If you’ve been temporarily displaced by the recent wildfires, you do not need to change your voter registration. You can continue to use your permanent residential (home) address and add a temporary mailing address to receive your voting materials while away from home.
This ensures that your voting districts remain the same, allowing you to continue voting on local issues that affect your home community.
If you’ve permanently relocated and choose to register at a new address, your voting districts may change, affecting the contests and measures on your ballot in future elections.
How to Update Your Mailing Address on Your Voter Registration
You have two simple options to update your mailing address:
Option 1: Online
- Visit RegisterToVote.ca.gov to re-register to vote.
- Enter your residential (home) address in the “Home Address” section.
- In the “Mailing Address” section, check the box that says your mailing address is different from your home address.
- Enter your temporary mailing address.
- To receive your mail-in ballot, the registration deadline is Monday, October 20.
Important: Only update your mailing address. Do not change your home address unless you have permanently relocated. Your home address determines your voting districts.
Option 2: Paper Form
You can find the paper forms (in different languages) in any Los Angeles City and County facilities, such as libraries, public counters, or recreation and park locations.
Call L.A. County at (800) 815-2666, option 2 for information and help with your voter registration.
Submitting a change of address to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
- If you've submitted a change of address to USPS, we may receive that update and send you a notice asking you to confirm your residential and mailing addresses. This is to ensure your voter registration remains accurate and up to date. No action is taken until we hear back from you.
- The LA County Registrar highly recommends mailing your ballots 7 days prior to Election Day (November 4th, 2025).
- You can always drop your ballots in any Drop Box locations or Vote Centers throughout Los Angeles County.
Councilmember Traci Park's message to Council District 11 voters:
Additional Information:
No-Cost Records Offered for Those Impacted by Fires
Vital Records and Real Property Records
Los Angeles County residents directly impacted by fires can request property and vital records (i.e., birth, death, marriage) at no cost to support their recovery efforts.
Anyone needing a vital record can call (800) 201-8999, option 1. Residents needing copies of their property records should call (800) 201-8999, option 3, or email RRCCFireAssistance@rrcc.lacounty.gov.
REQUEST PROCESS
Residents may visit our offices or call and email our office and ask for an affidavit form by mail. The form must be signed, notarized, and returned to us by mail. Real estate property records do not need to be notarized.
All RR/CC locations (except the Beverly Hills Branch) can accept and process applications for vital records. Only the LAX, Van Nuys, and Lancaster offices can accept and process requests for real property. For a list of locations, click here.
Eligibility:
Only immediate family members (parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings) can request official certified copies for vital records.
Real property and business filing/registration records are public records; anyone can request them.
Required Information:
Vital Records:
- Name(s) on the certificate, the date of the event, and your relationship to the registrant.
- If requesting in person, we need a valid ID for marriage certificates.
Real Property Records:
- Name of the grantor or grantee and the approximate date of recording. We cannot search by address.
- Real estate property records requests do not need to be notarized.
Business Filing/Registration Records:
- Name of the owner and the business
Business Filing/Registration records requests do not need to be notarized.
Processing and Delivery Timeline:
- Same-day in-person delivery for the most recent records
- Birth Records: 1962 to the present
- Property Records: 1985 to the present
- Records older than 1962 and records between 1972 and 1977 will be mailed out within five (5) business days—these records require additional processing.
- Requests by phone, email, or mail will be issued within five (5) business days.
NOTE: Some birth records have parents social security numbers on the birth certificate. We are required to redact that information because it is personally identifiable information.
We only hold records from L.A. County, but we can help people obtain vital records from other counties in California.
Have questions?
For help with voter registration, election information, or general assistance, call the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk at (800) 815-2666 option 2, or visit LAVOTE.Gov/Recovery.