County Clerk-Recorder

Office of the County Clerk-Recorder

The County Clerk-Recorder’s Office is responsible for providing direct services to the public, including recording, and maintaining real property transactions, issuing vital records (e.g., birth, death, and marriage certificates), issuing marriage licenses, scheduling, and performing wedding ceremonies, and filing fictitious business name statements as well as other para-professional registrations.

The County Clerk is authorized to issue marriage licenses and perform civil marriages. The County Clerk is a source of public information and provides customer service to the general public, government agencies and the private sector. Records are made available to the public as allowed by law. Copying and certifications costs may apply. Payment types accepted in the office are cash, check and credit or debit card (Visa & Mastercard only). Payment types via mail are limited to checks at the time. All checks must be payable against a USA bank.

The Recorder preserves the official archive of documents relating to legally recordable transactions of events. The Recorder collects documentary transfer tax and conveyance taxes on property sales. Documents are recorded, indexed, digitally archived and made available to the public. 

By recording a document, the document becomes part of the public records of the County Recorder. The Recorder’s Division will assist the public with accessing this information. Copying and certification costs may apply.

Note: Please note that the Recorder’s Division is unable to give legal advice, such as, what type of document you need or how to complete a document. We recommend that you seek advice from an attorney or real estate professional before you record documents that affect title to property.