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 October 2, 2026.
Shasta County, California, has about 181,000 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 Shasta County 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, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Shasta County public records, Shasta County arrest records, Shasta County warrants, Shasta County inmate search, Shasta County court records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta
A criminal case from Shasta County is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta, and the court file, kept by the Superior Court clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at shasta.courts.ca.gov/online-services/court-case-records (page title: Court Case Records | Superior Court of California | County of Shasta), 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 Shasta 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 Shasta County
The Shasta County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Redding and Anderson keep the arrest records in Shasta County: 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 one state agency, two other agencies and three state police units in Shasta County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Shasta County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,161 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 Shasta County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Shasta County in 2025
The three agencies in Shasta County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,009 violent and 2,072 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,081 crimes in 2025 against 3,323 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Shasta County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Shasta County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Shasta County become charges and files them in the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at shastacounty.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Shasta County CA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Shasta County
Registered sex offenders living in Shasta County 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 Shasta 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.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Shasta County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Shasta County and California. These criminal records pages from its Shasta County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Crime Data, State of California (oag.ca.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Shasta County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta 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 Shasta County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at shasta.courts.ca.gov (page title: Court Case Records | Superior Court of California | County of Shasta).
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 Shasta County?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta.
Is this the official Shasta County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.