Santa Barbara County recording resources.
Official starting points for recording documents and asking property-assessment questions. Confirm the correct office, current fees, and submission requirements before visiting or sending documents. A physical office address is not necessarily its mailing address.
Recorder
Clerk-Recorder
- Physical office
- 1100 Anacapa Street, Hall of Records
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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- (805) 568-2250Source checked · 2026-10-20 · Source
- Official office resource
- Office website ↗Source checked · 2026-10-20 · Source
Assessor
Department name not yet verified.
- Physical office
- Address not yet verified.Not yet verified
- Phone
- (805) 568-2550Source checked · 2026-10-20 · Source
- Official office resource
- Office website not yet verified.Not yet verified
This office record is incomplete. Unverified details are not inferred from another office or from mailing addresses.
Only the phone has been checked against the California Board of Equalization directory. County department name, physical address and office website remain unverified.
Recording fees & requirements
A recording fee schedule has not yet been verified for this county. Ask the recorder for the current schedule and the requirements for your document.
This profile does not calculate fees or establish eligibility for any exemption. Recording charges, transfer taxes, and document requirements need a separate county- and transaction-specific review.
For background, read how property transfers into a living trust. The existing recording fee calculator remains limited to its separately supported counties and scenarios.
Sources & verification
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- Santa Barbara recorder: official office details ↗County government · checked 2026-10-20
- Santa Barbara: official contact reference ↗California state government · checked 2026-10-20