California, Riverside County
Where Palm Desert's records are kept. Palm Desert has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Palm Desert's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Riverside County offices are on our Riverside County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & 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 WebsiteProperty 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
The state Office of Vital Records issues certified copies of California birth, death and marriage certificates and explains how to order them.
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
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 RecordCity records
Official City of Palm Desert website listing City Hall at 73510 Fred Waring Drive, 760-346-0611, with meetings and agendas, the municipal code, permit applications, business licenses, city clerk and election pages and a transparency portal.
Open official site City of Palm DesertCity records
Palm Desert City Clerk's Office prepares City Council agendas and minutes, keeps official city records, answers California Public Records Act requests and oversees conflict of interest filings.
Open official site Palm Desert City ClerkPolice & jail
Palm Desert contracts police, fire and paramedic service through Riverside County; the city public safety page posts weekly incident reports and runs a Citizens on Patrol volunteer program.
Open official site Palm Desert Public SafetyEverything else, organized
8 more Palm Desert sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Palm Desert, a place of 51,163 people, is in Riverside County, whose county seat is Riverside. Court and property records sit with Riverside County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Palm Desert's own offices are in the cards above, and our Riverside County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 53 investigations with a Palm Desert address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $455,038 in back wages agreed for 642 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydration Station Partnership | 1 | $106,584 | 14 |
| Hibachi City Buffet | 1 | $90,000 | 40 |
| Fine Quality Foods, Incorporated | 2 | $57,196 | 67 |
| Manor Care of Palm Desert CA, LLC | 1 | $56,490 | 1 |
| Fine Quality Foods of California, Inc. | 1 | $26,548 | 27 |
| Foundation for the Retarded of the Desert | 2 | $25,346 | 157 |
| Fishing Boat Incorporated | 1 | $13,380 | 5 |
| Pizzavino LLC | 1 | $13,361 | 5 |
| Four Bishops Corporation | 1 | $10,568 | 2 |
| Belmont Produce Sales, Inc | 1 | $8,998 | 250 |
| Mamacita's Restaurant, Inc | 1 | $7,375 | 3 |
| Virtual Stockroom Inc. | 1 | $6,866 | 2 |
| HTL Mechanical, Inc | 1 | $6,609 | 3 |
| Lua Construction General Contractors, Inc. | 1 | $5,427 | 10 |
| Rancho Christmas Trees | 1 | $3,820 | 3 |
| Saini Brothers Inc. | 1 | $2,778 | 22 |
| SMS Transportation Services, Inc. | 1 | $1,828 | 11 |
| American Heritage Pool, Inc. | 1 | $1,200 | 1 |
| BDB Music, Inc. | 1 | $637 | 4 |
| United States Postal Service (USPS) | 1 | $431 | 1 |
| Hire Standards Pool Construction, Inc | 1 | $422 | 1 |
| Caring Hands of the Desert Employ Agency, Inc | 1 | $317 | 1 |
| Taqueria El Sinaloense | 1 | $165 | 1 |
| Brunskill Associates Inc. | 1 | $162 | 1 |
| Custom Designs in Wood, Inc. | 1 | $120 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 47 whose address on the record is in Palm Desert; 13 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 22 more with smaller records are on the California wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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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 Palm Desert.
Deeds for property in Palm Desert are recorded by the Riverside County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Riverside 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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