California, Orange County
Where Tustin's records are kept. Tustin has its own town 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 Tustin's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Orange County offices are on our Orange County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City Clerk at 300 Centennial Way prepares Tustin City Council agendas and minutes and keeps agreements, campaign filings, election documents, ordinances and resolutions as custodian of city records.
Open official site Tustin City Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
Tustin Police Department at 300 Centennial Way posts department news, events and resources and lists its front desk and non emergency dispatch lines, with online report requests.
Open official site Tustin Police DepartmentPolice & jail
Tustin police crime reports are free to request online through the Tustin Police NextRequest portal, and traffic collision reports come through LexisNexis for a $10 convenience fee.
Open official site Tustin Police Crime and Traffic ReportsCity records
The City of Tustin takes California Public Records Act requests through its NextRequest portal, where requesters track each request and open records already released to the public.
Open official site Tustin Public Records RequestsCity records
The Building Division provides plan review, permits and inspections for renovations, tenant improvements and new construction in Tustin, with plan check by appointment for minor projects like patios and pools.
Open official site Tustin Building DivisionFederal
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
Superior Court of California, County of Orange civil section: limited cases up to $35,000, unlimited cases, filing and calendar information, civil appeals, unlawful detainer and ex parte hearing procedures.
Open official site Orange County Superior Court Civil DivisionState 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
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 WebsiteProperty 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
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
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 CaliforniaEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Tustin, a place of 80,276 people, is in Orange County, whose county seat is Santa Ana. Court and property records sit with Orange County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Tustin's own offices are in the cards above, and our Orange 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 Tustin.
Deeds for property in Tustin are recorded by the Orange County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Orange 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.