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Welcome to the Merced County Fair On-line Entry Process

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Before you begin the on-line entry process, print out a printer friendly version of these instructions (see icon at top right corner above this box), and visit the Merced county fair website to download, print and read all rules for all of the department(s) you plan to enter.

Instructions:

1.) First you will Log-in or Register if you are a new exhibitor

Choose “Quick Group” ONLY if you will be submitting entries for multiple family members or multiple exhibitors, otherwise choose “Exhibitor” or “Club” from the Login menu.
If you are a teacher/club leader/coordinator/advisor, you may want to enter your members or students within the Quick Group process. Please email me at Terri.O'LearyCollins@countyofmerced.com if you have any problems. After completing entries for the first club member, but before “checking out”, select “add entries for another exhibitor” for all club members to be entered.
Make sure your username is in sentence case lettering (ie: John Doe ) Do not use full caps.
Create a password using letters and/or numbers (Max 11 characters). Letters are case sensitive. (Hint: Keep it short and simple.)

2.) Session will expire after 20 minutes of inactivity so you should “save the cart” if you plan on leaving the computer for more than 20 minutes
3.) After Log-in or register/log as an exhibitor, you will CREATE ENTRIES, selecting the Department you want to enter and follow prompts.

Bold fields are Required information fields.
Enter phone numbers as 10 digits without parenthesis or dashes, i.e. 8582715400. This should not be an advisors/leaders number. This number will be used to contact you.
Enter your email address, this email will be used to send your receipts and other correspondence.
Enter Dates as mm/dd/yyyy, (i.e. 09/15/1954).
Youth competitors MUST enter age (as of Jan 1), date of birth, parental phone number, club (if applicable), club leader (if applicable).
Livestock Exhibitors only: Once you have completed your profile information you will continue, to the next portion of the entry. This is where you will need to upload your YQCA Certificate and signed Code of Conduct.

4.) When you are done adding entries, you will need to CHECK OUT (bottom right button) in order to complete this process and submit entries to the fair.

Livestock only: At this time you will be prompted to upload your Bills Sale, Registration papers or other required documents.
Payment by credit cards ONLY (MC, VISA, Discover, American Express) REQUIRED at time of entry.

After completing your entry on-line, you will receive an email confirmation. If you do NOT receive a confirmation, your entry was NOT completed/received. (check your junk/spam email folder if necessary!)