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Mendocino, California

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Order birth, death or marriage certificates (opens in a new tab)

Official Mendocino County certificate information and application options. Follow the county’s instructions for the copy type and request method you need.

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Mendocino County government · Mendocino County — Birth, Death, or Marriage Records | Mendocino County, CA (opens in a new tab)

Official county certificate service heading and published application/copy information. This is an information destination; no unverified online-transaction promise.

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Marriage license information and requirements (opens in a new tab)

The county page gives conflicting appointment instructions. Call (707) 234-6822 to confirm before visiting; the license and ceremony are separate services.

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Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)

Official marriage licensing information — Marriage License Property Taxes Health Services Agenda and Minutes County Jail Home GovernmentAffili

Marriage License Property Taxes Health Services Agenda and Minutes County Jail Home GovernmentAffili

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County records portal and department request guidance (opens in a new tab)

Read the official Mendocino County instructions for county records portal and department request guidance. Identify the office holding the records before submitting a request.

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Mendocino County · Mendocino County — public records request (opens in a new tab)

Public records — The County of Mendocino uses NextRequest to facilitate a public records request.

The County of Mendocino uses NextRequest to facilitate a public records request.

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FBN / DBA filing instructions (opens in a new tab)

Print four copies of the FBN form and mail or deliver them to the Clerk. Review the separate additional-business and additional-owner fees and publication resources.

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Mendocino County — business name filing · Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)

Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name

Fictitious Business Name

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Official public-record index and copy instructions (opens in a new tab)

County instructions for a 1951-onward online index, office research for earlier records and phone copy requests. The county gives special search advice for names indexed before 2018.

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Mendocino County official service / referred provider · Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)

County Recorder — Official public-record index and copy instructions

The Mendocino County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder offers an online Index of Official Public Records recorded from 1951 to the present.

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