California Public Records Searches Online

Below is a list of California counties with links to public records they offer online. This list will be updated with links to more public records online.

These records include:

• land and property records searches at Assessor

• deeds, real estate, fictitious business names, marriages, etc at Clerk-Recorder

• property tax and possibly other tax searches at Tax

• GIS and plat surveys at GIS & Maps (use parcel viewer option)

• probate records searches at Probate

• other court records searches at Court

  • • Also see California’s Find Your Court with links to every court

A -w after a listing, this means there’s no online data, it’s just a website.

𝟏 – Amador County Collection Search database includes: local county government, mining, naturalization, probate, inquests, local families, Amador County newspapers, oral histories, a wide assortment of maps, including all original townsite and County maps, mining maps, and a complete set of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. The photo collection includes, but is not limited to: buildings, mines, businesses, families, schools, logging, aerials, as well as hundreds of other items covering all aspects of Amador County history

𝟐 – The Calaveras County Archives does research for $10/hour

𝟯 – The Yoba County Clerk-Recorder has a Historical Search Index with Deeds Index 1850-1928, Official Records Index Grantee 1928-1988 and Official Records Index Grantor 1928-1988 Yuba Historical Indexes 1850-1988

Alpine County – Public Records – Agreements and Contracts, 1865-1926, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Allowed Claims, 1865, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Alpine County Assessment Rolls, and Auditor’s Registers, 1864-1956, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Alpine County Auditor’s Reports, 1886-1908, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Amador County Records, Re: Alpine County Area at Time when Alpine County Created, 1863-1864, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Applications, Appointments and Resignations, 1864-1886, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Approved Warrants, 1864-1871; Statements of Fees, Claims, County Warrants, 1865-1883, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Articles of Incorporation, 1863-1967 ; Certificates of Fictitious Names (business Partnerships, Etc.), 1950-1959 ; Powers of Attorney, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Auditor’s Reports, 1866, 1878, 1889; Account of Stock License Fees, 1890-1910, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Clerk and Recorder’s Fee Book, Alpine County, 1950-1962, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Clerk’s Office Correspondence, 1882-1900, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Coroner’s Inquisitions, 1864-1935, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – County Records, 1965-1905, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Fee Book, 1877-1815, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Minutes of Meetings, 1864, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Miscellaneous County Records, Ca. 1864-1920, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Official Bonds, 1864-1940, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Petitions to the Alpine County Board of Supervisors, 1864-1891, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Power of Attorney Records, 1864-1926, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – School, Tax, and Other Records, Ca. 1865-1929, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Sheriff / Tax Collector Records, 1888-1985, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Survey Field Notes of Markleeville, Alpine County, California, Ca. 1910, and Markleeville Townside History, 1909-1910, at FS

Alpine County – Public Records – Tax Assessment Lists and Assessor’s Reports, 1867-1919, at FS

Amador County – Public Records – Amador County Records, Re: Alpine County Area at Time when Alpine County Created, 1863-1864, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Affidavits of Performance of Labor (proof of Labor), 1890-1920, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Candidates Statement of Receipts and Expenditures with Affidavit, Ca. 1894-1918, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Certificates of Sale of Land in Fresno County Irrigation Districts, Ca. 1889-1925, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Deeds; Powers of Attorney; Revocations of Powers; Orders for Sale of Real Estate; Certifications of Incorporation; Misc. Decrees; Certificates of Purchase; Homestead Declarations; Indentures of Mortgages; Patents; Sheriff’s Certificates of Sale; Etc., 1855-1889, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Formation of Drainage Districts, Petitions and By-laws, 1886-1912, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Indexes – Recorder’s Fee Books, 1893-1977, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Notices of Claims of Water Rights, 1873-1919, at FS

Fresno County – Public Records – Reclamation of Swamp Land, 1869-1916, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – 1890 Great Register Humboldt County, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – 1890 Great Register Humboldt County, Ca, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – 1890 Great Register of Humboldt County, California, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – 1890 Great Register of Humboldt County, California, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – 1905-1925 Burial Permits Humboldt Co, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – Index to the Affidavits of Registration of Humboldt County, 1942 : to and Including September 24th, 1942, at FS

Humboldt County – Public Records – Miscellany Book A & B, a Variety of Early Records of Humboldt County : Found in the Recorder’s Office, County Courthouse, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, at FS

Lassen County – Public Records – Personal Property of Married Women, 1867-1914, at FS

Lassen County – Public Records – Powers of Attorney, 1863-1904; Index, 1875-1944, at FS

Monterey County – Public Records – Dispatches from the United States Consuls in Monterey, California, to the Secretary of State, 1834-1848, at FS

Nevada County – Public Records – Nevada County, California, Water Rights, 1872-1917 ; Index, at FS

Placer County – Public Records – California, Placer County, Dog Licenses, 1847-1959, at FS

Placer County – Public Records – California, Placer County, Water Works Applications, 1896-1920, at FS

Sacramento County – Public Records – California, Sacramento County, Sacramento, Police Records : Mug Books and Wanted Bulletins, 1860-1949, at FS

San Benito County – Public Records – Deeds; Powers of Attorney; Revocations of Powers; Orders for Sale of Real Estate; Certifications of Incorporation; Misc. Decrees; Certificates of Purchase; Homestead Declarations; Indentures of Mortgages; Patents; Sheriff’s Certificates of Sale; Etc., 1855-1889, at FS

San Diego County – Public Records – Great Register of Voters, San Diego County, California, 1866-1879 : with Index, at FS

Santa Barbara County – Public Records – Sheriff’s Office Record of Criminals, Ca. 1889-1911, at FS

Folsom – Public Records – California, Sacramento County, Folsom, Correctional Institutions, at FS

Folsom – Public Records – Register and Descriptive List of Convicts, No. 1-5347, 1880-1903, 1938, at FS

Fresno – Public Records – Certificate of Sale of Real Estate, Ca. 1923-1928, at FS

Sacramento – Public Records – California, Sacramento County, Sacramento Police Jail Registers and Records of Arrest, 1872-1940, at FS

Sacramento – Public Records – California, Sacramento County, Sacramento, Police Records : Mug Books and Wanted Bulletins, 1860-1949, at FS

Woodfords – Public Records – Record of Orphans and Persons on State Aid, 1911-1917, at FS