The title of this page is: Certificates (birth/death/marriage)

Vital records research and copies of birth, death and marriage certificates are available only at the office of the County Clerk. The County Clerk's office is located in Santa Rosa at:

Vital records can no longer be obtained or researched at the Recorder's Office.

Before contacting the County Clerk, please note their holiday schedule below.

Contact Information for The County Clerk follows. First, our

Email Address, or in Spanish: • Correo Electrónico.

Next, our Phone Numbers, or in Spanish: • Números de Teléfono.

The following are the calendar year 2009 Holidays that we observe, or in Spanish: • Las Vacaciones Observaron.

This page contains a Location Map for the Office of the Sonoma County Clerk, or in Spanish: una • Mapa de Ubicación.

The map presents a comprehensive view of the Sonoma County Administrative Center in Santa Rosa. It shows locations of major buildings and roadways and has a pointer showing the location of the Sonoma County Clerk. There is also a photo of the building where the County Clerk's Office is located.

Please explore the following links...

• About Us.
• Certificates.
• Search Our Records.
• Recording Requirements.
• Documentary Transfer Tax.
• Fee Schedule. And finally,
• Legislative Changes.

Following are some recent News Items...

• News Item 1. Searching Records: The Recorder's Index is now Available on the Internet!

  You can search the Recorder's Index to Official Public Records that have been recorded in the Sonoma County Recorder's Office from January 1, 1964, to the present. To begin your search, please visit our page titled Search Records.

• News item 2. New Legislation: The California State Assembly has passed some New Document Requirements for 2008

  Legislative changes go into effect each year on January 1. Among changes for 2008 are: changes to a form commonly used by notaries and a new restriction pertaining to recording documents with social security numbers. For more information, please visit our page titled Legislative Changes.

• News item 3. Fee Increases: There are some Document Recording Fee Increases for 2008

  Some document recording fee increases go into effect on January 1. The increases are to offset the cost of implementing the social security redaction program established by the legislature pursuant to Assembly Bill number 1168. For more information, please visit our Fee Schedule and our page titled Legislative Changes.

Sonoma Vines,

by Jack Stuppin, is an oil landscape depicting summer in Sonoma County. We stand on a slope under a quiet, hazy blue sky, gazing across a hillside vineyard into the distance at Mount St. Helena. The artist has used a tapestry of bright, rich blues, yellows and greens to capture the spectacular view before us. In the distance, at the foot of the mountain, lie chapparal-covered hills edged with dense evergreen forest.