California, Yolo County
Where Davis's records are kept. Davis 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 Davis's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Yolo County offices are on our Yolo 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
CDPH Vital Records keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records and explains how to order certified copies from the state.
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 summary of Davis city, California, with population totals, age, sex, housing and business statistics. It carries the most recent estimates only, so earlier years need other Census tools.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Davis city government with City Council agendas, the City Clerk, a transparency portal, staff directory, code enforcement, animal services, affordable housing, elections and voting, and emergency information.
Open official site City of DavisCity records
Recorded public documents 23 Russell Blvd Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 757-5648 Fax: (530) 753-4345
Open official site Davis City ClerkPolice & jail
Davis Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site Davis Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Davis sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Davis, a place of 66,850 people, is in Yolo County, whose county seat is Woodland. Court and property records sit with Yolo County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Davis's own offices are in the cards above, and our Yolo 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 Davis.
Deeds for property in Davis are recorded by the Yolo County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Yolo 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.