California, Los Angeles County
Where Temple City's records are kept. Temple City has its own town government, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Temple City'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.
City records
The City Clerk at City Hall, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, runs Temple City elections, prepares council agendas and minutes, keeps ordinances and resolutions and handles public notices and records.
Open official site Temple City City ClerkPolice & jail
Temple City's police service comes from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at the Temple Sheriff's Station, 8838 Las Tunas Dr., with fire service from County Fire Station 47.
Open official site Temple Sheriff's StationCity records
Temple City answers California Public Records Act requests within 10 days. Requests go in online, through the public records digital archive or to the City Clerk's Office.
Open official site Temple City Public Records RequestCity records
Building and Safety at City Hall reviews plans, issues permits and inspects all construction in Temple City, including encroachment permits for work in the public right of way.
Open official site Temple City Building and SafetyProperty records
County office that values property in Los Angeles County. Offers a property search tool, homeowners and veterans exemptions, Proposition 19 transfers, decline in value reviews and business property statement filing.
Open official site Los Angeles County AssessorState records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorProperty records
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
The U.S. Department of Justice runs NSOPW, which searches the public sex offender registries of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and Indian Country by name or location.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedProperty records
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
The federal judiciary's PACER service lets registered users search and download filings from every federal court for 10 cents a page, 12 cents from January 2027; small quarterly bills are waived.
Open official site Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)Police & jail
Quick search for missing children and sex offenders near Temple City California.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children – CaliforniaVital records
Population, housing and economic facts for Temple City city, California from the Census Bureau, including the July 1, 2025 estimate of 35,125 residents and a land area of 4.00 square miles.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState 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 CollectionsEverything else, organized
12 more Temple City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Temple City, a place of 36,494 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. Temple City'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 registration where California offers it, polling places and the local election office for Temple City.
Deeds for property in Temple City 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.