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2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 64 - Fees and compensation of public officers and employees
64.012 Fees of county clerks -- Use of fees for recording real estate mortgages -- Reimbursement of clerk.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 64.012 (2021)
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64.012 Fees of county clerks -- Use of fees for recording real estate mortgages -Reimbursement of clerk. (1) The county clerk shall receive for the following services the following fees: (a) 1. Recording and indexing of a: a. Deed of trust or assignment for the benefit of creditors; b. Deed; c. Deed of assignment; d. File-stamped copy of documents set forth in KRS 14A.2-040(1) or (2) that have been filed first with the Secretary of State; e. Real estate option; f. Power of attorney; g. Revocation of power of attorney; h. Lease which is recordable by law; i. Deed of release of a mortgage or lien under KRS 382.360; j. United States lien; k. Release of a United States lien; l. Release of any recorded encumbrance other than state liens; m. Lis pendens notice concerning proceedings in bankruptcy; n. Lis pendens notice; o. Mechanic's and artisan's lien under KRS Chapter 376; p. Assumed name; q. Notice of lien issued by the Internal Revenue Service; r. Notice of lien discharge issued by the Internal Revenue Service; s. Original, assignment, amendment, or continuation financing statement; t. Making a record for the establishment of a city, recording the plan or plat thereof, and all other service incident; u. Survey of a city, or any part thereof, or any addition to or extensions of the boundary of a city; v. Recording with statutory authority for which no specific fee is set, except a military discharge; w. Will or other probate document pursuant to KRS Chapter 392 or 394; x. Court ordered name change pursuant to KRS Chapter 401; y. Land use restriction according to KRS 100.3681; and z. Filing with statutory authority for which no specific fee is set. For all items in this subsection if the entire thereof does not exceed five (5) pages .........................................................................$33.00 And, for all items in this subsection exceeding five (5) pages, for each additional page ...........................................................$3.00 And, for all items in this subsection for each additional reference relating to same instrument .....................................................$4.00 2. The thirty-three dollar ($33) fee imposed by this subsection shall be divided as follows: a. Twenty-seven dollars ($27) shall be retained by the county clerk; and b. 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. (b) For noting a security interest on a certificate of title pursuant to KRS Chapter 186A ..................................................................................$12.00 (c) 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 (d) Filing or recording state tax or other state liens .........................................$5.00 (e) Filing release of a state tax or other state lien ............................................$5.00 (f) Acknowledging or notarizing any deed, mortgage, power of attorney, or other written instrument required by law for recording and certifying same ..................................... ......................................................................$5.00 (g) Recording plats, maps, and surveys, not exceeding 24 inches by 36 inches, per page ...................................................................................$40.00 (h) Recording a bond, for each bond .............................................................$10.00 (i) Each bond required to be taken or prepared by the clerk ...........................$4.00 (j) Copy of any bond when ordered ................................................................$3.00 (k) Administering an oath and certificate thereof ............................................$5.00 (l) Issuing a license for which no other fee is fixed by law ............................$8.00 (m) Issuing a solicitor's license .......................................................................$15.00 (n) Marriage license, indexing, recording, and issuing certificate thereof ....$26.50 (o) 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 (p) Registration of licenses for professional persons required to register with the county clerk ......................................................................$10.00 (q) (2) (3) Certified copy of any record ......................................................................$5.00 Plus fifty cents ($.50) per page after three (3) pages (r) Filing certification required by KRS 65.070(2)(a) ....................................$5.00 (s) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for Commonwealth's attorney ........................................................$200.00 (t) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for county and independent boards of education .............................................$20.00 (u) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for boards of soil and water conservation districts ...............................$20.00 (v) Filing notification and declaration and petition of candidates for other office ......................................................................................$50.00 (w) Filing declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for office ..............$50.00 (x) Filing petitions for elections, other than nominating petitions ................$50.00 (y) Notarizing any signature, per signature .....................................................$2.00 (z) Filing bond for receiving bodies under KRS 311.310 .............................$10.00 (aa) Noting the assignment of a certificate of delinquency and recording and indexing the encumbrance under KRS 134.126 or 134.127 .............$27.00 (ab) Filing a going-out-of-business permit under KRS 365.445 .....................$50.00 (ac) Filing a renewal of a going-out-of-business permit under KRS 365.445 $50.00 (ad) Filing and processing a transient merchant permit under KRS 365.680 .$25.00 (ae) Recording and indexing a real estate mortgage: 1. For a mortgage that does not exceed thirty (30) pages ....................$63.00 2. And, for a mortgage that exceeds thirty (30) pages, for each additional page .........................................................................................$3.00 (af) Filing or recording a lien or release of lien by a consolidated local government, urban-county government, unified local government, or city of any class ................................................................................................$20.00 The sixty-three dollar ($63) fee imposed by subsection (1)(ae) of this section shall be divided as follows: (a) Fifty-seven dollars ($57) shall be retained by the county clerk; and (b) 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. For services related to the permanent storage of records listed in paragraphs (a), (g), (n), and (ae) of subsection (1) of this section, the clerk shall be entitled to receive a reimbursement of ten dollars ($10). Effective: July 15, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 43, effective January 1, 2020; and ch. 88, sec. 26, effective August 1, 2019. -- 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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