California, Stanislaus County
Where Turlock's records are kept. Turlock has its own city government, clerk's office, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Turlock's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Stanislaus County offices are on our Stanislaus County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City Clerk at 156 S. Broadway, Suite 230, records City Council proceedings, posts agendas and legal notices, keeps ordinances, resolutions and the Turlock Municipal Code and serves as custodian of city records.
Open official site Turlock City ClerkPolice & jail
Turlock Police Department pages cover crime reporting and prevention, business permits such as CCW and bingo, parking citations and towed vehicles, police report copies, clearance letters and use of force reports.
Open official site Turlock Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Turlock Police Records at 244 N. Broadway releases police reports after a Request for Release form arrives in person, by fax or by mail. Reports involving juveniles need a court order.
Open official site Turlock Police Records UnitCity records
Requests to inspect or copy Turlock records under the California Public Records Act go to the City Clerk's office on a downloadable form, or by email or phone to get a form mailed.
Open official site Turlock Public Records RequestsCity records
The Building and Safety Division at 156 S. Broadway, Suite 130, issues building permits, reviews plans and performs inspections under the 2025 California Building Codes, in effect January 1, 2026.
Open official site Turlock Building and Safety DivisionPolice & jail
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 WantedCounty 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
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 LocatorFederal
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
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
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
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseProperty 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 CaliforniaEverything else, organized
15 more Turlock sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Turlock, a place of 72,740 people, is in Stanislaus County, whose county seat is Modesto. Court and property records sit with Stanislaus County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Turlock's own offices are in the cards above, and our Stanislaus County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 30 investigations with a Turlock address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $388,454 in back wages agreed for 292 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Serpa & Sons Inc | 1 | $149,842 | 50 |
| Roberto Perez Farms | 1 | $68,735 | 64 |
| E & S, Inc. | 1 | $36,113 | 3 |
| Stanislaus, California State University | 1 | $31,199 | 1 |
| Covenant Care, Inc. | 2 | $27,229 | 17 |
| Phoenix Container Corporation | 1 | $24,849 | 10 |
| R & M Painting, Inc. | 1 | $18,935 | 21 |
| Joe Gomes & Sons, Inc. | 1 | $16,152 | 13 |
| Perez Brothers Farms Inc. | 1 | $13,881 | 28 |
| Subway Sandwich | 1 | $7,447 | 7 |
| Turlock ADHC | 1 | $6,856 | 22 |
| Senior Care Management LLC | 1 | $5,667 | 34 |
| L&W Steel Manufacturing, Inc. | 1 | $4,784 | 15 |
| Turlock Unified School District | 1 | $1,515 | 16 |
| Chandi & Jammu, Inc. | 1 | $218 | 1 |
| Evergreen Packaging, Inc. | 2 | $173 | 1 |
| Skip's Tire & Auto Centers-Turlock, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Premier Pest Management Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Maria G. Perez Farm Labor Contractor Services | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lorinda Dairy | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Aspiranet | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Norcal Construction, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Larry DeHart | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sensient Natural Ingredients LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| A and P Construction, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Turlock, by back wages agreed; 11 employers have 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.
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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 Turlock.
Deeds for property in Turlock are recorded by the Stanislaus County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Stanislaus 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.