California, Contra Costa County
Where Hercules's records are kept. Hercules 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 Hercules's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Contra Costa County offices are on our Contra Costa County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Hercules online: council agendas and meeting videos, the municipal code, business licenses and building permits, code enforcement, open government pages and the Hercules Library. City Hall: 111 Civic Drive.
Open official site City of HerculesState records
Public records information 111 Civic Drive Hercules California 94547 Phone: (510) 799-8215 Fax: (510) 799-2521
Open official site Hercules City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 111 Civic Drive Hercules, California 94547 Business: 510-799-8260 Fax: 510-799-8281
Open official site Hercules Police DepartmentProperty 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
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.
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
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
Official QuickFacts table from the U.S. Census Bureau for Hercules city, California, where the 2020 Census found 26,016 people, with core figures on population, business and geography.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsEverything else, organized
9 more Hercules sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Hercules, a place of 26,016 people, is in Contra Costa County, whose county seat is Martinez. Court and property records sit with Contra Costa County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Hercules's own offices are in the cards above, and our Contra Costa 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 Hercules.
Deeds for property in Hercules are recorded by the Contra Costa County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Contra Costa 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.