Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Davis, California, in Yolo County, has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In California the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Superior Court clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Davis is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Davis public records, Yolo County criminal records, Davis arrest records, Davis warrants, Davis inmate search, Davis court records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo
In California the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Davis are heard by the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the Superior Court clerk.
For Yolo County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at yolo.courts.ca.gov (page title: County of Yolo), 1000 Main Street Woodland, CA 95695, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
California has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The California Criminal History and Your Own Copy
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR; the state fee is $25. The response cannot be used for immigration or visa purposes. Details are on the California Department of Justice page.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Davis
The Yolo County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Davis (filed by the FBI as Davis Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Davis: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Yolo County: the Highway Patrol's Woodland Area Office (state police); Union Pacific Railroad in Yolo County (other agency); the University of California at Davis (campus police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Yolo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,690 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Davis arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Davis in 2025
The agency that reports for Davis had 128 violent and 1,353 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The District Attorney for Yolo County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Yolo County become charges and files them in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at ace.yolocounty.gov/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?BID=61 (page title: Resource Directory, Yolo County District Attorney), phone 530-666-8180, 301 Second Street Woodland, CA 95695, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Davis
Registered sex offenders living in Davis are listed on the Megan's Law website, run by the California Department of Justice at meganslaw.ca.gov. The registry is tiered; some registrants are kept off the public site and others are shown by ZIP code only.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Yolo County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the California Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Davis?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
Can I search Davis criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at yolo.courts.ca.gov (page title: County of Yolo).
How do I get my own California criminal history?
A Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR; the state fee is $25.
Who prosecutes crimes in Davis?
The District Attorney, reached at 530-666-8180, which files its cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo.
Is this the official Davis website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.