Santa Maria · Santa Barbara County · California / Seller resources
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Property value, an unpaid tax bill, a recorded deed, and a court judgment are different questions. Census Bureau 2026 boundary data places the incorporated Santa Maria area in Santa Barbara County; the city boundary touches San Luis Obispo County but does not extend into it. Confirm the county and APN for an individual property before requesting records.
The boundary note is city-level orientation, not a parcel determination. Use the current property address or APN when you contact an office.
Santa Barbara County · property information and assessment
Use the Assessor for property information, assessment records, and assessed-value questions. This is separate from paying or checking delinquent property taxes and from recording a deed.
Santa Barbara County · property taxes, delinquent taxes, and defaulted tax sales
Use the Tax Collector service pages for county property-tax information, delinquent-tax questions, and defaulted tax-sale notices. This office handles tax collection, not assessed-value questions or deed recording.
Santa Barbara County · document recording and Documentary Transfer Tax information
Use the Clerk-Recorder for county document-recording and deed-recording questions. Its Documentary Transfer Tax page explains the recording-tax service; it is not the office for assessed values, unpaid property-tax balances, or court-case status.
Santa Barbara County Superior Court · North County probate clerk route
For a Santa Maria probate matter, use the North County Probate Clerk route to ask about probate filings and case routing. Confirm the current contact and routing with the Court. This is separate from county tax collection and deed recording.
Probate Clerk: 805-614-6414 · 312 East Cook Street, Building E, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Mailing address: 312-C East Cook Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454.
For a civil judgment, use the issuing court and case details shown on the court notice. The local court contact listed above is the probate clerk route; it does not verify civil-case routing.
California counties charge $0.55 for each $500 of taxable consideration, or fraction of $500, when the consideration is over $100. A lien or loan that remains on the property after the sale is not counted in that consideration. The county rate is $1.10 per $1,000. A city may take half of that rate as its share, credited against the county tax, while some cities add a larger transfer tax. Ask the title or escrow company to confirm the property's county, any city tax, exemptions, and taxable amount before comparing your net.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the county documentary transfer tax and any city transfer tax. That does not include your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes, or share of current property taxes.
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Use the Santa Barbara County Assessor for property information, assessment records, and assessed-value questions. For an unpaid or delinquent property-tax balance, use the Treasurer-Tax Collector instead.
Use the Santa Barbara County Treasurer-Tax Collector property-tax, delinquent-tax, and defaulted-tax-sale pages linked above. These are tax-collection matters, separate from the Assessor’s valuation records and the Clerk-Recorder’s deed-recording service.
Use the Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder for document recording and deed-recording questions. A court judgment is a court-case matter, so use the court and case information on the notice; the Clerk-Recorder’s document-recording service does not confirm court-case status. The local court contact listed here is specifically for North County probate.
The Santa Barbara County Superior Court lists the Cook Division in North County as the probate clerk route. Call 805-614-6414 at 312 East Cook Street, Building E, Santa Maria, and confirm current case routing with the Court.
California law sets the county documentary transfer tax, and some cities add a larger tax. Ask the title or escrow company to confirm the property’s county, any city tax, exemptions, taxable amount, and how the purchase agreement allocates the cost. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the county documentary transfer tax and any city transfer tax.