Fees for County Clerk Services

County Clerk New Fees Effective July 1, 2026

*New Fees Below Effective January 1, 2026

Searching a Birth Record............$31     (Includes certified copy if found)

Each additional Certified Copy....$31

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

Searching a Death Record...........$26     (Includes certified copy if found)

Each additional Certified Copy....$26

Searching a Death Record............$26     (Government Agency. Includes certified copy if found)

*New Fees Below Effective January 1, 2026

County Clerk Processing Fee...................$86  *separate check payable to SF County Clerk

Environmental Impact Report (EIR).........$4,227.50

Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND).....$3,043.75

Negative Declaration (ND)........................$3,043.75

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Domestic Partnership Registration........................$75   (San Francisco Program)

Duplicate Copy of Domestic Partnership Registration Certificate....................$75

Domestic Partnership Ceremony............................$113

(City Hall, office hours, by appointment)

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Filing and Indexing Fictitious Name Statement..................$69

Additional Name or Registrant on FBN Statement..............$17 

(same location, fee per additional name)

Filing Affidavit of Publication.................................................$11

Withdrawing Partner or Abandoning FBN............................$56

Change or Renew FBN Statement........................................$69

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Subscription setup fee...................................$28

One-Day............................................................$18

Weekly...............................................................$18

Monthly..............................................................$37

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Public Marriage License......................................$129

Confidential Marriage License.............................$129

Duplicate Copy of Marriage License....................$30

Amendment to Confidential Marriage License.....$37

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

*New Fees Below Effective January 1, 2026

Searching a Confidential Marriage Record..............$19    (Includes certified copy if found)

Each additional Certified Copy.................................$19

Searching a Confidential Marriage Record..............$14    (Government Agencies)

Each additional Certified Copy.................................$14    (Government Agencies)

Souvenir Marriage Certificate..................................$9      (Not a legal document)

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Civil Marriage Ceremony..........................................................$113

(City Hall, office hours, by appointment)

Civil Marriage Ceremony, offsite, weekends, holidays........$336

(Fee at the time of reservation $186, commissioners fee at ceremony $150)

One-Day Deputy Marriage Commissioner..............................$186

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Notary Public Oath and Bond Filing...........................................$56 + $18

* requires bond recording fee for first page

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

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

Surrender of Notary Journal.......................................................$23

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Process Server Registration...............................$141 + $18

* requires bond recording fee for first page

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

Each additional Identification Card......................$18

Professional Photocopier Registration...............................$209 + $18

Concurrent Professional Photocopier Filing with current Process Server Registration...................$125

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

Each additional Identification Card......................$18

Unlawful Detainer Assistant Registration............$212  + $18

* requires bond recording fee for first page

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

Each additional Identification Card......................$18

Legal Document Assistant Registration...............$212 + $18

* requires bond recording fee for first page

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

Each additional Identification Card........................$18

Filing Power of Attorney for admitted surety insurer, revocation, cancelation, annulment, or suspension of a certificate...$50 per name

Filing additional name for Power of Attorney.....$13 per name

*New Fees Below Effective July 1, 2026

Authentication of Public Official or Notary Public.............................$18

Search of indexed official records on file, per record type...............$14

Copies of records on file, per page, same document, pages 1 to 3...$8

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

In-person Payments

Cash, checks, money orders, cashier's checks, all major debit and credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express), Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Checks, money orders, and cashier's checks made payable to SF County Clerk. We do not accept foreign checks.

Mailed Payments

Checks, money orders, and cashier's checks. Make payable to SF County Clerk. We do not accept foreign checks.

Online Payments

All major debit and credit cards, and checking accounts.