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Committee endorses assessor’s proposal to raise first‑page recording fee; amendment corrects reference
Summary
The committee accepted an amendment and recommended forwarding a resolution to increase the assessor‑recorder base fee for the first page to $10 under California Government Code 27361; analysts estimate the change would generate about $1.2 million more annually but would still not fully cover a $24 processing cost.
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed a resolution to increase the assessor‑recorder’s base fee for recording and indexing the first page of each instrument to $10 under California Government Code Section 27361. Assessor Filson said Senate Bill 676 (2009) allows the county to increase the fee and that the county’s estimated average processing cost per filing is about $24, leaving a subsidy…
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