AB 497, as introduced, Achadjian. Court filing fees: San Bernardino County.
Existing law specifies fees for preparing copies of records, comparing with an original document on file in the office of the clerk, and a search of court records requiring more than 10 minutes.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 70627 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
The fees collected under this section shall be distributed
4to the court in which they were collected.
5(a) The clerk of the court shall charge fifty cents ($0.50) per
6page to cover the cost of preparing copies ofbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert aend insert record,
7proceeding, or paper on file in the clerk’s office.
8(b) For comparing with the original on file in the office of the
9clerk ofbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert aend insert court, the copy ofbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert
aend insert paper, record, or proceeding
P2 1prepared by another and presented for the clerk’s certificate, the
2fee is one dollar ($1) per page, in addition to the fee for the
3certificate.
4(c) The fee for a search of records or files conducted by a court
5employee that requires more than 10 minutes is fifteen dollars
6($15) for each search.
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