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.
Seaside is a city in Monterey County, California, with about 32,000 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 Seaside 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 Seaside, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Seaside records are kept
- Kept by the City of Seaside: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Monterey 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 Monterey County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Seaside 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: ci.seaside.ca.us/m/directory (page title: Staff Directory, Seaside, CA, CivicEngage)
- Phone: (831) 899-6700
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Seaside
California public records law applies to the city government of Seaside. 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: ci.seaside.ca.us/151/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Seaside, CA)
- Phone: 831-718-8594
- Address: 440 Harcourt Avenue Seaside, CA 93955
- 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 Monterey County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Monterey County. The Monterey County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Seaside Arrest Records
The Seaside arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Seaside's arrests to the FBI and the 733 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Seaside is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Seaside Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Seaside, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Seaside warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Seaside inmate search (the custody page of the Monterey County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Seaside criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Seaside court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Seaside traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Seaside DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Seaside divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Seaside property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Seaside website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Seaside offices listed above, and the city's own website is ci.seaside.ca.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Seaside?
Seaside cases are heard by the courts that serve Monterey County, and people arrested in Seaside are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Monterey County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Seaside?
Through the city's records request page at ci.seaside.ca.us/151/Public-Records-Requests, phone 831-718-8594. 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.