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California Birth Records
This link will lead you to ancestry.com.  This is a great site to find people by conducting genealogical and public records research.  It is not free.  However, they will give you a 14 day free trial.  We will be providing numerous posts on how to find people by searching on ancestry.com.  For now, once you are on their home page, look for:  “Browse Our Collections” and click on “VIEW ALL.”  You’ll see many links including a link to California Birth Records.  They’ll allow you to conduct a pre-search but will not allow you to obtain your complete results until you sign up with them. 

If ancestry.com appears to be a bit overwhelming, you may want to have your research inexpensively conducted for you by OmniTrace - The Public Records and Genealogy Search Experts. 

California Corporate Records

California Death Records

California Lawyer Search
If the person you are searching for is a California lawyer, search this site for members of The State Bar Of California and obtain a business address along with the name of the Law Firm. 

California Marriage Records
This link will lead you to ancestry.com.  This is a great site to find people by conducting genealogical and public records research.  It is not free.  However, they will give you a 14 day free trial.  We will be providing numerous posts and articles on how to search ancestry.com.  For now, once you are on their home page, look for:  “Browse Our Collections” and click on “VIEW ALL.”  You’ll see many links including a link to California Marriage Records.  They’ll allow you to conduct a pre-search but will not allow you to obtain your complete results until you sign up with them. 

If ancestry.com appears to be a bit overwhelming, you may want to have your research inexpensively conducted for you by OmniTrace - The Public Records and Genealogy Search Experts. 

California Professional Licenses
If you suspect your missing person is a licensed professional, search California professional licenses to obtain address information.  Search by company or individual. 

California Real Estate Licenses
If you suspect your missing person is a real estate professional, search California professional licenses to obtain address information. 

California State Employee Search
If you think the person you are looking for is employed by the state of California, use this site to find a phone number and email address of the subject. 

Tax Assessor Database
This is a great database to find a tax assessor office anywhere in the country, including California.  Why would you want to do that? Because a tax assessor has access to address information dating back several years.  This information is public record which they will share with you.  A tax assessor has information about real (real estate) and personal property (auto, machinery, mobile homes, etc.).

In many instances, you can access tax assessor records by searching online.  When searching online, you can typically input the subject’s name to find an address or input an address to obtain an owner’s name. 

In some cases, you will need to call the assessor’s office to obtain your information. 

A couple of ways to find people when calling a tax assessor’s office are: (1) supply them with your missing person’s old address and ask for phone and address information on the current owner.  The current owner may have information on your missing person’s whereabouts.  (2) supply them with any information you have on the missing person and they may provide you with the missing person’s current address and property information–if the information is on record.

Here is an additional online resource to access tax assessor office information that is somewhat redundant to the above:  Property Ownership.  It contains slightly different information as well as tax assessor information in Canada and New Zealand.

California Public Records Search - Find People | County Search 

Alameda County Fictitious Business Names
You can search by business name to obtain an owner’s name or search by subject name to determine if they own a business in Alameda County.

Alameda County Property Tax Information

Calaveras County Property Search

Contra Costa County Fictitious Businesses
You can search by business name to obtain an owner’s name or search by subject name to determine if they own a business in Contra Costa County.

El Dorado County Business License Search
You can search by the name of your missing person to determine if they own a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

El Dorado County Non-Confidential Marriages and Fictitious Businesses
This database is fairly limited in size, but if you trying to find people in El Dorado County, you may be able to obtain a married name or learn what business your missing person owns. 

Fresno County Inmate Search

Fresno County Jail Bookings

Fresno County Marriage Records

Los Angeles County Court Locator

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Inmate Locator

Marin County Jail

Napa County Property Records
Only useful if you have a street address and want to determine who resides there. 

Nevada County Fictitious Business Search
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Orange County Fictitious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Orange County Inmates
Here you can search for Orange County inmates who are currently in custody.

Placer County Fictitious Business Search
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Placer County Jail

Placer County Marriage Records Search

Riverside County Fictitious Business Name Search
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Riverside County Inmates

San Bernadino County Fictitious Business Names

San Bernadino County Sheriff Daily Bookings

San Diego County Fictious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Sand Diego County Jail Inmates 

San Diego County Outstanding Warrants
This won’t help you find someone, but you can determine if your missing person has any outstanding warrants.

San Francisco County Fictitious Businesses
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

San Joaquin County Jail Inmates

San Luis Obispo County Fictitious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

San Mateo County Fictitious Business Name Search
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Santa Clara County Fictitious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Santa Cruz County Fictitious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Shasta County Jail Inmates

Stanislaus County Fictitious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Tehama County Jail

Tulare County Fictitious Business Name Search
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Ventura County Fictitious Business Names
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Yolo County Fictitious Business Name Search
Can be helpful if you are trying to determine if your missing person owns a business.  Once you discover the business name, you can obtain the address of the business.

Yolo County Marriage Records

California Public Records Search - Find Most Wanted Persons

California Attorney General Most Wanted

California Most Wanted Persons and Sex Offender Registries
This is an excellent site to search California counties and cities for most wanted persons and sex offenders. 

Megan’s Law Sex Offenders

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