Assessor-Clerk-Recorder
Find property assessments, parcel information and property tax exemptions. Find recorded documents, recording requirements and certified copies. Find marriage licensing and county clerk services. Find fictitious business name (FBN / DBA) filing and renewal instructions. Business licenses are a separate service.
Source checked October 14, 2026[2]Opens this office’s own website. CountyWiki does not process applications, take payments or provide personal records.
Contact details & office locations ↓Online services & information
These links were found on official source pages. Each service is handled by the office.
Official Mendocino County certificate information and application options. Follow the county’s instructions for the copy type and request method you need.
The county page gives conflicting appointment instructions. Call (707) 234-6822 to confirm before visiting; the license and ceremony are separate services.
Before you start
- Appointments · County page — first appointment statement (conflicts with the next statement)
- Appointments are also required for marriage licenses and ceremonies. [10]
- Appointments · County page — second appointment statement (call to confirm)
- Appointments are encouraged but not required. [11]
- Information & documents · New marriage license — standard in-person application
- If a dissolution has taken place within the last 90 days, you must bring a certified copy of the final dissolution. [12]
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.
Before you start
- Information & documents · Paper filing
- Print four copies, complete the forms and mail or deliver them to the office. [27]
- Deadlines · Initial filing — state deadline
- File within 40 days after starting business under the fictitious name. [13]
- Eligibility & access · Where to file — principal place of business
- File in the county of your principal California business location. If you have no California business location, file in Sacramento County. [14]
- Deadlines · New or changed filing — newspaper publication
- Start publication within 45 days after filing. Use a qualifying newspaper in the filing county, or an adjoining county if no qualifying newspaper exists there. [15]
- Information & documents · Newspaper notice — publication frequency
- Publish once a week for four successive weeks. [16]
- Deadlines · After publication — file the affidavit
- File the publication affidavit with the County Clerk within 45 days after publication is completed. Check whether your newspaper files it for you. [17]
- Deadlines · Expiration — earlier changes or abandonment can end the statement
- A statement generally lasts five years, but changes or abandonment can end it earlier. [18]
- Eligibility & access · No-change renewal — publication exception
- An unchanged renewal filed within 40 days after expiration does not need republication. Changes can require a new publication. [19]
- Information & documents · California principal business location
- Provide the street address and county of the principal business location. A registrant’s separate mailing-address rule does not remove this requirement. [20]
- Information & documents · Individual registrant — owner mailing address
- For an individual owner, provide the full name and business mailing address if different from the business address. Do not apply older blanket residence-address instructions. [21]
County Assessor service information, forms and a separate parcel-map lookup. The page posts a staffing limit for public-counter visits; confirm current arrangements before visiting.
Before you start
- Availability · Public counter — posted staffing limit
- The county posts a limit of four groups at the public counter at one time, with overflow seating in the main hall. Confirm current arrangements before visiting. [31]
County-linked Assessor parcel-map lookup; separate from Business Property Statement filing.
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.
Before you start
- Availability · Earlier official records — office indexes
- For 1859–1950 records, use the handwritten office indexes, which the county says can be examined without charge. [34]
- Information & documents · Pre-2018 versus later name indexing
- For records before 2018, try the historical abbreviations. From January 1, 2018, the county advises searching the exact person or company name. [35]
- Information & documents · Phone copy orders — document identifier
- For a document or map copy, call 707-234-6824 with the document number and follow the county’s payment instructions. [36]
County-linked Recorder index. Published name-search and year-coverage limits apply.
Fees
Fees are quoted only when a source document supports the amount and conditions.
| Service | Amount | Conditions & source |
|---|---|---|
| Public marriage license | $95.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[6] |
| Confidential marriage license | $97.00per license | Individual license fee; ceremony, certified copies and any payment-provider charges are separate. Confirm the current total with the Clerk.[7] |
| Marriage ceremony in County Clerk office | $50.00per ceremony | Separate from the marriage license and certified-copy fees; confirm any conditions and the current total.[8] |
| FBN — One owner and one business | $46.00per filing | One owner and one business; additional names separate. Effective date is not stated.[23] |
| FBN — Additional business name | $5.00per additional business | Added to the same filing. Effective date is not stated.[24] |
| FBN — Additional owner name | $5.00per additional owner | Added to the same filing. Effective date is not stated.[25] |
| Recorded-document copy — first page | $5.00first page | First page of the same recorded document; additional pages have their own price.[38] |
| Recorded-document copy — additional page | $1.00each additional page of the same document | Applies after the first page of the same recorded document.[39] |
These are individual fee items, not a quote for your total. Other charges or exemptions may apply; confirm the total with the office.
Forms & documents
Official forms and document pages for this office’s services.
Sources & last checked13 source pages · 39 citations
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- [1] County property-tax officials directory (opens in a new tab)
California State Board of Equalization · Mendocino row — assessor telephone column
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23. Mendocino Katrina Bartolomie 707-234-6800 Chamise Cubbison 707-234-6860 Darcie Antle 707-463-4441 Chamise Cubbison 707-234-6875 Lieber
- [2] Mendocino County — Birth, Death, or Marriage Records | Mendocino County, CA (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County government · Current official county record office heading, department navigation and service context. Existing assessor/election roles retain their earlier identity evidence in the frozen old row.
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- [3] Mendocino County — Birth, Death, or Marriage Records | Mendocino County, CA (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County government · Official county certificate service heading and published application/copy information. This is an information destination; no unverified online-transaction promise.
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Search Go Calendar Employment News Cannabis Birth Certificate Marriage License Property Taxes Health Services Agenda and Minutes County Jail Home GovernmentAffiliated AgenciesAir Quality Management District UC Cooperative Extension-Farm Advisors Law Library Local Agency Formation Commission Mendocino Council of Governments Mendocino County Employe
- [4] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage License Property Taxes Health Services Agenda and Minutes County Jail Home GovernmentAffili
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Marriage License Property Taxes Health Services Agenda and Minutes County Jail Home GovernmentAffili
- [5] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Marriage service contact — Marriage licensing — phone
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(707) 234-6822
- [6] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Regular Marriage License $ 95.00
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Regular Marriage License $ 95.00
- [7] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Confidential Marriage License $ 97.00
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Confidential Marriage License $ 97.00
- [8] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage Ceremony (performed in office of County Clerk)* $50.00
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Marriage Ceremony (performed in office of County Clerk)* $50.00
- [9] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Marriage License Application
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Marriage License Application
- [10] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Appointments are also required for marriage licenses and ceremonies.
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Appointments are also required for marriage licenses and ceremonies.
- [11] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — Appointments are encouraged but not required.
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Appointments are encouraged but not required.
- [12] Mendocino — marriage licensing information (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — Clerk marriage services · Official marriage licensing information — If a dissolution has taken place within the last 90 days, you must bring a certified copy of the fin
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If a dissolution has taken place within the last 90 days, you must bring a certified copy of the final dissolution.
- [13] Business and Professions Code 17910 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17910(a)
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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.
- [14] Business and Professions Code 17915 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17915
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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.
- [15] Business and Professions Code 17917 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17917(a)
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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.
- [16] California — FBN publication-frequency (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · Government Code §6064
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for four successive weeks.
- [17] Business and Professions Code 17917 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17917(d)
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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.
- [18] Business and Professions Code 17920 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17920(a)
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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.
- [19] Business and Professions Code 17917 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17917(c)
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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.
- [20] Business and Professions Code 17913 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17913(b)(2)
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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.
- [21] Business and Professions Code 17913 — fictitious business names (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · BPC §17913(b)(3)
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If the registrant is an individual, insert the registrant’s full name and business mailing address if it differs from the business address.
- [22] Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — business name filing · Fictitious business name — Fictitious Business Name
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Fictitious Business Name
- [23] Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — One owner and one business
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One owner and one business $ 46.00
- [24] Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Additional business name
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For each additional name of business $ 5.00
- [25] Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — business name filing · FBN fee — FBN — Additional owner name
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For each additional name of owner $5.00
- [26] Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — business name filing · FBN official resource — FBN statement form
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FBN Form
- [27] Mendocino — fictitious business name instructions (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County — business name filing · FBN requirement — Paper filing
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Print 4 copies of the FBN Form for filing, complete the forms & mail or deliver to our office.
- [28] Mendocino assessor — property records and provider resources (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County · Official department homepage — Assessor - County Clerk - Recorder - Elections | Mendocino County, CA
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Assessor - County Clerk - Recorder - ElectionsCounty Clerk
- [29] Mendocino — property query (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Assessor services, property records and forms
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To Discover, Locate, Map and Value All Taxable Property Within the County
- [30] Mendocino — property query (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Parcel-map lookup
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Parcel Map Lookup
- [31] Mendocino — property query (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County property lookup — Public counter — posted staffing limit
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Due to a staffing shortage, we can only service up to four groups of people in at a time. Overflow seating is available in the main hall.
- [32] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Official public-record index and copy instructions
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The Mendocino County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder offers an online Index of Official Public Records recorded from 1951 to the present.
- [33] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Open the Recorder public-record index
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Search our online Index of Public Records
- [34] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Earlier official records — office indexes
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Documents recorded prior to 1951 (going back to 1859) are not indexed online, but are indexed in handwritten volumes which can be examined in our office at no cost.
- [35] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Pre-2018 versus later name indexing
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When searching for a record prior to 2018, remember to use abbreviations. After January 1, 2018, search under the exact name of the person or company.
- [36] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Phone copy orders — document identifier
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To order a copy of a document or map, please call out office at (707) 234-6824. You will need to provide the document number and payment information.
- [37] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Recorded-document and map copy orders
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please contact our office at (707) 234-6824
- [38] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Recorded-document copy — first page
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Copies of these records are available for $5.00 for the first page plus $1.00 for each additional page of the same document.
- [39] Mendocino — property records (opens in a new tab)
Mendocino County official service / referred provider · County Recorder — Recorded-document copy — additional page
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Copies of these records are available for $5.00 for the first page plus $1.00 for each additional page of the same document.