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California Sex Offender Registry Search

Registered sex offenders near any California address, counted for you — free.

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Search the California registry by name. Checking a new babysitter, date or neighbor? Type their name.

Search California's registry — and every other US registry at the same time. Continuously updated records with photographs, addresses, offenses and a link to the official registry entry for every match. Type a name; no code needed.

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A Background Check is $9.99, paid once: the name plus where they live or work, across 58 registries and criminal records. Building this into a product? For developers: the API.

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What a match looks like · illustrative data58 of 58 answered
CA · SAMPLE
Jordan A. SampleMatch · full date
Born1980-04-12 · age 46Addressresidence · 1200 block Main St, Los Angeles, CAOffenseSexual offense against a childTierModerate risk · compliantRegistryCalifornia Megan's Law (DOJ)
Official record ›fictional sample record
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Photographs and official records

Matches come back as people, not rows — the registry photograph, date of birth, addresses and offense, with a link to the official California record so you can verify at the source.

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The whole country in one search

People move. One search here covers California and every other US registry at once, so a registration in Arizona and Nevada shows up on someone now living in Los Angeles.

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Every search, kept

Each check is stored with the results you saw — an audit trail you can reopen, share with teammates, and stand behind later. Upload a CSV to screen a whole list in one pass.

What the California sex offender registry shows you, and what it leaves out. Knowing both keeps a search useful and fair.

What a California registry search shows

  • The person's registry photograph, name and any other names they use
  • Their age, and their date of birth as California publishes it
  • Home, work and school addresses, each labelled
  • The offense they were convicted of, and when
  • Their risk level and whether they are keeping up with registration
  • A link to the official California Megan's Law (DOJ) entry so you can confirm it

What it cannot tell you

  • Whether someone is safe. The registry lists a conviction, not a prediction
  • Anyone who was never convicted, or whose requirement has ended
  • Other criminal history. For that, see California criminal records
  • A reason to harass anyone. Using registry information to threaten someone is a crime
Inside the registry

What registered sex offenders in California are registered for. About two in three are registered for sexual offense against a child.

The most common offense among registrants in California on our index is sexual offense against a child (62%), followed by rape or sexual assault (33%). Based on 68,785 registrants whose registry entry names the offense.

Age today

Under 30: 3% · 30–39: 14% · 40–49: 19% · 50–59: 21% · 60–69: 25% · 70 and over: 17%

Who is listed

98% men, 2% women. 100% of entries include a registry photo.

  1. Sexual offense against a child62%
  2. Rape or sexual assault33%
  3. Child sexual abuse material11%
  4. Indecent exposure4%
  5. Sex trafficking or prostitution-related2%
  6. Kidnapping or unlawful restraint1%

Categories are our grouping of the offense each registry publishes for a registrant; a person can appear in more than one category, so shares can add up to more than 100%. Figures as of 2026-10-08. What each category means.

Searching the California state site vs searching here for California sex offenders. Both are free to start; here is what is different.

California's own public search is California Megan's Law (DOJ) — free, official, and the right place for a one-off look at a single state. California’s own search is organised county by county, so checking one name statewide means repeating the search one county at a time. Here is what changes when you run the same search here instead.

On the California state siteSearching here
Coverage per searchCalifornia only. A registration in any other state never appears.Every US registry at once — the 50 states, DC and the territories. 58 registries in one search.
Your search historyNothing is saved. Checking the same person next month means starting over, with no record you ever looked.Every search is stored with the results you saw — a real audit trail you can reopen.
Narrowing a common nameWhatever the search form offers, one attempt at a time.Date of birth, age give-or-take, city, ZIP, street address — and misspellings caught when you want them.
Checking a whole listOne name at a time, by hand.Upload a CSV and screen everyone in one pass.
Working as a teamNo accounts, so no way to share what has been checked.Add teammates to one workspace with a shared history.
Building it into your productNo API.A full REST API on the same data, when you are ready for it.
Near your addressA map you search area by area.A free count of the registered sex offenders near your address, then everyone near it with photos on a map for $9.99 once.
AlertsNo alerts. You check again yourself.Family Watch: up to 3 addresses, an email when someone registers, moves in or moves out near any of them. $34.99 a year, cancel any time.
Confirming a matchYou are already on the official record.Every match links straight to its official California Megan's Law (DOJ) entry.

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How many registered sex offenders live near your California address?

Enter your address and you will see how many live near it.

Free. Next: a free account, then your count. No card.We don’t share your address or tell anyone you looked.

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Free: the count near your address. Optional: see everyone near it — $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year for 3 addresses with email alerts.

Public registry information. It may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance decisions, or to harass or threaten anyone.

California sex offender search coverage: the California dataset, specifically. What a search here covers.

Continuous
roster — search for a current answer
Full date
Date-of-birth match precision
3
neighboring registries covered in the same search
ScopeCalifornia is in every search by default, and one setting narrows to it alone — in the dashboard a dropdown, in the API jurisdictions: ["CA"].
Date-of-birth matchingA date-of-birth criterion in California resolves at full-date precision and returns dob_match. Match strength is a label on every record — dob_match — rather than a yes or no, so you set your own threshold. 39 of the 56 jurisdictions we cover resolve it the way California does.
Best criteria to sendSend dob whenever you hold one — it is accepted in California exactly as it is everywhere else, and it narrows rather than filters, so a record with thinner birth evidence still comes back on the name. In California it is the strongest single narrowing criterion available, returning dob_match.
Location searchNarrow to a California city or ZIP, or search a radius of up to 100 miles around a point. Addresses come back as typed entries — residence, secondary, employment, school — so a work address in Los Angeles is distinguishable from a home address.
FreshnessContinuously updated, so a Regular result is close to live, and every record returns the date it was last checked.
VerificationEvery California match links to the person's official entry on California Megan's Law (DOJ), so any record can be confirmed at the official registry before you act on it.

Registry data is not a consumer report, and decisions made on it are regulated in that use.

California sex offender registry and its neighbors: how California behaves next to the jurisdictions around it. People move, so one search covers the neighbors too.

Registration follows the person, not the state line, so screening that covers California almost always has to read Arizona, Nevada and Oregon in the same breath. One search here covers every row at once.

The step-by-step guide: how to search sex offenders in California.

JurisdictionDate-of-birth matchmatchStateRegistered population
CaliforniaFull datedob_match—
Arizona sex offender registryAge precisionage_match—
Nevada sex offender registryYear precisionyear_match≈ 7,690
Oregon sex offender registryFull datedob_match≈ 34,600

What a California sex offender record shows: what comes back for CA. Every match is a person you can recognise, with the official record one click away.

The same layout for California and every other US registry, so a match from Arizona reads exactly like one from Los Angeles.

PhotographThe registry photograph, newest first.
NameLegal name and every other name on file.
Age and birth dateAs California publishes them, with how closely they matched what you typed.
DescriptionHeight, weight, eye and hair colour, scars, marks and tattoos.
AddressesHome, work and school addresses, each labelled, with city, county and ZIP.
OffenseWhat the person was convicted of, where and when.
RegistrationRisk level, registration dates, and whether they are compliant.
Official recordA link to the person's entry on the California Megan's Law (DOJ).

Is the California sex offender registry search free? The count near your address is free; a Background Check is $9.99.

Free

Your count

How many registered sex offenders live near your address. No card.

$9.99 once

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Names, photographs, offenses and distance for everyone within 30 miles of one address, on a map and as a PDF. Pay once, open for 30 days.

$34.99 a year

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Up to 3 addresses — home, school, grandparents — each unlocked, plus an email when someone registers, moves in or moves out nearby. Or $6.99 a month. Cancel any time.

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California offender search FAQ. Short answers before you search.

How many registered sex offenders are there in California?

California is a jurisdiction where the size of the register moves week to week, and a single headline number would be out of date the day it was published. A search answers the question that actually matters — whether a named person appears — with a scored, labelled result rather than a count.

Should I search California's official registry site or here?

California Megan's Law (DOJ) is free and covers California. Searching here covers California and every other US registry in the same search, keeps a stored history of every check you run with the results you saw, narrows by date of birth, age, city, ZIP or street address, takes a whole CSV list at once, supports teammates on one workspace, and has a full API behind it. If you check people more than once, or people who may have lived anywhere else, that is the difference that matters.

How do I search California sex offender records by name and date of birth?

Type a last name and add whatever else you hold — first name, date of birth, city or ZIP. In the dashboard that is a form; through the API it is one request with jurisdictions: ["CA"] to scope the answer to California. Send dob whenever you hold one — it is accepted in California exactly as it is everywhere else, and it narrows rather than filters, so a record with thinner birth evidence still comes back on the name. In California it is the strongest single narrowing criterion available, returning dob_match.

Does a California search include people registered in other states?

It does when you let it. A search with no state scope runs across every US registry in one pass, which is how a prior registration in Arizona and Nevada surfaces on someone now living in California. Scoping to California narrows deliberately to the CA roster — the two are one setting apart, and every response reports which registries answered.

What does a California record contain?

Every CA record returns under the same normalized shape as the other 57 jurisdictions: identity and aliases, birth evidence with its precision stated, physical description, typed addresses, offense and conviction detail, tier or risk level, registration and compliance status, photographs newest-first, and match scoring on every record. One integration — or one dashboard — reads all of them.

Can I search California by city or ZIP code?

Yes. Narrow to any California city or ZIP, or sweep a radius of up to 100 miles around a point. Addresses come back as typed entries — residence, secondary, employment, school — so a work address in Los Angeles reads differently from a home address, and each entry carries its own city, county, ZIP and coordinates where geocoded.

How current is a California result?

The dataset is continuously updated, so a Regular result is close to live — and when a decision needs a current, moment-of-decision check, a live block re-verifies the named jurisdictions at the source in the same request. Every record returns its own lastCheckedAt, so currency is a value you read off the response rather than a claim you take on trust.

Check your own California address for registered sex offenders

The count of registered sex offenders near your address is free.

Free. Next: a free account, then your count. No card.We don’t share your address or tell anyone you looked.

Checking one person? A Background Check is $9.99 — name plus where they live or work, across 58 registries and criminal records.Run a Background Check

Free: the count near your address. Optional: see everyone near it — $9.99 once, or Family Watch, $34.99 a year for 3 addresses with email alerts.

Public registry information. It may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance decisions, or to harass or threaten anyone.

Sex offenders in California cities. California city pages, each with its own count and map.

Guides

Background checks in California. Plain guides to what a check shows.

What shows up on a background checkHow to read a background checkCriminal charge types, by the numbersHow long a background check takesThe adverse action processHow to dispute a background checkCriminal records API
Monitoring & alerts

California sex offender alerts. Get alerts for California.

We'll email you when a registered offender is added or moves near your California address — a recurring watch on our continuously updated data.

The count near your address is free. Family Watch — up to 3 addresses with email alerts — is $34.99 a year, or $6.99 a month, optional, and you can cancel any time.

Check my address — freeHow Family Watch works

This is not a consumer report and must not be used for FCRA-governed hiring, tenancy, or credit decisions — those run through FCRA Partner Access.

For developers: build monitoring into your own product with the API ›

alert · your address · 1 mi$34.99 a year · email

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