This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. Hercules Residents Directory is privately operated. It cannot pull records, certify copies, confirm who lives at an address, or change a roll or database. Send those requests to the custodian that maintains the record. For emergencies, dial 911. If you believe you are being stalked or harassed, contact local police.
Need a Particular Record?
For the questions most often tied to Hercules, start with the record type rather than a general name search:
- Who owns or is tied to a street address: use By Street for the parcel and deed path
- Older directories and past households: use the City Directories collections and Past Residents trail
- One-person verification: start with Resident Lookup and compare the role, date, and place in each record
- Postal geography or nearby parcels: use ZIP Directory or Find Neighbors
- Records not available online: ask the named custodian under the California Public Records Act, Government Code ยงยง7920.000-7931.000, when that law applies
Hercules City Clerk
Public-records contact: 111 Civic Drive, Hercules, CA 94547. Eibleis Melendez, (510) 799-8208; general line (510) 799-8200.
City Hall is open Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Records requests may be mailed or emailed to emelendez@herculesca.gov. The city states a 10-day determination period. Printed copies are $0.25 per page. Use the Hercules records request page for the form and submission details.
Contra Costa Land and Deed Records
The Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder is at 555 Escobar Street, Martinez. Use RecorderWorks for the modern deed index, with an Old Book route for earlier material.
The County Assessor is at 2530 Arnold Drive, Suite 100, Martinez, (925) 313-7400. ParcelQuest and CCMAP show parcel facts, but owner names are suppressed online.
Court and Vital Records
The Contra Costa Superior Court handles Hercules matters by case type. Many western-county matters use George D. Carroll Courthouse, 100 37th Street, Richmond, (925) 608-1000. Probate routes to Martinez and family matters to Spinetta.
Contra Costa Health handles current and immediately prior-year county births and deaths. CDPH Vital Records is the state alternative and accepts mail at MS 5103, P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410.
Hercules and County History Help
Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive, (510) 245-2420, is open Tuesday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. It provides branch reference help and county database access.
The Contra Costa County History Center, 724 Escobar Street, Martinez, (925) 229-1042, is open Tuesday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and the first and third Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Contact info@cocohistory.org for collection questions.