California, Marin County
Where San Anselmo's records are kept. San Anselmo has its own town government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include San Anselmo's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Marin County offices are on our Marin County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
Oversees how California's 58 county assessors apply property tax law, audits their practices, certifies appraisers and itself assesses utility and railroad property and pipelines spanning two or more counties.
Open official site California State Board of Equalization Property Tax DepartmentState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 105,000 cubic feet of California government records, maps and photographs, described in its Minerva catalog, including court, legislative, land grant and family history collections.
Open official site California State Archives CollectionsCounty court
Sits in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose and posts judges' and 341 meeting calendars, local rules, forms and guidance for people filing without an attorney.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCounty court
Judicial Branch guide to looking up a California case: county courts keep the records, so start on the court's website or with its clerk; juvenile and adoption files are confidential.
Open official site California Courts Self Help GuideVital records
California Department of Public Health vital records for San Anselmo.
Open official site San Anselmo California Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionFederal
FBI San Francisco Field Office posters for wanted fugitives, kidnapped and missing persons, cyber suspects and cases where agents ask the public for information; tips can be sent through tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI San Francisco Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsiteVital records
QuickFacts table for San Anselmo town, California with a July 1, 2025 population estimate of 12,555, a 2020 to 2024 median household income of $173,641, and figures on housing, schooling and health insurance.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Town of San Anselmo site with Town Hall at 525 San Anselmo Avenue, 415-258-4600, agendas and public meetings, town ordinances and resolutions, permits, business licenses, parking, concern reports, recreation and the town library.
Open official site Town of San AnselmoCity records
Official records and legal files 525 San Anselmo Avenue San Anselmo CA 94960 Phone: (415) 258-4600
Open official site San Anselmo Town ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 525 San Anselmo Avenue San Anselmo CA 94960 Phone: (415) 258-4610
Open official site San Anselmo Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
9 more San Anselmo sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
San Anselmo, a place of 12,830 people, is in Marin County, whose county seat is San Rafael. Court and property records sit with Marin County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. San Anselmo's own offices are in the cards above, and our Marin County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online registration where California offers it, polling places and the local election office for San Anselmo.
Deeds for property in San Anselmo are recorded by the Marin County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Marin County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the state vital records office, California Department of Public Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.