California, San Mateo County
Where Redwood City's records are kept. Redwood City has its own city government, clerk's office, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Redwood City's own offices, along with State of California offices; the San Mateo County offices are on our San Mateo County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Redwood City Clerk at 1017 Middlefield Road runs city elections, handles campaign and financial disclosure filings, posts council agendas and minutes, and keeps the document archives.
Open official site Redwood City ClerkCity records
Redwood City takes California Public Records Act requests through an online portal, usually answers within ten calendar days, and points to document archives for records already online.
Open official site City of Redwood City Public Records Act RequestsPolice & jail
The Redwood City Police Department at 1301 Maple Street, Redwood City, CA 94063 lists online crime reporting, parking ticket payment, its divisions and community programs.
Open official site Redwood City Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Unit keeps crime reports, warrants, citations and registrant files, and releases accident and incident report copies to named involved parties for a set fee.
Open official site Redwood City Police Records UnitCity records
Building and Code Enforcement at 1017 Middlefield Road handles building inspections, plan review, code enforcement, an online permit search and a monthly list of issued building permits.
Open official site Redwood City Building and Code EnforcementPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Redwood City area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedProperty 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 DepartmentVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
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USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
Quick search for missing children and sex offenders near Redwood City California.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, CaliforniaFederal
Population, race and ethnicity, housing units, home values, household income, poverty and travel time to work for Redwood City city, California, set out in a single U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts table.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState 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 CollectionsEverything else, organized
13 more Redwood City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Redwood City, a place of 84,292 people, is the seat of San Mateo County. Court and property records sit with San Mateo County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Redwood City's own offices are in the cards above, and our San Mateo 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 voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Redwood City.
Deeds for property in Redwood City are recorded by the San Mateo County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our San Mateo 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.