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# How to search for sex offenders
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/how-to-search-for-sex-offenders/
- Published: 2002-12-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:12:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Information on Santa Monica’s sex offender population can be found at numerous Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stations.

A list of sex offenders living in Santa Monica is available at the West Hollywood sheriff’s station on the corner of San Vicente and Santa Monica boulevards.

All that is required to search the data-base is a valid driver’s license. However, making copies and printouts is strictly forbidden, but paper and pens are allowed.

The database allows users to search by first names, last names, specific addresses, sex, height, weight, county and zip code. By entering Los Angeles County, a list of some 12,000 sex offenders will pop-up on the screen.

To find sex offenders by zip code, which is the easiest way to find those living nearest you, enter only the specific postal area that you are interested in and the lists will appear.

The database gives you the specific names of the registered sex offenders in that area. By clicking the person’s name, another screen will appear with a description and often times a photo of the person. Information is also provided about what crimes the offender has been convicted of.

Though specific addresses of the offenders are not listed, local police are permitted to inform residents, schools and childcare facilities of sex offenders with multiple convictions living nearby that are considered a “high risk.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 28, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122802.pdf?ref=smdp.com)