Fee Schedule
- Office Hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
Documents deposited after 4:00 p.m. will be recorded the next business day.
- Payment of fees
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- Fees may be paid by cash, cashier's check, certified check, personal check, or money order made payable to "Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder."
- Third party checks are not acceptable.
- Customer must be present.
The Recorder shall not record any instrument, file any paper or notice, furnish and copy, or render any service connected with his/her office until the fees prescribed by law are, if demanded, paid or tendered. (Govt. Code 6100)
- Registration and ID card
- $182
- Separate Recorder’s Office fee for bond recordation (first Page)
- $14.00
- Each Additional Page
- $3.00
- Real Estate fraud fee
- $3.00
- Additional LDA cards issued under the same registration number
- $10.00
- Fees can be paid in cash, check made payable to the Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Credit cards are not accepted
*Check or money order to the Department of State (Cash not accepted)
Applicant type | Book | Book (Expedited) | Card | Card (Expedited) | Processing Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult | $130.00 | $190.00 | $30.00 | $90.00 | $35.00 |
Child (Under 15) | $100.00 | $160.00 | $15.00 | $75.00 | $35.00 |
- *If applying for both the passport book and passport card at the same time only one expedite fee is charged. For additional passport information, click here.
- Registration and ID Card
- $182.00
- Combined registration as a Process Server and Professional Photocopier
- $200.00
- Separate Recorder’s Office fee for bond recordation
- $14.00
- First Page of Bond
- $3.00
- Each additional Page
- $3.00
- Real Estate Fraud Fee
- $3.00
- additional cards issued under the same registration number
- $10.00
- Fees can be paid in cash, check made payable to the Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Credit cards are not accepted
- Registration and ID card
- $125.00
- Separate Recorder’s Office fee for bond recordation
- $14.00
- First page of bond
- $3.00
- Each Additional Page
- $3.00
- Real Estate Fraud Fee
- $3.00
- Additional cards issued under the same registration number
- $10.00
- Fees can be paid in cash, check made payable to the Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Credit cards are not accepted
Basic Recording Fees
- First Page or Title
- $14.00
- Each additional title per document
- $14.00
- Each additional page
- $3.00
- Release of state governmental lien
- $20.00
- Building Homes and Jobs Act (Effective January 1, 2018)
- $75.00
- Fraud Fee
- $3.00
- Documents that are not 8 1/2”x 11 page (details)
- $3.00
Additions to Basic Recording Fees
- Involuntary Lien Notification ( details )
- $10.00
- Documentary Transfer Tax is imposed on each Deed ( details )
- 55¢ per $500
- Indexing more than 10 names ( details )
- $1.00
- Documents requiring additional indexing ( details )
- $1.00
- Penalty Print ( details )
- $1.00
- Omission of Change of Ownership Report (PCOR)
- $20.00
Filed Documents
- Contract Agreements, Contracts, and Plans and Specifications ( details )
- $8.00
- Maps (subdivision, parcel, survey and assessment) ( details )
- First page
- $9.00
- Each Subsequent Page
- $3.00
- Fraud fee for maps
- $3.00
- Preliminary 20 Day Notice ( details )
- $57.00
- Process Server Bonds, and Photocopier Bonds are recorded, therefore, the fees are the same as the recording fees
Recorded Documents Copy Fees (details)
- Reproduction of recorded documents first page
- $6.75
- Reproduction of each additional page (per document)
- $3.00
- Certification per document
- $2.00
Vital Records Fees (Certified) (H&S Code 1036525
- Birth
- $32.00
- Death
- $24.00
- Marriage
- $17.00
- Marriage Copy issued to any government agency
- $13.00
- Birth records to any government agency
- $24.00
- Fetal Death
- $21.00
- A Certificate of Search is issued when a record cannot be located. The fee is the same as the copy fee. (Govt. Code 27369)
- Recording a Financial Statement, up to 2 pgs Gov. 27361.8 UCC 9407.1 UCC9407.2
- $11.00
- Recording a Financial Statement, over 2 pgs Gov. 27361.8 UCC 9407.1 UCC 9407.2
- $21.00
- Registration and ID card
- $182.00
- Separate Recorder’s Office fee for bond recordation
- $14.00
- First page of bond
- $3.00
- Each additional page
- $3.00
- Real Estate Fraud Fee
- $3.00
- Additional Unlawful Detainer Assistant cards issued under the same registration number
- $10.00
- Fees can be paid in cash, check made payable to the Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Credit cards are not accepted