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64.012 Fees of county clerks.
The county clerk shall receive for the following services the following fees:
(1) (a) Recording and indexing of a:
1.
Deed of trust or assignment for the benefit of creditors;
2.
Deed;
3.
Real estate mortgage;
4.
Deed of assignment;
5.
Real estate option;
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Power of attorney;
7.
Revocation of power of attorney;
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Lease which is recordable by law;
9.
Deed of release of a mortgage or lien under KRS 382.360;
10. United States lien;
11. Release of a United States lien;
12. Release of any recorded encumbrance other than state liens;
13. Lis pendens notice concerning proceedings in bankruptcy;
14. Lis pendens notice;
15. Mechanic's and artisan's lien under KRS Chapter 376;
16. Assumed name;
17. Notice of lien issued by the Internal Revenue Service;
18. Notice of lien discharge issued by the Internal Revenue Service;
19. Original, assignment, amendment, or continuation financing statement;
20. Making a record for the establishment of a city, recording the plan or
plat thereof, and all other service incident;
21. Survey of a city, or any part thereof, or any addition to or extensions of
the boundary of a city;
22. Recording with statutory authority for which no specific fee is set,
except a military discharge; and
23. Filing with statutory authority for which no specific fee is set.
For all items in this subsection if the entire thereof does not exceed
three (3) pages .................................................................................$12.00
And, for all items in this subsection exceeding three (3) pages,
for each additional page ....................................................................$3.00
And, for all items in this subsection for each additional reference
relating to same instrument ...............................................................$4.00
(b) The twelve dollar ($12) fee imposed by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall
be divided as follows:
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Six dollars ($6) shall be retained by the county clerk; and
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Six dollars ($6) shall be paid to the affordable housing trust fund
established in KRS 198A.710 and shall be remitted by the county clerk
within ten (10) days following the end of the quarter in which the fee
was received. Each remittance to the affordable housing trust fund shall
be accompanied by a summary report on a form prescribed by the
Kentucky Housing Corporation.
Recording and indexing a file-stamped copy of documents set forth in KRS 14A.2040(1) or (2) that have been filed first with the Secretary of State:
(a) The entire record thereof does not exceed three (3) pages ......................$10.00
(b) And, exceeding three (3) pages, for each additional page .........................$3.00
Recording wills or other probate documents pursuant to KRS
Chapter 392 or 394 .............................................................................................$ 8.00
Recording court ordered name changes pursuant to KRS Chapter 401 .............$ 8.00
For noting a security interest on a certificate of title pursuant to
KRS Chapter 186A ...........................................................................................$12.00
For filing the release of collateral under a financing statement
and noting same upon the face of the title pursuant to KRS Chapter
186 or 186A ........................................................................................................$5.00
Filing or recording state tax or other state liens ..................................................$5.00
Filing release of a state tax or other state lien .....................................................$5.00
Marginal release, noting release of any lien, mortgage, or redemption
other than a deed of release .................................................................................$8.00
Acknowledging or notarizing any deed, mortgage, power of attorney,
or other written instrument required by law for recording and certifying
same ..................................... ...............................................................................$4.00
Recording a land use restriction according to KRS 100.3681 ..........................$15.00
Recording plats, maps, and surveys, not exceeding 24 inches by
36 inches, per page ............................................................................................$20.00
Recording a bond, for each bond ......................................................................$10.00
Each bond required to be taken or prepared by the clerk ....................................$4.00
Copy of any bond when ordered .........................................................................$3.00
Administering an oath and certificate thereof .....................................................$5.00
Issuing a license for which no other fee is fixed by law .....................................$8.00
Issuing a solicitor's license ................................................................................$15.00
Marriage license, indexing, recording, and issuing certificate thereof .............$24.00
Every order concerning the establishment, changing, closing, or
discontinuing of roads, to be paid out of the county levy when
the road is established, changed, closed, or discontinued, and by
the applicant when it is not .................................................................................$3.00
Registration of licenses for professional persons required to register
with the county clerk .........................................................................................$10.00
Certified copy of any record ................................................................................$5.00
Plus fifty cents ($.50) per page after three (3) pages
Filing certification required by KRS 65.070(2)(a) ..............................................$5.00
(24) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates
for Commonwealth's attorney ..........................................................................$200.00
(25) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for county
and independent boards of education ................................................................$20.00
(26) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for
boards of soil and water conservation districts .................................................$20.00
(27) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for
other office ........................................................................................................$50.00
(28) Filing declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for office .......................$50.00
(29) Filing petitions for elections, other than nominating petitions .........................$50.00
(30) Notarizing any signature, per signature ...............................................................$2.00
(31) Filing bond for receiving bodies under KRS 311.310 ......................................$10.00
(32) Noting the assignment of a certificate of delinquency and recording
and indexing the encumbrance under KRS 134.126 or 134.127 ......................$27.00
(33) Filing a going-out-of-business permit under KRS 365.445 ..............................$50.00
(34) Filing a renewal of a going-out-of-business permit under KRS 365.445 .........$50.00
(35) Filing a grain warehouseman's license under KRS 359.050 .............................$10.00
(36) Filing and processing a transient merchant permit under KRS 365.680 ...........$25.00
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 28, effective January 1, 2015. -Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 82, effective March 21, 2013. -- Amended 2010
Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 49, effective January 1, 2011. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch.
10, sec. 56, effective January 1, 2010. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 3,
effective August 1, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 3, effective July 15,
2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 176, effective July 1, 2001. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994; ch. 239, sec. 2, effective July 15,
1994; and ch. 428, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
288, sec. 59, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 94,
effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 3, effective July 13,
1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; and ch.
375, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 1980; ch. 30, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1980; ch. 143, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 240, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by 1994
Ky. Acts chs. 28, 239, and 428. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been
codified together. Where a conflict exists between Acts chs. 28 and 428, Acts ch.
428, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.
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