Questions

Public Records Requests are handled in accordance with the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 7920.000 et seq.).

All previous records requests and corresponding documents produced by the City are available in the NextRequest Public Records Request portal. Please check past requests before submitting a new request to see if your request has already been completed.

Tips for submitting a public records request:

• Did you include an Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) number or address? Please make sure all the information we need to conduct the search is provided to prevent delays in processing.
• Be as specific as possible in describing your request. Broad requests will produce many more documents and therefore take longer to process.
• Do you only need records from a certain time period? Let us know in the body of the request.

Some commonly requested records not held by the City:

• Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates as well as Property Records such as deeds and easements can be obtained from the Riverside County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s Office at 951-955-6200.
• Fire and Hazardous Materials records must be requested from CalFire Records.
• Natural Gas records must be requested from SoCalGas at 877-238-0092.
• Building records not held by the City may be in the possession of Riverside County Building & Safety Department at 951-955-2017.
• Information on hazardous materials, USTs, ASTs, and environmental data may also be held by Riverside County's Department of Environmental Health.

NOTE: The City of Banning's Electric Utility does not release substructure maps as a matter of security. Please contact the Electric Utility office at 951-922-3260 to schedule a time to review the records you require.