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California - Public Records for Background Check


|Driving Records| |State Vehicle Information| |Worker's Compensation|
|Accountancy Board| |Secretary of State| |Vital Statistics|
|Hunting & Fishing| |Boat Registration|
|Adoption Records| |State Clearing Houses for Missing Children|
|Archives/Record Holdings| |VA Regional Offices| |US COURTS BY STATE|

When available, records can be searched either by accessing free public records online via the record holders database or by requesting a copy from the agency holding the record - usually for a small fee.  Or, you can run a Background Check online right now using our connections to a worldwide network of databases.

California State Website:
http://www.ca.gov/

Driving Records
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/home/dmv.htm

Driving records are available by mail. Fee per Request. Turnaround time: 10 days. Written request must include name, date of birth and license number.

State Vehicle Information
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/home/dmv.htm

Pre-approval required to obtain information. California will not release addresses.

Worker's Compensation
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DWC/dwc_home_page.htm

Currently worker's compensation records are decentralized at 22 district offices. Access is limited to parties making in-person requests. Fee varies. Search information required: name, SSN, date of injury.

Accountancy Board
http://www.corp.ca.gov/

California State Board of Accountancy
Will confirm licenses by phone. No fee. Include name.

Secretary of State
http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/business.htm

Service agent and address, date of incorporation, standing with tax commission, and trade names. available by phone or fax.

Vital Statistics
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CHS/Pages/default.aspx

California Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics

Birth records are available for a fee. Some birth records are accessible by computer. Turnaround time is four to six weeks. A written release may be required. Search information required: name, date of birth, fathers name, mother's maiden name, and city of birth. Death records are available with the required feel. Marriage certificates prior to 1985 available at county where license was purchased. Divorce records available at county level, the county clerk's office where divorce was filed.

Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Fishing: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fishing/index.html
Hunting: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/index.html

Boat Registration
http://www.dbw.ca.gov/

Dept of Boating and Waterways

Child Support Enforcement
http://www.childsup.ca.gov/default.aspx

California Department of Social Services

State Clearing Houses for Missing Children
http://ag.ca.gov/missing/

California Dept. of Justice
Missing/Unidentified Persons

Adoption Records
http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG1314.htm

California Department of Social Services
Adoptions Support Unit
744 P Street, M/S 8-12-31
Sacramento, CA 95814

State Reunion Registry
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cfsweb/pg1302.htm

California Department of Social Services

California has a registry but current law does not recognize the fact that adoptee reach an age of majority. To have his or her name entered into this registry, the adoptee, regardless of age, as well as the adoptive parents, must submit a Waiver of Rights. No fee to register.

Archives/Record Holdings
http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/

California State Archives

VA Regional Offices
http://www.cdva.ca.gov/newhome.aspx

US COURTS BY STATE
All Courts

CRIMINAL RECORDS

County Jail Inmate Locator
http://www.corrections.com/links/show/20

Department of Justice, Federal Prison System
http://www.bop.gov/

Use this page to locate a Federal inmate incarcerated from 1982 to present
For information on Federal inmates released before 1982: Released Before 1982 Page.

If you find any of the information on the is page to be incorrect, please email the webmaster.

 
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