Assessor / Recorder / County Clerk
Find property assessments, parcel information and property tax exemptions. Find recorded documents, recording requirements and certified copies. 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[2]Opens this office’s own website. CountyWiki does not process applications, take payments or provide personal records.
Contact details & office locations ↓Online services & information
These links were found on official source pages. Each service is handled by the office.
Official San Joaquin County certificate information and application options. Follow the county’s instructions for the copy type and request method you need.
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.
Start the county-linked pre-application. Follow the county instructions to complete issuance; submitting information online alone does not make you married.
Read the Recorder-County Clerk’s FBN guidance and obtain the linked forms. Filing a statement, selecting a business name and obtaining other business permits are different steps.
Before you start
- Deadlines · Initial filing — state deadline
- File within 40 days after starting business under the fictitious name. [13]
- 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. [14]
- 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. [15]
- Information & documents · Newspaper notice — publication frequency
- Publish once a week for four successive weeks. [16]
- 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. [17]
- Deadlines · Expiration — earlier changes or abandonment can end the statement
- A statement generally lasts five years, but changes or abandonment can end it earlier. [18]
- 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. [19]
- 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. [20]
- 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. [21]
County Assessor information for homeowners, businesses, boats, aircraft and agriculture, with separate assessed-value and parcel-map resources. These are assessment resources, not a tax-payment service.
County-linked homeowner assessed-value resource. Detailed tool operation has not been verified.
County-linked parcel-map information for property owners.
San Joaquin County instructions for its official-record index and new-document recording by counter or mail. The index is a guide to documents and should not replace reviewing the underlying record.
Before you start
- Availability · Grantor/grantee index — underlying document
- Use index entries to identify records; review the underlying document before relying on its contents. [31]
- Information & documents · Recording a change in real-property ownership
- Recordings affecting a change of real-property ownership require a completed Preliminary Change of Ownership Report. [32]
County-linked portal with an official-record search. Other applications in the shared portal have separate completion requirements.
County fee information for recorded-document copies.
Fees
Fees are quoted only when a source document supports the amount and conditions.
| Service | Amount | Conditions & source |
|---|---|---|
| Public marriage license | $65.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[11] |
| Confidential marriage license | $73.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[12] |
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.
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- [1] County property-tax officials directory (opens in a new tab)
California State Board of Equalization · San Joaquin row — assessor telephone column
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39. San Joaquin Steve J. Bestolarides 209-468-2630 Jeffery M Woltkamp 209-468-3925 Rachel DeBord 209-468-2350 Phonxay Keokham 209-468-2133 Gaines
- [2] San Joaquin County — department link discovery (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County · Current official county record office heading, department navigation and service context. Existing assessor/election roles retain their earlier identity evidence in the frozen old row.
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ibrary Departments Agricultural Commissioner Assessor / Recorder / County Clerk Auditor Controller Board of Supervisors Child Support Services Community Development Clerk of the Board Cooperative Ext
- [3] San Joaquin County — Vital Records | San Joaquin County Assessor-Recorder County Clerk | sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County government · Official county certificate service heading and published application/copy information. This is an information destination; no unverified online-transaction promise.
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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Vital Records Overview Birth Certificates Death Certificates Marriage Certificates FAQs about Vital Records Passport Services Recorder - County Clerk's Satellite Office About Our Mission and Our Vision Leadership Budget Organizational Overview Contact Us - Assistance Form Forms Library Announcements Important Da
- [4] San Joaquin County — Vital Records | San Joaquin County Assessor-Recorder County Clerk | sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County government · Recorder-County Clerk office — explicitly named phone field; does not replace another business line or infer days/visitor availability.
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ffice of the Recorder-County Clerk 44 N. San Joaquin Street Second Floor, Suite 260 Stockton, CA 95202 Phone: (209) 468-3939 Fax: (209) 468-8040 County Clerk: 8:00 - 4:00 (Marriage Licenses, Document Filing) Document Recording: 8:00 - 4:00 Vital Statisti
- [5] San Joaquin County — Vital Records | San Joaquin County Assessor-Recorder County Clerk | sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County government · Recorder-County Clerk office — explicitly named address field; does not replace another business line or infer days/visitor availability.
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line. FAQs About Vital Records Questions and answers about vital records. Office of the Recorder-County Clerk 44 N. San Joaquin Street Second Floor, Suite 260 Stockton, CA 95202 Phone: (209) 468-3939 Fax: (209) 468-8040 County Clerk: 8:00 - 4:00 (Marriage Licenses, Document Filing) Document Recording: 8:00
- [6] San Joaquin County — Vital Records | San Joaquin County Assessor-Recorder County Clerk | sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County government · Recorder-County Clerk office — explicitly named hours field; does not replace another business line or infer days/visitor availability.
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atistics: 8:00 - 4:15 (Copies of Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates) Copies of Recorded Documents: 8:00 - 4:30 General Office Hours: 8:00 - 4:30 Open weekdays, except holidays Office of the Assessor 44 North San Joaquin Street Second Floor Suite 230 Stockton, CA 95202 Phone: (209) 468-2630 Fax: (209) 468
- [7] San Joaquin County — Vital Records | San Joaquin County Assessor-Recorder County Clerk | sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County government · Vital records counter — explicitly named hours field; does not replace another business line or infer days/visitor availability.
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(209) 468-8040 County Clerk: 8:00 - 4:00 (Marriage Licenses, Document Filing) Document Recording: 8:00 - 4:00 Vital Statistics: 8:00 - 4:15 (Copies of Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates) Copies of Recorded Documents: 8:00 - 4:30 General Office Hours: 8:00 - 4:30 Open weekdays, except holidays Office of the Assessor
- [8] San Joaquin — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage Licenses
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Marriage Licenses
- [9] San Joaquin — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage License Application
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Marriage License Application
- [10] San Joaquin — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — Clerk marriage services · Marriage service contact — Marriage licensing — hours
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Marriage licenses are issued from 8am - 4pm weekdays, except holidays.
- [11] San Joaquin — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — The cost is $65.
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The cost is $65.
- [12] San Joaquin — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — The cost is $73.
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The cost is $73.
- [13] Business and Professions Code 17910 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17910(a)
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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.
- [14] 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.
- [15] 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.
- [16] 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.
- [17] 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.
- [18] 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.
- [19] 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.
- [20] 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.
- [21] 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.
- [22] San Joaquin — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — business name filing · Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name
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Fictitious Business Name
- [23] San Joaquin — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County — business name filing · FBN official resource — FBN forms directory
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Fictitious Business Name Forms
- [24] San Joaquin assessor — property records and provider resources (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County · Official department homepage — San Joaquin County Assessor Recorder | sjgov.org
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Office of the Assessor
- [25] San Joaquin — property query (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Property information — Assessor resources
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Information on assessed property value, real property, decline in value, change in ownership, disaster relief and manufactured homes.
- [26] San Joaquin — property query (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Assessed-value information and tool
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Assessed Value
- [27] San Joaquin — property query (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Assessor parcel maps
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Parcel Maps
- [28] San Joaquin — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Recorded-document search and recording instructions
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Recording and Retrieving Information
- [29] San Joaquin — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Search official records in the self-service portal
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Self Service Portal
- [30] San Joaquin — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Recorded-copy fees
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Recorded Copy Fees
- [31] San Joaquin — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Grantor/grantee index — underlying document
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The index is like a library card catalog; it is a guide to the information contained within the documents referenced. Avoid reliance upon it when making any decision or determination regarding the underlying document.
- [32] San Joaquin — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Joaquin County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Recording a change in real-property ownership
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A completed Preliminary Change of Ownership Report must be completed and submitted when recording documents affecting a change in the ownership of real property.