Form Selection

• Either select “All Forms” or choose a specific form from the drop-down menu.
• To perform a search, click “continue”.
• To return to this screen, click on “Site Search” in the Main Menu box on the left of the screen.

When you are on the Search Screen you will see the following fields:

Name or Organization

• To search by the candidate/officeholder name, use the following format: last name [space] first name (there is no comma between the last and first names).  You may also enter the last name only.
• To search for a committee, use the following format: cmte [space] committee name. 
• If you only know an individual’s first name or a portion of a committee’s name, you may use % as a wildcard.
• The search engine does not search by measure letter or office.  If this is the only information you have, please call the Elections Division at (530) 886-5650 and staff will look up the candidate/officeholder name or the committee name for you.

Period Covered Begin Date (optional)

• The date listed for a form will be the date that it was filed. 
• When you include the date in the search, the results will include forms filed from that date to the most recently scanned forms. 
• To search by date, type the year, month, day (YYYYMMDD).

Number of Pages (optional)

• This search field will yield results of forms that contain the number of pages entered.

• Choose 5, 10, or 25 from the drop down menu.  This determines how many results you will see on each page.

• When the desired fields have been filled in, press “Do Search”.
• You will see a “Search Results” page.   The table of results will include the form type, name or organization, period covered begin date, and number of pages.
• To move between pages of results: click on “Get More Records” to view the next page or click on “Get Previous Records” to view the previous page.  At the bottom of the table you may also select how many results you want on the next page.
• To view the form, click on the “Get Image” button.  A file download window will open asking you if you would like to “Open”, “Save” or “Cancel”.  The image will open as a .tif image.
• Once the image is open, use the scrollbar or the thumbnails to the left to navigate the document.
• To return to the search engine, press either “back” or “new search”.