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Several pieces of recent legislation have led to a number of California counties increasing the fee to record real estate documents, effective February 1, 2010 and March 1, 2010.

 

Passage of Senate Bill 676 (SB676) enabled county recorders to increase their recording fee by as much as $6.00 for the first recorded page of a real estate document. For example, the base fee charged by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder is now set at $13.00 for the first page and $3.00 for each additional page; in Nevada County the new fee is $14.00 for recording the first page and $3.00 each additional page. The county of Sonoma increased its base rate for the first recorded page of a real estate document from $8.00 to $13.00, the first increase since 1972.

 

Senate Bill 1396, passed in 2008, has lead to an increase for certain recording fees in Santa Barbara County effective March 1, 2010.  Increasing from $17.00 to $18.00 for the first pages are five real estate instruments: Notice of Default, Deed of Trust, Request for Notice of Default, Reconveyance, and Assignment of Deed of Trust. Increasing from $15.00 to $18.00 are the first pages for three real estate instruments: Substitution of Trustee, Notice of Trustee Sale, and Notice of Rescission of Declaration of Default.

 

To view the legislation, visit www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html. Be sure to research in the correct session.

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