California, Lake County
Where Clearlake's records are kept. Court and property records for Clearlake sit with Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California.
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Clearlake relies on Lake County and the State of California for its public records. The cards below are the California state offices, and the Lake County offices are on our Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
Order certified copies of California birth, death and marriage records from the state Office of Vital Records, with fees, forms and processing times.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsVital 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 CaseProperty 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
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 CaliforniaEverything else, organized
18 more Clearlake sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Clearlake, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Clearlake keeps its own council and town business records. Lakeport, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Lake County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 9 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 4 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 4 sites producing when the record was made, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Stone; Pumice; Chromium.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
California abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 6 investigations with a Clearlake address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $32,304 in back wages agreed for 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Be April Importante | 1 | $9,822 | 1 |
| R House | 1 | $331 | 1 |
| Vindra Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Clearlake, by back wages agreed; 0 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 the county elections official keeps the roll for Clearlake. You can register online, by mail or in person. The deadline to register is 15 days before Election Day; after that, same day (conditional) registration and voting is available at the county elections office.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the California Department of Public Health, Vital Records (CDPH VR). The fee is $31 for each certified copy of a birth record. Copies may be obtained in person at the county office (County Registrar or Recorder) where the birth was registered, for events in that county.
Deeds for property in Clearlake are recorded by the County Recorder, the County Assessor sets the assessed value, and the County Tax Collector sends the tax bill. Our Lake County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Clearlake register with the California Secretary of State (bizfile Online), which runs the state business entity search. Most California cities and counties require a business license, permits or registration to do business within their limits.
California criminal history checks are run by the California Department of Justice. The fee is $25 processing fee to the DOJ, plus the Live Scan agency's fingerprint fee; a fee waiver may be available. Record Review of your own record only: submit fingerprint images through Live Scan and follow the DOJ Record Review instructions.
Same county
Other places in Lake County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Lake County records are on the county page.