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Senate advances bill to raise county recorder fees, citing 1993 rate freeze
Summary
Senate Bill 116 would raise county recorder fees (first-page fee up $5; certain recording fees from $30 to $50) and clarify recorders’ marginal notations do not alter recorded documents; senators questioned cost burdens but the bill advanced to third reading.
Senators on the floor debated and advanced Senate Bill 116 on Feb. 3, 2004, which raises several recorder fees that had been unchanged since 1993 and clarifies that a recorder’s marginal notation does not alter a recorded document.
Senator Hatch described the bill as straightforward: it raises the fee for recording the first page by $5 and increases the fee for certain recorded plats from $30 to $50. “The county these fees have been the same since 1993,” Hatch said. He added the fee revenue does not go to county recorders but flows to the general fund.
Senator Hilliard and other senators questioned the need for additional fee increases and warned about cumulative cost burdens on citizens. “You have no other choice than to record your deeds, record your documents,” Hilliard said, urging caution about mandatory fee increases. Hatch replied that the cost of doing business has risen substantially since 1993 and that the increase reflects that shift.
After discussion, the Senate held a roll-call vote; the presiding officer announced SB116 received 20 aye votes, 6 no votes and 3 absences and the bill advanced to the third-reading calendar.
