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Clerk's desk/August 30, 2026

Sacramento County is not the state mailbox

CDPH and the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder both sit in Sacramento. They are different desks. If the death was in the county, use the county address.

A Sacramento postmark does not tell you which office has the record. The county Clerk/Recorder issues deaths that occurred in Sacramento County. The California Department of Public Health issues statewide mail copies from a P.O. box. Mixing the two is how a packet sits for weeks.

County counter

  • Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder, 8239 East Stockton Boulevard, Suite A, Sacramento, CA 95828.
  • $26 per certified copy this check. Same dollar amount as the state, usually faster for a local death.
  • Authorized copies need a sworn statement and, for mail, a notary. Informational copies are stamped not valid to establish identity.
  • Bring valid government-issued photo ID.

State mail, same city

CDPH Vital Records mail is P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410, payable to CDPH-VR, currently $26 per death copy and several weeks. Use it when the death was in another California county, or when you cannot reach a county counter. Do not put the county street address on a CDPH form, or the CDPH box on a county form.

Confirm both fees on ccr.saccounty.gov and cdph.ca.gov before you write a check. Online county orders go through a vendor. This desk takes no cut.