Clerk-Recorder

Process Server Registration – Bond Filing

$107.00 Registration Filing Fee
$10.00 Photo ID plus Recording Fee for the Bond payable to the County Clerk
$14.00 Recording Fee for the Bond (1st page)
$3.00 Each Additional Page

A penalty fee of $3.00 will be charged for all pages of a document if any pages are NOT 8½ X 11.

All individual/employee paraprofessional applicants must include 2 passport photos along with the bond, application, and payment.

The Registration of a process server is required when any person makes more than 10 services of process within California during one calendar year. The registrant must file the certificate of registration with the County Clerk, along with a bond of $2000 executed by an admitted surety insurer and a completed REQUEST FOR LIVE SCAN SERVICE form. The County Clerk then forwards the bond to the County Recorder for recording.

Registration forms can be obtained:

computer Online

275-CERT – Certificate of Registration as a Process Server

 

person In Person

Form may be obtained from the Clerk-Recorder’s Office:

Alameda County Clerk-Recorder’s Office
1106 Madison Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Directions & Hours

Acceptable Forms of Payment

Acceptable forms of payment vary depending upon how services are provided. Please review the following information carefully.

In-Person:

  • Cash

  • Debit/ATM Card

  • Master Card, Visa, Discover, or American Express †

  • Personal, Company or Bank Check, preprinted with account holder's name and address - payable to: Alameda County Clerk Recorder. Out of country payments must be in U.S. dollars.

  • Money Order, Cashier's or Traveler's Check - payable to: Alameda County Clerk Recorder

    † A 2.3% transaction fee of the purchase amount applies to all in-person credit-card transactions.

Mail:

  • Personal, Company or Bank Check, preprinted with account holder's name and address - payable to: Alameda County Clerk Recorder. Out of country payments must be in U.S. dollars.
  • Money Order, Cashier's or Traveler's Check - payable to: Alameda County Clerk Recorder

Online Orders:

  • Debit/ATM Card ‡
  • Master Card, Visa, Discover, or American Express ‡

‡ A $2.00 non-refundable convenience fee per order applies to all online debit card and credit card transactions.