California, Los Angeles County
Where South El Monte's records are kept. South El Monte has its own city government, clerk's office, fire department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include South El Monte'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 CaliforniaState 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 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
South El Monte City Hall, 1415 Santa Anita Avenue, open Monday to Thursday, offers permits, business licenses, passport services, online service requests, council meetings and the municipal code.
Open official site City of South El MonteCity records
City legal records and files 1415 N. Santa Anita Avenue South El Monte, CA 91733 Phone: (626) 579-6540
Open official site South El Monte City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 8838 Las Tunas Dr Temple City, CA 91780 Phone: (626) 285-7171
Open official site South El Monte Sheriff StationCity records
Fire protection services 10115 E. Rush St South El Monte, CA 91733 Phone: (323) 881-2411
Open official site South El Monte Fire DepartmentProperty records
Building codes, permits and inspections 1415 N. Santa Anita Ave South El Monte, CA 91733 Phone: (626) 579-6540 Fax: (626
Open official site South El Monte Building and SafetyEverything else, organized
9 more South El Monte sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
South El Monte, a place of 19,567 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. South El Monte's own offices are in the cards above, and our Los Angeles County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 232 investigations with a South El Monte address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $4,163,741 in back wages agreed for 3,503 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Garment Fashion, Inc. | 3 | $192,463 | 236 |
| Mass Appeal Fashions, Inc. | 2 | $191,236 | 269 |
| Amadeo Fashion, Inc. | 1 | $162,269 | 0 |
| Carniceria Las Glorias, Inc | 1 | $150,000 | 44 |
| Justar Fashion, Inc. | 1 | $145,290 | 32 |
| JSD Production, Inc. | 2 | $130,671 | 36 |
| Testing Two, Inc. | 1 | $126,119 | 19 |
| Lincoln Training Center & Rehabilitation Work | 1 | $125,546 | 437 |
| Icon Apparel Inc. | 1 | $106,750 | 27 |
| Island Powder Coating | 1 | $100,129 | 24 |
| Tai Sports, Inc. | 1 | $90,841 | 78 |
| Chaur Fong, Inc. | 1 | $90,000 | 14 |
| 2000 Sports, Inc. | 2 | $83,768 | 52 |
| UBS, Inc. | 1 | $80,804 | 27 |
| Cool Knits, Inc. | 1 | $80,000 | 52 |
| K L Creations Corp. | 2 | $78,366 | 76 |
| Vinh Lio, Inc | 1 | $74,976 | 27 |
| La Villita Inc. | 1 | $73,194 | 12 |
| Basic & Easy, Inc | 1 | $70,753 | 18 |
| Wing Sing Food Company, Inc. | 1 | $68,728 | 15 |
| M & R Apparel, Inc. | 2 | $62,049 | 30 |
| VCG Enterprsies Inc. | 1 | $61,876 | 33 |
| Ying Qing, Inc. | 1 | $61,560 | 29 |
| St. Tropez Apparel Corp. | 1 | $60,323 | 0 |
| Little Queen Fashion Inc | 1 | $60,000 | 48 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 210 whose address on the record is in South El Monte; 104 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 185 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 local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for South El Monte.
Deeds for property in South El Monte 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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