Clerk-Recorder Fee Schedule
County Clerk
Fictitious Business Name Fees:
| Filing a Fictitious Business Name Statement | $20.00 |
| For each additional business name or partner | $ 3.00 |
| Filing a statement of Abandonment | $15.00 |
| Filing a statement of Withdrawal | $15.00 |
| Fee for certified copy of any statement on file | $ 3.25 |
Marriage License Fees:
| Issuance of Marriage License | $50.00 |
| Additional charge for after hours issuance | $36.00 |
| Issuing duplicate marriage license and certificate | $24.00 |
| Issuing a Confidential Marriage License, includes one certified copy | $70.00 |
| Certified copy of a confidential marriage license | $14.00 |
| Marriage ceremony, during business hours, by the Commissioner of Marriages | $25.00 |
Surety Fees:
| Filing a power of attorney, revocation, cancellation, annulment or suspension of a certificate for an admitted surety insurer: one name | $8.00 |
| If more than one name, for each additional name | $ 2.25 |
Miscellaneous Fees:
| Filing Bond of Notary Public | $15.00 |
| Registration of Process Server | $117.00 |
| Registration of Unlawful Detainer Assistant | $182.00 |
| Registration of Legal Document Assistant | $182.00 |
| Registration of Professional Photocopier | $182.00 |
Certification and Copying Fees:
| Photocopying document, per 81/2 x 14" page or less 1st page |
$ 1.50 |
| 2nd and subsequent pages | $ .50 |
| Certifying a copy of any original paper, record or proceeding on file in the Office of the County Clerk-Recorder |
$ 1.75 |
Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
| Appeals to Board of Supervisors | $159.00 |
| Copying tapes of meetings (provide tape) per minute fee | $ .40 |
| Copying tapes of meetings (additional $4.00 per tape if clerk provides) per minute | $ .40 |
Elections/Registrar of Voters
| Certification of Voter’s Registration | $1.50 |
| Copy of Conflict of Interest Statement, Campaign Expenditure Reports (per page) | $ .10 |
| Index of Voter’s ($10.00 minimum up to 5000 names, $2.00 for each additional 1000 names or portion thereof: application required) | |
| Computer tapes of voter registration files (disk provided) | $125.00 |
| (no disk provided) | $130.00 |
Recorder
Vital Records:
| Birth (additional $7.00 fee to use credit card services) | $20.00 |
| Marriage (additional $7.00 fee to use credit card services) | $14.00 |
| Death (additional $7.00 fee to use credit card services) | $16.00 |
Regular Recording Fees: Note - Document margin requirements for Recorder’s Stamp in upper right corner minimum of 3” wide by 2” height. Top, bottom, right and Left margins minimum of 1/2”.
| 1st page (Limited to 8 ½ x 11 sheet) | $8.00 |
| Each additional page or fraction of a page | $3.00 |
Oversize Documents:
| 1st page size over 8 ½ x 11 | $11.00 |
| Each additional page of the same document | $ 6.00 |
Survey Monument Fee:
| This fee is added to a deed for consideration which does not reference a recorded map filed in the Recorder’s Office | $10.00 |
Penalty Print:
| Nine lines per vertical inch or 22 characters per inch horizontally | $1.00 |
Documentary Transfer Tax: Documentary Transfer Tax ($1.10 per $1000.) (Revenue & Taxation 11911) Deed from one person to another when money exchanged. If none, must indicate in space (documentary tax fees) reason for no tax. EXAMPLE: Gift; No Consideration; Marriage Dissolution, etc.
Combined Documents: (Government Code 27361.4)
When two or more documents are serially incorporated into one form or sheet they will be considered as two or more separate documents. A base recording fee of $8.00 will be charged for the first page and $3.00 for each additional page plus $8.00 for each additional document title to be indexed. Example:
| Deed of Trust and a Request for Notice of Default | $16.00 |
| Deed of Trust and Assignment of Rents | $16.00 |
| Substitution of Trustee and Reconveyance | $16.00 |
| Base Fee | $ 8.00 |
| Additional Title | $ 8.00 |
| Each Additional Page | $ 3.00 |
| Paper size over 8 ½ x 11 $3.00 penalty for each page |
Fictitious Deeds of Trust:
All pages presented for recordation that contain a reference to provisions in a fictitious mortgage or deed of trust, shall be charged for and recorded.
Documents Requiring Additional Indexing:
Each reference to a previously recorded document that gives names other than the first reference; if an additional reference requires indexing $1.00 (Each group of ten names) $1.00
Release of Tax Liens: $12.00
Release of Other State or County Liens: $12.00
Abstract of Judgment/Mechanics Lien (AB 481)/Involuntary Lien:
| Abstract Judgment and first defendant (Must have mailing address) – First Page |
$12.00 |
| Each additional Debtor | $ 2.00 |
| Each additional Page (Front and back of all pages presented for recordation shall be charged for and recorded) | $ 3.00 |
| Mechanic’s Lien (Must have owner’s mailing address and description of property) – First Page | $12.00 |
| Each Additional Page | $ 3.00 |
Financing Statements:
| Only National Forms Accepted 1-2 pages | $10.00 |
| 3 or more pages | $20.00 |
Copies:
| 8 ½ x 11 first page | $ 1.50 |
| Each additional page | $ .50 |
| Certification | $ 1.75 |
Copies of Maps:
| 8 ½ x 11 | $2.00 |
| Each additional page | $1.50 |
| Over 8 ½ x 11 | $3.00 |
| Each additional page | $2.50 |
Conformed Copies: Upon request, if a copy of the document is provided with a stamped, self-addressed envelope, it will be returned immediately after recording at No Fee.
| Additional copies | $1.00 |
| Each additional page | $ .50 |
Map Filing for Record:
| Subdivision, Parcel, Survey, Assessment, (1st page) | $8.00 |
| Each additional page | $2.00 |
Documents Recorded Without Preliminary Change of Ownership Report: $20.00
Preliminary 20-Day Filing and Notice: $40.00