California, Monterey County
Where Soledad's records are kept. Court and property records for Soledad sit with Monterey County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California.
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Soledad relies on Monterey County and the State of California for its public records. The cards below are the California state offices, and the Monterey County offices are on our Monterey 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
Sits in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose and posts judges' and 341 meeting calendars, local rules, forms and guidance for people filing without an attorney.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern 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
Keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records, issues certified copies and registers or amends records as the law allows. Accepted orders cannot be canceled or refunded.
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
FBI San Francisco Field Office posters for wanted fugitives, kidnapped and missing persons, cyber suspects and cases where agents ask the public for information; tips can be sent through tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI San Francisco 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 WebsitePolice & 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 RecordCity records
City of Soledad, with the clerk records, meeting minutes and permit information the local government publishes.
Open official site City of SoledadCity records
Soledad City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Soledad City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services Soledad City Hall 248 Main Street P.O. Box 156 Soledad, CA 93960 Phone: (831) 223-5130 E-mail:
Open official site Soledad Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
11 more Soledad sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Soledad, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Soledad in ZIP code 93960 keeps its own council and town business records. Salinas, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Monterey County office is listed on our Monterey County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 43 investigations with a Soledad address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $114,509 in back wages agreed for 230 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballesteros PACKING, LLC | 2 | $86,075 | 105 |
| CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilition | 1 | $5,642 | 1 |
| Dept of Mental Health | 1 | $5,091 | 1 |
| Corrections, Department of (CTF) | 1 | $4,412 | 4 |
| Al Pak Labor, Inc | 1 | $3,036 | 59 |
| Jackson Family Wines | 3 | $1,512 | 10 |
| City of Soledad | 1 | $1,249 | 4 |
| El Camino Labor, LLC | 1 | $1,168 | 2 |
| Sandoval Brothers, Inc | 1 | $810 | 3 |
| La Vina Packing, Inc. | 2 | $376 | 5 |
| Department of Corrections | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| Salinas Valley State Prison | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Future Ag Management, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| AG Unlimited, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Braga Ranch, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Vasquez Brothers, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| El Bajio Packing, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Roberta's Labor Contracting, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| GTO Packing, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hacienda Investment, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Huntington Farms, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| State CA Dept of Corrections & Rehabilitaion | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Department of State Hospitals- Salinas Valley | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Elva Morales | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Valley Farm Management, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 32 whose address on the record is in Soledad; 14 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 7 more with smaller records are on the California wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State, and the county elections official keeps the roll for Soledad. You can register online, by mail or in person. The deadline to register is 15 days before Election Day; after that, same day (conditional) registration and voting is available at the county elections office.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the California Department of Public Health, Vital Records (CDPH VR). The fee is $31 for each certified copy of a birth record. Copies may be obtained in person at the county office (County Registrar or Recorder) where the birth was registered, for events in that county.
Deeds for property in Soledad are recorded by the County Recorder, the County Assessor sets the assessed value, and the County Tax Collector sends the tax bill. Our Monterey County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Soledad come from the Soledad Police Department, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Soledad register with the California Secretary of State (bizfile Online), which runs the state business entity search. Most California cities and counties require a business license, permits or registration to do business within their limits.
California criminal history checks are run by the California Department of Justice. The fee is $25 processing fee to the DOJ, plus the Live Scan agency's fingerprint fee; a fee waiver may be available. Record Review of your own record only: submit fingerprint images through Live Scan and follow the DOJ Record Review instructions.
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Other places in Monterey County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Monterey County records are on the county page.