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Schedule of Fees - RCW 36.18.010

July 26, 2009

Recording Hours: 8:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m.

 Assignments, Appointments, Substitutions & Resignation & Appointments of previously recorded Deeds of Trust are exempt from the Surcharge for Affordable Housing.

Assignments, Appointments, Substitutions & Resignation & Appointments of previously recorded Deeds of Trust as well as birth, marriage, divorce and death documents are exempt from the Surcharge for ending homelessness.

Washington State Dept of Employment Security documents are exempt from the additional $3 Surcharge for Preservation of Historical Documents/Programs.

Recording Instruments    

$62.00 for the first page.
$1.00 per additional page per document

Assignments, Appt, Resign & Appt,Substitution of Deeds of Trust

$14.00 first page,
$1.00
per additional page

Assignment of Mortgage

$62.00 first page,
$1.00 per additional page

Deeds of Trust

$63.00 for the first page. 
$1.00 per additional  page per document

Non-Standard Recording

$50.00 in addition to other fees as mentioned above in recording instruments RCW 65.04.048

Recording Surveys, Short Plats, and Short plat survey

$128.00 for first page, $5.00 each additional page

Affidavit of Minor Correction

$108.00 for the first page, $1.00 for each additional page

Boundary Adjustments & Variance 

$108.00 for the first page, $1.00 for each additional page

Recording Long Plats

$62.00 per plat minimum – County plus $46.00 DNR fee, plus $ .50 per lot

Certified Copy 

$3.00 for first page, $1.00 each additional page

Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Divorce (Dissolution of marriage), Marriage  

$32.00 first page $1.00 each additional page

Personal Copies 

$.15 per page

Archived Copies – digital records of CD 

$2.5 cents per image

Acknowledgement/Administer Oath

$2.00 per acknowledgement

Marriage Application

$65.00

Searching Records

$8.00 per hour (anything over 15 min. is considered hour minimum)

UCC Filings 

$62.00 for first page $1.00 per add. page

UCC Termination

$62.00 for first page $1.00 per add. page

Copies of Map (Large Format) 

18x24 BW $10.00 Color $11.00

24x36 BW $12.00 Color $13.00

Plus $7.00 Auditor fee

E-mail Map 

$1.00  

CD – Surveys or Maps  

$40.00 ($.60 for CD; $30.40 for maps)

Cemetery Deeds  

$15.00

IRS Liens 

$124.00 ($62.00 to record; $62.00 to release)

Proof of Labors

$62.00 first page & 1st claim: then $62.00 for each additional claim (or group of claims) plus $1.00 per each additional page.

Locations  

$62.00 first $1.00 each additional page

Conformed Copies  

$1.00 (Customer provides copy)

Copies of recorded documents

$1.00 per page

Process Servers 

$10.00

Land Corners 

No Fee

Copy of land corners

$2.00

Return check fee

$25.00

Election Fees

Set up fees

Entire County                                                               $20.00

One to Four precincts                                                  $10.00

Commissioner Districts                                               $15.00

All other – e-mails (lists)                                             $1.00

Daily list for returned ballots                                      $15.00

Precinct by precinct results per election                    $4.00

Diskette                                                                       $1.00

There is an additional $.15 per page charge for computer printed lists.  The label charge is $.02 per label.

Precinct Map

County Precinct Map (Large Format)                      $12.00 fee plus $7.00 for Auditor’s office