Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The fee for each certificate under seal shall be set by the board of supervisors in an amount necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs of providing the product or service or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee or charge is levied.

The fee for any copy of a birth, death, or marriage certificate, when the copy is made by the recorder, is the same as is payable to a state or local registrar of vital statistics.

The fee for any copy of any other record or paper on file in the office of the recorder, when the copy is made by the recorder, shall be set by the board of supervisors in an amount necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs of providing the product or service or the cost…

The fee for searching the records of his office for a birth, death, or marriage certificate is the same as is payable to a state or local registrar of vital statistics; in all other cases, for each year, fifty cents ($0.50).

The fee for recording each map or plat where it is copied in a book of record is ten cents ($0.10) for each course, plus ten cents ($0.10) a folio for letters and figures on the map or plat. When recording is by a photographic method the fee for recording each map or plat shall b…

The fee for recording or filing and indexing each map wherein land is subdivided in lots, tracts, or parcels is five dollars ($5) for the first page and two dollars ($2) for each additional page.

The fee for taking an acknowledgment of any instrument is seventy-five cents ($0.75).

The fee for administering and certifying each oath or affirmation is fifty cents ($0.50).

The fee for filing, indexing, and keeping each paper not required by law to be recorded is three dollars ($3).

No charge or fee shall be made for recording, indexing, or issuing certified copies of any discharge, certificate of service, certificate of satisfactory service, report of separation, or notice of separation of any soldier, sailor, marine, airman, or guardian, separated, release…

No fee shall be charged by the recorder for services rendered to the State, to any municipality, county in the State or other political subdivision thereof, except for making a copy of a paper or record.

In addition to any other fee, the county recorder shall collect a fee from any lienor, other than a governmental entity, for the recordation of an abstract of judgment or other document creating an involuntary lien within the meaning of Section 27297.5 affecting title to real pro…

(a) In addition to any other recording fee, the recorder may collect a fee from the party filing a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust, other than a government entity, pursuant to Section 27297.6. The fee shall not exceed the mailing cost of the notice specified in Section 272…

(a) (1) In addition to any other recording fees specified in this code, upon the adoption of a resolution by the county board of supervisors, a fee of up to ten dollars ($10) shall be paid at the time of recording of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or perm…

(a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2018, and except as provided in paragraph (2), in addition to any other recording fees specified in this code, a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) shall be paid at the time of recording of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or pe…

(a) In addition to all other fees authorized by this section, a county recorder may charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for recording the first page of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded per each single transaction per parcel o…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004. (b) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Authorized submitter” means a party that has entered into a contract with a county recorder pursuan…

(a) Upon approval by resolution of the board of supervisors and system certification by the Attorney General, a county recorder may establish an electronic recording delivery system. (b) Upon system certification, a county recorder may enter into a contract with a title insurer a…

(a) No electronic recording delivery system may become operational without system certification by the Attorney General. The certification shall affirm that the proposed county system conforms to this article and any regulations adopted pursuant to this article, that security tes…

(a) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with interested parties, adopt regulations for the review, approval, and oversight of electronic recording delivery systems. Regulations shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Sec…

(a) To be eligible to establish an electronic recording delivery system, a county recorder shall contract with, and obtain a report from, a computer security auditor selected from a list of computer security auditors approved by the Attorney General. (b) The Attorney General shal…

(a) No person shall be a computer security auditor or be granted secure access to an electronic recording delivery system if he or she has been convicted of a felony, has been convicted of a misdemeanor related to theft, fraud, or a crime of moral turpitude, or if he or she has p…

(a) The Attorney General shall monitor the security of electronic recording delivery systems statewide, in close cooperation with county recorders and public prosecutors. In the event of an emergency involving multiple fraudulent transactions linked to one county’s use of an elec…

(a) A county establishing an electronic recording delivery system pursuant to this article shall pay for the direct cost of regulation and oversight by the Attorney General. (b) The Attorney General may charge a fee directly to a vendor seeking approval of software and other serv…

(a) A county recorder may include in the county’s electronic recording delivery system a secure method for accepting for recording a digital or digitized electronic record that is an instrument of reconveyance, substitution of trustee, or assignment of deed of trust. (b) A county…

(a) The Attorney General shall conduct an evaluation of electronic recording delivery systems authorized by this article, and report to both houses of the Legislature on or before June 30, 2009. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the evaluation include an analysis of co…

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize any state agency to administer any of the processes or procedures relating to the business of the county recorders of the state in any manner not otherwise specifically set forth in this article. (b) The authority grante…

Any county may issue funding or refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter for the following purposes: (a) To refund any outstanding county indebtedness, evidenced by bonds or warrants. (b) For any purposes for which the board of supervisors is authorized to expend the funds of the…

(a) A county may also issue bonds pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of seismic strengthening of unreinforced buildings and other buildings. Proceeds of bonds authorized pursuant to this section may be used to make loans to public entities or owners of private buildings. Lo…

The board of supervisors shall adopt an order calling and providing for a bond election, which order shall state: (a) The purpose or purposes for which the indebtedness is to be incurred. (b) The amount of bonds proposed to be issued. (c) The maximum rate of interest. (d) The dat…

All or any part of the proceeds of the bonds may be contributed or paid to any agency, board, commission or entity constituted or provided for by agreement under or pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code, if the board of supervisors shall fin…

The board of supervisors shall provide for submitting the question of the issuance of the bonds to the qualified electors of the county at the next general election or at a special election to be called by it for that purpose.

To the right of or below each bond proposition on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.

Several separate propositions may be submitted at the same election, and any single proposition may include one or more purposes.

A special election may be held as provided in this article. Only qualified voters of the county may vote. The election shall be held as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general election law of the State. The board of supervisors may form bond election precincts by ado…

The order calling and providing for a bond election shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the county once a week for at least four weeks. If no newspaper is published in the county, copies of the order shall be conspicuously posted in five public places in the…

Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, relating to arguments concerning county measures, are applicable to this chapter.

If two-thirds of the electors voting on a proposition vote in favor of it, the bonds in an amount not exceeding that specified in said proposition may be issued. When two or more propositions are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each proposition shal…

The total amount of bonded indebtedness shall not at any time exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the county as shown by the last equalized assessment roll. If water conservation, flood control, irrigation, reclamation, or drainage works, improvements, or purposes, or the…

If the issuance of the bonds is authorized at said election, the board may thereafter adopt a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of all or any part of the bonds authorized at said election. Said resolution shall prescribe the form of the bond and attached intere…

The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of one series may be made payable at different times from those of any other series; provided, that the earliest maturity of each issue o…

When the issuance of bonds shall have been authorized pursuant to two or more propositions submitted at the same or different elections, all or any part of said bonds not theretofore issued may be combined and issued and sold as a single issue or series.

In the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds, the board may provide for the call and redemption of all or any part of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity, at their par value plus a specified premium, if any, and accrued interest. The …

Notice of redemption shall be published at such time and in such manner as the board may provide in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.

If funds are made available for the payment of the principal, interest, and premium on the bonds called, the interest on the bonds shall cease after the date fixed for redemption.

The bonds may be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board of supervisors may prescribe.

The principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, either at the treasury of the county or at such place within the United States as the board designates, or both at the treasury or the designated place at the option of the bondholder.

Interest on the bonds shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that interest for the first year after the date of the bonds may be made payable at the end of said year.

(a) The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of supervisors or by any other member thereof as the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of all its members, authorize and designate for that purpose, and also signed by the treasure…

The bonds shall be sold at the times, in the amounts, and in the manner prescribed by the board, but for not less than par.