County Clerk-Recorder

Butte Keaton Denlay, County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters 155 Nelson Ave Oroville, CA 95965-3411 (530) 552-3400, option 1 (800) 894-7761 (Domestic) (530) 538-6853 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.buttevotes.ca.gov/35/Elections E-Mail: elections@buttecounty.ca.gov

Butte Keaton Denlay, County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters 155 Nelson Ave Oroville, CA 95965-3411 (530) 552-3400, option 1 (800) 894-7761 (Domestic) (530) 538-6853 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.buttevotes.ca.gov/35/Elections E-Mail: elections@buttecounty.ca.gov

Butte Keaton Denlay, County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters 155 Nelson Ave Oroville, CA 95965-3411 (530) 552-3400, option 1 (800) 894-7761 (Domestic) (530) 538-6853 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.buttevotes.ca.gov/35/Elections E-Mail: elections@buttecounty.ca.gov

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Copies to establish the identity of a registrant can be issued only to authorized individuals, as indicated below. All others will be issued Certified Informational Copies that are not valid to establish identity. Fees: $31.00 per copy (payable to the Butte County Clerk-Recorder). Please indicate the type of certified copy you are requesting:  I would like a Certified Copy. This copy will establish the identity  I would like a Certified Informational Copy. This of the registrant. (To receive a Certified Copy you must indic

death records. Those who are not authorized by law to receive an authorized certified copy will receive a certified informational copy with the legend, “INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY.” Fees: $26.00 per copy (payable to the Butte County Clerk-Recorder). Please indicate the type of certified copy you are requesting:  I would like a Certified Copy. This copy will establish the identity  I would like a Certified Informational Copy. This copy of the registrant. (To receive a Certified Copy you must

ued in Butte County, then the Butte County Clerk-Recorder will not have the marriage certificate. Please order the marriage certificate from the Recorder or County Clerk of the county where the license was issued. Fees: $19.00 per copy (payable to Butte County Clerk-Recorder). If no record of the marriage is found, the $17.00 fee will be retained for searching the record (Health & Safety Code Section 103650) and a Certificate of No Record will be issued to the applicant. Copies may be obtained in person or by mail at: Butte

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED COPY OF BIRTH RECORD Effective January 1 2010 California Health and Safety Code Section 103526 changed the way certified copies of birth certificates are issued. Certified Copies to establish the identity of a registrant can be issued only to authorized individuals, as indicated below. All others will be issued Certified I

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED COPY OF DEATH RECORD California law (Health and Safety Code Section 103526), permits only authorized individuals as listed on the application to receive certified copies of death records. Those who are not authorized by law to receive an authorized certified copy will receive a certified informational copy with the legend,

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED COPY OF A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE Effective January 1, 2010, California State Law, Health and Safety Code Section 103526, permits only authorized persons as defined below to receive certified copies of marriage records. Acceptable Identification will be requested. Note: If the marriage license was not issued in Butte County,

A sworn statement does not need to be provided.

Marriage Licenses

155 Nelson Avenue in Oroville

Licenses are issued between the hours of 8:30 am till 12:00 pm and 1 pm till 4 pm. Monday through Friday (legal holidays excluded).

The fee is $99 for a regular and $110 for a confidential license, payable by cash, credit card, check, or money order.

The fee is $99 for a regular and $110 for a confidential license, payable by cash, credit card, check, or money order.

Fill out an online application, then appear at the Clerk-Recorders Office within 10 working days, at 155 Nelson Avenue in Oroville, with a valid ID.

File a fictitious business name statement in accordance with this chapter not later than 40 days from the time the registrant commences to transact such business.

A fictitious business name statement shall be filed with the clerk of the county in which the registrant has his or her principal place of business in this state or, if the registrant has no place of business in this state, with the Clerk of Sacramento County.

Within 45 days after a fictitious business name statement has been filed pursuant to this chapter, the registrant shall cause a statement in the form prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 17913 to be published pursuant to Section 6064 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the fictitious business name statement was filed or, if there is no such newspaper in that county, in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county.

Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for four successive weeks.

An affidavit showing the publication of the statement shall be filed with the county clerk where the fictitious business name statement was filed within 45 days after the completion of the publication.

Unless the statement expires earlier under subdivision (b) or (c), a fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

If a refiling is required because the prior statement has expired, the refiling need not be published unless there has been a change in the information required in the expired statement, provided the refiling is filed within 40 days of the date the statement expired.

If the registrant has a place of business in this state, insert the street address, and county, of the registrant’s principal place of business in this state.

If the registrant is an individual, insert the registrant’s full name and business mailing address if it differs from the business address.

Fictitious Business Name

Statement

The County Recorder Division records all real property transactions, financing statements, and maps; and collects and administers various fees for the county, cities and state agencies including Documentary Transfer Tax.

The County Recorder records real property transactions, financing statements, and maps.

Official Records

What are the basic recording requirements?

Definition of services available: Early Voting: A voter may pick up and/or vote a vote-by-mail ballot at this location. Same Day Voter Registration: Voters can conditionally register and vote after the 15-day voter registration deadline at this location. For more information please go to Same Day Voter Registration Ballot Drop-Off: A secured box where vote-by-mail ballots may be dropped off.

The last day to register to vote online for November 3, 2026, General Election is October 19.

Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked by November 3, 2026; ballots returned at a secure ballot drop box must be deposited by 8:00 p.m. on November 3, 2026.

The first vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties on October 24. In-person early voting locations throughout California will be open on Saturday, October 31.

Butte Keaton Denlay, County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters 155 Nelson Ave Oroville, CA 95965-3411 (530) 552-3400, option 1 (800) 894-7761 (Domestic) (530) 538-6853 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.buttevotes.ca.gov/35/Elections E-Mail: elections@buttecounty.ca.gov