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H0657...................................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDING FEES - COUNTY - Amends existing law to provide for an increase in fees for recording the first page of a document for a five year period and to provide for a dedicated technology account to fund and support maintenance, upgrades and purchases of equipment, technology and related expenses for county land records. 02/11 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/12 Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
H0657|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 657 BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO RECORDING FEES; AMENDING SECTION 31-3205, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE 3 FOR AN INCREASE IN FEES FOR RECORDING THE FIRST PAGE OF A DOCUMENT FOR A 4 FIVE YEAR PERIOD, AND TO PROVIDE FOR A DEDICATED TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT TO 5 FUND AND SUPPORT MAINTENANCE, UPGRADES AND PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT, TECH- 6 NOLOGY AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR COUNTY LAND RECORDS WHICH SHALL BE IN 7 EFFECT FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 31-3205, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 31-3205. RECORDER'S FEES. (1) The county recorder is 12 allowed, and may receive for his services, the following fees, to be paid him 13 by the party procuring his services: 14 For recording every instrument, paper or notice for the first page 15 until June 30, 2003 ................................................... $ 8.00 16 For recording every instrument, paper or notice, for each 17 subsequent page until June 30, 2003 .............. $ 3.00 18 On and after July 1, 2003, for recording every instrument, paper or 19 notice for each page .................................................. $ 3.00 20 For copies of any record or paper, for each page ........... $ 1.00 21 For each certificate under seal, when required .................... $ 1.00 22 For release or assignment where more than one (1) document is released or 23 assigned in the same instrument, for each additional release or assignment.... 24 ....................................................................... $ 1.00 25 For recording every town plat or map, for first one hundred (100) lots or 26 less .................................................................. $11.00 27 And for each additional lot ....................................... $ .05 28 For taking acknowledgments, including seal ........................ $ 1.00 29 For recording the location notice or amended location notice, of a mining 30 claim, or for recording and indexing each notice, for each page ...... $ 3.00 31 For recording affidavit of labor of mining claims for one (1) mining claim 32 ....................................................................... $ 4.00 33 Plus an additional charge for each claim in excess of one (1) ..... $ .50 34 For filing a survey ............................................... $ 5.00 35 For making a copy of a survey or highway right-of-way plat ........ $ 4.00 36 For issuing marriage license, filing, recording and indexing the 37 certificate of marriage and taking and filing affidavits required in 38 issuance of the license ............................................... $11.00 39 For administering an oath, including jurat ........................ $ 1.00 40 And certifying the same when required an additional sum of ........ $ 1.00 41 For comparing and certifying a prepared copy of a file or record in his 42 office, for each page ................................................ $ .50 43 For making and certifying a report of search for lien upon personal 2 1 property, excluding Uniform Commercial Code, for each name searched .. $ 5.00 2 For each certificate under seal there shall be an additional fee of 3 ....................................................................... $ 1.00 4 All instruments delivered to the county recorder for record shall be 5 recorded rather than filed with the exception of plats, surveys, cornerstone 6 markers and instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code. 7 For all other services as recorder, not enumerated herein, the fee fixed 8 in the statute requiring the service or the same fee as allowed the clerk of 9 the district court for like service. 10 A page shall not exceed fourteen (14) inches in length nor eight and one- 11 half (8 1/2) inches in width. The recording fee to be charged for maps, 12 sketches, drawings or other instruments except plats larger than the size per- 13 mitted above for a page shall be two cents (2[) per square inch. 14 (2) From July 1, 1998, until June 30, 2003, five dollars ($5.00) 15 from the recording of the first page of every instrument shall be deposited 16 in a dedicated technology account to fund and support maintenance, upgrades 17 and purchases of equipment, technology and related expenses for county land 18 records.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07980
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 technology account would fund
and support maintenance, upgrades and purchases of equipment,
technology and related expenses for county land records. This
legislation has a sunset clause of June 30, 2003.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation has a fee increase from $3 to $8 for the first
page and would have a total impact statewide of approximately $1.7
million.
CONTACT: Idaho Association of Counties
Dan Chadwick, Tony Poinelli,
Lorna Jorgensen 345-9126
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
H 657