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Schedule of Fees
Visiting customers may choose from one of three methods of payment:
- Cash
- Check (payable against a USA bank)
- Credit/Debit card (Visa/MasterCard only) - except where otherwise noted
Mailed requests and documents for processing must be made by a preprinted check payable to:
San Mateo County Clerk-Recorder (against a USA bank).
Printable version of Fee Schedule with relevant code sections.
Fees are subject to change.
Assessment Data | Elections | Fictitious Business Names (FBN) | Marriage | Notary Public | Professional Registrations | Recording | Vital Records | Miscellaneous
| Type | Fee |
| Assessment Appeals Board File (digital copy of appeal docs and status) | 305.00 |
Assessment Roll Master (digital copy) for Secured or Unsecured Properties
|
305.00
120.00 |
| Assessor’s Map: photocopy (plus $1 to certify) | 2.00 |
| Property Characteristics (Residential, Apartment, Condominium, Mobile Home, Hotel/Motel, Industrial, or Office/Retail) | 305.00 |
| Property Sales History | 305.00 |
| Type | Fee |
| Certificate of Voter’s Registration | 1.50 |
Candidate Nomination Filing Fee |
Various |
| Candidate Statement Fee | Various |
| Voter Information (per file) | 125.00 |
| Precinct Map - Entire County (per file) | 20.00 |
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES (FBN)
| Type | Fee |
File FBN Statement (file & index statement, certified copy, notice of pending expiration):
|
34.00
5.00 |
File Statement of Abandonment of FBN |
11.00 |
| File Withdrawal of General Partner of FBN | 11.00 |
| Certified Copies of FBN Statement | 5.00 |
| Electronic copy of FBN index | 50.00 |
| Search Fee (per name per year) | 10.00 |
| Type | Fee |
License:
|
78.00
80.00
5.00 |
Ceremony:
|
65.00
50.00 |
| Deputize Marriage Commissioner | 60.00 |
| Authorize Notary re: Confidential License | 300.00 |
| Type | Fee |
File & record oath and first page of bond:
|
43.00
3.00 |
Verify Notary’s Signature:
|
12.00
5.00 |
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
* Indicates add recording fees required for bond
| Type | Fee |
| Humane Officer | 5.00 |
Legal Document Assistant (registration, ID) *
|
175.00
10.00 |
Photocopier Registration (registration, ID) *
|
175.00
10.00 |
Process Server (registration, ID, fingerprints) *
|
112.00
10.00 |
Unlawful Detainer Assistant *
|
175.00
10.00 |
| Type | Fee |
Recording Fees:
|
15.00
3.00 |
| Penalty: Undersized print (per page) | 1.00 |
| Penalty: Documents which do not measure 81/2"x11" (per page) |
3.00 |
| Combined Documents (per title) | 15.00 |
| Penalty: No Preliminary Change of ownership statement Filed with Property Transfer | 20.00 |
| Additional Indexing: Notice (per group of 10 names after initial 10) | 1.00 |
| Additional Indexing: Referenced Documents (per reference) | 1.00 |
| Preliminary 20-Day Notice (record, notify filer) | 84.00 |
Financing Statements / UCC (record):
|
15.00
3.00 |
Involuntary Liens:
|
Basic
7.00
3.00
15.00
No fee
9.00
13.00 |
| Acknowledge/Proof of Recording/ Conformed Copy | 10.00 |
| Research Files | 20.00 |
Map of subdivided land:
|
10.00
2.00 |
| File, index, and keep each paper not required by law to be recorded | 9.00 |
| Type | Fee |
|
Certified copy of vital record:
|
23.00
14.00 16.00 14.00
10.00 |
|
Search vital records
|
|
23.00
16.00
14.00 |
Health Officer's Signature Verification Certificate (required for Apostille requests IF the birth or death certificate was issued by the San Mateo County Public Health Officer) Apostilles of record (birth, death, or marriage) are only issued by the California Secretary of State's Office or by one of their designated service providers. For more information, go to: www.sos.ca.gov . |
12.00 |
|
| Type | Fee |
Copy of paper on file:
Certification and/or under seal |
5.00
1.00
5.00 |
Filing Environmental Impact Report-Notice of Exemption Filing Environmental Impact Report-Negative Declaration Filing Environmental Impact Report-Mitigated Negative Declaration Filing Environmental Document pursuant to a Certified Regulatory Program |
50.00
2,995.25
50.00
2,156.25
50.00
2,156.25
50.00
1,018.50
50.00
|
| FPPC Form 700 (copy, per page) (plus $5.00 retrieval fee for forms 5 or more years old) | 0.10 |
Power of Attorney of admitted surety insurer (file):
|
18.00
5.00 |
| Naturalization Index Search & Certificate | 13.00 |
| Passport Filing Fee (County fee) | 25.00 |
| Search Coroner Reports (one-half hour) | 115.00 |
| Technical Work (custom, per half hour) | 50.00 |
| Translation Certificate | 10.00 |
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RESOURCE LINKS
County of San Mateo Online:
Map & Directions to the San Mateo County Government Center located in Redwood City
