California, Merced County
Where Los Banos's records are kept. Los Banos 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 Los Banos's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Merced County offices are on our Merced 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
In California's Eastern District, debtors without a lawyer can use the court's pro se clinic, drop box and free eSR service to prepare and submit Chapter 7 and 13 forms online.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern 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
Order certified California birth, death and marriage records from the state Office of Vital Records, with forms, fees and processing times.
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
The FBI Sacramento Field Office posts the people it is seeking in murder, violent crime, white collar and crimes against children cases, plus kidnapped and missing persons, many with FBI rewards for information.
Open official site FBI Sacramento Field Office Most WantedPolice & 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 profile on data.census.gov for the city of Los Banos, California: 2020 Census population 45,532, with American Community Survey figures for income, education, employment, housing units and health coverage.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
Los Banos' city site, with the mayor and City Council, meetings, utility forms and water bill pay, solid waste, business licenses, the municipal code, the city clerk, building, fire, police, parks and public works.
Open official site City of Los BanosCity records
Los Banos City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Los Banos City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 945 Fifth Street Los Banos, CA 93635 Phone: (209) 827-7070
Open official site Los Banos Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Los Banos sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Los Banos, a place of 45,532 people, is in Merced County, whose county seat is Merced. Court and property records sit with Merced County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Los Banos's own offices are in the cards above, and our Merced 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 Los Banos.
Deeds for property in Los Banos are recorded by the Merced County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Merced 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.