California, Stanislaus County
Where Oakdale's records are kept. Oakdale 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 Oakdale's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Stanislaus County offices are on our Stanislaus 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
California Department of Public Health vital records for Oakdale.
Open official site Oakdale California 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 SectionFederal
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 WebsiteVital records
QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau gives Oakdale city, California figures on population change since 2020, age groups, median home value and rent, households with computers, education and income.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Oakdale pages for council agendas, the municipal code, public records requests, business licenses, online forms and bill pay, utility billing, garbage and recycling and the housing element. 285 N. Third Ave, 209-845-3571.
Open official site City of OakdaleCity records
City legal records and public files 280 N. Third Ave Oakdale, CA 95361 Phone: (209) 845-3571 Fax: (209)847-6834
Open official site Oakdale City Clerk DepartmentPolice & jail
Law enforcement and public safety 245 N 2nd Ave Oakdale, CA 95361 Phone: (209)847-2231 Fax: (209)847-3790
Open official site Oakdale Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Oakdale sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Oakdale, a place of 23,181 people, is in Stanislaus County, whose county seat is Modesto. Court and property records sit with Stanislaus County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Oakdale's own offices are in the cards above, and our Stanislaus 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 registration where California offers it, polling places and the local election office for Oakdale.
Deeds for property in Oakdale are recorded by the Stanislaus County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Stanislaus 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.