Los Angeles County government archival records are predominantly from the Registrar and Recorder’s Office and the Tax Collector’s Office. The holdings are incomplete. Subject matter includes court records of criminal, civil and probate cases; property and tax records including tax assessments, tax receipts, redemption of real estate certificates, land patents, deeds and mortgages; cattle brand registers and leather brand samples; mining records; voters registers and poll records; and treasurer records including journals. Significant are two large collections of incorporation records. Also there are county-issued serial publications. In English and Spanish. 1825-1985, undated. A container list is available (see also separate finding aids for court records GC-1164 and the two collections of incorporation records GC-1145 and GC-1145.1).

Book volumes, loose serials, and boxes: legal, letter and oversize

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Research is by appointment only