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About Us
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Address:
625 Broadway, 2nd Floor
San Diego, CA, 92101
MailStop: A-5
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00am to 5:00pm (pst)
Office Phone: (619) 515-6200
Office Fax: (619) 515-6010
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Director: Gary Colbert
Summary:
The Office of Revenue and Recovery, a division of the Auditor and Controller, is responsible for establishing accounts receivables, managing, collecting, and accounting for debts owed to the County of San Diego for a variety of services, excluding delinquent property taxes and child support. Additionally, Revenue and Recovery provides enforcement services on delinquent accounts; escrow, lien, and immigration clearances; and record retention services for the County's accounts receivable.
Revenue and Recovery was established in 1956 as a division of the Office of the County Clerk and was comprised of a staff of 5 who handled collection activities for 300 accounts. Today, approximately 25 County departments and clients refer more than 100 types of receivables to Revenue and Recovery. As a result, the organization has grown to a staff of employees who are responsible for more than $165 million in charges owed by approximately 109,000 debtors.
Once an autonomous department, Revenue and Recovery was incorporated into the Auditor and Controller in Fiscal Year 1993/94.
The Office of Revenue and Recovery provides the following accounts receivable services:
- Accounts receivable establishment and billing
- Direct collection contacts
- Accounting and maintenance of receivables
- Funds distribution and disbursement
- Case management
- Enforcement of delinquent accounts
- Escrow, lien, and immigration notifications and clearances
- Record and document retention
- Probate and bankruptcy claims
- Court case document preparation and representation as plaintiff in civil matters or as an accounting witness in criminal hearings
- Accounts receivable and collection consulting for County agencies
A variety of collections services are provided by the Office of Revenue and Recovery for the following County departments or clients:
- Area Agency on Aging
- Agriculture, Weights, & Measures
- Animal Services
- Alternate Public Defender
- Auditor & Controller
- County Counsel
- Environmental Health Services
- General Services
- Health & Human Services Agency
- Housing & Community Development
- Human Resources
- Medical Examiner
- Parks and Recreation
- Planning & Land Use
- Private Conflicts Counsel
- Probation
- Public Administrator
- Public Defender
- Public Works
- Purchasing & Contracting
- Recorder
- Sheriff
- Superior Court
- YMCA
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DISCLAIMER: The following information is provided to you as a matter of convenience and speaks as of the end of the last period to which they relate. There may have been changes in the financial condition or affairs of the County of San Diego since then, the County of San Diego has not undertaken to update the financial statements, or such other documents.
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