California, Stanislaus County
Where Ceres's records are kept. Ceres has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Ceres's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Stanislaus County offices are on our Stanislaus County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property 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
Judicial Branch guide to looking up a California case: county courts keep the records, so start on the court's website or with its clerk; juvenile and adoption files are confidential.
Open official site California Courts Self Help GuideVital records
Order certified copies of birth, death and marriage records filed in Stanislaus County from the county Clerk Recorder.
Open official site Stanislaus County Clerk Recorder 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
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 WebsiteFederal
Latest Census Bureau numbers for Ceres city, California: population estimates, veterans, median household income, housing and businesses, built from Population Estimates, the decennial census and American Community Survey data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Ceres city offices at 2220 Magnolia Street, phone 209-538-5700, with online bill pay, the customer water portal, agendas and minutes, Ask Ceres requests, bids and city council committees.
Open official site City of CeresCity records
Public records and legal notices 2720 Second Street Ceres, CA, 95307 tel: (209) 538-5731 fax: (209) 538-5650
Open official site Ceres City ClerkPolice & jail
The Ceres Police Department proudly serves the City of Ceres, which is located in Stanislaus County in the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. Law enforcement and public safety 2727 Third Street Ceres, California 95307 (209) 538-5722
Open official site Ceres Police DivisionEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
Ceres, a place of 49,302 people, is in Stanislaus County, whose county seat is Modesto. Court and property records sit with Stanislaus County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Ceres's own offices are in the cards above, and our Stanislaus County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 14 investigations with a Ceres address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $193,086 in back wages agreed for 224 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACE Commercial Plastering, Inc. | 1 | $130,954 | 208 |
| Integrated Management Resources Group, Inc. | 1 | $57,431 | 10 |
| Thornberry, Inc. | 1 | $4,701 | 6 |
| West Coast Grape Farming, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Ceres Unified School District | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Bronco Winery Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Pallios Brother's Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Family Pizza and Cocktail Lounge | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| A.H. Romero Family Farms | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| LWTC601, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Dollar General Corporation | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Ceres, by back wages agreed; 4 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The California wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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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 Ceres.
Deeds for property in Ceres are recorded by the Stanislaus County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Stanislaus 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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