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.
Imperial Beach is a city in San Diego County, California, with about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps 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 Imperial Beach 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 Imperial Beach, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Imperial Beach records are kept
- Kept by the City of Imperial Beach: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by San Diego 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 San Diego County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Imperial Beach 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: imperialbeachca.gov/142/Contact (page title: Contact | Imperial Beach, CA)
- Address: 825 Imperial Beach Blvd | Imperial Beach, CA 91932
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Imperial Beach
California public records law applies to the city government of Imperial Beach. The city runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: imperialbeachca.gov/206/Records (page title: Records | Imperial Beach, CA)
- Phone: 619-628-2347
- Address: 825 Imperial Beach Boulevard Imperial Beach, CA 91932
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in San Diego County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in San Diego County. The San Diego County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Imperial Beach Arrest Records
The Imperial Beach arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Imperial Beach's arrests to the FBI and the 667 arrests it reported for 2024. It also says where a person arrested in Imperial Beach is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Imperial Beach Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Imperial Beach, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Imperial Beach warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Imperial Beach inmate search (the jail page of the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Imperial Beach criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Imperial Beach court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Imperial Beach traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Imperial Beach DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Imperial Beach divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Imperial Beach property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Imperial Beach website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Imperial Beach offices listed above, and the city's own website is imperialbeachca.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Imperial Beach?
Imperial Beach cases are heard by the courts that serve San Diego County, and people arrested in Imperial Beach are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the San Diego County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Imperial Beach?
Through the city's records request page at imperialbeachca.gov/206/Records, phone 619-628-2347. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.