Santa Cruz County, California: parcel data and property records
99,624 Santa Cruz County parcels on one searchable map: owner of record and mailing address, plus lot boundaries and location. Screen by absentee ownership and acreage.
What the data covers
These bars show real field-by-field coverage for Santa Cruz County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.
Not held for Santa Cruz County: assessed values and vacancy. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.
On fewer than 5 percent of Santa Cruz County parcels: recorded sales and year built.
Most recent recorded sale on file: 2025-08-20.
Areas covered
Parcel counts by place, largest first: Santa Cruz (29,541), Watsonville (16,264), Aptos (11,401), Scotts Valley (5,695), Boulder Creek (4,314).
Nearest counties
- Santa Clara County: about 16 mi away, 536,950 parcels
- San Mateo County: about 30 mi away, 225,059 parcels
- Alameda County: about 42 mi away, 471,262 parcels
- San Francisco County: about 55 mi away, 227,549 parcels
- San Benito County: about 56 mi away, 25,605 parcels
Search Santa Cruz County parcels
The map is free to browse - parcel lines, boundaries, and location. Owner of record and the full parcel report come with a plan that costs less than one hour of a title runner's time.
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Common questions
How many parcels are in Santa Cruz County, California?
Parcelio carries 99,624 parcel records for Santa Cruz County, California, with owner information on 97 percent of them.
Can I find out who owns a property in Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz County?
We do not hold vacancy data for Santa Cruz County yet, so this filter has nothing to match there. Vacancy filters work in the counties where we hold the field. Santa Cruz County does have owner mailing state: 110 parcels have an owner mailing address outside California.
Can I search Santa Cruz County by lot size or acreage?
Yes. Acreage is on 97 percent of Santa Cruz 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.