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Dade City adopts new lien‑search fees to cover administrative costs
Summary
The Dade City commission unanimously approved Resolution 2026‑06 to establish a fee schedule for municipal lien searches — $25 standard, $50 for 48‑hour expedited, $100 for 24‑hour expedited — with implementation planned within 60–90 days to recover staff processing costs.
The Dade City Commission on March 10 adopted Resolution 2026‑06, creating a formal fee schedule for municipal lien searches to recover administrative costs associated with processing title and lien requests.
Staff said the fees are intended to offset staff time spent reviewing municipal records for property transactions, refinancing and title research. Miss Van Ervin told the commission the proposed schedule is $25 for standard processing, $50 for 48‑hour expedited processing and $100 for 24‑hour expedited processing, and estimated a one‑time implementation cost of about $1,500 to set up payment processing.
Miss Van Ervin said the city regularly fields hundreds of lien‑search requests and lacks a formal fee structure that reflects the administrative burden. “These fees align with common practices among similarly sized Florida municipalities,” City Clerk Angela Guy added, saying some peer cities charge equal or higher amounts.
Commissioner (speaker 3) asked to see a comparative table of what other municipalities charge; Van Ervin and Guy said staff can provide that information, but several commissioners said the proposed rates seemed reasonable as a starting point. The commission voted by roll call, recorded by the clerk as 5–0 in favor.
Under the resolution, staff will set an implementation date within the next 60–90 days to allow notice to lien and title companies and other requestors before the fees take effect. The commission and staff said the schedule may be revisited after the city collects comparative data from peer municipalities.
The resolution text, as read into the record, says the fee schedule provides for processing time frames and associated fees, implementation and administration, severability and an effective date; the clerk recorded the ordinance title as Resolution 2026‑06. The city did not attach a comparative fee table to the packet distributed at the meeting; commissioners asked staff to supply that comparison at a future meeting.
The commission meeting minutes show the roll‑call vote carried 5–0 and that staff will advise the public and title/lien companies before implementation.
