County Clerk
Find marriage licensing and county clerk services. Find fictitious business name (FBN / DBA) filing and renewal instructions. Business licenses are a separate service.
Source checked October 14, 2026[1]www.lakecountyca.gov
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Contact details & office locations ↓Online services & information
These links were found on official source pages. Each service is handled by the office.
Official county instructions for obtaining a new marriage license. Online application entry alone does not issue a license or replace the required appearance; confirm the license type, documents and visit arrangements.
Before you start
- Payments · New marriage license — standard in-person application
- Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License; exact change is preferred, we do not accept checks or credit card payments [8]
- Information & documents · New marriage license — standard in-person application
- If divorced within the past 90 days, a copy of the final judgment is required [9]
Use the portal to prepare the application before visiting, or follow the signed-form mail instructions. The page contains conflicting publication/address text; current state rules below take precedence over the older paragraphs.
Before you start
- Availability · Portal preparation and search
- The portal prepares an application before an office visit and searches existing statements. [27]
- Deadlines · Initial filing — state deadline
- File within 40 days after starting business under the fictitious name. [10]
- Eligibility & access · Where to file — principal place of business
- File in the county of your principal California business location. If you have no California business location, file in Sacramento County. [11]
- Deadlines · New or changed filing — newspaper publication
- Start publication within 45 days after filing. Use a qualifying newspaper in the filing county, or an adjoining county if no qualifying newspaper exists there. [12]
- Information & documents · Newspaper notice — publication frequency
- Publish once a week for four successive weeks. [13]
- Deadlines · After publication — file the affidavit
- File the publication affidavit with the County Clerk within 45 days after publication is completed. Check whether your newspaper files it for you. [14]
- Deadlines · Expiration — earlier changes or abandonment can end the statement
- A statement generally lasts five years, but changes or abandonment can end it earlier. [15]
- Eligibility & access · No-change renewal — publication exception
- An unchanged renewal filed within 40 days after expiration does not need republication. Changes can require a new publication. [16]
- Information & documents · California principal business location
- Provide the street address and county of the principal business location. A registrant’s separate mailing-address rule does not remove this requirement. [17]
- Information & documents · Individual registrant — owner mailing address
- For an individual owner, provide the full name and business mailing address if different from the business address. Do not apply older blanket residence-address instructions. [18]
Prepare the application before visiting, or use the signed-paper mail route. The portal alone is not a confirmed completed filing.
Fees
Fees are quoted only when a source document supports the amount and conditions.
| Service | Amount | Conditions & source |
|---|---|---|
| Public marriage license | $70.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[6] |
| Confidential marriage license | $80.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[7] |
| FBN — Initial statement — up to two owners | $40.00per filing | One business name and no more than two owners. Effective date is not stated.[23] |
| FBN — Additional business name | $5.00per additional business | Same statement. Effective date is not stated.[24] |
| FBN — Additional owner after the first two | $5.00per additional owner | Applies after the first two owners, not after the first. Effective date is not stated.[25] |
These are individual fee items, not a quote for your total. Other charges or exemptions may apply; confirm the total with the office.
Forms & documents
Official forms and document pages for this office’s services.
Sources & last checked9 source pages · 27 citations
Sources were checked by an AI-assisted research process. A checked website does not mean every service or fee on it has been reviewed.
- [1] Lake marriage services — clerk (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk services · Official marriage licensing information — The Clerk Division of the Auditor-Controller/County Clerk's Office provides a variety of functions i
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
The Clerk Division of the Auditor-Controller/County Clerk's Office provides a variety of functions including issuing Marriage Licenses
- [2] Lake — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage Licenses
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Marriage Licenses
- [3] Lake — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk marriage services · Marriage service contact — Marriage licensing — phone
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
707-263-2311
- [4] Lake marriage services — clerk (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk services · Marriage service contact — Marriage licensing — address
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
255 N Forbes Street 2nd Floor Lakeport, CA 95453
- [5] Lake marriage services — clerk (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk services · Marriage service contact — Marriage licensing — hours
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Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm Closed County Holidays
- [6] Lake — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License
- [7] Lake — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License
- [8] Lake — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License; exact change is preferre
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
Cash payment of $70 for a Public License or $80 for a Confidential License; exact change is preferred, we do not accept checks or credit card payments
- [9] Lake — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — If divorced within the past 90 days, a copy of the final judgment is required
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
If divorced within the past 90 days, a copy of the final judgment is required
- [10] Business and Professions Code 17910 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17910(a)
Source reviewed October 15, 2026View supporting excerpt
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.
- [11] Business and Professions Code 17915 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17915
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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.
- [12] Business and Professions Code 17917 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17917(a)
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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.
- [13] California — FBN publication-frequency (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · Government Code §6064
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for four successive weeks.
- [14] Business and Professions Code 17917 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17917(d)
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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.
- [15] Business and Professions Code 17920 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17920(a)
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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.
- [16] Business and Professions Code 17917 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17917(c)
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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.
- [17] Business and Professions Code 17913 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17913(b)(2)
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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.
- [18] Business and Professions Code 17913 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17913(b)(3)
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If the registrant is an individual, insert the registrant’s full name and business mailing address if it differs from the business address.
- [19] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name
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Fictitious Business Name
- [20] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name Statement Online Portal
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Fictitious Business Name Statement Online Portal
- [21] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN contact — County Clerk — FBN questions — phone
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707-263-2311
- [22] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN contact — County Clerk — FBN questions — address
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255 N Forbes Street, 2nd Floor, Lakeport, CA 95453
- [23] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Initial statement — up to two owners
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One business name with no more than two owners $40.00
- [24] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Additional business name
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Each additional business name included on the same statement $5.00
- [25] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Additional owner after the first two
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Each additional owner after the first two $5.00
- [26] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN official resource — FBN paper statement
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Fictitious Business Name Statement Form (PDF)
- [27] Lake — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Lake County — business name filing · FBN requirement — Portal preparation and search
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Use our new portal to complete your application before you come to the office or to search for existing Lake County Fictitious Business Name Statements!