The Honorable Laura Richard is offering a Keepsake Marriage Certificate to individuals who have previously purchased a Formal marriage license from the Fort Bend County Clerk’s office. The Keepsake Marriage Certificate is NOT a legal document, but a beautiful new design to showcase and commemorate one of life's greatest events. This document is available for $25.00 at all County Clerk locations and polysleeves are available for an additional $2.00 to protect each issued certificate. 

The County Clerk’s Office now provides 24-Hour drop box services at two of our locations. For official public records, births, deaths and marriages, the drop box is located at the Travis Building beside the Mail Room at 301 Jackson Street (corner of 3^rd and Liberty), Richmond Texas 77469. For court filings and fees, the drop box is located at the Justice Center beside the handicap access ramp at 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond Texas 77469. Please ensure that your request is securely packaged in an envelope with appropriate payment when applicable and valid return address. For more information, please see our Non-Contact Transaction page.

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Credit Card Processing For County Courts at Law Court Costs and Fines

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• Visit https://certifiedpayments.net/index.aspx?BureauCode=4266361. 
• Follow the directions on the Certified Payments website to make a payment only for fines and fees administered by the County Clerk.
• You can also use a credit card to charge for services in person or by telephone at (866) 549-1010. Enter Bureau Code 4266361 when making a charge, if prompted.

Need assistance processing a payment for County Courts at Law Court Costs and Fines?
Please email the Courts Division at cclerkcourts@fortbendcountytx.gov.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How can I dispute an outstanding balance?
        Please contact the County Clerk's office at 281-341-8689 or email the Courts Division at cclerkcourts@fortbendcountytx.gov.
2. How do I stop receiving these text messages?
        Text STOP to quit.
3. Who answers the 800 number in the text message?
        Calling the 800 number will direct you to an agent in the Linebarger Call Center.

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Installation of Fort Bend County Elected Officials

Watch the newly elected and reelected officials of Fort Bend County take their oaths of office.

Welcome to the Fort Bend County Clerk's Video Library page. Here you'll find a range of helpful videos from understanding the responsibilities of the County Clerk and services provided by this office, to easy to follow tutorials to walk you through our programs and processes. Please feel free to bookmark this page, as we will be adding new information and tutorial videos in the future.  

Information Series:

• 01 - [ View ] - Meet the Fort Bend County Clerk, Laura Richard
• 02 - [ View ] - Statistics of the Fort Bend County Clerk's Office
• 03 - [ View ] - Services Provided by the County Clerk
• 04 - [ View ] - Services Not Provided by the County Clerk
• 05 - [ View ] - County Clerk Service Spotlight: LanguageLine
• 06 - [ View ] - Elections

Tutorials:

• [ View ] Property Fraud Alert - Sign Up Tutorial

Payment Methods Accepted

• Cash - US Currency, only available in person
• Personal Checks are only accepted in Courts
• Cashier's Check
• Business Check (accepted in Courts and Official Public Records only for plat recording)
• Money Order
• Credit Card (Visa, Master Card, American Express, and Discover). Processed via Certified Payments. Please note, Certified Payments charges a convenience fee of $2.00 minimum when using a credit and debit card.

CHECK REQUIREMENTS

Allowable checks (see above), business checks and money orders:

• should be made payable to Fort Bend County Clerk
• must be drawn on a bank located in the United States
• must be made payable in United States currency

REQUEST BY MAIL

Fort Bend County Clerk
301 Jackson Street, Suite 101
Richmond, TX 77469

Do not send cash through the mail.

REQUEST ONLINE

Fort Bend County Clerk offers online purchase of records:

• Online Record Search
• VitalChek

FILING FEES

Fort Bend County Clerk Fee Schedules

Filing fees are discounted or waived for Active Military and Veterans with valid Veteran ID for the following services:

• Military Discharge / DD-214 Papers
• Assumed Name Application
• Withdrawal of Assumed Name
• Seventy-two hour waiver when applying for a marriage license

The following service fees are waived if being deployed to hostile fire zone: (1) certified copy of birth certificate; (2) issuance of a marriage license; (3) certified copy of marriage license; (4) fees for transferring title to real or personal property (Government Code 437.217).

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 

Fort Bend County has grown from 8,600 business establishments or companies to nearly 15,000 in ten years. County Clerk Laura Richard would like to celebrate your business with a ribbon cutting ceremony!

Celebrate the ceremonial opening of a new business or showcase the start of a new location with a ribbon cutting event. Ribbon cuttings are a great way to kick-off your grand opening! Events like these mark a significant moment in your businesses’ history and provide an opportunity to welcome the public to your establishment. 
 

Eligible Businesses and Organizations:

• Have filed DBA/Assumed Name paperwork with the Fort Bend County Clerk’s office within the past year.

This is your event! The County Clerk’s Office will happily support you with the following:

• Provide a staff member as ‘Ambassador’ to act as your point of contact with the County Clerk’s office; 
• Post about the event on social media with pictures taken of the ribbon cutting for the County Clerk’s social media; 
• Provide ribbon, scissors, and Certificate of Ceremony.

Please be sure to: 

• Reserve a slot with the County Clerk a minimum of at least 2 weeks before your event, with at least two alternative dates and times in case of schedule conflict; 
• Send your ​​​​​​​application  *, information, and any questions to cclerkrecords@fbctx.gov ;
• * Please Note: Requestor must have filed DBA/Assumed Name paperwork with the Fort Bend County Clerk's office within the past year. Please attach a copy of the Fort Bend County DBA recording along with the application.
• Please consider who will speak at your event, who will participate in the cutting of the ribbon, if you will have refreshments, and who you want to invite to attend. 

The County Clerk ribbon cutting ceremony can be scheduled on Monday or Thursday, between 9AM – 4PM. 

The Fort Bend County Clerk’s office will work hard to accommodate business and organization scheduling preferences, but we must also consider the availability of staff to serve as Ambassadors to your event. With this in mind, the County Clerk asks for a minimum of 2-week notice and a confirmation of reservation slot for your Ribbon Cutting event. 

The ceremony typically runs 30-45 minutes. Attendance is up to business or organization hosting the ribbon cutting. The County Clerk’s office encourages those hosting a ribbon cutting to promote their event, invite the public, and to notify the media. 

This service is provided free to Fort Bend County businesses and organizations who have filed their DBAs (Assumed Names) with the Fort Bend County Clerk's office within the past year.