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FBI national most wanted criminals - search for California City area subjects.
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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 national most wanted criminals - search for California City area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedProperty 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
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.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
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.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorProperty records
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.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
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.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
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.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteProperty records
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.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
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.
Open official site PACER Find a CasePolice & jail
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.
Open official site National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenVital records
U.S. Census Bureau quick facts, demographics, and population statistics for California City.
Open official site California City California Census and Vital StatisticsState 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 CollectionsEverything else, organized
17 more California City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on California City, and who keeps its records.
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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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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.