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License-verified pros in Santa Cruz, California

1 verified member · 1 of 1 neighborhoods staffed — every license checked against the issuing authority and re-checked weekly.

Realtors in Santa Cruz

Joe Prather

Realtor

eXp Realty of California, Inc.

Neighborhood: Santa Cruz

License checked October 26, 2026

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How to Verify a Real Estate Agent’s License in California

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Common questions

Which neighborhoods in Santa Cruz have a verified pro?

1 of Santa Cruz’s 1 neighborhoods currently have a license-verified pro: Santa Cruz. Every neighborhood has exactly one seat per profession.

Who is the verified realtor in Santa Cruz?

Joe Prather (last checked October 26, 2026).

How does Neighborhood Registry verify pros in Santa Cruz?

Licenses are checked directly against the issuing authority before a profile can be claimed, re-checked weekly, and formally re-verified every 12 months. Each profile shows its last-checked date.

How do I claim my profile or apply for an open seat in Santa Cruz?

Listings are free during the pilot. If your license is in a public California record, your profile may already exist — claim it, or apply, at /get-listed/. One pro per profession per neighborhood; a seat is held only by a claimed, verified profile.

What school district serves the City of Santa Cruz?

Most city addresses are served by Santa Cruz City Schools — two co-administered districts (Santa Cruz City Elementary School District for elementary, Santa Cruz City High School District for middle and high school) under one Board of Education. But the boundaries do not match the city: SCCS also serves county areas from Davenport to Soquel, some addresses inside the city are in other elementary districts (the County tax book shows city tax-rate areas carrying Live Oak, Scotts Valley, and Bonny Doon elementary levies), and many “Santa Cruz” postal addresses outside city limits are in other districts entirely. Always confirm a specific home’s district and school of residence with SCCS’s My School Locator / enrollment process before relying on it.

How are property taxes calculated in Santa Cruz, California?

California uses Proposition 13, not millage. A property’s assessed value is its base year value — market value when it last changed ownership or was newly built — increased by no more than 2% per year. That assessed value is taxed at 1% plus voter-approved bond levies for the parcel’s Tax Rate Area (TRA), so there is no single citywide rate: in the County’s 2025-26 Tax Rate Book, the total rates for Tax Rate Areas labeled “Santa Cruz City” range from 1.107594% to 1.140062% of assessed value, with the typical Santa Cruz City Schools TRA at 1.140062%, before any direct charges on the bill. Two otherwise similar homes can owe at different rates if their TRAs carry different school-district bonds.