§ 8.33.1. COUNTY CLERK'S FEES.

(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)	$63.00
Confidential marriage license (County Clerk's portion of license fee only; additional statutory surcharges apply)	$63.00
Filing of Declaration of Domestic Partnership	$51.00
Filing of Amendment to Declaration of Domestic Partnership	$51.00
Duplicate copy of marriage license	$20.00
Amendment to marriage license	$25.00
Souvenir marriage certificate with seal	$6.00
Performance of marriage/Domestic Partnership ceremony during regular business hours in City Hall	$76.00
Performance of marriage/Domestic Partnership ceremony on weekends or holidays off-site	$127.00
Issuance of authority to perform ceremony and oath	$127.00
Filing fictitious business name statement	$47.00
Additional name or registrant on fictitious business name statement	$11.00
Filing affidavit of publication of fictitious business name statement	$8.00
Withdrawing partner or abandoning fictitious business name statement	$38.00
Administration of oath and filing notary public bond (does not include additional state fees for recording)	$38.00
Surrender of notary journal	$15.00
Filing, revoking, canceling or withdrawing power of attorney (surety insurer)	$34.00
Filing additional name for power of attorney (surety insurer)	$9.00
Process server identification card	$13.00
Verification of public official/notary public authentication	$13.00
Search of indexed official records on file with the County Clerk, per record type	$10.00
Copies of indexed official records on file with the County Clerk, per file number:
(per page, pages 1 through 3)	$6.00
(each additional page)	$0.10
Certifying/endorsing documents or copies of documents per file number	$2.00
Fictitious business name or marriage license index records:
Records for one day	$12.00
Records for one week	$12.00
Records for one month	$25.00
Diskette	$1.00
Subscription fee	$19.00
Delivery handling fee	$13.00
Environmental impact report, administration fee	$58.00

(b) 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 Government Code Sections 26840, 26840.1, 26840.3, 26840.7, and 26840.8 and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 10.100-336.

(c) Fees set in this Section 8.33.1 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.

No later than April 15th of each year, the County Clerk shall submit its current fee schedule to the Controller, who shall apply the price index adjustment to produce a new fee schedule for the following year.

No later than May 15th of each year, the Controller shall file a report with the Board of Supervisors reporting the new fee schedule and certifying that: (1) the fees produce sufficient revenue to support the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed, and (2) the fees do not produce revenue which is significantly more than the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed.

(d) The fees set in this Section 8.33.1 shall become operative on July 1, 2014, or on the effective date of the ordinance establishing said fees, whichever occurs later.

(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. , File No. 140590, App. 7/31/2014, Eff. 8/30/2014)