Counties: recording fees.

Existing law requires the recorder of each county, upon payment of proper fees and taxes, to accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required by law to be recorded, as specified. Existing law establishes a fee for recording documents with the county recorder at $10 for the first page and $3 for each additional page and authorizes a county recorder to assess additional specified fees, including a fee of $1 for each document filed in order to defray the cost of converting the county recorder's document storage system to micrographics. This bill, until January 1, 2026, would authorize the $1 fee to additionally be used for restoration and preservation of the county recorder's permanent archival microfilm, to implement and fund a county recorder archive program as determined by the county recorder, or to implement and maintain or utilize a trusted system for the permanent preservation of recorded document images. The bill would also make conforming changes.