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Click here for Request for Certificate of
Birth Form.
An individual is entitled to their own birth
record or their children's birth record.
If requesting a record by mail please use
this form
and:
- Check or Money Order payable to : Isabella
County Clerk in the amount of $10.00 for the first copy, $3.00
for each additional copy of the same record purchased at the
same time. Senior citizens, 65 and over, $7.00 for the first
copy, $3.00 for each additional copy purchased at the same time.
- Concealed Weapons Permit packets may be
obtained from the County Clerk's Office, from the Isabella
County Sheriff's Department, or from other participating Police
Agencies.
- Application must be executed in the
presence of the County Clerk or a designated representative of
the Clerk.
Applicant must present the following:
- Completed application.
- Valid MI Driver's License or State ID.
- An original training certificate, which
complies with PA719 of 2002. (The Clerk's Office will photocopy
the certificate.)
- Two passport quality 2 x 2 inch photos with
light background.
- $105.00 processing fee.
- $5.00 Search Fee
- A search of criminal or civil records may
be obtained by sending a written request along with a check or
money order payable to the Isabella County Clerk. The search
will be conducted within 24 hours.
- Death records are available for persons whose death occurred in
Isabella County.
- Certified copies of records are $10.00 for the first certified
copy, $3.00 for each additional copy of the same record purchased at the same
time.
- When requesting a copy by mail, please use
this form.
Doing Business Under Assumed Name
or
Co-Partnerships
- Application for DBA or Co-Partnership may
be made in person or by mail. All signatures must be notarized
at time of signing. There is a $10.00 filing fee and it's valid
for 5 years.
- To register a business name as a
corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company,
contact the Corporation, Securities and Land Development Bureau
of the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services at
(900) 555-0031 or (517) 334-7561 for name availability and
appropriate forms.
- Both parties must be present to apply.
- Driver's License or pictured ID required.
- Both over 18 years of age.
- Birth Certificates required.
- If previously married, copies of judgment
of divorce or death certificate. Filing Fee of $20.00.
- Once you apply for your license there is a
three day waiting period, including weekends, before you can
pick it up. The license is good for thirty days following the
three day waiting period.
- If you are planning on being married in
Isabella County, but live in a different state, the fee is
$30.00.
- Your license can be picked up between the
hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. Further
instructions will be given with your license.
- Isabella County marriage records are
records of parties who were residents of Isabella County and
made application for the license in Isabella County.
- Certified copies of records are $10.00 for
the first certified copy, $3.00 for each additional copy of the
same record purchased at the same time.
- When requesting a copy by mail, please use
this form.
- Following discharge from the Service,
Veterans should place a copy of their discharge (Form DD-214) on
file with the County Clerk.
- Pursuant to MCL 35.32, a Military Service
discharge record is confidential and may be viewed or copied
only by the veteran, a person with the veteran's written
permission, or the surviving heirs of a veteran.
- When requesting a copy by mail, please use
this
form.
To become a Notary Public you must complete a
State of Michigan Notary Application and do the following:
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Click here to download an application or
you may pick up an application at the County Clerk's Office.
- Isabella County residents may complete an
application.
- A $10,000 Surety Bond will need to be
obtained (most insurance companies can provide this service).
- You will then bring the application, bond
and a $10.00 fee to the County Clerk's Office.
- The County Clerk's Office will give you an
oath and then return to you your application signed and sealed.
- You will then send the sealed application,
along with a $10.00 check, to the Michigan Department of State,
Office of the Great Seal.
- Upon receipt of the completed application
the Office of the Great Seal will issue you by mail your Notary
Commission which will specify the term of the commission.
To obtain a U.S. Passport you must provide
the following:
For a New Application (Click here for US
Dept. of State Passport Application & Information)
- You must
submit a completed application to the County Clerk's Office. DO
NOT sign the application until in the presence of a County Clerk
employee.
- Certified birth certificate or original naturalization
certificate or previous passport.
- Valid Identification (Driver's
License or Michigan State I.D.)
- Two identical 2 x 2 inch
passport photos on a light background.
- Age 16 and over $67.00
Passport Fee. (Check or money order to U.S. Department of
State.)
- Age 15 and under $52.00 Passport Fee. (Check or money
order to U.S. Department of State.)
- All Applicants - $30.00
Execution Fee. (Cash or check made out to the Isabella County
Clerk.)
- $60.00 Expediting Fee if passport is needed sooner than
the 5-6 week processing time.
- Note: To submit an application for
a child under age 14 both parents or legal guardian must appear
with photo I.D.
For a Renewal of Passport (Click here
for US Dept. of State Passport Application & Information)
To
determine if you are eligible for renewal of a passport by mail,
you must have or meet the following criteria:
- Your most recent passport.
(Issued on or after your 16th birthday and within past 15
years.)
- A marriage certificate or court order if your name has
changed.
- Passport Fee of $67.00 (Check or money order to U.S.
Department of State.)
- Two identical 2 x 2 inch passport photos
on a light background.
- If you are unable to provide any of the
above, you cannot renew your passport by mail on your own. You
must apply in person at the Clerk's Office.
Click here for US Dept. of
State Travel Requirements, Travel Warnings and Travel
Information.
Have a question for the Clerk's Office? Email
them
here.
Contact
Information
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Isabella County Clerk
- 200 N. Main St., Room 240
- Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
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- Phone: (989) 772-0911 ext. 265
- Fax: (989) 772-6347
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