California, San Mateo County
Where Half Moon Bay's records are kept. Half Moon Bay 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 Half Moon Bay's own offices, along with State of California offices; the San Mateo County offices are on our San Mateo 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
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
National Center for Health Statistics listing for California: the state address for birth and death certificate requests, the copy fee it lists, and a note that state records start in July 1905.
Open official site CDC Where to Write for Vital Records: CaliforniaState 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
Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Half Moon Bay city, California, a place of 11,795 people in the 2020 Census, with basic population, business and geography statistics.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Official Half Moon Bay site with city council meeting agendas, the municipal code, building permit applications, inspections, planning, election districts, the bid center and community center rentals. City Hall: 501 Main St.
Open official site City of Half Moon BayCity records
Official public records 501 Main Street Half Moon Bay, Ca 94019 Phone: 650-726-8271
Open official site Half Moon Bay City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 537 Kelly Ave Half Moon Bay, California 94019 phone: (650)726-8288 email: policedept@coastside.
Open official site Half Moon Bay Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
7 more Half Moon Bay sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Half Moon Bay, a place of 11,795 people, is in San Mateo County, whose county seat is Redwood City. Court and property records sit with San Mateo County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Half Moon Bay's own offices are in the cards above, and our San Mateo 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 2 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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.
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.
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 Half Moon Bay.
Deeds for property in Half Moon Bay are recorded by the San Mateo County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our San Mateo 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.