Kern County Public Records

No one knows for sure when records first began to be made. What was sure was the importance of records, for they would not have been made had there been no motive behind them. In modern times, these records may be found collected, compiled, and indexed with various offices that would provide these records to a person who seeks them after meeting the minimum requirements imposed by law. Some of these records are so important in the everyday lives of people that they become known as public records, and the largest collection of public records are typically those found in archives kept by the government such as the Kern County Public Records.

To understand the importance of records and why they must be available at all times, one must understand what these records represent. These records are evidences that tend to prove something. Some of them, such as those that form part of the vital records, are necessary in every aspect of the life of a person from his birth to his death. Thus, these records must be available at all times, though such availability must be subject to the requirements of law. In general, there are two sources of public records, at the state level, and at the county level.

At the state level, the search would be conducted through the California Department of Public Health. Vital records from the year 1906 could be found at this department, and the search is begun by first downloading the relevant form from the website of the department. There are two types of documents that are available, authorized and informational copies. Both are actually the same, only that informational copies could not be used to establish identity while authorized copies are, as the name implies, restricted only to those that are authorized by being included in an exclusive list.

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A request for authorized copy would require the searcher to download a second form from the website, a blank sworn statement that would also have to be filled up by the searcher and then notarized. Attach this with the form along with a money order to answer for the required fee for the requested record. At twenty five dollars per copy, birth certificates are the most expensive, while at fourteen dollars per copy, a dissolution of marriage certificate is cheapest. The others fall in between.

At the county level, the office concerned would be the Office of the Clerk-Recorder. Requests for records at this office are conducted through mail as well. The searcher would have to first download the necessary form from the website of the clerk-recorder. Again, the restrictions on informational and authorized copies apply here, as well as the fees. Other types of recorded documents are also available from this office, and they follow the same procedure, but with the fees fixed at one dollar per page for every regular sized page. Now, once the form had been accomplished, this would have to be sent to the office along with the notarized sworn statement, as the case may be, and a money order corresponding to the required fee.

Another option would be to search for the records online. There are a number of online databases that provide the same information as the ones that could be provided either by a state level or a county level search. Internet searches are considerably faster and more efficient, with most websites actually not charging anything for the information that they would be giving. In addition, internet searches could be done from the comforts of one’s home, thus, there is no need for the searcher to actually fall in line and wait for the clerk to finish their search.

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Kern County Public Court Records Access

The procedure to obtain records from the state level is given below

• – Download the relevant form required for the record that you wish to request a copy of.
• – Complete this form.
• – Depending on the type of record you would wish to obtain a copy of, you may be required to download a blank sworn statement. Complete this and have it notarized.
• – Determine the required fee in accordance with the Schedule of Fees of the department.
• – Together with a money order to correspond to the required fee, plus the notarized sworn statement if the same is required, send the form to the California Department of Public Health.