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Kern County, California: parcel data and property records

428,916 Kern County parcels on one searchable map: owner of record and mailing address, plus lot boundaries and location. Screen by absentee ownership and acreage.

428,916parcel records
31%with owner of record
10,026out-of-state owners

What the data covers

These bars show real field-by-field coverage for Kern County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.

Owner of record31%
Assessed values0%
Recorded sales0%
Year built0%
Property address66%
Land or improvement value35%
Land use or property class25%
Mapped acreage98%
Zoning84%

Not held for Kern County: recorded sales, deeded acreage and vacancy. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.

On fewer than 5 percent of Kern County parcels: assessed values and year built.

Areas covered

Parcel counts by place, largest first: Bakersfield (173,067), California City (50,806), Tehachapi (15,376), Ridgecrest (13,820), Delano (11,536).

Land use mix

The most common land use or property class on file, as the county writes it, by share of parcels with one: Vacant Land 37%, Sgl Fam Res On R1 Zoned Land 13%, Single Family Residence on R-1 Land 9%, Undeveloped Land - Nature with Little Likelihood of Development 5%, Vac>1Ac <3 No R2 3 4 Comm Ind 3%.

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Search Kern County parcels

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Common questions

How many parcels are in Kern County, California?

Parcelio carries 428,916 parcel records for Kern County, California, with owner information on 31 percent of them.

Can I find out who owns a property in Kern County?

Yes. Search by owner name, address, or parcel number to pull the record: owner of record and mailing address and lot lines on the map.

How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in Kern County?

We do not hold vacancy data for Kern County yet, so this filter has nothing to match there. Vacancy filters work in the counties where we hold the field. Kern County does have owner mailing state: 10,026 parcels have an owner mailing address outside California.

Can I search Kern County by lot size or acreage?

Yes. Acreage is on 98 percent of Kern County parcels, mapped from the parcel boundary, and the advanced search filters on it directly - set a minimum and maximum to pull every tract in that range, then stack vacancy or absentee ownership on top.

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