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Board schedules SB255 ordinance and $10 recording fee (effective Jan. 1) to implement owner-notification requirement
Summary
Clerk-recorder staff explained a state-mandated SB255 program requiring mailed notice when deeds, quitclaims and certain security instruments are recorded; the board set the ordinance for adoption and approved a $10 processing fee to recoup costs, effective Jan. 1.
Amador County will implement state Senate Bill 255 notifications after the board set an ordinance for adoption and accepted staff's proposed $10 processing fee.
Clerk-Recorder Kim Grady explained SB255 requires notice to be mailed to the assessor's owner-of-record when certain records (deeds, quitclaims, mortgages, deeds of trust) are recorded; the county must place an assessor parcel number on affected documents and send notices. Staff estimated the work and proposed adding a $10 fee for those document types to recover the cost of processing and mailing. "It's going to be a lot of work," Grady told supervisors, noting the office will need additional processing time and that the fee was set to avoid excessive increases to recording costs.
Supervisors set the ordinance change for adoption on the Aug. 25 consent agenda, with an effective date of Jan. 1 to allow required public notice; the board approved scheduling 5-0.
