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.
Santa Rosa is a city in Sonoma County, California, with about 178,000 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 Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa, every one opened and checked, and lists 1 more whose site blocks automated checks.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Santa Rosa records are kept
- Kept by the City of Santa Rosa: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Sonoma 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 Sonoma County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Santa Rosa police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa police records.
- Website: srcity.org/3328/Police-Reports (page title: Police Reports | Santa Rosa, CA)
- Phone: (707) 565-2311
- Address: 965 Sonoma Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95404
- Hours: Monday-Friday between 9:00am - 4:00pm.
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Sonoma County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Santa Rosa 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: srcity.org/facilities/facility/details/City-Hall-144
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the site did not answer our automated check (HTTP 429); open it directly in a browser.
Public records requests to Santa Rosa
California public records law applies to the city government of Santa Rosa. 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: srcity.org/236/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Santa Rosa, CA)
- Phone: 707-543-3015
- Address: 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
- Hours: Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for 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.
Other cities and towns in Sonoma County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Sonoma County. The Sonoma County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Santa Rosa website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Santa Rosa offices listed above; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Santa Rosa?
Request it from the Santa Rosa police records unit at srcity.org/3328/Police-Reports, phone (707) 565-2311. 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 Santa Rosa?
Santa Rosa cases are heard by the courts that serve Sonoma County, and people arrested in Santa Rosa are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Sonoma County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Santa Rosa?
Through the city's records request page at srcity.org/236/Public-Records-Request, phone 707-543-3015. A record it does not cover 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.