Auditor-Controller-County Clerk

Kern Aimee X. Espinoza, Auditor-Controller/County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Elections Office 1115 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 868-3590 (800) 452-8683 (661) 868-3768 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.kernvote.com E-Mail: elections@kerncounty.com

Kern Aimee X. Espinoza, Auditor-Controller/County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Elections Office 1115 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 868-3590 (800) 452-8683 (661) 868-3768 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.kernvote.com E-Mail: elections@kerncounty.com

Kern Aimee X. Espinoza, Auditor-Controller/County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Elections Office 1115 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 868-3590 (800) 452-8683 (661) 868-3768 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.kernvote.com E-Mail: elections@kerncounty.com

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.

If you are enrolled in California's confidential address program, Safe At Home, please do not apply to register to vote using this site. Contact the Safe At Home program toll-free at (877) 322-5227 or by the Safe At Home email.

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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.

The County Clerk is responsible for issuing marriage licenses and fictitious business name statements

Marriage License Information

(661) 868-3743

1115 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301

Monday through Friday, 8:30am – 3:00pm.

661-868-3588

Current fee is $101

Current fee is $123

We accept walk-ins only. Our business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30am – 3:00pm. When you arrive to the lobby you will begin the application on a computer.

If either party has been granted a divorce, or filed a Termination of Domestic Partnership, within the last 90 days, an endorsed copy of the FINAL divorce decree or termination documents must be presented when applying for your license.

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

Fictitious Business Name

Fictitious Business Name filing – initial, renewal, or refile $43.00

Each additional DBA name on same statement and same location $6.00

Each additional owner on same statement and same location $6.00

Certified Copy of FBN $2.00

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.

Kern Aimee X. Espinoza, Auditor-Controller/County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Elections Office 1115 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 868-3590 (800) 452-8683 (661) 868-3768 Fax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. www.kernvote.com E-Mail: elections@kerncounty.com