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Sonoma County Assessor's Office records, 1873-1998
SCG.00033  
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  • Overview of the Collection
  • Scope and Contents
  • Access Terms
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection

  • Overview of the Collection

    Collection Title: Sonoma County Assessor's Office records,
    Date (inclusive): 1873-1998
    Date (bulk): 1873 (bulk)
    Identification: SCG.00033
    Creator: Sonoma County (Calif.) Assessor's Office
    Physical Description: 59 volumes; 8 microfilm reels; 26 boxes
    Language of Materials: English
    Repository: Sonoma County Library Archives
    Sonoma County Library
    6135 State Farm Drive
    Rohnert Park, CA 94928
    Abstract: This collection contains records created by the Sonoma County (Calif.) Assessor's Office. Records include documents pertaining to road and property taxes; land assessments, including geothermal issues. records include: Assessment book of the property of Petaluma road district for the year 1874-75. Record of delinquent taxpayers and sales of property for delinquent taxes for 1874-75. Records necessary to value geothermal rights. Includes geological, historical, and valuation information, appraisal and appeal documents, correspondence, etc. File of current and historical data for rural, residential and commercial properties.

    Scope and Contents

    Official records of taxes, assessments and property files for roads, subdivisions and manufactured homes.

    Arrangement of the collection

    Organized into seven series:
    1. Special road tax--Petaluma Township, 1873/1874-1874/1875
    2. Assessment book of the property of Petaluma road district for the year ..., 1874-1875
    3. Assessment roll of the Healdsburg and Pine Flat Road District, 1874-1877
    4. Sonoma County tax assessment, 1900-1974
    5. Wildcat subdivisions--assessment ledgers, 1910-1915
    6. Assessment appeals--geothermal (ASAP-0040), 1973, 1982-1998
    7. 7.Property files--manufactured homes (ASAP-0050), 1981-1992
    Arranged variously chronologically, by district or by Assessor's Parcel Number (APN)

    Access Terms

    This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

    Corporate Names

    Sonoma County (Calif.). Assessor's Office--Records and correspondence

    Geographic Name:

    Sonoma County (Calif.)--Appropriations and expenditures

    Topical Terms

    Tax assessment--California--Sonoma County--Records and correspondence
    Real property--Valuation--California--Sonoma County--Records and correspondence
    Real property tax--California--Sonoma County--Records and correspondence
    Geothermal power plants--California--Sonoma County
    Mobile homes Taxation----California--Sonoma County
    Real estate development--California--Russian River Area
    Tax assessment--California--Healdsburg
    Tax assessment--California--Sonoma County
    Taxation--California--Petaluma

    Genre and Format Terms

    Ledgers (account books)
    Taxes (political concept)
    Tax records
    County government records
    Archival materials

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Conditions Governing Access:

    Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at 707 308-3212 to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

    Preferred Citation:

    Sonoma County Assessor's Office records, 1873-1998. SCG.00033, Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Santa Rosa, CA