County of Santa Barbara Public Works Department Surveyor's Office

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Santa Barbara County Surveyor

Providing quality surveying services through the creation, maintenance and protection of land based records for public and private resources.

Physical Address

County Surveyor's Office
Public Works Department
123 East Anapamu Street (Map)
2nd Floor, Suite 222
Santa Barbara

Mailing Address
COUNTY SURVEYOR
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
123 E ANAPAMU ST
2ND FLOOR, SUITE 222
SANTA BARBARA CA 93101-2059

Phone: (805) 568-3020
Email: countysurveyor@cosbpw.net

Complete Contact Information

Public Service Hours

Effective June 16, 2021
Surveyors' Office Counter Available By Appointment Only

Contact our office to make an appointment
Monday       9:00 am–12:00 pm
Tuesday      9:00 am–12:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Thursday     9:00 am–12:00 pm
Friday          9:00 am–12:00 pm

Notice: Public access to the County Engineering building is by appointment only; for customers needing to make submittals other than mailing via USPS; complete submittals can be dropped off at 123 East Anapamu Street in the County Engineering building at the Public Works Department reception window. Please make checks payable to "County of Santa Barbara".
Mail complete initial project submittals via USPS to the County Surveyor Mailing Address. Subsequent submittals should be emailed to countysurveyor@cosbpw.net, or can be mailed to the County Surveyor Mailing Address. 
Project reviews will be emailed to customers, and can also be mailed upon request.

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Services

Surveyor's Office:
  Map & Document Review, Right of Way, Geographic Information Systems;
Field Survey Services

If you need your property Surveyed?:
The County Surveyor typically does not perform surveys for private property owners. Private property owners can hire a Professional Land Surveyor that is registered with the State Department of Consumer Affairs, Board for Professional Engineers Land Surveyors and Geologists (BPELSG).
Link to the Consumer Guide: http://www.bpelsg.ca.gov/pubs/consumer_guide.pdf

The largest organization in California for Professional Land Surveying is the California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA).
Link to How to Consult a Surveyor: http://www.californiasurveyors.org/Docs/How%20to%20Consult%20Surveyor.pdf
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Downloads

Access our inventory of over 38,000 files.
Recent Activity:
Updates to Index tables & scans for:
04/26/2021 - Books of:  Corner Records,
04/28/2021 - Books of:  Records of Surveys,
04/22/2021 - Books of:  Maps (with Tracts),
03/16/2021 - Books of:  Cemetery Maps,
02/01/2021 - Books of:  Parcel Maps,
12/18/2018 - Books of:  Condominiums,
02/22/2018 - Santa Maria City Tie Book:  SM Tie Book.
                             
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County Surveyor's Manual

Fees,  Forms / Policies / Regulations,
and Parcel Creation History

Recent Activity:
Fee Schedule increase Effective July 1, 2021
Notice of Fee Schedule Increase 2021-2022
Proposed Fee Ordinance for PublicWorks-Surveyor
Docketed for April 6th 2021 Board of Supervisor hearing.
2021 Fee Study Report
Santa Barbara County Public Works Department User Fee Study Report: Surveyor Prepared March 18, 2021 by MGT Consulting.
CEAC RS&CR Guide Updated 07/30/2020.
2018 Updates to Record of Survey Guide.
The California State Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyor, and Geologists (BPELSG) has released a new Corner Record form; and
Effective April 1, 2017, requires all new CR submittals must be on the new corner record form.
2017 updates to Standard Statements.
2017 updates to Corner Record, Voluntary Merger, and
Recorded Map Modification Guides.
Effective 1/1/2015, Requirements for Notary

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Surveyor Information System

Interactive Map - Spatial Index , Help
Index Information & Records Lookup
Recent Activity:
Updates to Interactive Map, & Spatial Index Shapefiles for:
04/26/2021 - Books of:  Corner Records,
02/10/2021 - Books of:  Records of Surveys,
02/11/2021 - Books of:  Parcel Maps,
08/01/2020 - Recompiled layer of: Cities, 
05/06/2020 - 2020-04-022 layer of: Parcels Assessor, 
02/11/2021 - Books of:  Maps (with Tracts),
12/31/2018 - 2018 Aerial Imagery WMS from Pictometry, 
12/27/2018 - Books of:  Condominiums,
02/23/2018 - Crowd Sourced Monument Searches,
02/23/2018 - Santa Maria City Tie Book:  SM Tie Book.
                                                                                                                         
Note: not all records are spatially indexed;
For more complete indexing, use with other available indexes.

The Division at a Glance

The Surveyor Division is responsible for maintaining accurate land records within the County of Santa Barbara. The Division has six general areas of responsibility:

  1. Checking and recording subdivision maps and documents.
  2. Providing survey related data to the general public.
  3. Conducting field surveys for County projects.
  4. Providing Right-of-Way information for the Department of Public Works.
  5. Providing and coordinating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services, and mapping for the Department of Public Works.
  6. Administration of various State and local programs.