Santa Cruz County Public Records

A person who wishes to purchase property would be well advised to make sure that the person who is representing himself as the owner of the property in question is exactly who he says he is, thus, the would-be buyer may have to first ascertain that the property is indeed for sale and that the owner is the person representing himself to be as such. Fortunately, this is an easy endeavor with the help of public records, as property records are one of the many forms and types of documents that one could find at the collection known as the Santa Cruz County Public Records. The same is true for a person who wishes to search out for truth, as arrest records and court records are also part of that collection.

Now, note that only copies of records are available to the public, or at least, only copies could be taken out by the public from the archives where they are kept. This is more for purposes of preserving the copies for the future more than security, though security is a factor. There are two types of copies of public records, informational copies and authorized copies. Note that informational copies and authorized copies contain the same information, but informational copies could not establish identity and authorized copies are limited only to a few people indentified in an exclusive list. This limitation, however, is only for vital records. For non-vital records, there are no classifications for their copies.

A vital record may be obtained either through the county level or at the state level. County level searches are done from the office of the clerk-recorder while state level searches are conducted by the California Department of Public Health. The procedure is substantially the same as the first step would be to download the form and fill it up. At the state level, however, there are two types of forms, each representing either a request for an informational or for an authorized copy. At the county level, there is just one form, though for authorized copy request, the form would first have to be notarized before it could be sent for processing. Once done, the searcher would have to determine the required fee and make a money order for the same. At the state level, fees range from twenty five to fourteen dollars, while at the county level, fees range from twenty eight to fifteen dollars.

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Non-vital records may only be searched for at the county level. Searching for non-vital records would require the searcher to actually be at the office, but if he is not so inclined, he could request for assistance from a clerk. Once the record had been located, a copy of the same could be requested for, and a copy for the record would be made after paying the required fee which stands at one dollar per page.

Another important source of public records would be online databases, though none are connected with the government as state law limits the amount of information that could be posted online. Most of these online databases are easy to locate and use, and most of them provide their information for free. In addition, they are faster and more efficient with their searches and because they do not require the user to fall in line or to even leave their homes, one could argue that they are a far better option.

Santa Cruz County Clerk Of Court Public Records

The procedure to request for copies of non-vital records is as follows

• – Visit the Office of the Clerk-Recorder and ask permission to view the archives.
• – Once permission is given, you may either search the archives yourself or ask for assistance.
• – Either way, once the records had been located, request that a copy be made for you.
• – You would be directed to the cashier where you would pay the required fee of one dollar per page.
• – While here, you may also want to pay the certification fee if you are going to ask for the copy to be certified.
• – You would be issued a receipt which you will show to the clerk copying the file. Once the receipt is verified, the copying will commence.
• – Now, you may want to ask for the copy to be certified and you would be directed to the cashier once more to pay the certification fee if you have not done so yet.