About the Recorder's Office
What we do
- Maintain a permanent public record of documents related to the ownership and encumbrance of real property in Marin County
- Record documents affecting title to real property in Marin County, as allowed by California law
- Compute and collect all required recording fees
- Collect documentary transfer tax
- Create and maintain a permanent Grantor/Grantee index of recorded documents (official records) in order to provide constructive notice of recording
- Maintain a permanent archive of images of official records and issue plain or certified copies of those records
- Register public marriage licenses issued in Marin County
- Provide certified copies of: birth and death certificates for births and deaths in Marin County, and of public marriage certificates registered in Marin County.
What we don't do
- Give legal advice or advise you what documents to record
- Remove anything from the public record
- Provide forms for recording
- Help prepare documents
- Perform any property record research
- Create title reports (title companies do this)
- Interpret legal descriptions or property boundaries
- Maintain building plans or blueprints
- Amend vital records, including birth and death certificates
- Register or provide copies of confidential marriage certificates
- Maintain criminal or divorce records
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