This is the web site of the County of Sonoma, California
This page is from the site of the Clerk • Recorder • Assessor Department. A few important links follow:
This is the web site of the County of Sonoma, California
This page is from the site of the Clerk • Recorder • Assessor Department. A few important links follow:
Thank you for visiting us online. I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with a quick overview of our offices and solicit your feedback and questions.
On October 30, 2001, Sonoma County merged two previously separate departments, the Clerk-Recorder and the Assessor, into the combined Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Department. This merger is an effort to provide better-integrated, efficient, and public-focused services to you, the Sonoma County taxpayer.
Our combined department comprises the following divisions:
The Assessor's Office is the division of the Clerk-Recorder-Assessor responsible for providing accurate and timely property assessments and for determining eligibility for various property tax exemptions and exclusions.
The County Clerk issues and maintains birth and death records and marriage licenses, performs marriage ceremonies, records fictitious business name statements, files Conflict of Interest Statements for Sonoma County officials, and collects filing fees for Fish and Game documents.
The Recorder maintains various land and finance documents for Sonoma County. Typical land documents include deeds, leases, mining claims, subdivision maps, homestead declarations and records of survey. Typical finance documents include trust deeds, notices of default, reconveyances, and various liens. This division of the Clerk-Recorder-Assessor also collects the Documentary Transfer Tax when real property exchanges hands.
The Registrar registers Sonoma County voters and maintains the County's voter registration file, conducts federal, state and local elections held in the county, files candidates' campaign statements, and performs various other duties related to elections.
I am honored to serve you as Sonoma County's Clerk-Recorder-Assessor and I'm always interested in receiving your feedback and questions. You're invited to contact me at my office in the Assessor's Division or visit any of our division offices Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM, or contact me by eMail. Please visit our Contact Us page for our division office locations and telephone numbers.
Janice Atkinson
The following is an Important Notice...
The staff of the Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor's Office are forbidden by California legal codes to practice law or provide legal advice; this prohibition includes giving advice about what forms you might need or how you should fill them out.
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News Item 1. Searching Records: The Recorder's Index is now Available on the Internet!
You can search the Recorder's Index to Official Public Records that have been recorded in the Sonoma County Recorder's Office from January 1, 1964, to the present. To begin your search, please visit our page titled Search Records.
News Item 2. Customer Service: Our New Web Site
We have redesigned the CRA web site to offer more functionality, to load faster, and to be compliant with federal A D A requirements. We hope you enjoy your on-line visit with us and look forward to your feedback.
News Item 3. Searching Records: Search the Assessment Roll On-Line
You can search search the Assessment Roll on-line. To begin your search, please visit our page titled Search the Assessment Roll, or telephone the Assessor's Office at 707-565-1888 for more information.
News Item 4. Customer Service: Look Up Your Districts
You can quickly and easily look up all your districts on-line. To use this service, please see our page titled District Lookup.
News Item 5. Customer Service: Voter Registration Lookup
You can check your voter registration status on-line. To use this service, please see our page titled Voter Registration Lookup.
Our current featured artist is Jack Stuppin.
Sonoma Vines,
by Jack Stuppin, is an oil landscape depicting summer in Sonoma County. We stand on a slope under a quiet, hazy blue sky, gazing across a hillside vineyard into the distance at Mount St. Helena. The artist has used a tapestry of bright, rich blues, yellows and greens to capture the spectacular view before us. In the distance, at the foot of the mountain, lie chapparal-covered hills edged with dense evergreen forest.
