City are kept by Kern County. Bakersfield, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Kern County page lists each county office.

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Nearby Kern County cities

Other places in Kern County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Kern County records are on the county page.