This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. Lathrop Residents Directory is a private reference. It cannot retrieve records, certify copies, decide who lives at an address, or change a roll or database. Send those requests to the office that keeps the record. For an emergency, dial 911. If stalking or harassment is involved, contact local police.
Need a Particular Lathrop Record?
The best starting point depends on the record and the question. These routes keep the source and its limits clear:
- Who owns or is listed along a street: start with the Lathrop by-street records route
- Old directory volumes and past residents: use the Lathrop city-directory collections route
- Finding or verifying one person: use the Lathrop resident-search workflow
- The offices behind the rolls: begin with Lathrop resident records offices
- A record not available online: make a focused request under the California Public Records Act to the office that holds it
Lathrop City Attorney's Office: 390 Towne Centre Drive, Lathrop, CA 95330. Phone (209) 941-7235; fax (209) 941-7233; email website_cao@ci.lathrop.ca.us.
Submit a city request through the Lathrop online public-records request form, by email to website_cao@ci.lathrop.ca.us, or by postal mail to the City Attorney's Office at 390 Towne Centre Drive, Lathrop, CA 95330. The form says the city will make an initial determination within 10 calendar days under Government Code ยง 7922.535. That is a determination deadline, not a promise that production will finish in ten days. Describe a defined record, date span, address, or name as it appears; the CPRA does not require the city to create a new record or answer a question.
For county deeds, maps, and recorded instruments, use the San Joaquin County Recorder page and its recording and retrieving information route. The Recorder Division is at 44 N. San Joaquin Street, second floor, Suite 260, Stockton, CA 95202, (209) 468-3939. Weekday hours are 8:00-4:30, with recording 8:00-4:00, vital statistics 8:00-4:15, and recorded-document copies 8:00-4:30. For parcel and assessment information, use the San Joaquin Assessor property-information page; the Assessor is at 44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 230, Stockton, CA 95202, (209) 468-2630, weekdays 8:30-4:30.
For a case index or file, use the San Joaquin Superior Court Case Management Search and the court's Records Management instructions. Records Management lists 180 E. Weber Ave., Suite 204, Stockton, CA 95202 and (209) 992-5697, weekdays 8:00-4:00. For historical directories, newspapers, obituaries, and genealogy, start with the Cesar Chavez Central Library local-history route and the San Joaquin County Public Library genealogy collection.