§ 27361.4

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 155) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 17. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021. Section operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.
(a)The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record, in order to defray the cost of converting the county recorder’s document storage system to micrographics. Upon completion of the conversion and payment of the costs therefor, this additional fee shall no longer be imposed.
(b)The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee, other than the fees authorized in subdivisions (a) and (c), of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record provided that the resolution providing for the additional fee establishes the days of operation of the county recorder’s offices as every business day except for legal holidays

and those holidays designated as judicial holidays pursuant to Section 135 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(c)The board of supervisors of any county may provide for an additional fee, other than the fees authorized in subdivisions (a) and (b), of one dollar ($1) for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record provided that the resolution providing for the additional fee requires that the instrument, paper, or notice be indexed within two business days after the date of recordation.
(d)Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 6103.8, the fees authorized by this section shall not be charged to those entities exempted from the payment of recording fees under Section 6103 or 27383.
(e)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.

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