Where Guadalupe's records are kept. Guadalupe has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Guadalupe's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Santa Barbara County offices are on our Santa Barbara County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal Record
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.
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 for the Central District of California
Bankruptcy court for California's Central District, offering PACER lookup, online petitions, live chat with court staff and self help desks with pro bono help in each of its five divisions.
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.
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.
Wanted and missing person posters from the FBI Los Angeles Field Office, including Ten Most Wanted fugitives, Most Wanted Fraudsters and cases where agents seek information; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
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.
Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Guadalupe city, California, a place of 8,057 people in the 2020 Census, with basic population, business and geography statistics.
City of Guadalupe online: meetings and agendas, the municipal code, a utilities payment portal, permits, parking citation payment, building permit applications and planning documents. City Hall: 918 Obispo Street.
Guadalupe, a place of 8,057 people, is in Santa Barbara County, whose county seat is Santa Barbara. Court and property records sit with Santa Barbara County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Guadalupe's own offices are in the cards above, and our Santa Barbara County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Guadalupe, California
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 4 investigations with a Guadalupe address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $0 in back wages agreed for 0 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.
Every employer whose address on the record is in Guadalupe, by back wages agreed; 4 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.
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Guadalupe public-records FAQs
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How do I register to vote in Guadalupe, 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 Guadalupe.
How do I look up property records in Guadalupe, California?
Deeds for property in Guadalupe are recorded by the Santa Barbara County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Santa Barbara County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Guadalupe, 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.