Point Arena, CA Public Records
Point Arena is an incorporated city in Mendocino County with an estimated population of 449 (U.S. Census Bureau, July 2024 estimate) and 1.4 square miles of land. It was incorporated on 7/11/1908, according to the city's California Roster entry.
🏢 Point Arena City Clerk
The city clerk keeps Point Arena's own official records: city council agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, contracts, campaign and conflict-of-interest (Form 700) filings, and responses to California Public Records Act requests. In California, the city clerk does not issue birth, death or marriage certificates or record deeds; those come from the county offices below. The address and phone shown are those the city reported to the Secretary of State; ask for the clerk's office when you call.
🏢 Point Arena City Clerk
| City Clerk | Paul Andersen |
| City Hall address | 451 School St, Point Arena, CA 95468 |
| City Hall phone | (707) 882-2122 |
| Office hours | Monday to Wednesday 9am-3pm. Other times by appt. |
| admin@pointarena.ca.gov | |
| Official website | pointarena.ca.gov |
| Source | 2026 California Roster, CA Secretary of State ↗ |
🏛️ County Courthouse & Records Office for Point Arena
Point Arena is in Mendocino County. Court cases are handled by the county's Superior Court, and birth, death and public marriage records and recorded property documents (deeds) are kept by the County Recorder.
📍 Mendocino County at a Glance
| County | Mendocino County |
| County population (2024 est.) | 89,175 Source: www2.census.gov ↗ |
⚖️ Mendocino County Courthouse (Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino)
| Address | 100 North State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482 |
| Directions | Get directions ↗ |
| Phone | (707) 463-4664 |
| Hours | Not stated |
| Records available | Court case files: civil cases, criminal cases, family law (incl. divorce), probate (estates, wills), traffic, juvenile delinquency and dependency, small claims |
| Official website | mendocino.courts.ca.gov |
| Sources | mendocino.courts.ca.gov/…/ukiah-mendocino-county-courthouse ↗ courts.ca.gov/…/find-your-court ↗ |
| Last verified | October 16, 2026 |
📜 Mendocino County Recorder
| Address | 501 Low Gap Road, No.1020, Ukiah, CA 95482 |
| Directions | Get directions ↗ |
| Phone | (707) 463-4376 |
| Hours | Not stated |
| Records available | Certified copies of birth and death records (all years) and public marriage records; recorded property documents (deeds) |
| Good to know | Confidential marriage records are kept by the County Clerk. Birth and death records from the current and prior year are also available from the county health department (local registrar). |
| Official website | co.mendocino.ca.us |
| Sources | cdph.ca.gov/…/county-registrars-and-recorders.aspx ↗ cdph.ca.gov/…/Obtaining-Vital-Records-From-County-Offi ↗ |
| Last verified | October 16, 2026 |
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