California, Tuolumne County
Where Sonora's records are kept. Sonora has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Sonora's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Tuolumne County offices are on our Tuolumne County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Federal
The data.census.gov profile for Sonora city, California shows a 2020 Census population of 5,003 and a median household income of $82,690 in the 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileProperty 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
In California's Eastern District, debtors without a lawyer can use the court's pro se clinic, drop box and free eSR service to prepare and submit Chapter 7 and 13 forms online.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern 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
The FBI Sacramento Field Office posts the people it is seeking in murder, violent crime, white collar and crimes against children cases, plus kidnapped and missing persons, many with FBI rewards for information.
Open official site FBI Sacramento Field Office Most WantedPolice & 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
City of Sonora at 94 Washington Street, with public notices and bid opportunities, online business licenses, vacation and hosted rental information, a city limits map, city news and events. Phone (209) 532-4541.
Open official site City of SonoraCity records
City legal records and files 94 Washington Street Sonora, CA, 95370 Phone: (209) 532-4541 Fax: (209) 532-2738
Open official site Sonora City AdministrationPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 100 South Green St Sonora, CA 95370 Phone: (209) 532-8143 Fax: (209) 532-4845
Open official site Sonora Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
15 more Sonora sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Sonora, a place of 5,003 people, is the seat of Tuolumne County. Court and property records sit with Tuolumne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Sonora's own offices are in the cards above, and our Tuolumne County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 37 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 11 past producers, now closed, 8 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 5 sites producing when the record was made, 13 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 4 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Gold; Manganese; Talc-Soapstone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
California abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 9 investigations with a Sonora address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $2,390 in back wages agreed for 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watch Resources, Inc. | 2 | $1,230 | 100 |
| Bearden Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $1,160 | 2 |
| Sunburst Enterprises | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hagemeyer Trust Fund | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Outlaws BarBQ | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Twain Harte Construction, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Jtm SF, INC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Sonora, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The California wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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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 Sonora.
Deeds for property in Sonora are recorded by the Tuolumne County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Tuolumne 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.