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| Welcome to Clerk,
Recorder, Assessor and Elections Offices! |
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Our mission is to
help you at significant times throughout your life - from birth to death - when
you purchase a new home, open a business, or want to get married in a civil
ceremony - just to name a
few.
Make history without leaving your doorstep! |
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| Department Mission
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To honor the public
trust by assuring open and honest elections, maintaining and preserving property
and vital records, setting fair and impartial property values for tax purposes
and providing courteous and professional services at a reasonable cost. |
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Elections Division |
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Joseph E.
Holland
Clerk, Recorder, Assessor
and Registrar of Voters
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To ensure that the
voters of Santa Barbara County have the tools they need, the equipment they
trust, the information and access they deserve, and the right they value in
order to participate in the Elections process. |
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Assessor Division |
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To discover,
identify, value and assess all taxable real and personal property in order to
produce the secured and unsecured assessment rolls. To fairly and accurately
apply exemptions, exclusions and to defend valuations and assessments before the
Assessment Appeals Board. |
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Clerk-Recorder Division |
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To record, archive
and provide copies of Official Records, Maps related to real property, and Vital
Records (birth, death, marriage certificates), file Fictitious Business Name
Statements and Notary Public oaths, issue Marriage
licenses and perform Marriage ceremonies. |
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