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Clerk-Recorder Fee Schedule & Forms
FEE SCHEDULE
RECORDING FEE INCREASE – ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS - MARCH 1, 2026
The Sierra County Clerk‑Recorder’s Office is preparing to implement electronic recording in accordance with Government Code Section 27397. This law authorizes counties to collect a $1.00 fee per recorded real property instrument to support the implementation and ongoing operation of the Electronic Recording Delivery System (ERDS).
Effective March 1, 2026, the fee for recording the first page of a document will increase from $14.00 to $15.00.
CLERK FORMS
- Fictitious Business Name Statement
- Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name
- Withdrawal from Partnership Operating under a Fictitious Business Name
- Additional Information Sheet
VITAL RECORD FORMS
- Application for Certified Birth Record
- Application for Certified Confidential Marriage Record
- Application for Certified Marriage Record
- Application for License and Certificate of Marriage
- Application for Certified Death Record
VITAL RECORD AMENDMENTS
Forms to correct or amend birth, death, or marriage records for events that occurred in California are available online form the California Department of Public Health.
ELECTIONS FORMS
RECORDER FORMS
- Assessment Work Notice
- Notice of Intent to Hold
- Notice of Abandonment of Mining Claim
- Notice of Location - Placer Mining Claim
- Notice of Location - Quartz / Lode Mining Claim
- Military Discharge Application
- Preliminary Change in Ownership Statement
- California Revenue and Taxation Code Exemptions
- Coversheet
- Coversheet with SB2 Exemption
- Coversheet with Documentary Transfer Tax Statement
- Documentary Transfer Tax Index
- Documentary Transfer Tax Refund Claim
- Corrective Affidavit for Minor Correction:
This affidavit shall be presented solely to make minor corrections* and must be attached to the original document when re-recording without new signatures. A cover sheet must also be included and shall state the reason for re-recording. - Restrictive Covenant Modification:
State law authorizes a person who holds an ownership interest of record in property that is the subject of a racially or otherwise unlawfully restrictive covenant to record a Restrictive Covenant Modification document to have the illegal language stricken. Government Code §12956.2
MINOR CORRECTIONS:
- An incorrect or missing address of the party to which the instrument, paper, or notice is to be returned
- Incorrect or missing printed or typed name of individual or entity near the signature
- Incorrect or missing documentary transfer tax amount due
- Clarification of illegible text
CLERK OF THE BOARD FORMS
- Agents Authorization
- Application for Changed Assessment
- Residential Property Assessment Appeals Guide
- Application for Membership on Board / Commission / Committee
- Assessment Appeal Withdrawal
- Claim for Damages Against County of Sierra
- Property Tax Claim for Refund
- Planning Commission and Administrative Appeals
- Solid Waste Fees Appeal