California County Clerks and Recorders Offices

Contact the county clerk or recorder where the principal place of business for the company is located about business licenses, fictitious business names, zoning, building and permits.

These links will take you to the website for each county in California.

Alameda	http://www.acgov.org
Alpine	http://www.alpinecountyca.gov
Amador	http://www.co.amador.ca.us
Butte	http://www.buttecounty.net
Calaveras	http://www.co.calaveras.ca.us
Colusa	http://www.colusacountyclerk.com
Contra Costa	http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us
Del Norte	www.co.del-norte.ca.us
El Dorado	http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us
Glenn	http://www.countyofglenn.net
Humboldt	http://co.humboldt.ca.us/
Imperial	http://co.imperial.ca.us
Kern	http://www.co.kern.ca.us
Kings	http://www.countyofkings.com
Lake	http://www.co.lake.ca.us
Lassen	http://www.co.lassen.ca.us
Los Angeles	http://www.lacounty.info
Madera	http://www.madera-county.com
Marin	http://www.co.marin.ca.us
Mariposa	http://www.mariposacounty.org
Mendocino	http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us
Merced	http://www.co.merced.ca.us
Modoc	(no web site)
Mono	http://www.monocounty.ca.gov
Monterey	http://www.co.monterey.ca.us
Napa	http://www.co.napa.ca.us
Orange	http://egov.ocgov.com/portal/site/ocgov/
Placer	http://www.placer.ca.gov
Plumas	http://www.countyofplumas.com
Riverside	http://www.countyofriverside.us/portal/page/portal/cornew
Sacramento	http://www.saccounty.net
San Benito	http://www.san-benito.ca.us
San Bernardino	http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us
San Diego	http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us
San Francisco	http://www.ci.sf.ca.us
San Joaquin	http://www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us
San Luis Obispo	www.slocounty.ca.gov/tax/businesslicense.htm
San Mateo	http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us
Santa Barbara	http://www.countyofsb.org/business.aspx
Santa Clara	http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/scc
Santa Cruz	http://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Shasta	http://www.co.shasta.ca.us
Sierra	http://www.sierracounty.ws
Siskiyou	http://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us
Solano	http://www.co.solano.ca.us
Sonoma	http://www.sonoma-county.org/
Stanislaus	http://www.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Sutter	http://www.co.sutter.ca.us
Tehama	(no web site)
Trinity	http://www.trinitycounty.org
Tulare	http://www.co.tulare.ca.us
Tuolumne	(no web site)
Ventura	http://www.countyofventura.org/dept.asp
Yolo	http://www.yolocounty.org
Yuba	http://www.co.yuba.ca.us