California, Sutter County
Where Yuba City's records are kept. Yuba City 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 Yuba City's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Sutter County offices are on our Sutter County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Yuba City City Clerk runs elections, provides access to city records and legislative actions, and acts as compliance officer for the Political Reform Act, Brown Act and Public Records Act.
Open official site Yuba City City Clerk's OfficePolice & jail
Yuba City Police Department page with property and evidence, online crime reporting, records requests, traffic, fingerprinting, text to 911, patrol area maps and police news releases.
Open official site Yuba City Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Unit, open weekdays 8:00 to 5:00 with lobby hours 10:00am to 4:00pm, releases report copies by phone or email request with a picture of government ID.
Open official site Yuba City Police Records UnitCity records
The City Clerk's public records page explains the California Public Records Act, links the Yuba City records request and answers common questions about inspecting and copying city records.
Open official site Yuba City Public Record RequestsCity records
The Yuba City Building Division reviews plans and issues permits and inspections for new construction, additions and remodeling to meet city, state and federal building codes.
Open official site Yuba City Building DivisionFederal
FBI national most wanted criminals - search for Yuba City area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedProperty 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
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 CasePolice & jail
Quick search for missing children and sex offenders near Yuba City California.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, CaliforniaVital records
Yuba City city, California at a glance from the Census Bureau: 2025 population estimate 69,485, adults holding a bachelor's degree 20.4%, median gross rent $1,454, and more on income, jobs and housing.
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
14 more Yuba City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Yuba City, a place of 70,117 people, is the seat of Sutter County. Court and property records sit with Sutter County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Yuba City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Sutter 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 Yuba City.
Deeds for property in Yuba City are recorded by the Sutter County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Sutter 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.