Make checks payable to the Clackamas County Clerk
(No personal checks will be accepted for marriage licenses)
Please provide a 4" x 2" space on the top right-hand corner of the first page of documents to be recorded for our recording certificate.
Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your document.
Example of fees for a one page document (note exceptions cited below):
| Record | PLC | A&T | OLIS | AH | AHC | GIS | Total | |
| Deed Records | +$5 | +$10 | +$10 | +$1 | +$60 | +$2 | +$5 | $93 |
| Mortgage Records | +5 | +10 | +10 | +1 | +60 | +2 | +5 | 93 |
| Lien Records | +5 | +0 | +10 | +1 | +60 | +2 | +5 | 83 |
The above cited fees are:
- PLC = Public Land Corner
- AH = Affordable Housing
- A &T = Assessment and Taxation
- AHC = Clackamas County’s Affordable Housing Collection
- OLIS = Oregon Land Information System
- GIS = Clackamas County’s GIS
The additional $5 fee for each multiple transaction remains the same.
Updated 2023
Fee Exceptions
All documents are subject to the following fees, except as noted:
The $60 Affordable Housing fee (HB 2417 and HB 4007) applies to all recordings except the following instruments:
| $60 |
| Clackamas County’s Affordable Housing Collection | 2 |
| Assessment and Taxation Fee Per instrument recorded except Satisfactions of Judgment | 10 |
| Oregon Land Information System Fee (OLIS) Per instrument recorded except Satisfactions of Judgment | 1 |
| Surveyor's Land Corner Preservation Fee Per instrument recorded pursuant to ORS 205.130(2) | 10 |
| Geographic Information Services Fee ( GIS ) Per instrument recorded except Satisfactions of Judgment | 5 |
Recording Fees
| Per side of each page | $5.00 |
| For each additional release, assignment or satisfaction embodied in one document - an additional | 5.00 |
| For each additional transaction embodied in one document - an additional | 5.00 |
| Nonstandard document fee for noncompliance of first page requirements (ORS 205.234) and/or page/print size (ORS 205.232)- an additional | 20.00 |
| Plat Recording fee | 45.00 |
| Over 100 lots, each additional lot | 0.10 |
| Surveyor PLC fee - an additional | 10.00 |
| Oregon Land Info System Fee - an additional | 1.00 |
| A & T Fee - an additional | 10.00 |
Other Fees
| Surveyor's Fee for Affidavit of Correction of Survey or Plat (in addition to recording fees) | $75.00 |
| Surveyor's Fee for Street Vacation Ordinance (in addition to recording fees) | 125.00 |
| Marriage License (cash, money order, or certified check only) | 60.00 |
| Request for Waiver of 3-day Waiting Period for Marriage License | 15.00 |
| Wedding Ceremony (cash, money order, or certified check only) | 117.00 |
| Marriage License Amendment | 20.00 |
| Domestic Partnership (cash, money order, or certified check only) | 60.00 |
| Copies of Recorded Records | |
| Search, $3.75, plus $0.25 for first page copy | 4.00 |
| Each additional page | 0.25 |
| Certification of Copies | 3.75 |
| San Francisco plat map | |
| Each copy | 0.50 |
| Certification | 3.75 |
| Mailing Tube | 1.25 |
| Postage, if mailed | 3.00 |
| Total, if certified and mailed | 8.50 |
