Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
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 12, 2026[1]smcacre.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.
County directory for its Property Maps portal and the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s separate property-tax lookup. The map portal provides Assessor and recorded maps, including parcel and subdivision maps.
Before you start
- Availability · Property Maps portal — map types
- The county says its Property Maps portal provides Assessor and recorded maps online for free, including subdivision and parcel maps. This is separate from the tax lookup. [32]
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
- Appointments · New marriage license — standard in-person application
- Appointments can be made by contacting (650) 599-1713 or you may also visit book an appointment (walk-ins are welcome) page. [16]
- Information & documents · New marriage license — standard in-person application
- A certified copy of dissolution is required if dissolution date is within 90 days. If dissolution document is in foreign language, it must be accompanied by a certified English translation. [17]
San Mateo County provides an online recorded-document index and public office terminals. Images are excluded from this database; use separate copy-order instructions.
Before you start
- Availability · Index without document images
- This database contains index information without document images. Order a document through the separate copy service. [36]
Official assessor maps and property information. Read the office’s current requirements before continuing.
Official official instructions for requesting certificates. Read the office’s current requirements before continuing.
Start the county-linked pre-application. Follow the county instructions to complete issuance; submitting information online alone does not make you married.
Use the separate registration/renewal guidance, FBN search and FBN fee schedule. A business license is issued separately by the relevant city or county licensing office.
Before you start
- Deadlines · Initial filing — state deadline
- File within 40 days after starting business under the fictitious name. [18]
- 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. [19]
- 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. [20]
- Information & documents · Newspaper notice — publication frequency
- Publish once a week for four successive weeks. [21]
- 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. [22]
- Deadlines · Expiration — earlier changes or abandonment can end the statement
- A statement generally lasts five years, but changes or abandonment can end it earlier. [23]
- 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. [24]
- 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. [25]
- 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. [26]
County-linked Property Maps access information for Assessor and recorded maps.
County-linked grantor/grantee index; information is for reference and excludes images.
County instructions for requesting copies of existing recordings.
Fees
Fees are quoted only when a source document supports the amount and conditions.
| Service | Amount | Conditions & source |
|---|---|---|
| Public marriage license | $79.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[13] |
| 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.[14] |
| FBN — Statement filing and indexing | $34.00per filing | Includes certified copy and pending-expiration notice; additional business/owner names separate. Effective date is not stated.[28] |
| FBN — Additional business or registrant owner | $5.00per additional name | Additional business name and/or each registrant owner. Effective date is not stated.[29] |
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] San Mateo County — departments directory (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County · Department directory: Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
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Assessor - County Clerk - Recorder
- [2] San Mateo County — assessor recorder clerk (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County · Service link: Parcel/Assessor Maps
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Parcel/Assessor Maps
- [3] San Mateo County — assessor recorder clerk (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County · Service link: Birth Certificates
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Birth Certificates
- [4] San Mateo County — assessor recorder clerk (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County · Forms/document link: Forms
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Forms
- [5] San Mateo County — assessor recorder clerk (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County · Forms/document link: Preliminary Change of Ownership (PCOR)
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Preliminary Change of Ownership (PCOR)
- [6] San Mateo County — assessor recorder clerk (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County · Forms/document link: Forms
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Forms
- [7] County property-tax officials directory (opens in a new tab)
California State Board of Equalization · San Mateo row — assessor telephone column
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41. San Mateo Mark Church 650-363-4500 Juan Raigoza 650-363-4777 Sherry Golestan 650-363-4123 Sandie Arnott 866-220-0308 Lieber
- [8] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage & Civil Ceremonies How to get Married in California? Confidential vs. Public Marriage Licen
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Marriage & Civil Ceremonies How to get Married in California? Confidential vs. Public Marriage Licen
- [9] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Online Marriage License Application
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Online Marriage License Application
- [10] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Marriage service contact — County Clerk — marriage licence issuance — phone
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(650) 363-4500
- [11] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Marriage service contact — County Clerk — marriage licence issuance — address
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555 County Center, First Floor Redwood City, CA 94063-1665
- [12] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Marriage service contact — County Clerk — marriage licence issuance — hours
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Office hours for marriage licenses are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- [13] San Mateo marriage services — fees (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk services · Official marriage licensing information — License: Public Confidential Duplicate/Replacement 79.00 80.00 5.00
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License: Public Confidential Duplicate/Replacement 79.00 80.00 5.00
- [14] San Mateo marriage services — fees (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk services · Official marriage licensing information — License: Public Confidential Duplicate/Replacement 79.00 80.00 5.00
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License: Public Confidential Duplicate/Replacement 79.00 80.00 5.00
- [15] San Mateo marriage services — fees (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk services · Official marriage licensing information — Fees Glossary Frequently Asked Questions View More Assessor Services County Clerk - Recorder Marriag
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Fees Glossary Frequently Asked Questions View More Assessor Services County Clerk - Recorder Marriage & Civil Ceremonies
- [16] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Appointments can be made by contacting (650) 599-1713 or you may also visit book an appointment (wal
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Appointments can be made by contacting (650) 599-1713 or you may also visit book an appointment (walk-ins are welcome) page.
- [17] San Mateo — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — A certified copy of dissolution is required if dissolution date is within 90 days. If dissolution do
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A certified copy of dissolution is required if dissolution date is within 90 days. If dissolution document is in foreign language, it must be accompanied by a certified English translation.
- [18] 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.
- [19] 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.
- [20] 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.
- [21] 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.
- [22] 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.
- [23] 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.
- [24] 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.
- [25] 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.
- [26] 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.
- [27] San Mateo — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — business name filing · Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name
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Fictitious Business Name
- [28] San Mateo — FBN fees (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Statement filing and indexing
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FBN Statement Filling (file & index statement, certified copy, notice of pending expiration) Each additional Business Name and/or each Registrant Owner 34.00 5.00
- [29] San Mateo — FBN fees (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Additional business or registrant owner
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FBN Statement Filling (file & index statement, certified copy, notice of pending expiration) Each additional Business Name and/or each Registrant Owner 34.00 5.00
- [30] San Mateo — property query (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Parcel maps and property-information resources
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The Property Maps portal allows you to download Assessor’s maps or Recorded maps such as subdivision maps and parcel maps online for free.
- [31] San Mateo — property query (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Parcel and Assessor maps
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Parcel Assessor Maps
- [32] San Mateo — property query (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Property Maps portal — map types
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The Property Maps portal allows you to download Assessor’s maps or Recorded maps such as subdivision maps and parcel maps online for free.
- [33] San Mateo — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Search grantor/grantee index and request document copies
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Images are not a part of this database for privacy reasons.
- [34] San Mateo — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Search recorded-document index
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Click Here to Search Index
- [35] San Mateo — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Obtain a copy of a recorded document
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Copy of Recorded Document
- [36] San Mateo — property records (opens in a new tab)
San Mateo County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Index without document images
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Images are not a part of this database for privacy reasons. If you would like to order a copy of a previously recorded document please see Copy of Recorded Document.