California, Stanislaus County
Where Patterson's records are kept. Patterson 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 Patterson'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.
Police & 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 RecordProperty 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
Statewide court locator of the Judicial Branch of California: enter a five digit California ZIP code, such as 92110, or a city name such as Oakland to see nearby court locations.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find My CourtVital records
Order certified copies of birth, death and marriage records filed in Stanislaus County from the county Clerk Recorder.
Open official site Stanislaus County Clerk Recorder 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
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 WebsiteFederal
Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Patterson city, California: population estimates, age, race and Hispanic origin, housing, households, education, income and poverty, drawn from census counts and survey data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Patterson site with council and commission agendas and minutes, remote council meeting access, online payments and requests, recreation registration, election notices, bids and the city line (209) 895-8000.
Open official site City of PattersonCity records
Patterson City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Patterson City ClerkEverything else, organized
12 more Patterson sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Patterson, a place of 23,781 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. Patterson's own offices are in the cards above, and our Stanislaus County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 9 investigations with a Patterson address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $29,648 in back wages agreed for 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Investment Properties | 1 | $27,827 | 5 |
| Hilario Rodriguez | 1 | $1,698 | 61 |
| J. Rodriguez Farm Labor Contracting, Inc. | 1 | $122 | 6 |
| Salinas Farm Labor Contractor, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| H. Rodriguez Labor Contractor | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| H. Rodriguez Labor | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Patterson Valero, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lucich-Santos Farms | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Patterson, by back wages agreed; 5 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The California wage theft records page ranks the whole 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 Patterson.
Deeds for property in Patterson 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.
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.