§ 8.33

(a) The County Clerk is hereby authorized to charge fees to defray the actual cost of issuance of the following documents and the provision of the following services, notwithstanding the fees otherwise set or limited by State law. Any persons requesting the following documents or services shall

pay the following fees:

(b) When a digital signature is required in connection with any document issued or service provided by the County Clerk, an additional fee shall be charged to a person requesting that document or service. This additional fee shall consist of the actual expense incurred by the County Clerk in processing the digital signature. The County Clerk shall publish on its website the amount of any additional digital signature fee, and in case of any change in the amount, shall update the published fee listing quarterly.

lerk, an additional fee shall be charged to a person requesting that document or service. This additional fee shall consist of the actual expense incurred by the County Clerk in processing the digital signature. The County Clerk shall publish on its website the amount of any additional digital signature fee, and in case of any change in the amount, shall update the published fee listing quarterly.

(c) Fees collected by the County Clerk pursuant to this Section 8.33.1 shall be deposited with the City and County Treasurer. Portions of the fees for marriage licenses shall be disbursed in accordance with California Government Code Sections 26840, 26840.1, 26840.3, 26840.7, and 26840.8, and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 10.100-336.

(d) Fees set in this Section 8.33.1 in subsection (a) are applicable to fiscal year 2024-2025. Those fees shall be adjusted each year, without further action by the Board of Supervisors, to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, as determined by the Controller, and to produce revenues sufficient to support the costs of providing the services for which the fees are assessed, but which will not produce revenue which is significantly more than the cost of providing the services for which the fees are assessed, also as determined by the Controller.

(1) No later than April 15 of each year, the County Clerk shall submit its current fee schedule to the Controller, and shall report to the Controller the revenues generated by the fees for the prior fiscal year and the prior fiscal year’8.33.1. The Controller shall apply the price index adjustment and if necessary, adjust the fees upward or downward for the upcoming fiscal year as appropriate to ensure that costs of providing the services are recovered without producing revenue which is significantly more than such costs to produce a new fee schedule for the following year.

(2) No later than May 15 of each year, the Controller shall file a report with the Board of Supervisors reporting the new fee schedule and certifying that: (A) the fees produce sufficient revenue to support the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed, and (B) the fees do not produce revenue which is significantly more than the costs of providing the services for which each fee is assessed.

(Added by Ord. 323-98, App. 10/30/98; amended by Ord. 155-02, File No. 021079, App. 7/12/2002; Ord. 83-04, File No. 040102, App. 5/20/2004; Ord. 227-04, File No. 040505, App. 9/23/2004; Ord. 162-14, File No. 140590, App. 7/31/2014, Eff. 8/30/2014; Ord. 179-20, File No. 200843, App. 10/1/2020, Eff. 11/1/2020; Ord. 192-24, File No. 240597, App. 7/31/2024, Eff. 8/31/2024)

(a) Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 54985 through 54987 and 27366, the County Assessor-Recorder is hereby authorized to charge fees to defray the actual cost of issuance of the following documents and the provision of the following services, notwithstanding the fees

(b) All requests for copies of records on file shall be subject to the standard fees in subsection (a) except for requests initiated and processed entirely as self-service requests. A self-service request is a request for one or more specified documents, initiated by the requester through the designated portion of the Assessor-Recorder’s website, that is fulfilled by automated electronic download or automated email delivery to the requester, and does not involve any other service (including but not limited to searching for specific documents, certification or conforming of copies, or acceptance of the request other than through the designated portion of the Assessor-Recorder’s website). For a request for all records within a specified date range, the Office of the Assessor-Recorder may, in its discretion, charge lower fees than subsection (a) requires to more accurately reflect the actual costs of fulfilling the request.

(c) Fees received by the Assessor-Recorder under this Section 8.33.2 shall be deposited with the City and County Treasurer.

(Added by Ord. 323-98, App. 10/30/98; amended by Ord. 227-04, File No. 040505, App. 9/23/2004; Ord. 71-24, File No. 240112, App. 4/12/2024, Eff. 5/13/2024)