California, Marin County
Where Sausalito's records are kept. Sausalito has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Sausalito's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Marin County offices are on our Marin County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
Oversees how California's 58 county assessors apply property tax law, audits their practices, certifies appraisers and itself assesses utility and railroad property and pipelines spanning two or more counties.
Open official site California State Board of Equalization Property Tax DepartmentState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 105,000 cubic feet of California government records, maps and photographs, described in its Minerva catalog, including court, legislative, land grant and family history collections.
Open official site California State Archives CollectionsCounty court
Sits in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose and posts judges' and 341 meeting calendars, local rules, forms and guidance for people filing without an attorney.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCounty court
The Judicial Branch of California runs Find Your Court: enter a five digit California zip code or a city name to see the court locations nearest to it.
Open official site Judicial Branch of California Find Your CourtVital records
Keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records, issues certified copies and registers or amends records as the law allows. Accepted orders cannot be canceled or refunded.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionPolice & jail
FBI San Francisco Field Office posters for wanted fugitives, kidnapped and missing persons, cyber suspects and cases where agents ask the public for information; tips can be sent through tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI San Francisco Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsitePolice & jail
The California Department of Justice sends people a copy of their own state criminal history to review: Live Scan or card fingerprints and a $25 fee are required, and third party requests are refused.
Open official site California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal RecordCity records
City of Sausalito site with City Hall at 420 Litho Street, (415) 289-4100, council meetings and agendas, public records and Fix-It requests, the permit center, parking permits and citations, the municipal code and elections.
Open official site City of SausalitoCity records
Sausalito City Clerk on the main floor of City Hall, 420 Litho Street, handles local elections, FPPC filings, statements of economic interest, claims for damages and public records.
Open official site Sausalito City ClerkCity records
Sausalito's City Attorney advises the City Council, attends council meetings and represents the city in legal disputes, and does not give legal advice to the public.
Open official site Sausalito City AttorneyEverything else, organized
12 more Sausalito sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Sausalito, a place of 7,269 people, is in Marin County, whose county seat is San Rafael. Court and property records sit with Marin County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Sausalito's own offices are in the cards above, and our Marin County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Sausalito.
Deeds for property in Sausalito are recorded by the Marin County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Marin County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the state vital records office, California Department of Public Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.