California, Riverside County
Where Cathedral City's records are kept. Cathedral City has its own city government, police department, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Cathedral City's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Riverside County offices are on our Riverside County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Cathedral City, California site, with council meetings and agendas, live public comment by Zoom or phone, permits and licensing, police, fire and EMS, a resident hub and issue reporting.
Open official site City of Cathedral CityPolice & jail
Cathedral City Police Department at 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero, open weekdays, with online services and crime reporting, community safety information, policies and transparency, and a public records request link.
Open official site Cathedral City Police DepartmentCity records
The Cathedral City Clerk's Office at 68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero keeps the public records system and legislative history, posts agendas and legal notices, records documents and runs city elections.
Open official site Cathedral City Clerk's OfficeCity records
Cathedral City takes requests under the California Public Records Act, with searches of public records, permits, plans and licenses and campaign disclosures, and refers vital and property records to Riverside County.
Open official site Cathedral City Public RecordsCity records
The Cathedral City Building Division issues building permits, reviews plans and inspects construction, additions and alterations, with online permit applications and inspection scheduling from 68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero.
Open official site Cathedral City Building and SafetyPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Cathedral 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 DepartmentVital 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 LocatorFederal
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 WebsiteFederal
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 CaseState records
Quick search for missing children and sex offenders near Cathedral City California.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, CaliforniaFederal
Census Bureau QuickFacts for Cathedral City city, California, listing population, age and sex, housing, median household income, veterans and business counts. Only the latest estimates are shown, without margins of error.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState 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
12 more Cathedral City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Cathedral City, a place of 51,493 people, is in Riverside County, whose county seat is Riverside. Court and property records sit with Riverside County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Cathedral City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Riverside 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 voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Cathedral City.
Deeds for property in Cathedral City are recorded by the Riverside County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Riverside 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.