San Diego city · San Diego County · California
Find the county office for an assessment, property-tax bill, recorded deed, or probate-court question. Read a California transfer-tax rule and compare San Diego selling resources.
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The offices below handle different records: assessed value, county property-tax bills, deed recording, and probate-court information are not the same task. Use the property address and current bill, notice, or case information to find the right contact. San Diego city is within San Diego County, but a San Diego mailing address alone does not establish whether a particular property is inside City limits or determine its tax account, title, or court venue.
You can ask us about an as-is cash sale before every record question is resolved. Share the address through the form above or call; the office contacts below are there for the specific public-record or court-information question you need answered.
Useful San Diego County offices
Assessment is not tax collection, deed recording is not court-case information, and the Probate Business Office is a court-information route for probate matters. Check each office’s current instructions for the property or case.
San Diego County · assessment and property-record inquiries
Use the Assessor for assessed-value and property-record questions. Assessment is a different task from paying or checking a property-tax bill, recording a deed, or looking up a court case.
County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Suite 103, San Diego, CA 92101.
San Diego County · property-tax bill and payment information
Use the county tax-collection page for property-tax bill and payment information. It does not check a particular parcel’s balance; use the current bill and its account instructions for the property-specific amount.
San Diego County · real-property recording and document instructions
Use the Recorder for recording real-property documents, including deed-recording instructions. Recording a deed is different from property assessment, tax collection, or getting information about a court case.
County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Suite 260, San Diego, CA 92101.
San Diego County Superior Court · Probate Division business-office information
Use this local Probate Division office route for probate court information and business-office contact. It does not determine an estate’s court venue or who may sign for a particular property.
Central Courthouse, 1100 Union St., San Diego, CA 92101, Third Floor.
Phone: (619) 844-2676
For a court judgment, use the court and case identified in the notice; the Probate Business Office is for probate information, not a general judgment search. A title professional can help connect a court or recorded document to a property-specific title question.
Helpful California rule
Ask the title company or escrow to confirm the tax for the exact property and sale. California counties charge documentary transfer tax at $0.55 for each $500 of value, or fraction of $500, when consideration is over $100; a lien or loan that remains on the property after the sale is not counted in that amount. That is $1.10 per $1,000 of taxable consideration.
A city may take half of the county rate as its own share, credited against the county tax, so the combined rate usually stays at $1.10 per $1,000. Some cities add a larger tax on top, and some transfers are exempt. State law assigns responsibility to a person who signs or benefits from the deed, while the purchase agreement can allocate the cost between buyer and seller. Ask title or escrow to confirm whether a city tax applies, the taxable amount, any exemption, and the agreement’s allocation.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the county documentary transfer tax and any city transfer tax. This does not pay the seller’s mortgage, liens, back taxes or share of current property taxes.
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To talk through a house in San Diego or San Diego County, call 888-274-5006. You can also use the property form at the top of this page. For more about the company, visit the San Diego about page.
Use the San Diego County Assessor for assessment and property-record inquiries. Its office is at the County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Suite 103. The official office-locations link above has current contact information. An assessed value is separate from a tax balance or deed record.
Use the San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector’s official tax-collection page for property-tax bill and payment information. It does not check a particular parcel’s balance; use the current bill and account instructions for the amount tied to the property.
The San Diego County Recorder/County Clerk handles real-property recording and deed instructions. A court judgment is a court or case-record question, not an assessment or tax-bill question; use the court and case information on the notice. For a probate-court matter, the Probate Business Office link above is the local court-information route. A title professional can explain how a record relates to a specific property.
The Superior Court of California, County of San Diego Probate Business Office is at the Central Courthouse, 1100 Union St., San Diego, CA 92101, Third Floor. Call (619) 844-2676 or use its official information page. The office route does not decide an estate’s venue or who can sign for a particular house.
California counties charge $0.55 for each $500 of taxable consideration, or fraction of $500, when consideration is over $100; a lien or loan that remains on the property is excluded from that amount. A city may take a credited share of the county tax, and some cities impose an additional tax. Ask the title company or escrow to confirm the property’s city, taxable amount, any exemption, and contract allocation. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the county documentary transfer tax and any city transfer tax. This promise does not pay the seller’s mortgage, liens, back taxes or share of current property taxes.