Effective October 1, 2009


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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RECORDING FEE

The fee to record the first page or each title of a document will change from $8.00 to $14.00 effective February 1, 2010. There is no change to the fee for each additional page of a document, which remains at $3.00.

The change in the base portion of the fee is permitted by Government Code 27361(a) as amended effective January 1, 2010. The Board of Supervisors adopted the fee change at its January 5, 2010 meeting.

 

RECORDING FEES
First Page (Limited to 8 ½”x11”)
(Each additional page or fraction of a page is $ 3.00.)
*Please note there will be a penalty of $3 per page
Of a document if any page of the document is less than or more than 8 ½ x11.

$14.00

COMBINED DOCUMENTS
When two or more documents are serially incorporated into one form they will be considered as two or more separate documents. A recording fee of $14 will be charged for the first page and $3 for each additional page plus $14 for each additional title.

Preliminary Change of Ownership Report Penalty (PCOR)
Flat fee authorized when document evidencing a change in ownership is recorded without an accompanying PCOR.

$ 20.00

Involuntary Lien Notification Fee for Abstracts of Judgments and Mechanic Liens
for the first defendant (for each addition defendant is $3.00)

$ 4.00

Filing of Preliminary 20-Day Notice

$ 40.00

Documents Requiring Additional Indexing
Each reference to a previously recorded document that gives names other than the first reference, if the additional reference requires indexing.

$ 1.00

Indexing of More than Ten Names
Each group of ten names or fractional portion thereof after the initial group of ten names

$ 1.00

Financing Statements UCC-1 (timber to be cut, minerals (as extracted) and fixtures) 1 or 2 pages $10.00 3 or more pages $20.00. UCC-3 same fees as UCC-1.

COPIES

First Page
(Each additional page attached to the same document $ .50)

$ 1.50

Certification per document

$ 1.75

VITAL RECORDS
Certified Copy

Birth

$ 14.00

Death

$12.00

Marriage (fee changes from $13 to $14 effective 1-01-10)

$14.00



Contacting Us Arrow The Recorder division is open Monday through Friday,
with the exception of holidays. Business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Documents are accepted for recording from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. only.


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