California, Madera County
Where Chowchilla's records are kept. Chowchilla 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 Chowchilla's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Madera County offices are on our Madera 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
The Judicial Branch of California runs Find Your Court: enter a five digit California zip code or a city name to see the court locations nearest to it.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find Your CourtVital records
Keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records, issues certified copies and registers or amends records as the law allows. Accepted orders cannot be canceled or refunded.
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
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
Census Bureau QuickFacts for Chowchilla 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 QuickFactsCity records
Chowchilla residents can follow council meetings, pay online, start city services with a welcome packet, get business licenses and reserve parks. City Hall is at 130 S 2nd Street.
Open official site City of ChowchillaCity records
Chowchilla City Clerk: Public records management 130 S. Second Street Civic Center Plaza Chowchilla, CA 93610 Phone: (559) 665-8615, ext. 105 F.
Open official site Chowchilla City ClerkPolice & jail
The Chowchilla Police Department is a progressive professional agency comprised of sworn police officers and non-sworn support staff who strive to. Law enforcement services 122 Trinity Avenue Chowchilla, CA 93610 Phone: (559) 665-8600
Open official site Chowchilla Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
Chowchilla, a place of 19,039 people, is in Madera County, whose county seat is Madera. Court and property records sit with Madera County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Chowchilla's own offices are in the cards above, and our Madera 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 Chowchilla.
Deeds for property in Chowchilla are recorded by the Madera County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Madera 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.