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Clerk-Recorder Fee Schedule & Forms
FEE SCHEDULE
*Effective January 1, 2020, pursuant to SB780, Local Government Omnibus Act of 2019, the fee for recording every release of lien, encumbrance, or notice executed by the state, or any municipality, county, district, or other political subdivision at the Sierra County Clerk-Recorder's office will increase to $20.
This requirement is being made in accordance with the legislative amendment of Government Code § 27361.3.
*Effective January 1, 2018, pursuant to SB2, documents accepted for recording at the Sierra County Clerk-Recorder's office may be charged an additional $75 as follows:
This requirement is being made in accordance with the legislative amendment of Government Code § 27361.3.
*Effective January 1, 2018, pursuant to SB2, documents accepted for recording at the Sierra County Clerk-Recorder's office may be charged an additional $75 as follows:
A fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) shall be paid at the time of recording of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded, except those expressly exempted from payment of recording fees, per each single transaction per parcel of real property. The fee imposed by this section shall not exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225).
- This fee will be calculated per document, with a maximum of $225 based on the number of documents and titles.
- A declaration of valid exemption must be placed on the face of each document, or on a document cover page, which shall become part of the document, prior to depositing with the Sierra County Recorder. If no valid exemption is declared, the fee will be assessed.
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
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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 Appeal
- Solid Waste Fees Appeal
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Heather Foster
Clerk-Recorder
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Clerk-Recorder
Physical Address
100 Courthouse Sq. Rm 11
PO Drawer D
Downieville, CA 95936
Phone: : 530-289-3295Fax: : 530-289-2830
Hours
Monday - Friday
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed
Noon - 1 p.m.