2006 Ohio Revised Code - 317.32. Fees.

§ 317.32. Fees.
 

The county recorder shall charge and collect the following fees, to include base fees for the recorder's services and housing trust fund fees, collected pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code: 

(A) For recording and indexing an instrument when the photocopy or any similar process is employed, a base fee of fourteen dollars for the first two pages and a housing trust fund fee of fourteen dollars, and a base fee of four dollars and a housing trust fund fee of four dollars for each subsequent page, size eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, or fraction of a page, including the caption page, of such instrument; 

(B) For certifying a photocopy from the record previously recorded, a base fee of one dollar and a housing trust fund fee of one dollar per page, size eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, or fraction of a page; for each certification where the recorder's seal is required, except as to instruments issued by the armed forces of the United States, a base fee of fifty cents and a housing trust fund fee of fifty cents; 

(C) For manual or typewritten recording of assignment or satisfaction of mortgage or lease or any other marginal entry, a base fee of four dollars and a housing trust fund fee of four dollars; 

(D) For entering any marginal reference by separate recorded instrument, a base fee of two dollars and a housing trust fund fee of two dollars for each marginal reference set out in that instrument, in addition to the fees set forth in division (A) of this section; 

(E) For indexing in the real estate mortgage records, pursuant to section 1309.519 [1309.51.9] of the Revised Code, financing statements covering crops growing or to be grown, timber to be cut, minerals or the like, including oil and gas, accounts subject to section 1309.301 [1309.30.1] of the Revised Code, or fixture filings made pursuant to section 1309.334 [1309.33.4] of the Revised Code, a base fee of two dollars and a housing trust fund fee of two dollars for each name indexed; 

(F) For recording manually any plat not exceeding six lines, a base fee of two dollars and a housing trust fund fee of two dollars, and for each additional line, a base fee of ten cents and a housing trust fund fee of ten cents; 

(G) For filing zoning resolutions, including text and maps, in the office of the recorder as required under sections 303.11 and 519.11 of the Revised Code, a base fee of fifty dollars and a housing trust fund fee of fifty dollars, regardless of the size or length of the resolutions; 

(H) For filing zoning amendments, including text and maps, in the office of the recorder as required under sections 303.12 and 519.12 of the Revised Code, a base fee of ten dollars and a housing trust fund fee of ten dollars for the first page and a base fee of four dollars and a housing trust fund fee of four dollars for each additional page; 

(I) For photocopying a document, other than at the time of recording and indexing as provided for in division (A) of this section, a base fee of one dollar and a housing trust fund fee of one dollar per page, size eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, or fraction thereof; 

(J) For local facsimile transmission of a document, a base fee of one dollar and a housing trust fund fee of one dollar per page, size eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, or fraction thereof; for long distance facsimile transmission of a document, a base fee of two dollars and a housing trust fund fee of two dollars per page, size eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, or fraction thereof; 

(K) For recording a declaration executed pursuant to section 2133.02 of the Revised Code or a durable power of attorney for health care executed pursuant to section 1337.12 of the Revised Code, or both a declaration and a durable power of attorney for health care, a base fee of at least fourteen dollars but not more than twenty dollars and a housing trust fund fee of at least fourteen dollars but not more than twenty dollars. 

In any county in which the recorder employs the photostatic or any similar process for recording maps, plats, or prints the recorder shall determine, charge, and collect for the recording or rerecording of any map, plat, or print, a base fee of five cents and a housing trust fund fee of five cents per square inch, for each square inch of the map, plat, or print filed for that recording or rerecording, with a minimum base fee of twenty dollars and a minimum housing trust fund fee of twenty dollars; for certifying a copy from the record, a base fee of two cents and a housing trust fund fee of two cents per square inch of the record, with a minimum base fee of two dollars and a minimum housing trust fund fee of two dollars. 

The fees provided in this section shall be paid upon the presentation of the instruments for record or upon the application for any certified copy of the record, except that the payment of fees associated with the filing and recording of, or the copying of, notices of internal revenue tax liens and notices of other liens in favor of the United States as described in division (A) of section 317.09 of the Revised Code and certificates of discharge or release of those liens, shall be governed by section 317.09 of the Revised Code, and the payment of fees for providing copies of instruments conveying or extinguishing agricultural easements to the office of farmland preservation in the department of agriculture under division (H) of section 5301.691 [5301.69.1] of the Revised Code shall be governed by that division. 
 

HISTORY: 145 v H 790 (Eff 9-12-94); 146 v H 644 (Eff 11-6-96); 147 v S 223 (Eff 4-5-99); 149 v S 74. Eff 7-1-2001; 150 v H 95, § 1, eff. 8-1-03; 150 v S 202, § 1, eff. 4-15-05.
 

The effective date is set by section 200 of H.B. 95 (150 v  - ). 

Analogous to former RC § 317.32 (RS § 1157; S&S 366, 656; S&C 639, 1279; 51 v 283; 56 v 10, § 2; 62 v 123, § 5; 64 v 62; 76 v 117, § 32; 82 v 577; 90 v 110; 95 v 606; GC §§/ 2778, 2779; 102 v 277; 120 v 269; 121 v 67; 121 v 384; 123 v 674; 124 v 380; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 125 v H 177; 126 v 823; 128 v 542; 131 v 209; 133 v S 130; 136 v H 222; 137 v H 1; 138 v S 179; 139 v H 528; 142 v H 270; 144 v S 20; 144 v H 46; 145 v H 152; 145 v S 114), repealed 145 v H 790, § 2, eff 9-12-94.

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v S 202, effective April 15, 2005, corrected internal references. 

H.B. 95, Acts 2003, effective August 1, 2003, rewrote the section.