This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. Hawthorne Residents Directory is privately operated. It cannot pull records, certify copies, confirm a current resident, or change a county or city roll. Send those requests to the office that keeps the record. For immediate danger, call 911. If someone is being stalked or harassed, contact local police.
Choose the Office for Your Record
The fastest route depends on the record type, not on the person’s city name alone. Hawthorne-created records belong with the city. Deeds, assessment facts, voter registration, and county vital records belong with Los Angeles County offices. Filed state cases go to Los Angeles Superior Court.
- Street ownership or parcel facts: use the Hawthorne by-street instructions for the Assessor Portal and RR/CC deed index.
- Old directories or past households: use the Hawthorne city directory collections sources at Hawthorne Library, Norwalk Californiana, and the California State Library.
- One person or a court matter: use the Hawthorne resident lookup workflow and the Los Angeles Superior Court search.
- Offices behind the rolls: begin with the Hawthorne records offices overview.
- A record not online: send a focused request under the California Public Records Act to the custodian named by the relevant source.
Hawthorne City Clerk
4455 W. 126th Street, Hawthorne, CA 90250
Main: (310) 349-2900
Clerk: (310) 349-2915
Counter: Monday-Thursday, 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 2:30-4:30 p.m.; Friday closed
Identifiable requests may be emailed to cityclerk@cityofhawthorne.org.
Los Angeles County RR/CC Recorder
12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA 90650
(800) 201-8999, Real Estate Records option 3
Recorder email: recorder@rrcc.lacounty.gov
RR/CC does not perform telephone deed-index searches. Copy requests may be made online, by mail, fax, or in person.
Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters
12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA 90650
(800) 815-2666, registration and sample ballot option 2
Voter email: voterinfo@rrcc.lacounty.gov
A useful city request names a department, record type, date span, address or APN, and preferred delivery. Ask for inspection or copies. The California Public Records Act does not require an agency to create a new residents list or answer a broad question, and a response deadline is not the same as a production deadline.