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AN ORDINANCE related to the fee for documents filed with the clerk's office which require extra handling because of errors or lack of completeness; and amending Ordinance 8752, Sections 1 through 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.71.100.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance clarifies who may be charged a fee by the department of judicial administration for documents filed that require extra handling because of errors or lack of completeness, and states that the department shall make a decision to return those documents on a case-by-case basis.
B. This fee is assessed pursuant to K.C.C. 4.71.100.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 8752, Sections 1 through 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.71.100 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Fee for documents filed with clerk's office that require extra handling. The department of judicial administration is hereby authorized to assess a fee to anyone who files a document that ((must be returned)) requires special handling because of errors or lack of completeness ((and that therefore requires extra handling)). The department shall make the decision to return the document to the filer on a case by case basis.
The fee assessed for a document ((which must be returned)) that requires extra handling because of errors or lack of completeness ((in the document)) shall be fifteen dollars for each incorrect or incomplete document ((returned)) to cover all costs of the extra handling required.