Find Santa Maria People Records

Santa Maria people search gives you access to public records for about 110,000 residents in Santa Barbara County, California. People records in Santa Maria are handled by Santa Barbara County offices, including the Superior Court, Clerk-Recorder, and Assessor. The city keeps its own records through the City Clerk. You can search court cases, check property owners, and pull vital records for people in Santa Maria. Santa Maria is the largest city in the county by population, and its records go through the same county system as the city of Santa Barbara. This page covers the main ways to find people records in Santa Maria.

Santa Maria People Search Through Court Records

Santa Barbara County Superior Court handles all court-based people search records for Santa Maria. The court keeps civil, criminal, family, and probate cases. Santa Maria has its own courthouse that handles local hearings and filings. You can look up cases by name through the court records office. Criminal matters, restraining orders, evictions, and lawsuits all show up under a person's name when they have been part of a case. The main court website is sbcourts.org. Call the court for questions about case searches and copy fees.

Court records are one of the strongest tools for a Santa Maria people search because they cover both civil and criminal matters going back many years. Even old cases stay in the system and can be found by name. Getting copies involves standard fees set by the state. Certified copies cost more than plain copies. You can go to the clerk's window in person or request records by mail. The Santa Maria courthouse serves the northern part of Santa Barbara County.

Note: Sealed and juvenile records will not show up in public court searches for Santa Maria.

City of Santa Maria Public Records

The City of Santa Maria keeps its own public records through the City Clerk. Under the California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 7920.000), the city has 10 days to respond to your request. You can ask for permits, contracts, code enforcement files, and other documents that name people. Building permits list property owners and contractors. Business licenses show who operates companies in Santa Maria. Code enforcement records name people tied to violations at Santa Maria addresses.

Santa Maria also keeps police records through its own police department. You can request police reports, but active investigation files may not be released right away. The city is the largest in Santa Barbara County, so there is a large volume of city records on file. Council meeting minutes are public and sometimes reference people in city matters. For people search in Santa Maria at the local level, the City Clerk is a solid place to start for city-level documents.

Santa Maria Property and Vital Records Search

Property records work well for finding people in Santa Maria. The Santa Barbara County Assessor keeps ownership data for every parcel in the city. You can search by owner name or by address to see who owns a given piece of land or building. The records show sale dates, assessed values, and transfer history. This is free to use. Property data ties a person to a real address in Santa Maria.

The Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder holds deeds, liens, and mortgages for Santa Maria properties. These list people by name and are all public records. Marriage licenses and fictitious business name statements also go through the Clerk-Recorder. Both can help with a people search in Santa Maria when you need to verify a name or find a connection between people.

Vital records for Santa Maria run through the county. Birth certificates cost $34. Death certificates cost $26. Marriage certificates are $19. Anyone can get an informational copy for research. Certified copies go only to authorized people under Health and Safety Code Section 103526. The state also keeps vital records through the California Department of Public Health at (916) 445-2684.

Santa Maria Criminal and Inmate Search

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff runs the county jail system. You can look up people from Santa Maria who are held in county jail. The search shows booking details, charges, and bail info. Santa Maria also has its own police department for local law enforcement matters.

For people from Santa Maria in state prison, the California CDCR inmate search at ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov is free. CIRIS shows name, age, facility, and parole hearing dates for all state inmates. The sex offender registry at meganslaw.ca.gov covers Santa Maria and shows registered offenders in the area. Both are free people search tools for criminal records tied to Santa Maria.

The voter status check below can help confirm if someone in Santa Maria is registered to vote in Santa Barbara County.

View the California voter status check

Enter a name and county to see if that person is on the active voter rolls in Santa Barbara County.

California Search Tools for Santa Maria

State-level search tools cover Santa Maria residents. The bizfile portal at bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov has over 17 million business filings. You can find Santa Maria residents listed as corporate officers or agents. The Department of Consumer Affairs license search at search.dca.ca.gov covers licensed professionals in the area. The State Bar attorney search at apps.calbar.ca.gov covers lawyers in Santa Maria and all of California.

The unclaimed property database at ucpi.sco.ca.gov is free and may show people in Santa Maria with unclaimed money held by the state. The Department of Real Estate license lookup at dre.ca.gov shows real estate agents in Santa Maria. These state tools are useful for a Santa Maria people search when county records do not turn up what you need.

The California business search tool shown below covers all of the state including Santa Maria.

View the California business search portal

Search by name to find people in Santa Maria who serve as officers or agents on California business filings.

Nearby California Cities

These cities are near Santa Maria. Oxnard and Ventura are south in Ventura County. Bakersfield is east in Kern County. Salinas is north in Monterey County.