County Clerk-Recorder / Registrar of Voters

Ventura Michelle Ascencion, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters 800 S. Victoria Avenue Hall of Administration, Lower Plaza Ventura, CA 93009-1200 (805) 654-2664 (805) 648-9200 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. clerkrecorder.venturacounty.gov/elections/ E-Mail: elections@venturacounty.gov

Ventura Michelle Ascencion, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters 800 S. Victoria Avenue Hall of Administration, Lower Plaza Ventura, CA 93009-1200 (805) 654-2664 (805) 648-9200 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. clerkrecorder.venturacounty.gov/elections/ E-Mail: elections@venturacounty.gov

Ventura Michelle Ascencion, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters 800 S. Victoria Avenue Hall of Administration, Lower Plaza Ventura, CA 93009-1200 (805) 654-2664 (805) 648-9200 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. clerkrecorder.venturacounty.gov/elections/ E-Mail: elections@venturacounty.gov

To register to vote in California, you must be: A United States citizen and a resident of California (for information on voters in the military or overseas, please see Military and Overseas Voters), 18 years old or older on Election Day, Not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony (for more information, please see Voting Rights Restored: Persons with a Prior Felony Conviction), and Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court (for more information, please see Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship).

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.

You can apply to register to vote right now by filling in the online application. The application is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese.

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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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intments for other services. Questions? Call: Clerk – (805) 654-2263 or clerk.recorder@ventura.org Recorder – (805) 654-3665 or clerk.recorder@ventura.org The County Clerk issues marriage licenses, performs civil marriage ceremonies, processes fictitious

If you complete an application online through our Self-Service Portal, your application will be waiting for you when you come in for your appointment. Remember, you will still need to schedule an appointment on the link above.

Marriage Licenses

Online Public Marriage License Applications Only

(805) 654-2263

800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009-1260.

2100 East Thousand Oaks Blvd, Suite A, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

The “License and Certificate of Marriage” (VS117) is the standard public marriage license (FAM Section 359) – $123.00

The “Confidential License and Certificate of Marriage” (VS 123) may be used by those persons 18 years of age or older who have been living together as spouses. (FAM Section 500) – $140.00

Marriage licenses can be obtained by appointment only at the Ventura County Government Center at the County Clerk’s Office, Hall of Administration, Main Plaza, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009-1260.

Your Internet Online Application will only be kept on file 40 business days from the date submitted to the Clerk and Recorder’s office.

Our office will not perform a wedding ceremony if the marriage license is purchased in another County.

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

fill out your application

(805) 654-2263

800 S. Victoria Ave. Ventura, CA 93009

Monday – Friday Counter Hours from 8am to 4:45pm

(805) 449-2157

2100 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite A, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

Monday – Thursday from 8am to 4pm and alternate Fridays from 8am to 3:30pm

customers do need to book an appointment.

Michelle Ascencion: County Clerk and Recorder/Registrar of Voters

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If you want to search by APN number, that must be done in person. We have public kiosks available in both the Ventura and Thousand Oaks office for your convenience.

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The Clerk-Recorder Office in Thousand Oaks is closed every other Friday. The Clerk-Recorder & Registrar of Voters in the Government Center in Ventura will be open.

A $5 administration fee applied to all recorded Deeds, Quitclaim Deeds, Deeds of Trust, and Mortgage documents will fund the recorder notification program. Fees will go into effect starting January 1, 2027.

Questions? Call us at 805-654-3665.

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.

Ventura Michelle Ascencion, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters 800 S. Victoria Avenue Hall of Administration, Lower Plaza Ventura, CA 93009-1200 (805) 654-2664 (805) 648-9200 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. clerkrecorder.venturacounty.gov/elections/ E-Mail: elections@venturacounty.gov