SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

FEES FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS

FOR INDIVIDUAL’S SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001

Request for copy of Original Application For Social Security Card (Form SS-5).                                        $27 SSN Provided (Printout from microfilm)   Request for copy of Original Application For Social Security Card (Form SS-5),                                        $29 SSN Not Provided (Printout from microfilm)   Request for Computer Extract of Social Security Number Application, SSN                                             $16 Provided (Numident* only requested)   Request for Computer Extract of Social Security Number Application, SSN Not                                      $18 Provided (Numident* only requested)   Search for Information about Death of an Individual, SSN Provided (SSA does not                                     $16 Usually have information about place of Death, burial, or cause of death.)   Search for Information about Death of an Individual, SSN Not Provided (SSA does                                    $18     not usually have information about place of death, burial, or cause of death.)   Forward a Letter to Inform Person about                                     $25 Entitlement to Money   *The numident record is a computer extract of information from the original application for a Social Security card.  Many records of older individuals, primarily those born in 1910 or earlier, are abbreviated records that do not contain the names of the individual’s parents and may not contain the place of birth.

 

Last update January 26, 2005