Clerk-Recorder

San Luis Obispo Elaina Cano, Clerk-Recorder-Registrar 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D-120 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805) 781-5228 (800) 834-4636 (805) 781-1111 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Clerk-Recorder E-Mail: elections@co.slo.ca.us

San Luis Obispo Elaina Cano, Clerk-Recorder-Registrar 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D-120 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805) 781-5228 (800) 834-4636 (805) 781-1111 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Clerk-Recorder E-Mail: elections@co.slo.ca.us

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You must provide: A California Driver's License or state ID number, or The last four digits of your Social Security Number (SSN) (if you do not have a CA ID). If you don't have either, you can still register. You'll be assigned a unique identifier to validate your registration.

In California, the deadline to register to vote for any election is 15 days before Election Day, so please register early!

In elections conducted by your county elections official, you can “conditionally” register and vote at your county elections office after the 15-day voter registration deadline. For more information please go to Same Day Voter Registration.

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To pre-register to vote in California, you must: Be 16 or 17 years old, and Meet all of the other eligibility requirements to vote. You will automatically be registered to vote on your 18th birthday.

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Marriage Licenses

Clerk-Recorder Office Hours are 8am-4pm M-F effective October 5th, 2026.

Fees Fees Current Fee Schedule Fee Changes Effective 1/1/26 Fee Changes Effective 7/1/26 Restrictive Covenant Program (R

After submitting your information online, both parties to the marriage must come to our office within 30 days.

If a previous marriage ended within 90 days, a certified copy of the dissolution paperwork from the Superior Court is required to be presented at the time of issuance

The Clerk-Recorder's Office will be closed to the public on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, but the Elections Counter and the Atascadero satellite Elections Office WILL be open that day from 7am-8pm.

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

Self-Service Portal

Fictitious Business Name Statement

THIS DOES NOT COMPLETE YOUR TRANSACTION. After submitting your information online, the registrant MUST come into one of our offices to complete the process within 30 days.

Clerk-Recorder Office Hours are 8am-4pm M-F effective October 5th, 2026.

The index of records from 1923 to the present is available on this site.

recorded documents self-service portal.

Recorded Document Copies

Recording an Official Document

The Clerk-Recorder has records back to 1850. The index of records from 1923 to the present is available on this site. Images of records from August 8, 2001 to the present may be purchased and downloaded from this site. Older documents may be viewed or purchased at either of our office locations.

*Last transactions processed 30 minutes prior to closing

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.

San Luis Obispo Elaina Cano, Clerk-Recorder-Registrar 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D-120 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805) 781-5228 (800) 834-4636 (805) 781-1111 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Clerk-Recorder E-Mail: elections@co.slo.ca.us