San Bernardino County, CA — Home-Buyer Records Checklist

State

California

County seat

San Bernardino

Population (2024 est.)

2,214,281

Land area

20,056.9 sq mi

County FIPS

06071

San Bernardino County at a glance

San Bernardino County is one of 58 counties and county-equivalents in California. Its county seat is San Bernardino. County government publishes its offices and parcel tools online. Official county website. With a 2024 Census Bureau population estimate of 2,214,281, it is the fifth most populous county in California. In the FBI's 2024 reported-crime file, agencies here reported 50,424 offenses — 22.77 per 1,000 residents; the breakdown is below.

Records to check before you buy in San Bernardino County

Property record card — the San Bernardino County assessor / appraisal office. Pull the parcel's assessed-value history, exemption status, and last sale. This is the file your future tax bill is calculated from, and it shows whether the current owner is enjoying exemptions you will not inherit. County government sits in San Bernardino; the official county website is the reliable route to the parcel search and the office directory.
Deeds & liens — the San Bernardino County recorder / land-records office. Read the deed chain, open liens, easements, and plat maps — the file a listing never mentions.
Official flood determination. Check the exact parcel on FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer — not the listing site's licensed model. Zone boundaries cut through streets; the house next door can be in a different zone. San Bernardino County is the primary county for 91 ZIP codes in the Census Bureau's ZIP-to-county crosswalk — and zone lines ignore every one of them.
The county's reported-crime record. In the FBI's 2024 file, agencies in San Bernardino County reported 50,424 offenses — 22.77 per 1,000 residents; the largest single category was larceny-theft (23,995). The crime section below sets that beside the California county median.
Registry check. Run the address through California Megan's Law Website (California Department of Justice) and note the counts within a mile — then check again the week you close.
Permits & code history — the San Bernardino building department. Open permits, expired permits, and code cases tell you whether the renovation in the photos was ever inspected. County permitting is run out of San Bernardino.
School assignment — the district office, not the listing. Only the district's own boundary lookup confirms which school an address is actually zoned for.

County list, land area and population: U.S. Census Bureau (population: 2024 PEP estimate). County seat and official website: Wikidata (CC0), checked 2026-11-04. Flood determinations: FEMA. Registry: California.

Reported crime in San Bernardino County — FBI 2024

Agencies in San Bernardino County reported 50,424 offenses to the FBI in 2024 — 11,100 violent and 39,324 property offenses. That works out to a reported-crime rate of 22.77 per 1,000 residents (violent 501.3, property 1775.9 per 100,000).

Inside California, the median county in the same file recorded a violent-crime rate of 458 per 100,000 and a property-crime rate of 1,315 per 100,000 (medians computed from the FBI 2024 county file across 58 counties).

The largest reported categories were larceny-theft (23,995), motor vehicle theft (8,886) and aggravated assault (7,942).

Coverage: 35 of 35 law-enforcement agencies assigned to this county reported at least one month of 2024 offense data to the FBI; 32 reported all 12 months. Counts are reported offenses only (FBI Return A / Arson master files), assigned whole to each agency's primary county; they are not adjusted for non-reporting agencies.

These are offenses reported to law enforcement — not convictions, and not a verdict on any street or address. A CurbFacts report pairs this county record with the ZIP-level picture for the specific address you are buying.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, UCR Return A + Arson master files, data year 2024 (pulled 2026-11-04).

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ZIP guides in San Bernardino County

Registry counts and county crime records for the 78 ZIP codes whose primary county is San Bernardino County.

91701 — Rancho Cucamonga 91708 — Chino 91709 — Chino Hills 91710 — Chino 91730 — Rancho Cucamonga 91737 — Rancho Cucamonga 91739 — Rancho Cucamonga 91761 — Ontario 91762 — Ontario 91763 — Montclair 91764 — Ontario 91784 — Upland 91786 — Upland 92242 — Big River 92252 — Joshua Tree 92256 — Morongo Valley 92268 — San Bernardino County 92277 — Twentynine Palms 92280 — San Bernardino County 92284 — Yucca Valley 92285 — Homestead Valley 92301 — Adelanto 92305 — San Bernardino County 92307 — Apple Valley 92308 — Apple Valley 92310 — Fort Irwin 92311 — Barstow 92313 — Grand Terrace 92314 — Big Bear City 92315 — Big Bear Lake 92316 — Bloomington 92321 — Lake Arrowhead 92322 — Crestline 92324 — Colton 92325 — Crestline 92327 — Barstow 92332 — San Bernardino County 92335 — Fontana 92336 — Fontana 92337 — Fontana 92338 — San Bernardino County 92339 — San Bernardino County 92342 — Silver Lakes 92344 — Oak Hills 92345 — Hesperia 92346 — Highland 92347 — Barstow 92352 — Lake Arrowhead 92354 — Loma Linda 92356 — Lucerne Valley 92358 — Lytle Creek 92359 — Mentone 92363 — Needles 92365 — San Bernardino County 92368 — Victorville 92371 — Phelan 92372 — Pinon Hills 92373 — Redlands 92374 — Redlands 92376 — Rialto 92377 — Rialto 92378 — Lake Arrowhead 92382 — Running Springs 92386 — Big Bear City 92391 — Lake Arrowhead 92392 — Victorville 92394 — Victorville 92395 — Victorville 92398 — San Bernardino County 92399 — Yucaipa 92401 — San Bernardino 92404 — San Bernardino 92405 — San Bernardino 92407 — San Bernardino 92408 — San Bernardino 92410 — San Bernardino 92411 — San Bernardino 93562 — Searles Valley

The California rules that apply in San Bernardino County

Disclosure form

Transfer Disclosure Statement

Flood disclosure

Required by state law

Tax reset at sale

Yes

Reassessment cycle

only on sale (change of ownership) or new construction

Traps researched for California buyers: Proposition 13 sale reset and supplemental tax bill; Natural Hazard Disclosure is separate from the condition disclosure.

Read the full California guide — disclosure standard, tax math, registry and flood

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