California, Ventura County
Where San Buenaventura's records are kept. San Buenaventura 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 San Buenaventura's own offices, along with the Ventura County and State of California offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Ventura City Clerk in Room 204 at 501 Poli St prepares City Council agendas and minutes, manages city records, provides public access to records and runs city elections.
Open official site City of Ventura City Clerk's OfficeCity records
Ventura walks you through California Public Records Act requests, from confirming the city holds the record and searching its public records database to filing a complete request.
Open official site City of Ventura Requesting Public RecordsPolice & jail
The Ventura Police Department at 1425 Dowell Drive posts department news and safety alerts and connects residents with its Records team for police reports and public records requests.
Open official site Ventura Police DepartmentCity records
The Ventura Police Records team at 1425 Dowell Drive keeps department records, provides arrest log information on request and releases police report copies to authorized parties under state law.
Open official site Ventura Police RecordsCity records
Ventura's Building and Safety Division handles plan check, permit issuance and inspections for new construction and keeps an archive of more than one million permit and plan documents.
Open official site City of Ventura Building and SafetyFederal
FBI national most wanted criminals - search for San Buenaventura area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedCounty 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 GuideState 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.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorProperty records
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 WebsiteProperty records
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 CaseProperty 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 CaliforniaEverything else, organized
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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 San Buenaventura.
Deeds for property in San Buenaventura are recorded by the Ventura County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Ventura 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.