Fees for County Clerk Services

Birth and Death Records

Searching a Birth Record............$29     (Includes certified copy if found)

Each additional Certified Copy....$29

Searching a Birth Record............$22     (Government Agency. Includes certified copy if found)

Searching a Death Record...........$24     (Includes certified copy if found)

Each additional Certified Copy....$24

Searching a Death Record............$24     (Government Agency. Includes certified copy if found)

CEQA Environmental Filings

County Clerk Processing Fee...................$75  *separate check payable to SF County Clerk

Environmental Impact Report (EIR).........$3,539.25

Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND).....$2,548.00

Negative Declaration (ND)........................$2.548.00

 

*New Fees for 2023

County Clerk Processing Fee...................$75  *separate check payable to SF County Clerk

Environmental Impact Report (EIR).........$3,839.25

Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND).....$2,764.00

Negative Declaration (ND)........................$2.764.00

Domestic Partnership Services

Domestic Partnership Registration........................$65   (San Francisco Program)

Domestic Partnership Ceremony............................$98

(City Hall, office hours, by appointment)

Fictitious Business Names

Filing and Indexing Fictitious Name Statement..................$60

Additional Name or Registrant on FBN Statement..............$15   

(same location, fee per additional name)

Filing Affidavit of Publication.................................................$9

Withdrawing Partner or Abandoning FBN............................$48

Change or Renew FBN Statement........................................$60

 

Fictitious Business Name Index of Records

Subscription setup fee...................................$24

One-Day............................................................$16

Weekly...............................................................$31

Monthly..............................................................$48

 

Marriage License Services

Public Marriage License......................................$116

Confidential Marriage License.............................$116

Duplicate Copy of Marriage License....................$26

Amendment to Confidential Marriage License.....$33

Please note: Amendments to Public Marriage Licenses must be submitted to the State Registrar directly

Marriage Records

Searching a Confidential Marriage Record..............$17    (Includes certified copy if found)

Each additional Certified Copy.................................$17

Searching a Confidential Marriage Record..............$12    (Government Agencies)

Each additional Certified Copy.................................$12    (Government Agencies)

Souvenir Marriage Certificate..................................$8      (Not a legal document)

Civil Ceremonies

Civil Marriage Ceremony..........................................................$98

(City Hall, office hours, by appointment)

Civil Marriage Ceremony, offsite, weekends, holidays........$312

(Fee at the time of reservation $162, commissioners fee at ceremony $150)

One-Day Deputy Marriage Commissioner..............................$162

Notary Public Services

Notary Public Oath and Bond Filing..........................................$48   

* requires bond recording fee for first page............................$16

Each additional page.................................................................$3

Canceling, Revoking, or Withdrawing Notary Public Bond........$7

Surrender of Notary Journal.......................................................$20

Professional Registrations

Process Server Registration...............................$121 

* requires bond recording fee for first page......$16

Each additional page..........................................$3

Each additional Identification Card......................$16

 

Professional Photocopier Filing

Concurrent Professional Photocopier Filing with current Process Server Registration...$108

Each additional page..............................................$3

Each additional Identification Card......................$16

 

Unlawful Detainer Assistant Registration............$183   

* requires bond recording fee for first page......$16

Each additional page..............................................$3

Each additional Identification Card......................$16

 

Legal Document Assistant Registration...............$183   

* requires bond recording fee for first page..........$16

Each additional page..............................................$3

Each additional Identification Card........................$16

 

Filing Power of Attorney for admitted surety insurer, revocation, cancelation, annulment, or suspension of a certificate...$44 per name

Filing additional name for Power of Attorney.....$12 per name

 

 

Other Fees

Authentication of Public Official or Notary Public.............................$15

Search of indexed official records on file, per record type...............$13

Copies of records on file, per page, same document, pages 1 to 3...$7

Copies of records on file, each additional page ................................$0.20

Certifying documents or copies of documents per file.......................$2

Endorsing documents or copies of documents per file.......................$2

Last updated December 23, 2022