California, Los Angeles County
Where San Marino's records are kept. San Marino has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include San Marino's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Los Angeles County offices are on our Los Angeles County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property 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
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 California birth, death and marriage records from the state Office of Vital Records, with forms, fees and processing times.
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 WebsiteCity records
The City of San Marino website lists City Hall at 2200 Huntington Drive, (626) 300-0700, and covers meeting agendas, permit information, concern reports, passport services, the city manager's weekly briefing and weekly police activity reports.
Open official site City of San MarinoCity records
City legal records and files 2200 Huntington Drive, 2nd Floor San Marino, CA 91108 Phone: (626) 300-0700
Open official site San Marino City ClerkPolice & jail
San Marino Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site San Marino Police DepartmentCity records
City of San Marino economic development page, with the city's action plan, development opportunities and a list of vacant office and retail spaces on Huntington Drive with broker contacts.
Open official site San Marino Chamber of CommerceEverything else, organized
12 more San Marino sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
San Marino, a place of 12,513 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. San Marino's own offices are in the cards above, and our Los Angeles 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 San Marino.
Deeds for property in San Marino 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.
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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.