Start with the City’s Counter Book Maps, then follow a CC label to the Certificate of Correction index. Preserve the Counter Book page and north or south half, the original tract or parcel map clue, and the City’s CC number. The CC index links document-number PDFs. The City says these certificates correct small errors in tract and parcel maps and are recorded with the County Recorder. A City CC number is a lookup clue; the County Recorder instrument number is a separate number.
Read the map label before choosing a CC copy
The City Public Works Survey page explains that its Counter Books index City legal-document numbers; after finding a number on a Counter Book, the reader follows the appropriate document heading. A Counter Book page has north and south halves. Record the half you viewed instead of carrying only a nearby street name into a request. Its parcel base and map names help orient the search, but a mark on that index only points to the correction document.
Keep three references on separate lines:
- Map clue: Counter Book page and half, plus any tract or parcel map number or name printed near the place in question.
- City document: The exact CC label from that page and the PDF reached through the City CC index. If no CC label is legible, write “CC number unknown” rather than opening a plausible-looking numbered file as a substitute.
- Recording clue: Any Recorder document number, recording date, or book/page shown on a reader-held copy. Leave this line blank if the copy lacks it rather than filling it from the City number.
The CC page says to use Counter Book pages to find the document number, then select that number in its first column for a PDF. The visible list may be incomplete, so ask about a historic or current correction that’s missing from it.
Imagine a fictional folder labeled “Map A, south half.” Its note points to “CC-X,” but the reader’s downloaded page, if obtained, names Map B. The shared CC prefix would not resolve that mismatch. Preserve both map labels and ask for the identified City document or the correct Counter Book reference. This example is an identifier check using a hypothetical correction and parcel.
If the City link or an older copy is missing
With only an address or APN, ask Survey and Land Records to identify the relevant Counter Book page. An empty or unreadable City link leaves a copy gap. Keep the page half, map label, CC number if known, and the URL or error seen. The current City Who to Call page lists Public Works through (951) 826-5311. Ask that general line for the Survey and Land Records route for the identified City document, and allow time for the copy. The older CC index footer has a different contact number, so use the current City route first.
The City’s Public Records Request Portal page links the City’s general request portal. If staff directs a request for an existing City-held file, name the Counter Book page and half, the exact CC label or “unknown,” the original map clue, and the document or missing page sought. Describe an older paper or failed link as an access problem rather than as evidence that no certificate exists.
Keep the Recorder copy under its own number
The City survey page says Certificates of Correction are recorded with the County Recorder. For an official recorded-document copy, use the Riverside County Recorder’s record-copy instructions; the County Surveyor search covers a different index. The Recorder describes online, in-person, drop-box, and mail copy routes. If you know the Recorder document number, carry it into that inquiry. Its mail instructions also describe how to identify a record without that number by title or type, parties, and approximate recording date. A parcel number can be an additional clue there, alongside the City CC number.
If a City PDF is available, compare its map reference and any recording notation on that actual copy with the instrument you seek. If the notation is missing or the numbers disagree, ask for the recorded item by the identifiers you actually have. Keep “CC-X” separate from any Recorder number, and treat two similarly named maps as separate instruments until a document links them.
This is a City of Riverside Counter Book route. The Riverside County minor-lands guide concerns a different County Surveyor layer and its document classifications. The San Bernardino map-correction guide explains how an original map and its later correction can be compared; Riverside uses its own local index and copy offices.
A City CC index entry or linked PDF does not prove a legal boundary changed, that a complete recorded instrument was obtained, or that a building permit was issued. It also leaves inspection results, final permit closure and occupancy authorization to their own records. City of Riverside and Riverside County pages checked October 8, 2026.