California, Los Angeles County
Where La Mirada's records are kept. La Mirada has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include La Mirada's own offices, along with the Los Angeles County and State of California offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of La Mirada, California, at City Hall, 13700 La Mirada Boulevard, posts council agendas and minutes, takes service requests and lists city jobs, the 2028 Strategic Plan and capital projects.
Open official site City of La MiradaPolice & jail
La Mirada contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; its La Mirada Community Sheriff's Station, 13716 La Mirada Boulevard, covers patrol, traffic enforcement, detective work and gang, juvenile and narcotics cases.
Open official site La Mirada Community Sheriff's StationCity records
Public records requests in La Mirada go to the City Clerk's Office, 13700 La Mirada Blvd., on its Request for Copies of Public Records form; copies of building plans need a separate affidavit.
Open official site La Mirada Public Records RequestCity records
La Mirada's City Clerk keeps the record of City Council actions, agendas, minutes and hearing notices, runs records management and municipal elections, takes claims against the city and is filing officer for campaign statements.
Open official site La Mirada City Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
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.
Open official site California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal RecordProperty 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
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.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central 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
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.
Open official site FBI Los Angeles 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
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts on the city of La Mirada, California: 2020 Census count 48,008, latest population estimate, median household income, median gross rent and veterans, with map and dashboard views.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Official site of the City of La Mirada with council agendas and minutes, the municipal code, public records requests, business licenses, permits, passport services and election filings kept by the City Clerk.
Open official site City of La MiradaEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
La Mirada, a place of 48,008 people, is in Los Angeles County, whose county seat is City of Los Angeles. Court and property records sit with Los Angeles County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. La Mirada's own offices are in the cards above, and our Los Angeles 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 La Mirada.
Deeds for property in La Mirada are recorded by the Los Angeles County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Los Angeles 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.
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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.