California, Ventura County
Where Simi Valley's records are kept. Simi Valley 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 Simi Valley's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Ventura County offices are on our Ventura 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
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 GuideVital records
California Department of Public Health vital records for Simi Valley.
Open official site Simi Valley California 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 SectionFederal
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 WebsiteCounty court
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 RecordCity records
Simi Valley City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road, links city council business, water bill payment, permit applications, police, the senior center, hazardous waste disposal and Simi Valley Transit schedules.
Open official site City of Simi ValleyCity records
City legal records and files 2929 Tapo Canyon Road Simi Valley, CA 93063 Phone: (805) 583-6748
Open official site Simi Valley City ClerkCounty court
City representative for regulatory and court proceedings 2929 Tapo Canyon Road Simi Valley, CA 93063 Phone: 805-583-6714
Open official site Simi Valley City AttorneyEverything else, organized
12 more Simi Valley sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Simi Valley, a place of 126,356 people, is in Ventura County, whose county seat is Ventura. Court and property records sit with Ventura County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Simi Valley's own offices are in the cards above, and our Ventura 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 registration where California offers it, polling places and the local election office for Simi Valley.
Deeds for property in Simi Valley 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.
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.