County: Butte, CA | Incident: Park Fire |

Resource Type: Legal Assistance, Mail Services, and Replacement and Recovery-Documents

Butte County – Park Fire – Document Replacement and Recovery

United States Postal Service (USPS)

USPS offers temporary mail forwarding services that are available to anyone. For more information, visit www.usps.com/manage/forward.htm

Franchise Tax Board

Provides free replacement copies of the most recently filed or damaged California tax returns.

Complete a Request for Copy of Tax Return (FTB 3516) and print the name of the disaster at the top of the form. Copies of the most recently filed tax returns will be mailed.
Completed forms should be mailed to:
Data Storage Section
Franchise Tax Board
PO Box 1570
Rancho Cordova CA 95741-1570

Social Security Administration

1-866-964-7585

Visit one of the local Social Security Administration offices where they are providing replacement social security cards for those lost in the fire, verifying Social Security benefits, checking the status of ongoing social security claims and providing information about the claims appeal process. Any valid non-expired form of ID is acceptable to replace a SS card. They will also accept a printout from the DMV of an ID or CDL. For children, a school ID is accepted. Parents can also call the school to get a copy of the children’s student ID which can also be accepted.

Chico Office
1370 E Lassen Ave #150, Chico
Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

Oroville Office
115 Table Mountain Boulevard, Oroville
Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

California Department of Motor Vehicles

DMV assists Californians affected by natural disasters at Local Assistance Centers (LACs). For more information about disaster assistance services, visit the DMV Natural Disaster Assistance page. At these centers, DMV helps Californians replace or reapply for the following items at no cost:

Driver’s licenses

  • Identification cards
  • Vehicle registration and titles
  • Disabled person parking placards
  • License plates and stickers

In addition, customers may:

  • Submit vehicle disposal paperwork
  • Request driver’s record printouts
  • Process a change of address
  • Title change for destroyed vehicles
  • Obtain salvage title
  • Replacement title to show insurer for claim

Butte County Clerk Recorder

155 Nelson Ave, Oroville
530-552-3400

Disaster Victims Assistance for Records during regular hours 8:30am-4:30pm or to re-register to vote

California Department of Housing and Community Development

If  your  mobile home  or  manufactured  home  was  destroyed  due  to  a  recent  California wildfire,  earthquake  or  storm  and  you  need  copies  of  your  title  and  registration  and/or salvage forms:

  • Call: 1-833-421-5990 (TDD: 1-800-735-2929)
  • Email: ContactRT@hcd.ca.gov (Please use Subject Line: Impacted by Natural Disaster)

If your mobile home or manufactured home was damaged due to a recent California wildfire, earthquake or storm and you need to obtain permits for alterations/repairs:  

  • Call: 1-800-952-8356, Option 2 (TDD: 1-800-735-2929)
  • Visit: www.hcd.ca.gov

Butte County Clerk Recorder Registrar of Voters

To request a copy of real estate records online, visit: https://buttevotes.net/191/Official-Record-Look-Up and continue to the Official Records Lookup. Be prepared to enter the party name and Document ID number for your order.

Please Note: The County Clerk-Recorder only sells complete documents, not individual pages of a document.