Filing Fees

Recording

Pursuant to Senate Bill 369, A County Clerk shall collect a recording fee of $25.00 for each document filed or recorded by the County Clerk. If a document being filed or recorded contains more than ten entries to be indexed, the County Clerk shall charge an additional $25.00 for each additional block of ten or fewer entries to the index from each document. 

Note

All recordings must be the original document. The document is recorded, copied, and returned to the customer immediately. For notary requests, all parties must be present to sign the document.

Fees

Copy Fees

  • Copies $1
  • Copies of survey/plats:
    • 24 by 36 - $8
    • 18 by 24 - $5
    • 18 by 23 - $3
    • 17 by 11 - $1
    • 8 1/2 by 11 - $0.50

Probate

  • New Case - $30
  • Probate Forms Packet - $5
  • Exemplification (Plus standard fees) - $5

Recording

  • Recording of all documents will be $25 for every 10 entries.

Permits and Licenses

  • Marriage Licenses - $25
  • Liquor License Dispenser Fee $250
  • Fire Marshal’s Fee (Fireworks) - $25

UCC Filings

$25 for every 10 entries the same as what is under Recording

Certification

Marriage License - $2.50

  • General Documents - $2.50 In addtion to document fee

Military Discharge

  • Recording: Free
  • Certified Copies: Free

Recorded Documents

The Valencia County Clerk’s Office will provide certified copies of recorded documents by means of mail/shipping if the request is submitted in writing with sufficient information, a check with the correct certification fee and $1 for each page thereafter per document on letter or legal size paper - with a self-addressed stamped envelope [size of envelope depends on the size of the document(s) requested] or a prepaid shipping packet from the U.S. Postal Service, Fed Ex, DHL, or UPS.

Mailed documents will be returned to original sender unless a Self addressed stamped envelope is provided. 

Determination of Recording Entries

The County Clerk’s Office will review the Grantor/Grantee’s and legal description of each document and determine how many entries will be required for indexing. Every name indexed counts as one entry. For example:

Grantor/Grantee: Every Name Indexed Counts as 1 Entry

Ben White, an unmarried man=1 Ellen White, Individually and Attorney in fact for Ben White=2 Ben White and Ellen White, husband and wife = 2 Ellen White, aka Ellen Louise White=1

Subdivided Lots: All Lots Within the Same Block Are 1 Entry

Lots 1, 2, 3 Block 7 Aber Addition = 1 Lot 1 Block 7 and Lot 1 Block 8 Aber Addition = 2

Lots & Tracts That Are Not Inclusive of a Block Are Indexed as 1 Entry

Lots 7, 12, 15, 78 of Hills Village Subdivision = 1 Tracts A, B and C of Acres North Subdivision = 1

Non-Subdivided Lots: All Parcels Within the Same Section Are 1 Entry

  • SE 1/4 of Section 6, Township 11N, Range 30E = 1 (all in one section) 
  • SE 1/2, NE 1/2, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 6, Township 11N, R30E = 1 (all in one section) 
  • SE 1/4, Section 6, SW 1/4, Section 7, Township 11N, R30E = 2 (two sections) 
  • SE 1/4, Section 6, SW 1/4, NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 7, All Section 8, T11N, R30E = 3 (three sections)

Hard & Digital Copies

  • Hard copies of documents made by customers: $0.50 per page
  • Hard copies of documents made by Clerk’s staff: $1 per page
  • Hard copies of surveys and plats 11 by 17 and smaller: $1
  • Other sizes:
    • Larger than 11 by 17 up to 18x23: $3
    • 18 by 24: $5
    • Larger than 18 by 24: $8
  • Images burned to CD set up fee: $10