Drafter
Clerk 09/04/2003
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the administrative fee retained from the one-dollar recording surcharge authorized by 2003 Wash. Laws 289 (Substitute House Bill 1081); and amending Ordinance 1660, Sections 1-2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.12.120.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 1660, Sections 1-2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.12.120 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Recording of official and public documents - fees. The manager of the records, elections and licensing services division((,)) shall charge such fees for the provision of recording services as are provided for county auditors in chapters 36.18 RCW and 36.22 RCW and RCW 64.34.202. In addition, the following specific fees apply:
A. Record of survey. For land surveys, which shall be eighteen by twenty-four inches or less in size, the fee schedule is:
1. Basic fee for first page $25.00
2. Department of natural resources fees $26.00
3. Centennial preservation fee $2.00
4. State archives fee $1.00
5. Each additional page $5.00
B. Short plats and boundary line adjustments. For short plats and boundary line adjustments, legal size or smaller, the manager of the records, elections and licensing services division, shall chare such fees as are provided for county auditors in chapter 36.18 RCW. For short plats and boundary line adjustments, eighteen by twenty-four inches or less in size, the fee schedule shall be the same as record of survey under K.C.C. 2.12.120A.
C. Record of monument. The record of monument shall be filed without charge on the standard form prescribed by the state Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Surveys and Maps.
D. Reservation of condominium name. To reserve the right to use a specific name for a condominium, the fee is fifty dollars. A reservation is subject to RCW 64.34.202.
E. Administrative fee. As authorized by 2002 Wash. Laws 294 (Substitute House Bill 2060), five percent of the mandatory state ten-dollar surcharge on recorded instruments shall be retained as an administrative fee effective June 13, 2002. Of the remaining funds, forty percent will be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer and the remaining sixty percent will be retained by the county and deposited into a fund to be used by the county and its cities for low-income housing initiatives.
F. Administrative fee. As authorized by 2003 Wash. Laws 289, five percent of the mandatory one-dollar state surcharge on recorded deeds of trust shall be retained as an administrative fee.
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Newspaper: Seattle Times
Publish: Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Hearing: September 29, 2003