The County Clerk shall number descriptions and
plats consecutively. Immediately upon receiving a description or plat
for filing, the County Clerk shall note on the instrument the filing
number and the time of filing and shall make proper entries in reception
book and in index to general real estate records.
[Amended 9-27-2011 by Ord. No. 235-2011]
A. Since the County Clerk uses a post binder with transparent
protective pages for the protection of the plats, she shall charge
a fee of $9 for the first page and $5 for each additional page for
filing and recording each unit of a plat that is 18 inches by 24 inches
or part thereof.
B. For filing legal descriptions or plats of real property,
the County Clerk may charge, in addition to any other fees authorized
by law, an equipment recording fee. The equipment recording fee shall
not exceed $4.
Amounts collected from the equipment recording
fee shall be deposited into a County Clerk recording and filing fund,
which shall be established by the County. Money in the County Clerk
recording and filing fund shall be expended only to purchase equipment
associated with recording, filing, maintaining or reproducing documents
in the County Clerk's office.