California, Los Angeles County
Where Whittier's records are kept. Whittier has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Whittier'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
Los Angeles County Assessor site with a property search tool, homeowners' and veterans' exemptions, Proposition 19 transfers, business property eFiling and decline in value reviews, due November 30, 2026.
Open official site Los Angeles County Office of the AssessorState 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 CaliforniaCounty court
The Judicial Branch of California runs Find Your Court: enter a five digit California zip code or a city name to see the court locations nearest to it.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find Your CourtVital 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 SectionFederal
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 WebsiteVital records
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Whittier city, California: 85,815 residents estimated for July 1, 2025, plus age, race, housing, income, education and business figures drawn from census and survey data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Whittier City Hall at 13230 Penn Street, phone (562) 567-9999, posts business licenses, permits, city maps, press releases, Whittier Transparent, CityTV3 and eNotifications; police business is (562) 567-9200.
Open official site City of WhittierCity records
Official records and documents 13230 Penn Street Whittier, CA 90602 (562) 464-3330
Open official site Whittier City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 7315 Painter Avenue Whittier, CA 90602 (562) 945-8250
Open official site Whittier Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
9 more Whittier sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Whittier, a place of 87,306 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. Whittier'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 Whittier.
Deeds for property in Whittier 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.