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Polk County board allows recording fee up to $20 for public land corner preservation
Summary
The Polk County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved staff’s order to allow increasing the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund recording fee from $10 to up to $20 to sustain corner restoration work after fund balances fell amid reduced recordings and the state removal of the $10 cap.
The Polk County Board of Commissioners on April 29 adopted a staff proposal to allow the county to charge up to $20 per recorded land instrument for the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund, a change intended to help sustain restoration of public land survey corners.
Polk County Surveyor Darren Blackwell told the board that the county maintains roughly 3,900 public land corners and more than 2,000 corner records, and that a decline in recordings and growing restoration costs have cut the PLCP surplus. "What I'm proposing is a fee increase from 10 to $20," Blackwell said, noting the $10…
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