An ordinance establishing charges for the reproduction of public records.
(Ord. No. 309, June 9, 1977; Sec. 4-2.1, 1978 Cumulative Supplement)
(a) 
All departments and agencies of the County of Kaua'i shall impose and collect the following charges for a reproduced copy of any public record in their custody, excepting those records described in Sections 4-2.2 (b), (c), and (d) of this Article, the reproduction of which is requested by any person for private use:
Standard Letter or Legal Size Reports
Price
10 pages or less
$0.50 per page.
More than 10 pages
$0.50 per page for first 10 pages and $0.25 per page thereafter.
More than 50 pages
$0.10 per page if done by self-service. The operator must be trained and authorized to run the machine, otherwise charge shall be $0.25 per page.
(b) 
Any department or agency shall impose and collect the following charges for a reproduced copy of any of the public records in its custody as described below, the reproduction of which is requested by any person for private use:
Copyflex paper
$0.50 per square foot ($2.00 minimum)
Subdivision, zoning and tax maps (max. size 8-1/2″ x 14″)
$1.00 per sheet
Sepia paper
$5.00 per square foot
Mylar film
$10.00 per square foot
Aerial contour maps on copyflex paper
$30.00 per sheet
Aerial contour maps on sepia paper
$550.00 per sheet
Aerial contour maps on mylar film
$600.00 per sheet
(c) 
All public records in pamphlet, brochure, book or other bound form produced by the County or a commercial firm shall be sold at cost plus 10%, more or less, to the nearest twenty-five cents ($0.25).
(d) 
The County Clerk may charge an additional fifty cents ($0.50) per certification on any record requested of him or her to be certified.
(Ord. No. 309, June 9, 1977; Ord. No. 376, December 10, 1979; Sec. 4-2.2, 1978 Cumulative Supplement)
(a) 
State and County agencies shall be exempt from the imposition of any charges for the reproduction of any records contained in this Article.
(b) 
This Article shall not require the County Clerk to impose a charge for the reproduction of proposed ordinances, resolutions or other matters required by Charter to be distributed or made available for purposes of public notice. The County Clerk may limit the number of copies available for distribution.
(c) 
This Article shall not require the reproduction for private use of any public document that is privileged or confidential. No personal or private papers for private use shall be reproduced on County facilities.
(Ord. No. 309, June 9, 1977; Sec. 4-2.3, 1978 Cumulative Supplement)
(a) 
Searches of real property tax records, updating of real property tax bills, etc. will be in writing and will be furnished upon the payment of a minimum fee of $5 per tax map key per tax year; provided however, said search(es) will be done on a time available basis and the fee will not be applicable to an owner or lessee making an inquiry concerning his or her own property or property leased to him or her; further provided, that this search be limited to the records of the current tax year. Tax searches will include preparation of statements of title history, assessment information, taxes due, and other similar record searches.
(b) 
A minimum fee of $5 for each 15 minutes or fraction thereof expended will be charged for each tax clearance.
(c) 
Any request for a record or document that requires a certification stamp signed by the Director of Finance attesting that the document is a true copy will be provided at a cost of one dollar ($1.00) per page in addition to the reproduction costs.
(d) 
Where the search includes information that is part of an electronic database or other electronic system of information storage, the following charges shall apply:
(1) 
All tax maps of Kaua'i on compact disc (CD): $150 complete set.
(2) 
All condominium maps on CD: $150 complete set.
(3) 
All tax maps and condominium maps on CD: $250 complete set.
(4) 
Electronic files of maps, other electronically captured images, photos, scanned documents and/or files included in E-mailed documents:
(A) 
Five dollars minimum fee for one, two or three maps or files.
(B) 
Two dollars for each additional map or file.
(5) 
Electronic files of maps copied to 1.44 MB disk, CD or other media:
(A) 
Ten dollars minimum fee for one, two or three maps.
(B) 
Two dollars for each additional map, up to the capacity of the media.
(6) 
Other electronically captured images, photos, scanned documents and/or the same included in Emailed documents or copied to 1.44 MB disk, CD or other media:
(A) 
Ten dollars minimum fee.
(B) 
Two dollars for each additional file.
(7) 
Two hundred fifty dollars for each existing report from the integrated assessment system computer database, on a CD or electronically transferred.
(e) 
The cost of creating custom data downloads will be billed at $40 per hour, minimum of one hour. Service will be provided on an "as available" basis. A non-refundable deposit of 50% of the estimated cost must be made before work begins.
(f) 
The term compact disc or CD shall mean and include compact disc or any other comparable electronic storage media. All fees shall be payable in advance.
(Ord. No. 528, December 9, 1987; Ord. No. 783, May 13, 2002)