Sacramento County (Calif.) Clerk Recorder records, 1849-1979
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sacramento County Clerk Recorder
- Abstract:
- The County Recorder as provided for by the California State Government Code is responsible for the recording of publicly registered documents. As a division of the Law and Justice Agency, the Recorder is responsible for receiving, verifying, dating, indexing, recording, and returning documents regarding land ownership, vital statistics, and various public matters.
- Extent:
- 1249.6 Linear Feet (297 boxes + 6,236 bound volumes + ~825 photographs)
- Language:
- English and Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Sacramento County (Calif.) Clerk Recorder records , CNTY0009, Center for Sacramento History.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Sacramento County (Calif.) Clerk Recorder records documents records filed at the office of the Sacramento County Clerk Recorder between 1849 and 1979. A majority of the records are legal documents establishing legal right to land deeds, licensing, debts, and corporations. It also includes records created by the office of the Sacramento County Clerk Recorder. The deeds index has been digitized and is available as a search database on the Sacramento County Clerk Recorder's web site: http://www.ccr.saccounty.net/DocumentRecording/Pages/Index.aspx
- Biographical / historical:
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The County Clerk as provided for by the 1850 California State Statutes was the ex officio Clerk of the District Court, County Court, Court of Sessions, Probate Court, and Board of Supervisors and was responsible for the recording and care of all books, papers, and records generated by each. He was empowered to administer oaths, receive bonds, and issue all writs and processes required by the court. From 1857-69 he was also the ex officio Recorder. A separate Clerk of the Board of Supervisors was appointed in 1858. With the adoption of the 1880 State Constitution the older courts all became part of the Superior Court, with a corresponding change in the title of the Clerk's records but with no change in duties.
The County Recorder as provided for by the California State Government Code is responsible for the recording of publicly registered documents. As a division of the Law and Justice Agency, the Recorder is responsible for receiving, verifying, dating, indexing, recording, and returning documents regarding land ownership, vital statistics, and various public matters.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred by the Sacramento County Clerk Recorder to the Center for Sacramento History between 1976-1999 (accessions #1976/005, 1976/035, 1977/075, 1977/076, 1978/052, 1978/061, 1978/093, 1979/058, 1979/080, 1979/109, 1980/008, 1980/017, 1980/096, 1980/125, 1980/157, 1982/013, 1982/136, 1982/175, 1983/051, 1983/079, 1983/158, 1984/066, 1994/037, 1998/010, 1999/079, 1976/005, 1976/035).
- Processing information:
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Processed by Sean Heyliger, June 2019.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged into 40 series:
- Series 1. Articles of incorporation
- Series 2. Attorney's orders
- Series 3. Births index
- Series 4. Certificates of purchase
- Series 5. Certificates of tax sales
- Series 6. Clerk administrative and office records
- Series 7. Corporation files
- Series 8. Court records
- Series 9. Deeds
- Series 10. Deeds indexes
- Series 11. Fee and cash books
- Series 12. Homestead declarations
- Series 13. Honor roll for World War II
- Series 14. Great registers (registered voters lists)
- Series 15. Lessee-lessor indexes
- Series 16. Letterbooks
- Series 17. Maps
- Series 18. Marriage and divorce records
- Series 19. Mechanic liens
- Series 20. Mortgages
- Series 21. Notary records
- Series 22. Notice of actions
- Series 23. Official bonds
- Series 24. Official records
- Series 25. Partnerships and fictitious names
- Series 26. Patents
- Series 27. Photographs
- Series 28. Powers of attorney
- Series 29. Preemption claims
- Series 30. Private business ledgers
- Series 31. Reclamation of Swamp Lands
- Series 32. Record of stallion registration
- Series 33. Recovery of debt books (Attachments record books)
- Series 34. Register of medical certificates
- Series 35. Separate property of married women and sole traders
- Series 36. Statement of candidates
- Series 37. Uncategorized records
- Series 38. Unidentified ledgers and registers
- Series 39. U.S. tax liens
- Series 40. Water rights register
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Sacramento County (Calif.) Clerk Recorder records , CNTY0009, Center for Sacramento History.
- Location of this collection:
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551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.Sacramento, CA 95811, US
- Contact:
- (916) 808-7072