Affidavits of Election Receipts and Expenditures consists of four record cartons of preprinted forms and narrative depositions mandated by the California State Legislature in 1893 for general, primary, and special elections (California Stats. 1893, Ch. 16). They document campaign contributions...

Annexation records consists of one records carton containing resolutions, maps, and other documents pertaining to the annexation of unincorporated territory from 1946 to 1973 into the cities of El Cajon and Escondido under the Annexation of the Uninhabited Territory Act...

Certificates of Sale on Foreclosures and Executions consists of two disbound volumes of indexes and 16 disbound volumes of recorded documents chronicling the participants and circumstances regarding the sale of real property due to foreclosure in San Diego County from...

Certificates of Tax Sales to State of California consists of five volumes of tax sales certificates and one ledger of tax sale transactions documented in San Diego County from 1881 through 1892. These sales were made by the County Tax...

Chattel Mortgages consist of nine volumes of bound indexes and 121 volumes of bound and disbound recorded chattel mortgages, i.e., loans, for which personal (non-real) property is used as collateral. These mortgages were recorded in San Diego County from 1858...

Declarations of Homestead consists of 18 bound and disbound books recorded in San Diego County from 1860 to 1931. These documents relate to the Homestead Act (1862-1976). Early records may include property within present-day Imperial, Inyo, Riverside, and San Bernardino...

Deeds consist of 12 bound and disbound volumes dating from 1850 to 1916, with the bulk dating from 1850 to 1868. There are a small number of deeds created and executed prior to 1850 that were not recorded until 1850....

Delinquent Tax Lists consist of 14 volumes. The recorded documents are Proof of Publication documents and are accompanied by published delinquent tax notices from various local newspapers, published in accordance with the California Revenue and Taxation Code, Sections 3351–3385 and...

Estray Notices consist of two volumes of appraisals and declarations of ownership for found personal and movable property; overwhelmingly, they document livestock found wandering at large. Notices were recorded in the San Diego County Recorder’s Office from 1888 through 1953...

Historic birth records consist of 79 bound and disbound volumes and 19 manuscript boxes of early birth records registered in San Diego County from 1850 through 1986, with the bulk dating from 1860 through 1956. The original geographic boundaries of...

Historic death records consist of 47 bound and disbound volumes of historic death and related records registered in San Diego County dating from 1849 through 1977 with the bulk dating from 1873 through 1956. Also included are ancillary death records...

Historic financial records consist of 16 volumes of internal financial records of the San Diego County Recorder/County Clerk, including Cash Ledgers, Copyist Records, and Budget reports dating from 1887 to 1969. One ledger records payments made from public school accounts...

Index to Notice of Inventory Liens consists of one bound Index to Notice of Inventory Liens filed in San Diego County between 1958 and 1964. An Inventory Lien establishes a legal claim against moveable inventory as security for a loan....

Indexes to Building Contracts consist of two disbound volumes dating from 1885 to 1959. Each volume provides listings of building contracts executed in San Diego County.

Indexes to Decrees of Distribution consists of two bound volumes dating from 1883 to 1918. Each volume provides listings of decrees of distribution issued in San Diego County. Note these records are indexes only, the Archives does not hold decrees...

Indexes to Maps consist of 14 bound and disbound volumes. These indexes facilitate access to a diverse range of both filed and unfiled maps. The indexes include references to some filed Subdivision Maps, Miscellaneous Maps, and Record of Survey Maps...

Land and Water Contracts consist of three disbound volumes of standard contracts executed between the San Luis Rey Water Company and various landowners throughout San Diego County from 1889 to 1890. Locations include Oceanside, Poway, Mira Mesa, and Solana Beach....

Leases consist of four disbound volumes of indexes and 35 volumes of hand-written and typed leases executed on property within San Diego County from 1869 to 1931. They are contractual agreements between two parties, the lessor and the lessee, wherein...

This collection consists of one volume of Lis Pendens recorded in the San Diego County Recorder’s Office from 1903 through 1908. A Lis Pendens is an official notice to the public that a lawsuit involving a claim on real property...

This collection consists of 30 volumes of marriage certificates and related indexes and 13 boxes of related records that were registered in San Diego County from 1856 through 2022. Recent records are confidential marriage licenses and certificates, which date from...

Miscellaneous Records consist of nine disbound volumes of indexes and 101 bound and disbound volumes of Miscellaneous official records. They contain various instruments recorded in San Diego County primarily affecting ownership of, and interest in, property from 1850-1931, including affidavits,...

Notices of Assignment or of Intention to Assign an Account or Accounts consists of a single box of notices recorded in San Diego County from 1955 to 1962. These documents provide notice that the owner of debt, the Assignor, is...

The Oaths of Allegiance and Surety Bonds consists of one manuscript box of printed oaths and surety bonds. Oaths of Allegiance are mandated by Section 3, Article XX of the California State Constitution and Surety Bonds, legally binding financial guarantees...

Official Bonds consist of 24 bound and disbound volumes, including indexes. Records document legally binding financial guarantees of conduct made by elected or appointed officials and notaries public in San Diego County from 1867 to 1931. Examples of offices under...

This sub-series consists of photostat copies of official record books that were microfilmed in the 1960s and 1970s. When the microfilm was unclear or illegible, the photostat copies were retained. This is not a complete representation of all recorded official...

Patents consist of 15 disbound volumes of certificates that signify the transfer of ownership rights of publicly held land to private individuals in San Diego County between 1883-1931.

Public Administrator's Semi-Annual Reports consists of single page reports made by the Public Administrator in and for San Diego County of the distribution of all estates overseen by that office due to the lack of a named administrator/executor. These reports...

Returned original recorded documents consist of 60 manuscript boxes and four oversized boxes, containing original documents brought to the San Diego County Recorder for recording from 1860-1939, bulk 1885-1907. These documents were then transcribed as Official Records to be maintained...

This series consists of Assessment maps submitted to the County Recorder. Maps are arranged chronologically by map number and date recorded.

The Office of the San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk records consist of the office files of elected San Diego County Assessors, Recorders, and County Clerks. Records are from 1897-2022 and include documentation regarding training, instruction, and procedures within the Assessor,...

This series consists of miscellaneous San Diego County maps submitted to the County Recorder. Maps are arranged by map type, chronologically, and by date recorded.

This series consists of Parcel maps submitted to the County Recorder. Maps are arranged chronologically by map number and date recorded.

This series consists of Record of Survey maps submitted to the County Recorder. Maps are arranged chronologically by map number and date recorded.

This series consists of San Diego County State Highway Maps submitted to the County Recorder. Maps are arranged chronologically by map number and date recorded.

This series consists of Subdivision maps submitted to the County Recorder. Maps are arranged chronologically by map number and date recorded.

Separate Property of Married Women consists of two disbound volumes, including one index. Records focus on property held solely by married women, distinct from joint or community property held by both spouses in San Diego County from 1871 to 1930.

Sole Trader Declarations consist of two volumes detailing a stringent judicial procedure involving the declaration of a married woman’s intent to operate as a sole trader in San Diego County from 1850 to 1918.

Statement of Facts – Registry of Public Agencies (known as the Roster of Public Agencies prior to 2019) consists of individual documents filed with the San Diego County Clerk’s Office. These documents identify members of the agencies’ governing body. Government...

Statements of Liquor Sold by Pharmacists in No-License Territory consists of a single folder of sworn statements, notarized, and filed in the San Diego County Clerk’s Office by pharmacists indicating the type and volume of liquor sold and received by...

Torrens records are real property records for land held in the County of San Diego. The Torrens system was used in California from 1914-1955 to register title to real property, also called registered property or Torrens property. Torrens consist of...

Water Claims consists of four volumes, one index of recorded notices submitted by claimants in San Diego County from 1883 through 1928, and a single document dated 1950. These claims assert water rights for various purposes, often involving the diversion...

Wills consist of four disbound volumes and their index. They contain a diverse range of wills and documents which detail what is to happen to the real and personal property upon the death of individuals (testators). All materials were recorded...

Writs of Executions consists of one disbound volume of documents recorded in San Diego County from 1952 to 1960. A Writ of Execution is a court order that directs law enforcement, usually a sheriff, to take action to satisfy a...