California, San Mateo County
Where Menlo Park's records are kept. Menlo Park has its own parks department, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Menlo Park'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
Federal trial court for Northern California with recently filed cases, judges' weekly calendars, local rules, general orders, naturalization, the petty offense and traffic ticket docket, and alternative dispute resolution.
Open official site United States District Court, 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
Census Bureau QuickFacts page on the city of Menlo Park, California, where the 2020 Census counted 33,780 people; it adds the newest population estimate and social, economic and housing figures with source notes.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
The Menlo Park city site handles agendas and minutes, building and parking permits, elections, municipal water, the library and problem reports. City Hall, 701 Laurel St., 650-330-6600, closes every other Friday.
Open official site City of Menlo ParkCity records
Official records and public documents 701 Laurel Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: 650.330.6620 Fax: 650.328.7935
Open official site Menlo Park City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement programs 701 Laurel Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: (650) 330-6300
Open official site Menlo Park Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
Menlo Park, a place of 33,780 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. Menlo Park's own offices are in the cards above, and our San Mateo 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 Menlo Park.
Deeds for property in Menlo Park 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.
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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.