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How to Find a Person
How to Find a Business
How to Find a Person
If the person you are suing has moved:
Send a letter to their last address. Under your return address, write "Return Service Requested. Do Not Forward." If the person filed an address change with the post office, you'll get the letter back with a new address. Click here for more information from the United States Postal Service  .
If the person you are suing owns property:
Your local tax assessor's office can search the tax rolls for you. You can find the tax assessor's address and phone number in the government pages of your phone book. It is usually in the county section under ASSESSOR.
You can also get this information from the county registrar/recorder's office . You can find the address and phone number in the government pages of your phone book. It is usually in the county section under RECORDER.
If you only know the person's phone number:
You can get the address from a reverse directory. You can look at this directory at the main branch of your public library (PDF). The address will not be in the reverse directory if the phone number is unlisted.
You can also use the reverse directory online .
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How to Find a Business
If you only know the phone number:
You can get the address from a reverse directory. You can look at this directory at the main branch of your public library . The address will not be in the reverse directory if the phone number is unlisted.
If you are suing a corporation:
You can find out the name of the corporation and its agent for service at the Web site of the California Secretary of State . The Web site can also tell you how to write to the Secretary to get more information about the corporation, such as a list of the corporation's officers.
If you are suing a partnership or a business with one owner:
Get the names and addresses of the owners from the county clerk's office or city clerk's office. Click here to find your county web site. Ask to see the business' "fictitious business name statement."
Find the address and phone number of your county and city clerk's offices in the government pages of your phone book.
If you are suing a limited partnership:
You can find out the name of the limited partnership's agent for service at the Web site of the California Secretary of State . The Web site can also tell you how to write to the Secretary to get more information about the limited partnership.
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