California, Los Angeles County
Where Palmdale's records are kept. Palmdale has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Palmdale's own offices, along with the Los Angeles County and State of California offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
County office that values property for taxes; its site offers the Property Search Tool by AIN or address, exemptions, Prop. 19 transfers, decline in value applications and district office locations.
Open official site Los Angeles County Office of the AssessorState 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
The Judicial Branch of California runs Find Your Court: enter a five digit California zip code or a city name to see the court locations nearest to it.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find Your CourtVital 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
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
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
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Palmdale city, California, with population, veterans, foreign born share, housing and rents, households, commuting, income and poverty, plus basic business and geography data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Palmdale city government site: City Hall at 38300 Sierra Highway, 661-267-5100, plus agendas and meetings, building and safety, city elections, codes and ordinances, the city library and a staff directory.
Open official site City of PalmdalePolice & jail
City legal records and files 38300 Sierra Highway Suite C Palmdale, CA 93550 Phone: (661) 267-5151 Fax: (661) 267-5193
Open official site Palmdale City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement and public safety 750 East Avenue Q Palmdale, CA 93550 Phone: (661) 272-2400 Fax: (661) 272-2413
Open official site Los Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentEverything else, organized
9 more Palmdale sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Palmdale, a place of 169,450 people, is in Los Angeles County, whose county seat is City of Los Angeles. Court and property records sit with Los Angeles County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Palmdale's own offices are in the cards above, and our Los Angeles County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 18 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 14 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 14 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Clay; Gypsum-Anhydrite.
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.
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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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 Palmdale.
Deeds for property in Palmdale are recorded by the Los Angeles County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Los Angeles 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.
Same county
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.