County Clerk-Recorder

Humboldt Juan Pablo Cervantes, County Clerk, Recorder and Registrar of Voters 2426 6th Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 445-7481 (707) 445-7204 Fax Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. / 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. humboldtgov.org/890/Elections-Voter-Registration E-Mail: humboldt_elections@co.humboldt.ca.us

Humboldt Juan Pablo Cervantes, County Clerk, Recorder and Registrar of Voters 2426 6th Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 445-7481 (707) 445-7204 Fax Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. / 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. humboldtgov.org/890/Elections-Voter-Registration E-Mail: humboldt_elections@co.humboldt.ca.us

Humboldt Juan Pablo Cervantes, County Clerk, Recorder and Registrar of Voters 2426 6th Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 445-7481 (707) 445-7204 Fax Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. / 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. humboldtgov.org/890/Elections-Voter-Registration E-Mail: humboldt_elections@co.humboldt.ca.us

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.

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Home Portal Humboldt County's Homepage Government Clerk-Recorder Vital Record Certified Copies Vital Record Certified Copies F Opens in New Window The Clerk-Recorder’s Office is open for all services between the hours of 8:3

ded, Clerk filings, copy order requests, and vital records certificate requests may also be submitted by any of the following: Drop box located outside the Clerk Recorder’s Office door. Self service forms are available on our forms page and next to the drop box. US Mail or Express mail VitalChek online service (vital record copies only) If you have any que

k online service (vital record copies only) If you have any questions please contact us directly by phone at: (707) 445-7593 or by email at clerkrecordergeneral@co.humboldt.ca.us Order Certified copies of birth, death, or marriage online Vital Records Fe

tified Copies F Opens in New Window The Clerk-Recorder’s Office is open for all services between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Except County Holidays. Documents to be recorded, Clerk filings, copy order requests, and vital records certificate requests may

Note: Certified copies of vital records can only be issued by the county in which the event occurred. Therefore, if a birth or death occurred in, or a marriage license was issued by a county other than Humboldt, we can not process your copy order request.

Apply for a Marriage License

(707)445-7593

825 5th Street, 5th Floor Eureka, CA 95501

between the hours of 10:30am and 4:00pm

Fees: $78 public license, $80 confidential license, plus $100 additional if you are also having your ceremony performed by the Clerk Recorder.

Fees: $78 public license, $80 confidential license, plus $100 additional if you are also having your ceremony performed by the Clerk Recorder.

An additional $100 ceremony fee of in cash or money order (no checks)

After completing the application in Self-Service Web, both applicants must appear together in-person in the Clerk Recorder’s Office between the hours of 10:30am and 4:00pm to complete the process and obtain the marriage license.

Credit & Debit Cards are currently NOT accepted in the Office.

Please contact us by phone directly at (707)445-7593, to schedule your in-person license issuance and marriage ceremony appointment.

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

Base Filing Fee $50

Second & additional business name (each)$10

Second & additional registrant (each)$10

FBN Form

If registrant is a corporation or LLC, a copy of the articles from the Secretary of State, with matching names and addresses, must be provided to the County Clerk at the time of filing.

County Clerk Recorder

Official record document and recorded map index search - 1979 to present

click the image below to go to self-service web

Record a Document

Official record document and recorded map index search - 1979 to present Purchase and print non-certified copies of documents and maps - 04/09/1999 to present.

A 2.95% service provider fee ($2 minimum) will be charged per card transaction. This is not a county fee.

All document copy sales made via this website are final.

A 2.95% service provider fee ($2 minimum) will be charged per card transaction. This is not a county fee.

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.

Humboldt Juan Pablo Cervantes, County Clerk, Recorder and Registrar of Voters 2426 6th Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 445-7481 (707) 445-7204 Fax Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. / 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. humboldtgov.org/890/Elections-Voter-Registration E-Mail: humboldt_elections@co.humboldt.ca.us