(a) The County Clerk is hereby authorized to charge fees to defray the actual cost of issuance of the following documents and the provision of the following services, notwithstanding the fees otherwise set or limited by State law. Any persons requesting the following documents or services shall pay the following fees:
Public marriage license (County Clerk’s portion of license fee only; additional statutory surcharges apply) | $88 |
Confidential marriage license (County Clerk’s portion of license fee only; additional statutory surcharges apply) | $88 |
Filing of Declaration of Domestic Partnership | $71 |
Filing of Amendment to Declaration of Domestic Partnership | $71 |
Duplicate copy of marriage license | $29 |
Amendment to marriage license | $36 |
Souvenir marriage certificate with seal | $9 |
Performance of civil ceremony for marriage/Domestic Partnership during regular business hours in City Hall | $108 |
Performance of civil ceremony for marriage/Domestic Partnership on weekends or holidays off-site | $177 |
Issuance of authority to perform ceremony and oath | $177 |
Filing fictitious business name statement | $66 |
Additional name or registrant on fictitious business name statement | $16 |
Filing affidavit of publication of fictitious business name statement | $10 |
Withdrawing partner from or abandoning fictitious business name statement | $53 |
Administration of oath and filing notary public bond (does not include additional state fees for recording) | $53 |
Surrender of notary journal | $22 |
Filing, revoking, canceling or withdrawing power of attorney (surety insurer) | $48 |
Filing additional name for power of attorney (surety insurer) | $13 |
Process server identification card | $17 |
Verification of public official/notary public authentication | $17 |
Search of indexed official records on file with the County Clerk, per record type | $14 |
Copies of indexed official records on file with the County Clerk, per file number: | |
(per page, pages 1 through 3) | $8 |
(each additional page) | $0.20 |
Certifying/endorsing documents or copies of documents per file number | $2 |
Fictitious business name or marriage license index records: | |
Records for one day | $17 |
Records for one week | $17 |
Records for one month | $36 |
Diskette | $2 |
Subscription fee | $26 |
Delivery handling fee | $17 |
Environmental impact report, administration fee | $82 |
(b) When a digital signature is required in connection with any document issued or service provided by the County Clerk, an additional fee shall be charged to a person requesting that document or service. This additional fee shall consist of the actual expense incurred by the County Clerk in processing the digital signature. The County Clerk shall publish on its website the amount of any additional digital signature fee, and in case of any change in the amount, shall update the published fee listing quarterly.
(c) Fees collected by the County Clerk pursuant to this Section 8.33.1 shall be deposited with the City and County Treasurer. Portions of the fees for marriage licenses shall be disbursed in accordance with California Government Code Sections 26840, 26840.1, 26840.3, 26840.7, and 26840.8, and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 10.100-336.
(d) Fees set in this Section 8.33.1 in subsection (a) are applicable to fiscal year 2024-2025. Those fees shall be adjusted each year, without further action by the Board of Supervisors, to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, as determined by the Controller, and to produce revenues sufficient to support the costs of providing the services for which the fees are assessed, but which will not produce revenue which is significantly more than the cost of providing the services for which the fees are assessed, also as determined by the Controller.
(1) No later than April 15 of each year, the County Clerk shall submit its current fee schedule to the Controller, and shall report to the Controller the revenues generated by the fees for the prior fiscal year and the prior fiscal year’8.33.1. The Controller shall apply the price index adjustment and if necessary, adjust the fees upward or downward for the upcoming fiscal year as appropriate to ensure that costs of providing the services are recovered without producing revenue which is significantly more than such costs to produce a new fee schedule for the following year.
(2) No later than May 15 of each year, the Controller shall file a report with the Board of Supervisors reporting the new fee schedule and certifying that: (A) the fees produce sufficient revenue to support the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed, and (B) the fees do not produce revenue which is significantly more than the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed.
(Added by Ord. 323-98, App. 10/30/98; amended by Ord. 155-02, File No. 021079, App. 7/12/2002; Ord. 83-04, File No. 040102, App. 5/20/2004; Ord. 227-04, File No. 040505, App. 9/23/2004; Ord. 162-14
, File No. 140590, App. 7/31/2014, Eff. 8/30/2014; Ord. 179-20, File No. 200843, App. 10/1/2020, Eff. 11/1/2020; Ord. 192-24, File No. 240597, App. 7/31/2024, Eff. 8/31/2024)