Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California, with about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Coachella offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Coachella, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Coachella records are kept
- Kept by the City of Coachella: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Riverside County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Riverside County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Coachella police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Coachella police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Coachella police records.
- Website: coachella.org/departments/police-department/faqs (page title: FAQs | Coachella, CA)
- Phone: (760) 863-8990
- Address: 625 Airport Blvd. Thermal, CA 92274
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Riverside County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Coachella City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: coachella.org (page title: Coachella, CA)
- Phone: (760) 398-3502
- Address: 53990 Enterprise Way, Coachella, CA 92236
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Coachella
California public records law applies to the city government of Coachella. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Riverside County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Riverside County. The Riverside County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Coachella Arrest Records
The Coachella arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Coachella's arrests to the FBI and the 577 arrests it reported for 2023. It also says where a person arrested in Coachella is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Coachella Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Coachella, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Coachella warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Coachella inmate search (the custody page of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Coachella criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Coachella court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Coachella police reports (which agency holds a report and what the California Public Records Act requires), Coachella DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Coachella divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Coachella property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Coachella website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Coachella offices listed above, and the city's own website is coachella.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Coachella?
Request it from the Coachella police records unit at coachella.org, phone (760) 863-8990. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Coachella?
Coachella cases are heard by the courts that serve Riverside County, and people arrested in Coachella are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Riverside County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Coachella?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. California public records law applies to city governments.