California, Contra Costa County
Where Clayton's records are kept. Clayton has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Clayton's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Contra Costa County offices are on our Contra Costa County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The California Department of Justice sends people a copy of their own state criminal history to review: Live Scan or card fingerprints and a $25 fee are required, and third party requests are refused.
Open official site California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal RecordProperty records
California Board of Equalization property tax and records for Clayton.
Open official site Clayton California Property RecordsState 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
Sits in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose and posts judges' and 341 meeting calendars, local rules, forms and guidance for people filing without an attorney.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern 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
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
FBI San Francisco Field Office posters for wanted fugitives, kidnapped and missing persons, cyber suspects and cases where agents ask the public for information; tips can be sent through tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI San Francisco Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & 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 Clayton 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
Clayton posts meeting agendas and videos, public notices, its budget and checkbook, permit information and emergency preparedness pages, and rents Hoyer Hall. City Hall is at 6000 Heritage Trail.
Open official site City of ClaytonCity records
Public records requests 6000 Heritage Trail Clayton, CA 94517-1250 (925) 673-7304
Open official site Clayton City ClerkEverything else, organized
11 more Clayton sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Clayton, a place of 11,070 people, is in Contra Costa County, whose county seat is Martinez. Court and property records sit with Contra Costa County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Clayton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Contra Costa County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 5 investigations with a Clayton address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $132,842 in back wages agreed for 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Veranda Cafe, Inc. | 1 | $119,809 | 12 |
| Horizon MZS Corporation | 3 | $19,165 | 16 |
| American Iron & Lumber, Inc. | 1 | $8,700 | 8 |
| John A McHugh Survivors Trust | 1 | $1,982 | 1 |
| Enterprise Acquisition Partners Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Clayton, by back wages agreed; 2 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.
Straight answers
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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 Clayton.
Deeds for property in Clayton are recorded by the Contra Costa County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Contra Costa 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.
Same county
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.