SearchSystems Editorial

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.

About this guide

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California, with about 86,000 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 Whittier 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 Whittier, every one opened and checked.

In this guide: City or county, City Clerk, Police records, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.

City or county record: where Whittier records are kept

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Whittier City Clerk: council records and ordinances

The City Clerk keeps the official records of the city government: council and board agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and the city's contracts and other official documents. The office below is the one SearchSystems verified for Whittier.

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Whittier police reports and records

Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Whittier 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 Whittier police records.

Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Los Angeles County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.

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Public records requests to Whittier

California public records law applies to the city government of Whittier. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records, 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.

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Whittier Arrest Records

The Whittier arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Whittier's arrests to the FBI and the 1,472 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Whittier is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.

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Whittier Records Guides

SearchSystems has nine more guides to Whittier, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Whittier warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Whittier inmate search (the custody page of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Whittier criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Whittier court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Whittier police reports (which agency holds a report and what the California Public Records Act requires), Whittier traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Whittier DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Whittier divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Whittier property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the official Whittier website?

No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Whittier offices listed above; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.

How do I get a police report in Whittier?

Request it from the Whittier police records unit at whittierpd.org, phone (562) 567-9131. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.

Where do I find Whittier city council minutes and ordinances?

From the City Clerk at cityofwhittier.org, phone (562) 567-9850. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.

Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Whittier?

Whittier cases are heard by the courts that serve Los Angeles County, and people arrested in Whittier are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Los Angeles County public records guide on SearchSystems.

How do I request a public record from Whittier?

From the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records, 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.