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:
- Special road tax--Petaluma Township, 1873/1874-1874/1875
- Assessment book of the property of Petaluma road district for the year ..., 1874-1875
- Assessment roll of the Healdsburg and Pine Flat Road District, 1874-1877
- Sonoma County tax assessment, 1900-1974
- Wildcat subdivisions--assessment ledgers, 1910-1915
- Assessment appeals--geothermal (ASAP-0040), 1973, 1982-1998
- 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