Los Angeles County People Records

Los Angeles County people search covers the largest county in California with over 10 million residents. The county maintains people records through its Superior Court, Registrar-Recorder, County Assessor, and Sheriff's Department. You can search court cases, property ownership, vital records, business filings, and inmate data all through Los Angeles County online portals. Most of these people search tools are free or cost just a few dollars per lookup. This page covers all the main ways to find people records in Los Angeles County, California.

Los Angeles County Court People Search

The Los Angeles County Superior Court is the largest trial court in the country. It handles civil, criminal, family, probate, and small claims cases. For people search in Los Angeles County, the court offers online case indexes that go back decades. Civil and probate records start from 1983. Limited civil goes back to 1991. Small claims start from 1992. These are strong tools for finding people tied to court cases in Los Angeles County.

The civil case search portal at lacourt.org lets you search by name or case number for people records in Los Angeles County.

Guest users pay $4.75 per search. Registered users who run fewer than 10 searches pay just $1.00 each. The criminal case index at lacourt.org criminal search covers criminal cases in Los Angeles County. Contact the court online services team at (213) 830-0801 or email onlineServices@lacourt.org for questions about people search through the court system in Los Angeles County.

Find People Through LA County Property Records

The Los Angeles County Assessor keeps property ownership records for all parcels in the county. The public portal at portal.assessor.lacounty.gov lets you search by owner name, address, or parcel number. This is a free people search tool. You can see assessed values, property details, and sales from the past two years in Los Angeles County.

The Assessor's office is at Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Room 320, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Call 213-974-3211 or toll free at 1 (888) 807-2111. You can also email helpdesk@assessor.lacounty.gov for help with Los Angeles County people records tied to property ownership. This is one of the most used free people search tools in Los Angeles County since property records show current and past owners by name.

Los Angeles County Vital Records Search

The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk handles vital records for people search in Los Angeles County. Birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage records are all available. As of January 2026, fees went up by $2 under AB 64. Birth certificates now cost $34. Death certificates cost $26. Marriage certificates cost $19. The vital records portal at apps.lavote.net/bdm lets you search and order copies online for Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County residents hit by the recent fires can get property and vital records at no cost. Call the main line at 1-800-201-8999 for help. The main office is at 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk CA 90650, open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Note: Fictitious business name searches are also available through the Registrar-Recorder for people search in Los Angeles County.

Search People by Business in LA County

The Los Angeles County fictitious business name search at data.lacounty.gov covers filings from February 2024 to the present. This is a free people search tool. You can find who registered a business name in Los Angeles County. Filing costs $26.00 per business name and one registrant, plus $5 for each extra name or owner. Search by mail costs $5.00 per name.

The online search tool at apps.lavote.gov also lets you look up business name records in Los Angeles County.

Under the California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 7920.000), these business filings are public records. Anyone can search them for free. The filings show the name of each person who owns or runs a business in Los Angeles County. That makes this a helpful people search tool for finding business owners.

LA County Inmate People Search

The Los Angeles County Sheriff runs an inmate information center at app5.lasd.org/iic for people search. You can look up people held in LA County jails. The system needs you to solve a reCAPTCHA first.

Call the 24-hour Inmate Information line at (213) 473-6100 for phone-based people search. The Medical Command Center is at (213) 893-5544. Men's Central Jail is at 441 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles 90012. The general Sheriff line is 1 (800) 874-1151. For state inmates from Los Angeles County, use the California CDCR inmate search at ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov which shows people committed from any California county including Los Angeles.

People Search in Los Angeles County Cities

Los Angeles County has 88 cities. All of them use the Los Angeles County Superior Court and Registrar-Recorder for people records. Select a city below for local search resources.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Los Angeles County. If you are not sure which county handles people records for your area, check the address where the person lives.

Ventura County and Kern County also border Los Angeles County but are not covered on this site.