Where Del Mar's records are kept. Del Mar has its own city government, clerk's office and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Del Mar's own offices, along with State of California offices; the San Diego County offices are on our San Diego County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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California State Board of Equalization Property Tax Department
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.
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.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California
San Diego and Imperial counties' bankruptcy court is housed in the Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse, 325 West F Street, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and offers an unclaimed funds search and self help center.
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.
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California Department of Public Health Vital 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.
California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons Section
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.
FBI San Diego Field Office list of fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapping and missing person cases, and cases where agents are seeking information. Results can be filtered by year and sorted by name.
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.
Data.census.gov profile for Del Mar city, California, counted at 3,954 residents in 2020, with survey tables on household income and poverty, schooling, employment, housing and families.
Watch meetings, read agendas and the municipal code, apply for planning and building permits, view zoning maps, pay utility bills or report a concern. Del Mar city offices: 1050 Camino Del Mar.
Del Mar, a place of 3,954 people, is in San Diego County, whose county seat is San Diego. Court and property records sit with San Diego County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Del Mar's own offices are in the cards above, and our San Diego County page lists each county office.
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How do I register to vote in Del Mar, California?
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 Del Mar.
How do I look up property records in Del Mar, California?
Deeds for property in Del Mar are recorded by the San Diego County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our San Diego County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Del Mar, California?
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.