California, San Joaquin County
Where Lodi's records are kept. Lodi has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Lodi's own offices, along with State of California offices; the San Joaquin County offices are on our San Joaquin County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The California Department of Justice sends people a copy of their own state criminal history to review: Live Scan or card fingerprints and a $25 fee are required, and third party requests are refused.
Open official site California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal RecordProperty records
California Board of Equalization property tax and records for Lodi.
Open official site Lodi California Property RecordsState 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 CollectionsCounty court
In California's Eastern District, debtors without a lawyer can use the court's pro se clinic, drop box and free eSR service to prepare and submit Chapter 7 and 13 forms online.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaCounty court
Judicial Branch of California locator: enter a five digit California ZIP code or a city name to find nearby superior court locations.
Open official site California Courts Find Your CourtVital records
Order certified copies of California birth, death and marriage records from the state Office of Vital Records, with fees, forms and processing times.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionPolice & jail
The FBI Sacramento Field Office posts the people it is seeking in murder, violent crime, white collar and crimes against children cases, plus kidnapped and missing persons, many with FBI rewards for information.
Open official site FBI Sacramento Field Office Most WantedPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsiteFederal
Census Bureau summary of the city of Lodi, California drawn from the 2020 Census (66,348 people), population estimates and the American Community Survey, with demographic, housing, economic and geographic statistics.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Official Lodi city site listing payments, permits and licenses, electric and other utilities, police records requests, GrapeLine Transit, pothole reports and animal adoption. City offices: 221 W. Pine Street, 209-333-6700.
Open official site City of LodiCity records
Recorded public documents 221 W. Pine Street Lodi, CA 95240 Phone: (209) 333-6702 Fax: (209) 333-6807 E-mail: Cityclerk@
Open official site Lodi City ClerkEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
Lodi, a place of 66,348 people, is in San Joaquin County, whose county seat is Stockton. Court and property records sit with San Joaquin County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Lodi's own offices are in the cards above, and our San Joaquin 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 voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Lodi.
Deeds for property in Lodi are recorded by the San Joaquin County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our San Joaquin 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.