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California Background Checks

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Public records access and archives related to California background checks are maintained by local law enforcement agencies. This state has specific websites that you can use to obtain a person's criminal history report, conduct a background check, or obtain court records information, inmate data or other relevant information.

In order to get approved for certain licenses, certificates and employment, you might need to obtain your own criminal history. California background checks can be requested on the State of California Department of Justice website. You need to fill out an application and submit full digital fingerprints in order to be searched accurately and cleared for duty or accreditation.

There are also various crime statistics archives as well as adult and juvenile crime reports found on the State of California Department of Justice website. The information is organized by the state as a while, counties, and cities. Charts showing property crime rates, violent crime rates, and arrest rates for adults or juveniles can also be found on this website.

There are four FBI offices located in separate regions of California. These are Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. Each regional FBI team has its own website that posts the most wanted criminals with offenses filed under crimes against children, criminal enterprise, violent crimes, terrorism, missing persons, and fugitives.

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CA Court Records

California Statewide (Appellate) - Search by case number, file number, name or activity time-frames.

Alameda County (Superior Court) - Search by case number only.

Alameda County (Traffic Citation) - Search by citation number or case number.

Butte County (Superior Court) - Search by party name, attorney name or case number. Filter by case type and filing date.

Contra Costa County (Superior Court) - Search records by using either the Open Access program (advanced), or their simplistic wizard for accessing basic docket information.

Glenn County (Superior Court) - Search by party name, attorney name or case number. Filter by case type and filing date.

Kern County Criminal Cases (Superior Court) - Search by party name or business name/government agency. Filter by case type and filing date.

Los Angeles County Civil Cases (Superior Court) - Search by case number only. Filter by filing court.

Los Angeles County Probate Cases (Superior Court) - Search by case number only. Filter by filing court.

Los Angeles County Criminal Cases (Superior Court) - Search by case number only. Filter by filing court.

Los Angeles County Family Cases (Superior Court) - Search by case number only. Filter by filing court.

Mendocino County (Superior Court) - Search by last name.

Napa County (Superior Court) - Search by case number

Orange County (Superior Court) - Search by case number, name, business name, date of birth and driver's license number.

Riverside County (Superior Court) - Search by party/business name. Filter by case types and filing dates.

Sacramento County (Superior Court) - Search by party/business name. Filter by case types and filing dates.

San Bernardino County (Superior Court) - Search by party/business name. Filter by case types and filing dates.

San Diego County (Superior Court) - Search by party name, case number or district attorney case number..

San Joaquin County (Superior Court) - Search by party name (partial or full).

San Mateo County (Superior Court) - Search by party name or case number.

Santa Barbara County Civil Cases (Superior Court) - Search by name or case number. Filter by date.

Santa Cruz County (Superior Court) - Search by party name (partial or full, first or last).

Siskiyou County (Superior Court) - Search by name. Filter by case type and filing date.

Solano County (Superior Court) - Search by name. Filter by case type and filing date.

Sonoma County (Superior Court) - Search by case number or keywords.

Ventura County (Superior Court) - Search by name and case numbers. Filter results by date and case type.

Yolo County (Superior Court) - Search by case number and birth date.

California Court Records - More California Courts Information from RecrodsProject.com.

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CA Public Records

California State Public Records - Search California public records offices and record retrieval instructions for free.

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CA Sex Offender Records

Statewide Sex Offender Database - Search the CA statewide sex offender registry by name, city, county and zip.

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CA Prison & Inmate Records

Statewide Inmate Locator - Information about locating an Inmate.

Fresno County Sheriff - Search with booking number, Last name and first name.

Kern County Sheriff - Search with booking number, Last name and first name.

Los Angeles County Sheriff- Search with booking number, Last name, date of birth and first name.

Marin County Sheriff - Search with Last name.

Orange County Sheriff - Listed under eServices on the menu.

Placer County Sheriff - In Custody Roster. List of Inmates in html format with information.

San Bernardino County Sheriff - Information on Jail booking logs..

San Diego County Sheriff - Search Inmate logs with booking number or last name and charge code.

San Joaquin County Sheriff - Inmates booking logs in PDF format..

Shasta County Sheriff - List of Inmates in html format.

Sutter County Sheriff - List of Inmates in html format.

Tehama County Sheriff - List of Inmates in html format.

Ventura County Sheriff - Search with last name, first name, middle name and date of birth. .

Historical Records:

Alcatraz - An account of all inmates in Alcatraz from 1934-1963

Alcatraz Escapes - Information about escapes from Alcatraz

Alcatraz Inmates - Information about inmates from Alcatraz

Alcatraz Inmates List - List of Inmates from Alcatraz. Search with keyword and case type.

Alcatraz History - History of inmates from Alcatraz

Alcatraz Notorious Inmates - Information about Notorious inmates from Alcatraz

Folsom State - Information about Employees in Folsom State Jail.

Lincoln Heights - Information about all inmates in Lincoln Heights Jail In Los Angeles

San Francisco - Information about inmates from San Francisco

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CA Wanted Criminals & Arrest Warrants

Arrest Warrants:

San Diego County - Search with last name, first name, middle name and date of birth.

Most-Wanted Criminals:

Anaheim (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Arcadia (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Berkeley (PD) - Search with Crime type, address and street.

Colton (PD) - Information on most wanted criminals..

Contra Costa Sheriff - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Fountain Valley (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Fremont (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Fresno (PD) - Directory of links to Criminal Lists.

Garden Grove (PD) - List of Criminals with information about them.

Hollister (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Hollywood (PD) - Information on the ways to help LAPD.

Humboldt Sheriff - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Huntington (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Lemoore (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Lompoc's (PD) - List of Criminals, in html format with pictures and details.

Los Angeles (PD) - List of Criminals, in html format with pictures and details.

Los Angeles (PD) - [Site currently down]

Manhattan Beach (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Manteca's (PD) - The information about the Most Wanted Criminal of Manteca..

Mendocino County Sheriff - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Merced County Sheriff - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Modesto (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Monterey County Sheriff - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Mountain View (PD) - [Site currently unavailable].

North Hollywood (PD) - Information about helping LAPD.

Oakland (PD) - Directory of Criminals. Includes Pictures and names.

Ontario (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes crime information, pictures and details.

Pasadena (PD) - [Site currently down].

Placer County Sheriff - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Red Bluff (PD) - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Redding's (PD) - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Redondo (PD) - [Site currently down].

Redlands (PD) - Latest crime alerts from Redlands Police Department..

Redwood City (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Richmond (PD) - [Site currently down].

Sacramento County Sheriff - Directory of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Benito County Sheriff - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Bernardino County Sheriff - Displays information about the latest crimes.

San Carlos (PD) - Displays the information about an unsolved crime of the City.

San Diego County Sheriff - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Diego Drug Enforcement - List of Most wanted Fugitives. Includes pictures and details.

San Francisco (PD) - List of 10 Most Wanted Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Francisco (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Francisco Drug Enforcement - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Gabriel (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

San Joaquin County Sheriff - Information on Criminals.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Santa Clara County Sheriff - [Site curretly down].

South Pasadena (PD) - Information about most wanted criminals in South Pasadena.

Stanislaus County Sheriff - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Vasalia (PD) - List of Criminals. Includes pictures and details.

Yuba City (PD) - Search by the first alphabet of the Criminal's name.

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CA Marriage & Divorce Records

Marriage Records

California Statewide - Needs authorization. 4 million records, available Statewide from 1960 to 1985 .

Divorce Records

No records found

No dedicated divorce records resources are available for this state - please see court records section for potential divorce case information

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CA Vital Records

California Statewide Birth Records - Needs authorization. Records available Statewide from 1905 to 1995.

California Statewide Death Records- Search with Surname, Mother Maiden, Father last, Sex, Birth Year and Death year. Available 9 Million + records Statewide from 1940 to 1997,

California Statewide Death Records - Consists of several different databases from 1905 to Present. Search with Last name, first name, middle name, Birth year, Birth month, Birth day, Mother's last name, Father's last name and Sex.

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CA Bankruptcy Records

Bankruptcy Records for all participating states can be accessed via the "VCIS" system via telephone. Follow the automatic prompts to complete your call. Your search options may include: name, case number or SSN

District Of California (Central)

Los Angeles: 213-894-4111
Santa Ana: 714-836-2278
San Fernando: 818-587-2936
Santa Barbara: 805-884-4805
Riverside: 909-774-1150

District Of California (Eastern)

Local: 916-551-2989

District Of California (Northern)

Local: 415-705-3160
Toll Free: 888-457-0604

District Of California (Southern)

Local: 619-557-6521

Note: To access online records, you may be able to find bankruptcy cases or otherwise related civil cases in the court records section

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CA Corporate & Business Records

California Business Search - Search for businesses by name.

Note: To investigate the legitimacy or track-record of a business, see the court records section on this page, or go to the Corporate Background Checks section of the nationwide public records directory.

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CA Professional License Lookups

California Professional License Database - Search numerous professional and occupancy license databases by getting into the links given on the page.

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CA Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) & Lien Records

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CA Property Records

Alameda County - Property records Search- search by name, address, city, parcel or PPIN.

Los Angeles - City Property records Search - search by street number, street name, parcel or PPIN.

Los Angeles - Property Assessment Search - search by street name or AIN

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