This is the web site of the County of Sonoma, California
This page is from the site of the Recorder Division 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 Recorder Division of the Clerk • Recorder • Assessor Department. A few important links follow:
The items in the brief list below affect recorded documents as of January 1, 2008. Please contact us if you need more information about these changes.
A new law in Chapter 627 of the Statutes of 2007 prohibits the recording of a document that contains more than the last four digits of a social security number. This law states that unless otherwise required to do so by state or federal law, no person, entity, or government agency shall present for recording or filing with a county recorder a document that is required by any provision of law to be open to the public if that record displays more than the last four digits of a social security number. For more information, see Government Code Section 1 7 9 8 point .8 9.
Assembly Bill 8 86 Changes the format for a California Acknowledgment. This law in Chapter 399 of the Statutes of 2007 eliminates “personally known” as an element of identification on Certificates of Acknowledgment. For more information, see Section 1 1 8 9 of the Civil Code.
The following is an Important Notice...
The staff of the Recorder'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.
Legislative changes go into effect each year on January 1. Among changes for 2008 are: changes to a form commonly used by notaries and a new restriction pertaining to recording documents with social security numbers. For more information, please visit our page titled Legislative Changes.
News item 3. Fee Increases: There are some Document Recording Fee Increases for 2008
Some document recording fee increases go into effect on January 1. The increases are to offset the cost of implementing the social security redaction program established by the legislature pursuant to Assembly Bill number 1168. For more information, please visit our Fee Schedule and our page titled Legislative Changes.
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.