View Daily Data Tracking History
View Bill Text
View Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact
H0421........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by: Idaho Association of Counties
RECORDING FEES - Amends existing law to increase certain recording fees and
to provide that $5.00 from the recording of every instrument shall be
deposited in a dedicated county technology account to fund and support
maintenance, upgrades and purchases of equipment, technology and related
personnel expenses.
01/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/12 Rpt prt - to St Aff
01/29 Rpt out - to Loc Gov
H0421|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 421 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Idaho Association of Counties 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO RECORDING FEES; AMENDING SECTION 31-3205, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE 3 CERTAIN RECORDING FEES AND TO PROVIDE FOR A DEDICATED TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT 4 FOR THE INCREASE IN FEES FOR RECORDING THE FIRST PAGE OF A DOCUMENT. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 31-3205, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 31-3205. RECORDER'S FEES. The county recorder is allowed, and may receive 9 for his services, the following fees, to be paid him by the party procuring 10 his services: 11 For recording every instrument, paper or notice, foreach12 the first page ... $38 .00 13 For recording every instrument, paper or notice, for each subsequent 14 page ........................................................... $ 3.00 15 For copies of any record or paper, for each page .................. $ 1.00 16 For each certificate under seal, when required .................... $ 1.00 17 For release or assignment where more than one (1) document is released or 18 assigned in the same instrument, for each additional release or assignment.... 19 ....................................................................... $ 1.00 20 For recording every town plat or map, for first one hundred (100) lots or 21 less .................................................................. $11.00 22 And for each additional lot ....................................... $ .05 23 For taking acknowledgments, including seal ........................ $ 1.00 24 For recording the location notice or amended location notice, of a mining 25 claim, or for recording and indexing each notice, for each page ....... $ 3.00 26 For recording affidavit of labor of mining claims for one (1) mining claim 27 ....................................................................... $ 4.00 28 Plus an additional charge for each claim in excess of one (1) ..... $ .50 29 For filing a survey ............................................... $ 5.00 30 For making a copy of a survey or highway right-of-way plat ........ $ 4.00 31 For issuing marriage license, filing, recording and indexing the certifi- 32 cate of marriage and taking and filing affidavits required in issuance of the 33 license ............................................................... $11.00 34 For administering an oath, including jurat ........................ $ 1.00 35 And certifying the same when required an additional sum of ........ $ 1.00 36 For comparing and certifying a prepared copy of a file or record in his 37 office, for each page ................................................. $ .50 38 For making and certifying a report of search for lien upon personal prop- 39 erty, excluding Uniform Commercial Code, for each name searched .............. 40 $ 5.00 41 For each certificate under seal there shall be an additional fee of ...... 42 $ 1.00 43 All instruments delivered to the county recorder for record shall be 2 1 recorded rather than filed with the exception of plats, surveys, cornerstone 2 markers and instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code. 3 For all other services as recorder, not enumerated herein, the fee fixed 4 in the statute requiring the service or the same fee as allowed the clerk of 5 the district court for like service. 6 A page shall not exceed fourteen (14) inches in length nor eight and one- 7 half (8 1/2) inches in width. The recording fee to be charged for maps, 8 sketches, drawings or other instruments except plats larger than the size per- 9 mitted above for a page shall be two cents (2[) per square inch. 10 Five dollars ($5.00) from the recording of every instrument shall be 11 deposited in a dedicated county technology account to fund and support mainte- 12 nance, upgrades and purchases of equipment, technology and related personnel 13 expenses.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07315
The purpose of this legislation is to provide funding to support the costs associated with
recording and long-term storing of public records.
The proposed dedicated fund would provide support to other county departments relative to the
recorder, assessor, treasurer, and planning and zoning functions of county government.
FISCAL IMPACT
The legislation has a fee increase from $3 for the first page to $8 for the first page. The total
impact statewide is approximately $1.7 million.
CONTACT: Idaho Association of Counties 345-9126
Dan Chadwick, Tony Poinelli, Lorna Jorgensen
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL IMPACT
H 421