This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. San Francisco Residents Directory is a private reference. It cannot retrieve records, certify copies, confirm who lives at an address, or change a roll. For an emergency, call 911. If someone is being stalked or harassed, contact local police.
Looking for a Specific Record?
Choose the office or collection that keeps the record rather than sending a general question to a private reference:
- Street ownership and address records: use the San Francisco street directory route and then contact the Assessor-Recorder or Recorder Division.
- Historical volumes and past occupants: use the San Francisco city directory collections at SFPL.
- One person or case: use the San Francisco resident lookup route, then the named court, license, business, or vital-record custodian.
- Postal geography: verify the address in USPS before using the San Francisco ZIP code directory route.
- Records not available online: describe an existing identifiable record under the California Public Records Act to the department that keeps it.
| Office or collection | Contact details from the research |
|---|---|
| Office of the Assessor-Recorder, Recorder Division | City Hall Room 190, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The research lists the official office page; phone and current visiting hours should be confirmed there before travel. |
| San Francisco County Clerk | City Hall Room 168. Marriage, fictitious business name, notary, domestic partnership, and professional-registration services are listed through the County Clerk page; verify current hours and service route. |
| Daniel E. Koshland San Francisco History Center | Main Library sixth floor, 100 Larkin Street; 415-557-4567; sfhistory@sfpl.org. Confirm current public hours and offsite-volume access with the History Center before visiting. |
| Magazines and Newspapers Center | Main Library fifth floor; 415-557-4453; mnc@sfpl.org. Current offsite requests and access hours should be checked through SFPL's directory list. |
Messages about a broken link or a changed public service can be directed to the private reference through the contact channel supplied by the site operator. Do not send sensitive personal information, credentials, identification numbers, or a request for a certified record.