Membership Costs
Regular Membership in the Sons of the American Revolution:
A member age 18 or older who pays annual dues. Only regular members may vote and hold office in the SAR and receive the SAR Magazine for free.
New members annual dues are for the calendar year in which their applications are approved by the National Society and is included in the application fee.
Checks should be for your application fees and dues. There is usually one check to the Chapter, one to the State Society, and one to the National Society. Each branch of the organization may have an application fee component and an annual dues component that may be different than what is shown.
The following is a breakdown of the typical fees involved for NEW APPLICANTS. The actual State and Chapter Level fees and dues may vary.
Effective January 1, 2019 Fee Schedule: (National, State & Chapter)
Submit the completed application form to your sponsoring Chapter for approval (your helper will likely do this) and it will be forwarded to the State Society and then to NSSAR Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky for final approval. Please Do Not send the application and fees to the National organization direct. It must come to the National organization from a State Society.
Supplemental Lineage Application:
Members having more than one qualifying ancestor may file supplemental applications. Since one of the SAR's objectives is to acquire and preserve the records of the individual service of patriots of the war, all members having more than one qualifying ancestor are strongly urged to prepare and file supplemental applications.
Supplemental applications must be submitted in duplicate, in exactly the same manner as the original membership applications.
If a supplemental application cannot be approved within the currently accepted time-frame, it will be withdrawn and no monies will be refunded. The supplemental application fee is retained for cost of review.
No replacement applications are allowed for pended supplemental applications.
After the supplemental application has been pended with no resolution within the currently accepted time-frame, it will be withdrawn and available for pickup from National by a Representative of the submitting State Society.
27 June - 1 July 2015
*** At the 125th Congress, the Delegates voted to increase the NSSAR Annual dues $5.00, except for Junior Members whose annual dues remain unchanged. The dues increase will become effective on 1 January 2016 and should be reflected on all Regular Membership renewals for 2016.
A member age 18 or older who pays annual dues. Only regular members may vote and hold office in the SAR and receive the SAR Magazine for free.
New members annual dues are for the calendar year in which their applications are approved by the National Society and is included in the application fee.
Checks should be for your application fees and dues. There is usually one check to the Chapter, one to the State Society, and one to the National Society. Each branch of the organization may have an application fee component and an annual dues component that may be different than what is shown.
The following is a breakdown of the typical fees involved for NEW APPLICANTS. The actual State and Chapter Level fees and dues may vary.
Effective January 1, 2019 Fee Schedule: (National, State & Chapter)
- National Level: $80 (Application Fee) + $35 (Dues) = $115
- Typical State Level: $25 (Application Fee) + $20 (Dues) = $45
- Typical Chapter Level: $18 (Application Fee) + $25 (Dues) = $43 (Effective for 2019 (Dues), 1-1-2019)
- Total: $203
Submit the completed application form to your sponsoring Chapter for approval (your helper will likely do this) and it will be forwarded to the State Society and then to NSSAR Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky for final approval. Please Do Not send the application and fees to the National organization direct. It must come to the National organization from a State Society.
Supplemental Lineage Application:
Members having more than one qualifying ancestor may file supplemental applications. Since one of the SAR's objectives is to acquire and preserve the records of the individual service of patriots of the war, all members having more than one qualifying ancestor are strongly urged to prepare and file supplemental applications.
Supplemental applications must be submitted in duplicate, in exactly the same manner as the original membership applications.
If a supplemental application cannot be approved within the currently accepted time-frame, it will be withdrawn and no monies will be refunded. The supplemental application fee is retained for cost of review.
No replacement applications are allowed for pended supplemental applications.
After the supplemental application has been pended with no resolution within the currently accepted time-frame, it will be withdrawn and available for pickup from National by a Representative of the submitting State Society.
27 June - 1 July 2015
*** At the 125th Congress, the Delegates voted to increase the NSSAR Annual dues $5.00, except for Junior Members whose annual dues remain unchanged. The dues increase will become effective on 1 January 2016 and should be reflected on all Regular Membership renewals for 2016.
Last updated 16 January 2018