Find Ventura People Records

Ventura people search gives you access to public records for about 109,000 residents in the county seat of Ventura County, California. The city is officially named San Buenaventura but most people call it Ventura. People records here are handled by Ventura 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, look up property data, and find vital records tied to people in Ventura. As the county seat, Ventura is where the main county offices are located. This page covers the main ways to search for people in Ventura.

Ventura People Search Through County Courts

Ventura County Superior Court handles all court-based people search records for the city of Ventura. The court's website is ventura.courts.ca.gov. You can search civil, criminal, family, and probate cases. Since Ventura is the county seat, the main courthouse is right here in the city. Criminal matters, restraining orders, evictions, and lawsuits all show up under a person's name. The court handles cases for all of Ventura County, so a people search in Ventura may also turn up cases from Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, or Simi Valley.

Getting copies from the Ventura County court involves standard fees. Certified copies cost more than plain copies. You can go to the clerk's window in person at the Ventura courthouse or request records by mail. Court records are one of the strongest tools for a Ventura people search because they cover both civil and criminal matters going back many years. The court system stores case data long after a case is closed, so even old filings remain searchable by name.

City of Ventura Public Records

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

Ventura has its own police department that handles law enforcement records separately from standard city records. You can request police reports, but active investigation files may be delayed. The city has been around since the Spanish mission era, making it one of the older cities in the region. That means a deep history of local records. Council meeting minutes are public and sometimes name people in city business.

Note: Police records in Ventura go through a separate process and may take longer than standard city records requests.

Ventura Property and Vital Records Search

Property records are a strong tool for finding people in Ventura. The Ventura County Assessor keeps ownership data for every parcel in the city. You can search by owner name or by address. The records show current and past owners, assessed values, sale dates, and transfer history. This is free to use and ties a person to a real address in Ventura.

The Ventura County Clerk-Recorder holds deeds, liens, and mortgages for properties in the city. These list people by name and are all public. Marriage licenses and fictitious business name statements also go through the Clerk-Recorder. Since Ventura is the county seat, the main Clerk-Recorder office is in the city, which makes in-person searches easy. Vital records for Ventura run through the county as well. Birth certificates cost $34, death certificates are $26, and marriage certificates run $19. Anyone can get an informational copy for research purposes. Certified copies are limited to authorized people under Health and Safety Code Section 103526.

Ventura Inmate and Criminal People Search

The Ventura County Sheriff runs the county jail system. You can look up people from Ventura held in county custody. The search shows booking info, charges, and bail amounts. The main county jail is in Ventura since it is the county seat. Call the Sheriff for phone-based inquiries about inmates from the Ventura area.

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

The California real estate license search below can help identify licensed agents in Ventura.

View the California real estate license lookup

Use this tool to check if someone in Ventura holds an active real estate license in California.

California Search Tools for Ventura

State-level search tools cover people in Ventura. The bizfile portal at bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov has over 17 million business filings and can show Ventura residents listed as officers or agents. The Department of Consumer Affairs license search at search.dca.ca.gov covers licensed professionals in Ventura. The voter registration check at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov confirms if someone in Ventura is registered to vote.

The State Bar attorney search at apps.calbar.ca.gov covers lawyers in Ventura. The unclaimed property database at ucpi.sco.ca.gov is free and may list people in Ventura with unclaimed money. These state tools are useful for a Ventura people search when county records do not have what you need.

The CDCR inmate search shown below covers people from Ventura in state custody.

View the California inmate search

Enter a name to check if someone from Ventura is in state prison or on parole.

Nearby California Cities

These cities are near Ventura. Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley share Ventura County offices. Santa Maria is north in Santa Barbara County.