Marin County

County seat: San RafaelCentral CaliforniaCCS Zone 3

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County Surveyor

Records of Survey, Corner Records, and survey-related filings.

Public Works Surveying / County Surveyor. Online Filed Corner Records search; recorded maps via RecordersIndexSearch or MarinMap.

California Survey Requirements & Records

The statewide rules that govern surveys, maps, and monuments in Marin County — plus our recorded-maps archive.

Recorded Map Examples in Marin County

Every map type Marin County records, with a real example on file where one has been archived.

Subdivision & Tentative Parcel Map Requirements

Municipal code citations, submittal checklists, and fees for the county and its largest city.

Marin County

Subdivision Ordinance

Tentative parcel maps: Title 22 (Development Code), Article VI (Subdivisions), Chapter 22.84 (Tentative Maps) — e.g. §22.84.040 (Tentative Map Public Hearing)

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Article VI of Title 22 Development Code is Marin County's Subdivision Ordinance (adopted June 24, 2003, amended since). Confirmed chapter/section structure via Municode nodeId string (TEMA = Tentative Maps, PUHE = Public Hearing) — the Municode page itself is JS-rendered and could not be fully text-scraped, so the section heading text is inferred from the node path, not directly quoted. Checklist is published by Public Works (DPW), not Planning — Marin's Land Development/Surveying counter reviews tentative and final maps jointly with Planning. DPW checklist page last updated per search results June 20, 2024.

Tentative map review fee: Tentative Map – Major: $24,628; Tentative Map – Minor: $12,314; Tentative Map – Amendment: $6,157; Tentative Map – Extension to Vest: $615; Tentative Map – Waiver: $2,126 → $2,190. All map fees are deposits (10% surcharge applies: Major $2,462.80, Minor $1,231.40, Amendment $615.70, Waiver $219) plus $15 Technology Fee per permit; DPW review fee $1,493 (Major/Minor/Waiver) or $999 (Amendment) and EHS fee $893 collected when applicable source · verified 2026-07

This is the fee schedule PDF currently linked (July 2026) from the live Marin CDA Planning Division Fees page (https://www.marincounty.gov/departments/cda/planning/planning-permits/planning-division-fees). marincounty.gov and assets.marincounty.gov are Cloudflare-blocked to automated fetches; page and PDF were loaded in a real Chrome session and the PDF text extracted in-browser (pdf.js) — items 32-36, 'Property Modification: Tentative Map – Major/Minor/Amendment/Extension to Vest/Waiver'. Amounts match the FY 2024-25 adopted column of the Board's fee exhibit ('EXHIBIT A – MARIN CDA PLANNING DIVISION FEE SCHEDULE', FY 2024-25 Fee Amount column, https://marin.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=33&clip_id=12349&meta_id=1343182). No FY 2025-26 or FY 2026-27 planning fee schedule has been published as of July 2026 — the November 2024 (FY 24-25) schedule is the county's current published schedule. Replaces the stale FY 23-24 figures (Major $23,910 etc., asOfDate 2023-06).

Recording fee: $84.00 first page + $2.00 each additional page (map filing fee per Gov. Code §27372) — distinct from the $14/$3 general document recording fee source · verified 2026-07

Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk fee schedule page, marked 'Page updated December 26, 2025.' Single-sourced (no second independent corroborating page found), but it is the county's own live official fee page, explicitly citing Government Code §27372 for the map-filing fee tier.

City of San Rafael

Subdivision Ordinance

Tentative parcel maps: San Rafael Municipal Code (SRMC) Title 15 (Subdivisions) — Chapter 15.02 (Tentative Maps, e.g. §15.02.040 written statement, §15.02.130 phased final maps), Chapter 15.01 (General Provisions/Exceptions, §15.01.120), Chapter 15.04 (Vesting Tentative Maps), Chapter 15.07 (Hillside Subdivisions)

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Section numbers quoted directly from the city's own 'Subdivision Submittal Requirements' page text, which cites SRMC 15.02.040, 15.01.120, 15.02.130, 15.04, and 15.07 by number. Minor subdivisions (4 or fewer lots) require a Parcel Map; major subdivisions (5+ lots) require a Tentative/Final Map, both filed with the Department of Community Development.

Tentative map review fee: Tentative Map / Subdivision Map: $19,377 deposit (Deposit + Hourly, 100% cost recovery); Small Subdivision: $14,826 flat fee; Lot Line Adjustment & Merger: $6,693 flat fee source · verified 2026-06

Pulled directly from the City's current Master Fee Schedule, Planning Services section 5, hosted June 2026 — this is the live, current fee document (linked from https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/master-fee-schedule/). Only one source found (the master fee schedule itself); no second corroborating staff report was located.

Recording fee: Recorded at Marin County Recorder — same as county map filing fee: $84.00 first page + $2.00 each additional page source · verified 2026-07

San Rafael has no separate recorder; final/parcel maps for city subdivisions are recorded with the Marin County Recorder like all other Marin jurisdictions.

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