Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

12400 Imperial Highway
Norwalk, Ca 90650
http://www.lavote.net

Mission Statement: To convey the people's voice in selecting their representative government, and to preserve and ensure the integrity of the people's historic birth, death, marriage, real estate and election records.

The following provides a brief overview of the Los Angeles County Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk:

Registrar's Office:

The Los Angeles County Registrar's Office is responsible for conducting federal, state and county elections for the largest election jurisdiction in the United States with over 4.2 million active registered voters. The Registrar's office is accountable for the registration of voters, maintenance of voter files, conduct of federal, state, local and special elections and the verification of initiative, referendum and recall petitions.

Recorder/County Clerk's Office:

The County Clerk's office is responsible for marriage license issuance, the performance of civil marriage ceremonies, fictitious business name filings and indexing, qualification and registration of notaries and miscellaneous statutory issuance of oaths and filings.

The Recorder's Office is responsible for recording legal documents which determine ownership of real property and maintains files of birth, death and marriage records for Los Angeles County.