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

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.

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San Francisco County — Clerk marriage services · San Francisco marriage services — get a marriage license (opens in a new tab)

Official marriage licensing information — Get a marriage license

Get a marriage license

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Book a marriage license appointment (opens in a new tab)

County-linked appointment information or scheduler. Confirm the service and location before booking.

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San Francisco County — Clerk marriage services · San Francisco marriage services — get a marriage license (opens in a new tab)

Official marriage licensing information — Book a Marriage License Appointment Here

Book a Marriage License Appointment Here

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Assessor-Recorder public records requests only (opens in a new tab)

Request Assessor-Recorder records through its dedicated public-records contact. This does not submit a request to every San Francisco department. City Attorney requests and withheld-records review use separate channels.

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San Francisco County · San Francisco County — public records route discovery (opens in a new tab)

Public records — Requests pursuant to the Sunshine Ordinance and Sections 408 and 408.1 of the California R&T Co

Requests pursuant to the Sunshine Ordinance and Sections 408 and 408.1 of the California R&T Code.

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City Attorney records requests only (opens in a new tab)

Request records held by the City Attorney’s Office. Use the separate Supervisor of Records service below to ask for review of another City agency’s withheld or redacted records; it does not decide timeliness or issue violations.

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San Francisco County · San Francisco County — public records attorney-records (opens in a new tab)

Public records — Request public records from the City Attorney's Office.

Request public records from the City Attorney's Office.

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Ask for review of withheld or redacted City records (opens in a new tab)

Email or mail a petition to the Supervisor of Records. This reviews whether records are public; it does not decide whether a response was timely or issue violations.

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San Francisco County · San Francisco County — public records review (opens in a new tab)

Public records — Ask the Supervisor of Records to review a response by a City agency to your public records requ

Ask the Supervisor of Records to review a response by a City agency to your public records request.

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

Follow the County Clerk’s FBN filing steps and separate publication/proof requirements. San Francisco business-tax registration is a different registration, with its own fees and renewal rules.

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

Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name

Fictitious Business Name

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Recorded-document copies — online and counter options (opens in a new tab)

City and County instructions for recorded-document searches, free previews, regular copies and certified copies. Online records start in 1990; preview registration, guest purchasing, certification and non-online prices have separate rules.

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City and County of San Francisco — Assessor-Recorder · San Francisco — copies instructions (current official service page) (opens in a new tab)

County Recorder — Recorded-document copies — online and counter options

You can purchase regular or certified copies of records and also view records for free online.

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Open the Records Manager — index and copies (opens in a new tab)

Official Recorder search and copy-ordering gateway. Free previews require registered-user ID verification; guest copy purchases are a separate option.

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City and County of San Francisco — Assessor-Recorder · San Francisco — copies instructions (current official service page) (opens in a new tab)

County Recorder — Open the Records Manager — index and copies

Records Manager

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Record a document — City Hall and mail instructions (opens in a new tab)

Separate instructions for presenting documents at City Hall or by mail, with requirements and approved-entity eRecording information.

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City and County of San Francisco — Assessor-Recorder · San Francisco — recording instructions (current official service page) (opens in a new tab)

County Recorder — Record a document — City Hall and mail instructions

Recording a document

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Official state service profiles

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