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State Department of Corrections

California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

Mailing address: 1515 S Street, Sacramento, CA 94283-0001

Physical address: See above
Phone: (877) 256-OVSS (6877)

Fax: N/A

Hours: N/A

Email: N/A

Website: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

Where to Find State Court Records

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

Mailing address: Office of Communications, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102-3688

Physical address: see above

Phone: (415) 865-7740

Fax: N/A

Hours: 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Email: N/A

Website: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/

Note: This office does not maintain court records for the following kinds of cases: powers of attorney; divorce decrees; criminal records; criminal case histories; complaints, other pleadings or judgments; traffic tickets; or information on specific cases. You’ll need to visit the Superior Court in the specific county where the case took place in order to obtain this kind of court record.

Specific Court Records

Supreme Court of California

Mailing address: 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4797

Physical address: see above

Phone: (415) 865-7000

Fax: N/A

Hours: 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Email: N/A

Website: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/

California Court of Appeals

Mailing address: Varies – there are six districts

Physical address: see above

Phone: Varies – there are six districts

Fax: N/A

Hours: 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Email: N/A

Website: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/

Supreme Court Opinions

Dockets and opinions of the Supreme Court of California and California Court of Appeals are available online at: http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/

Public Offender Lists

You can perform an inmate search at http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/Inmate_Locator.html.

For a registered sex offender search, you can go to http://ag.ca.gov/wanted/wanted_search.php. The national sex offender registry can be searched at: http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Portal.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1.

If you would like to register to be notified of whenever an inmate you designate has a status change, go to: https://www.vinelink.com/vinelink/siteInfoAction.do?siteId=5000.

The DEA Most Wanted can be found at http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/fugitives/san-fran/sf-list.htm or http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/fugitives/la/la-list.htm.

The Most Wanted List can be found at http://ag.ca.gov/wanted/wanted_search.php.

Attorney General Legal Opinions

Here, you can search the California Attorney General's legal opinions:

http://ag.ca.gov/opinions.php.

Traffic Cameras

You can view the traffic cams around the city at: http://video.dot.ca.gov/.

California Secretary of State

Here you can view information about California elections, business registration, and legislative record keeping:

http://www.ss.ca.gov/.

Clandestine Drug Laboratory Register

View addresses where law enforcement agencies have found drug paraphernalia: http://www.justice.gov/dea/seizures/ca.pdf.

Missing Children

Information on California’s missing children can be found online at the following website: http://www.missingkids.com/precreate/CA.html.

Most Wanted

Search California’s Most Wanted online at http://ag.ca.gov/wanted/wanted_search.php.

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