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Find the right office in Monterey County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Police & jail
The courts that sit in Monterey County hear its criminal cases, and the court clerk keeps the charges, the dispositions and the sentences on file.
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Property assessment and other county real estate resources.
Open official site Monterey County Property AssessorPolice & jail
Monterey County's service directory holds the sheriff's sex offender registration entry, which says how offenders register in the county and where the public list is kept.
Open official site Monterey County Sex OffendersVital records
Official death certificates from the county of Monterey.
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Index of Monterey County's services and resources.
Open official site Monterey County DirectoryCounty court
Criminal records filings for the County of Monterey.
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The Monterey County Treasurer bills and collects the property taxes and keeps the record of what is owed and what has been paid on each parcel in the county.
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Get information regarding marriage records in Monterey County.
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Information regarding county's most wanted and fugitives.
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Civil Cases, records and information of General and Limited jurisdiction.
Open official site Monterey County Civil CourtProperty records
Search and order recorded documents in the county.
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County clerk recorder information and record access.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Monterey County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Monterey County.
Police Departments. Monterey County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Monterey County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Salinas Police Department, Monterey Police Department, and the Seaside Police Department. Each city department is responsible for law enforcement within its respective jurisdiction, while the Sheriff's Office handles unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Monterey County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 1414 Natividad Road in Salinas, California 93906 (phone: 831-755-3700, website: mcso.countyofmonterey.gov), provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas and contract policing to several cities. Inmate lookup services are available online through the Sheriff's Office website via the custody information portal, where the public can search current inmates by name or booking number, view booking dates, charges, and bail amounts. Arrest records in Monterey County are considered public records under the California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 6250 et seq.), and requests can be submitted to the arresting agency or the Sheriff's Office.
Criminal Records. For an authoritative source, see Records Division, Monterey County Sheriff's Office .
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (831) 675-5010 The Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, is the trial court of general jurisdiction handling all criminal, civil, family, probate, juvenile, and traffic matters. The main courthouse is located at 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940 (phone: 831-647-5800). Monterey County of Monterey County Resource Management Agency at 1441 Schilling Place, Salinas (phone: 831-755-5025) handles building permits, planning applications, and zoning compliance for unincorporated areas. Official records are recorded chronologically and stamped with official recording information including date, time, and document number. Property tax information is maintained separately by Monterey County Assessor's Office at the same address (phone: 831-755-5035), which provides property assessment records, ownership information, and taxable values.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 318 named mine sites inside the county, 245 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 129 holes drawn inside the county, 23 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Gold; construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General.
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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Monterey County Sheriff or a city police department in Monterey County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Penal Code 13665, a police department or sheriff's office may not share on social media the booking photos of a person arrested on suspicion of a nonviolent crime unless an exception applies, and must remove booking photos it shared on social media within 14 days unless an exception still applies.
The California criminal history record comes from the California Department of Justice. Record Review of your own record only: submit fingerprint images through Live Scan and follow the DOJ Record Review instructions. Fee: $25 processing fee to the DOJ, plus the Live Scan agency's fingerprint fee; a fee waiver may be available.
Search the California Megan's Law Website (Department of Justice), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county elections official (county elections office or registrar of voters) or through the California Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. The deadline to register is 15 days before Election Day; after that, same day (conditional) registration and voting is available at the county elections office.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Monterey County are kept by the Monterey County Recorder. Property values are set by the County Assessor, and tax bills come from the County Tax Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for California come from the California Department of Public Health, Vital Records (CDPH VR). Copies may be obtained in person at the county office (County Registrar or Recorder) where the birth was registered, for events in that county. By mail with form VS 111 to California Department of Public Health, Vital Records, MS 5103, P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410, or in person at the county office where the event was registered; since July 1, 2026 CDPH VR no longer accepts applications sent through online third party vendors. Fee: $31 for each certified copy of a birth record.
Business entity filings are searched with the California Secretary of State (bizfile Online). Most California cities and counties require a business license, permits or registration to do business within their limits.
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